Patents by Inventor Tadao Shibata

Tadao Shibata has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electronic device, and method and program for displaying name of search object candidate
    Patent number: 9835459
    Abstract: An electronic device including a navigation function, includes a display unit configured to display road map data on a display screen, a scroll unit configured to scroll a road map screen display on the display screen in response to a user input, a determination unit configured to determine if the scrolling has stopped, an identification unit configured to identify, when it is determined that the scrolling has stopped, a search object candidate specified by a position at which the scrolling has stopped, a selection unit configured to select a search object candidate, an acquisition unit configured to acquire name data of the search object candidate, and a synthesis and display unit configured to synthesize and display the name data onto the road map data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Tadao Shibata
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING NAME OF SEARCH OBJECT CANDIDATE
    Publication number: 20140013261
    Abstract: An electronic device including a navigation function, includes a display unit configured to display road map data on a display screen, a scroll unit configured to scroll a road map screen display on the display screen in response to a user input, a determination unit configured to determine if the scrolling has stopped, an identification unit configured to identify, when it is determined that the scrolling has stopped, a search object candidate specified by a position at which the scrolling has stopped, a selection unit configured to select a search object candidate, an acquisition unit configured to acquire name data of the search object candidate, and a synthesis and display unit configured to synthesize and display the name data onto the road map data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Tadao Shibata