Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Maeta

Tomoaki Maeta 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 device and image management method
    Patent number: 8374779
    Abstract: A navigation device which stores a captured image of an area ahead of user in a moving direction after turning at an intersection and displays the captured image before turning at the intersection, includes: a first storage unit (HDD recording/playback unit 14) storing a map; a display unit (display unit 18); and a control unit (control unit 10) displaying the map on the display unit, and the navigation device further includes a second storage unit (HDD recording/playback unit 14) storing a captured image of an area to be entered after a turn is made at an intersection, and the control unit displays the captured image stored in the second storage unit on the display unit before a mobile body reaches the intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yuichi Abe, Ryo Watanabe, Kazuhiro Yamane, Tomoyuki Yoshimura, Tadashi Sakai, Toshiyuki Irie, Tomoaki Maeta, Kazuya Murakami
  • NAVIGATION DEVICE AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20100138153
    Abstract: A navigation device which stores a captured image of an area ahead of user in a moving direction after turning at an intersection and displays the captured image before turning at the intersection, includes: a first storage unit (HDD recording/playback unit 14) storing a map; a display unit (display unit 18); and a control unit (control unit 10) displaying the map on the display unit, and the navigation device further includes a second storage unit (HDD recording/playback unit 14) storing a captured image of an area to be entered after a turn is made at an intersection, and the control unit displays the captured image stored in the second storage unit on the display unit before a mobile body reaches the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO CONSUMER ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Abe, Ryo Watanabe, Kazuhiro Yamane, Tomoyuki Yoshimura, Tadashi Sakai, Toshiyuki Irie, Tomoaki Maeta, Kazuya Murakami