Patents by Inventor Takashi Takinami

Takashi Takinami 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).

  • Navigation apparatus for navigating a vehicle based on symbolic sounds
    Patent number: 6446001
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus includes a command input block from which the user inputs a command signal, a current positional data supply unit, a data reading unit for reading from a CD-ROM map data, voice guidance data, object data about an object displayed on a map of the navigation apparatus, and sound data symbolizing a geographical location corresponding to the object on the map, and a controller for displaying the map and the object onto a display device and sounding the voice guidance and sound data from a speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sakai, Takashi Takinami, Miyuki Matsumoto, Hiroshi Amano
  • Map display device, map display method, navigation device and automobile
    Patent number: 6016110
    Abstract: When scrolling a display range of a map in a navigation device or the like, the display state can be satisfactorily scrolled. The range displayed as a map is continuously changed on the basis of a specified operation, and the speed to change the display range is arranged to be gradually increased from the initial speed at the starting time of the specified operation, to the specified terminal speed at a previously set specified acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Takinami