Patents by Inventor Takaaki YASHIRO

Takaaki YASHIRO 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).

  • Patent number: 11859993
    Abstract: Based on position information indicating a position of a vehicle on a map, whether the vehicle has arrived at an entrance of an area in a vicinity of a destination of the vehicle where road links do not exist is determined, a history of the vehicle having parked in the area is stored as parking information, the parking information is referenced when it is determined that the vehicle has arrived at the area, and guidance information is output as information which guides the vehicle based on recommendation information and which includes at least a parking position in the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: FAURECIA CLARION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kondo, Noriyuki Abe, Norikazu Nara, Makoto Orino, Takaaki Yashiro
  • Patent number: 11413962
    Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus mounted in a vehicle includes: an assistance processing unit that executes assistance processing for providing a user with specified information; and a display control unit that performs control to display a list according to a sequential order of the assistance processing executed by the assistance processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norikazu Nara, Noriyuki Abe, Makoto Orino, Takaaki Yashiro, Toshihiro Mochizuki, Norimasa Kishi
  • Patent number: 11408747
    Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus mounted in a vehicle includes: a map information storage unit that stores map information; a communication control unit that acquires traffic information; a travel history database in which a travel history of the vehicle with respect to each road is recorded; a route estimation unit that estimates a travel route of the vehicle by using the map information and the travel history database; a traveling time calculation unit that calculates actual traveling time of the vehicle with respect to the travel route and calculates predicted traveling time required when traveling the travel route estimated by the route estimation unit by using the traffic information; and a display control unit that performs control to display a map screen indicating the travel route and display the actual traveling time and the predicted traveling time together with the map screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norikazu Nara, Noriyuki Abe, Makoto Orino, Takaaki Yashiro, Toshihiro Mochizuki, Norimasa Kishi
  • Publication number: 20210348936
    Abstract: Based on position information indicating a position of a vehicle on a map, whether the vehicle has arrived at an entrance of an area in a vicinity of a destination of the vehicle where road links do not exist is determined, a history of the vehicle having parked in the area is stored as parking information, the parking information is referenced when it is determined that the vehicle has arrived at the area, and guidance information is output as information which guides the vehicle based on recommendation information and which includes at least a parking position in the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Akihiro KONDO, Noriyuki ABE, Norikazu NARA, Makoto ORINO, Takaaki YASHIRO
  • Patent number: 11035689
    Abstract: An information processing device is installed in a vehicle and comprises an action history DB which stores a plurality of action histories including a combination of a content that was played based on an instruction of a user and a situation in which the content was played, and an automatic playing unit which, when a current elapsed time as an elapsed time from a time that an ignition switch of the vehicle was most recently turned ON or a current travel distance as a travel distance from a time that an ignition switch of the vehicle was most recently turned ON matches any one of the action histories of the action history DB, plays a content included in the matching action history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norikazu Nara, Noriyuki Abe, Takashi Matsumoto, Akihiro Kondo, Makoto Orino, Takaaki Yashiro
  • Publication number: 20200326201
    Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus mounted in a vehicle includes: a travel history database in which a travel history of the vehicle is recorded with respect to each road; and a display control unit that has a display unit display a map screen, wherein the display control unit has the display unit display each road included within a display range of the map screen in a display form according to a travel frequency of the vehicle on the basis of the travel history database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Norikazu NARA, Noriyuki ABE, Makoto ORINO, Takaaki YASHIRO, Toshihiro MOCHIZUKI, Norimasa KISHI
  • Publication number: 20200318986
    Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus mounted in a vehicle includes: a map information storage unit that stores map information; a communication control unit that acquires traffic information; a travel history database in which a travel history of the vehicle with respect to each road is recorded; a route estimation unit that estimates a travel route of the vehicle by using the map information and the travel history database; a traveling time calculation unit that calculates actual traveling time of the vehicle with respect to the travel route and calculates predicted traveling time required when traveling the travel route estimated by the route estimation unit by using the traffic information; and a display control unit that performs control to display a map screen indicating the travel route and display the actual traveling time and the predicted traveling time together with the map screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Norikazu NARA, Noriyuki ABE, Makoto ORINO, Takaaki YASHIRO, Toshihiro MOCHIZUKI, Norimasa KISHI
  • Publication number: 20200317054
    Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus mounted in a vehicle includes: an assistance processing unit that executes assistance processing for providing a user with specified information; and a display control unit that performs control to display a list according to a sequential order of the assistance processing executed by the assistance processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Norikazu NARA, Noriyuki ABE, Makoto ORINO, Takaaki YASHIRO, Toshihiro MOCHIZUKI, Norimasa KISHI
  • Publication number: 20190025072
    Abstract: An information processing device is installed in a vehicle and comprises an action history DB which stores a plurality of action histories including a combination of a content that was played based on an instruction of a user and a situation in which the content was played, and an automatic playing unit which, when a current elapsed time as an elapsed time from a time that an ignition switch of the vehicle was most recently turned ON or a current travel distance as a travel distance from a time that an ignition switch of the vehicle was most recently turned ON matches any one of the action histories of the action history DB, plays a content included in the matching action history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Norikazu NARA, Noriyuki ABE, Takashi MATSUMOTO, Akihiro KONDO, Makoto ORINO, Takaaki YASHIRO