Patents by Inventor Tadayasu Kaneko

Tadayasu Kaneko 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).

  • Apparatus for and method of retrieving information
    Patent number: 6836822
    Abstract: An information retrieving apparatus is advantageously used in a voice operation of a vehicle navigation system. The apparatus includes a storage unit for storing the plural pieces of the candidate information composing a hierarchical structure including m hierarchies (m is a natural number not less than 2), and the apparatus retrieves a target information from the hierarchical structure. The apparatus includes an input unit for inputting information, a judging unit for judging a correspondence of the inputted information with one of the plural pieces of the candidate information and for judging the hierarchy of the candidate information if the correspondence is obtained, and a retrieving unit for retrieving one of the plural pieces of the candidate information as a target information based on a judged result of the judging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro Hatano, Motohiko Takayanagi, Koji Koga, Tadayasu Kaneko