Patents by Inventor Tokuhiko Nishiba

Tokuhiko Nishiba 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).

  • Vehicle-mounted device, navigation system, and control method for navigation system
    Patent number: 8380431
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device 10 includes reception means 60 for receiving a telephone number and positional information about a first point location from a portable device 30, storage means 70 for storing telephone numbers and positional information about multiple second point locations, first comparison means 62a for comparing the telephone number of the first point location with the telephone numbers of the multiple second point locations, second comparison means 62b for comparing the positional information about the first point location with the positional information about the multiple second point locations, display means 63 for displaying a point of interest on a map on the basis of comparison results of the first and second comparison means by using either the positional information about the first point location or the positional information about one of the multiple second point locations corresponding to the first point location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takako Fukuda, Keisuke Okamoto, Hiroaki Sekiyama, Yoshihiro Oe, Tokuhiko Nishiba
  • VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE, NAVIGATION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110161003
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device 10 includes reception means 60 for receiving a telephone number and positional information about a first point location from a portable device 30, storage means 70 for storing telephone numbers and positional information about multiple second point locations, first comparison means 62a for comparing the telephone number of the first point location with the telephone numbers of the multiple second point locations, second comparison means 62b for comparing the positional information about the first point location with the positional information about the multiple second point locations, display means 63 for displaying a point of interest on a map on the basis of comparison results of the first and second comparison means by using either the positional information about the first point location or the positional information about one of the multiple second point locations corresponding to the first point location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Takako Fukuda, Keisuke Okamoto, Hiroaki Sekiyama, Yoshihiro Oe, Tokuhiko Nishiba