Patents by Inventor Tatsuya SHIMMURA

Tatsuya SHIMMURA 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).

  • Vehicular display device
    Patent number: 10115218
    Abstract: A vehicular display device mounted on a vehicle, including: a display panel; a display controller that displays an opening animation image in a predetermined display region of the display panel; and a detector that detects a getting-in action associated with an occupant getting in the vehicle, wherein the display controller displays a checklist in the predetermined display region as information relating to the vehicle after a driving source for traveling of the vehicle is started, the display controller starts a display operation of displaying the opening animation image in the display region when the getting-in action is detected by the detector, and continues the display operation at least until the checklist is displayed, and the display controller displays, as the opening animation image, an animation image in which an image display operation of changing a display form of a graphic object is periodically repeated, on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Hisada, Shigeyuki Sato, Hado Morokawa, Yo Kitamura, Hidehiko Soda, Tatsuya Shimmura
  • VEHICULAR DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170287193
    Abstract: A vehicular display device mounted on a vehicle, including: a display panel; a display controller that displays an opening animation image in a predetermined display region of the display panel; and a detector that detects a getting-in action associated with an occupant getting in the vehicle, wherein the display controller displays a checklist in the predetermined display region as information relating to the vehicle after a driving source for traveling of the vehicle is started, the display controller starts a display operation of displaying the opening animation image in the display region when the getting-in action is detected by the detector, and continues the display operation at least until the checklist is displayed, and the display controller displays, as the opening animation image, an animation image in which an image display operation of changing a display form of a graphic object is periodically repeated, on the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji HISADA, Shigeyuki SATO, Hado MOROKAWA, Yo KITAMURA, Hidehiko SODA, Tatsuya SHIMMURA
  • Rear light for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: D963210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimmura, Shinichi Harada