Patents by Inventor Tomoe Watanabe

Tomoe Watanabe 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: 8425341
    Abstract: A wood type golf club head according to this invention includes a face portion and a crown portion. A center-of-gravity position mark which indicates a point where the center of gravity of the wood type golf club head is projected to the crown portion is formed on the surface of the crown portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaharu Takechi, Yasunori Imamoto, Tomoe Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8124205
    Abstract: A ferrule includes a brilliant three-dimensional decoration member fixed to a surface of the ferrule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports, Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoe Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110034262
    Abstract: A wood type golf club head according to this invention includes a face portion and a crown portion. A center-of-gravity position mark which indicates a point where the center of gravity of the wood type golf club head is projected to the crown portion is formed on the surface of the crown portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaharu Takechi, Yasunori Imamoto, Tomoe Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7346932
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus having a hard disk (called HD below) recording and reproduction unit and comprising: a password memory unit that stores a unique first password for each individual navigation apparatus, and that is used when recording data on or reproducing data from a first HD; the HD recording and reproduction unit that performs recording or reproduction by the first password; and a system control unit, which determines whether or not it is possible to use a second password for recording data on or reproducing data from a second HD that is used for updating the data on the first HD, and when it determines that it is possible to do, it updates the data on the first HD with one on the second HD, then it changes the second password to the first password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tomo Watanabe, Kenichiro Yano
  • Patent number: 7075745
    Abstract: In a disk drive apparatus for forcibly restoring a head to a retract position when a power voltage is greatly lowered, the head is moved in a direction toward the retract position when detecting a small decrease in the power voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Michihiro Kaneko, Koichi Nagaki, Tomo Watanabe, Keiichi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 7047130
    Abstract: A road status data providing system includes a server for transmitting/receiving data via a communication line and a plurality of vehicle terminals. The server includes a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving data to and from the plurality of vehicle terminals, a vehicle trend management database for managing vehicle trends of the plurality of vehicle terminals, and a totaling unit for totaling status data indicative of a status of vehicles at a prescribed point on the basis of the vehicle trend management database. Each of the vehicle terminals includes a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving data to and from the server, a present position determining unit for determining the present position of the vehicle, and a creating unit for creating status data requesting information for acquiring the status data at the prescribed point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tomo Watanabe, Tamami Oda, Tsuyoshi Sato, Yukitaka Saito
  • Patent number: 6970782
    Abstract: A navigation information updating system G updates navigation information for use in a navigation process executed by navigation apparatus S that navigate respective vehicles. The navigation information updating system G comprises: the navigation apparatus transmitting an identifier Sid associated therewith to an updating center UC; the updating center UC that outputs updated navigation information which is generated on the basis of the transmitted identifier Sid for each associated navigation apparatus S, to a shop SP; and the shop SP that delivers the outputted updated navigation information to the associated navigation apparatus S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tomo Watanabe, Keiichi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 6937417
    Abstract: A disk drive device in which emergency unloading at the start of the engine is prevented, a head may have a prolonged life and improved reliability as an HDD is achieved. A disk drive device is driven or the movement of a magnetic head is allowed after an engine start in a vehicle is detected by an engine start detecting part, so that emergency unloading can be prevented at the start of the engine. In order to detect the engine start, voltage values on four power supply lines for a vehicle power supply device are monitored or the outputs of various sensors such as a tachometer, a vibration detection sensor, an engine sound detection sensor, a vehicle speed pulse, a gyro sensor and a parking brake are monitored. In another embodiment, the number of emergency unloading occurrence at the start of the engine is reduced, which allows the head to have a prolonged life, so that the disk drive device has improved reliability as an HDD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Nagaki, Kazunori Matsuo, Keiichi Yamauchi, Michihiro Kaneko, Tomo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6856892
    Abstract: The navigation system includes an information server apparatus, a terminal apparatus for conducting navigation processing while conducting communication with the information server apparatus, and a vehicle navigation apparatus mounted on a vehicle to conduct navigation processing independently of the information server apparatus. During execution of the navigation processing in the terminal apparatus, detection is effected to determine whether the vehicle navigation apparatus is started. Upon detecting that the vehicle navigation apparatus has been started, information for the navigation processing conducted until then is transferred to the vehicle navigation apparatus. The vehicle navigation apparatus conducts navigation processing by using the transferred information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tamami Oda, Tomo Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 6807479
    Abstract: To provide a navigation system capable of easily switching between a portable terminal unit and a communication navigation terminal unit with an identical telephone number and also having considered a communication environment. A communication navigation system is comprised of an information server unit for controlling communication, a portable terminal unit and a vehicle terminal unit for performing navigation with the information server unit, and performs the communication by using a public switched telephone network circuit, and when switching each terminal unit to a communication capable state, it controls a position registration of each terminal unit by performing the communication among the information server unit, portable terminal unit and vehicle terminal unit so as to switch the communication capable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tomo Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Sato, Tamami Oda
  • Patent number: 6804590
    Abstract: In a vehicle-installed AV device, the power is supplied to various sections of the vehicle-installed AV device via a key switch from a battery of a vehicle. The vehicle-installed AV device is provided with: a predicting/detecting section for detecting a running state of the vehicle to predict an engine stop; a flash memory and a main memory for storing operation data of the vehicle-installed AV device; and a CPU for controlling the flash memory and the main memory. When the predicting/detecting section predicts the engine stop, the operation data stored in the main memory is written into the flash memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sato, Tamami Oda, Tomo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6785607
    Abstract: To provide a communication navigation system capable of operating a plurality of communication navigation terminal apparatuses in synchronization and switching among them while maintaining settings related to navigation. A navigation system is comprised of an information server apparatus, a portable terminal apparatus and a vehicle terminal apparatus for performing a navigation process, and when switching a movable body for performing the navigation, it switches a sending destination of navigation data such as map information, that is, a terminal apparatus while maintaining settings such as the destination information before connecting so as to continuously conduct the navigation such as route searching and route guidance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tomo Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Sato, Tamami Oda, Yukitaka Saito
  • Patent number: 6771447
    Abstract: A disc drive arrangement adapted to move a head to a retract position upon shutting down of a power source voltage, wherein the number of retraction actions of the head is counted and notified. With this notification, a user can assume performance deterioration of the disc drive arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tomo Watanabe, Koichi Nagaki, Michihiro Kaneko, Keiichi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 6738212
    Abstract: A navigation equipment for performing the navigation processing by the use of the information from a plurality of hard disk recording and reproducing units which is provided with: a hard disk recording and reproducing unit including a hard disk, in which the map information or the like to be used for the navigation processing and be planned to be updated and additional information corresponding to the navigation processing by the use of this map information or the like are recorded; and a system controlling unit, which detects whether a second hard disk recording and reproducing unit is connected or not and releases an area, in which the map information or the like in the hard disk recording and reproducing unit is recorded, if the connection of the present second hard disk recording and reproducing unit is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventor: Tomo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6591172
    Abstract: An automatic guidance system is comprised of a navigation apparatus mounted on a vehicle and a control server apparatus fixedly installed in an automatic travel control center which controls traveling in an automatic traveling section. The control server apparatus and the navigation apparatus establish a communication line through a mobile communication network. The navigation apparatus makes a search for a route to a destination. If at least part of the automatic traveling section is used in a route set by the search, the automatic traveling section is registered in the control server apparatus through the communication line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Tamami Oda, Tomo Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20030088344
    Abstract: An automatic guidance system is comprised of a navigation apparatus mounted on a vehicle and a control server apparatus fixedly installed in an automatic travel control center which controls traveling in an automatic traveling section. The control server apparatus and the navigation apparatus establish a communication line through a mobile communication network. The navigation apparatus makes a search for a route to a destination. If at least part of the automatic traveling section is used in a route set by the search, the automatic traveling section is registered in the control server apparatus through the communication line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamami Oda, Tomo Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20030083812
    Abstract: A road status data providing system includes a server for transmitting/receiving data via a communication line and a plurality of vehicle terminals. The server includes a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving data to and from the plurality of vehicle terminals, a vehicle trend management database for managing vehicle trends of the plurality of vehicle terminals, and a totaling unit for totaling status data indicative of a status of vehicles at a prescribed point on the basis of the vehicle trend management database. Each of the vehicle terminals includes a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving data to and from the server, a present position determining unit for determining the present position of the vehicle, and a creating unit for creating status data requesting information for acquiring the status data at the prescribed point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomo Watanabe, Tamami Oda, Tsuyoshi Sato, Yukitaka Saito
  • Publication number: 20030078057
    Abstract: To provide a navigation system capable of easily switching between a portable terminal unit and a communication navigation terminal unit with an identical telephone number and also having considered a communication environment. A communication navigation system is comprised of an information server unit for controlling communication, a portable terminal unit and a vehicle terminal unit for performing navigation with the information server unit, and performs the communication by using a public switched telephone network circuit, and when switching each terminal unit to a communication capable state, it controls a position registration of each terminal unit by performing the communication among the information server unit, portable terminal unit and vehicle terminal unit so as to switch the communication capable state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomo Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Sato, Tamami Oda
  • Publication number: 20030069686
    Abstract: To provide a communication navigation system capable of operating a plurality of communication navigation terminal apparatuses in synchronization and switching among them while maintaining settings related to navigation. A navigation system is comprised of an information server apparatus, a portable terminal apparatus and a vehicle terminal apparatus for performing a navigation process, and when switching a movable body for performing the navigation, it switches a sending destination of navigation data such as map information, that is, a terminal apparatus while maintaining settings such as the destination information before connecting so as to continuously conduct the navigation such as route searching and route guidance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomo Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Sato, Tamami Oda, Yukitaka Saito
  • Publication number: 20030065440
    Abstract: The navigation system includes an information server apparatus, a terminal apparatus for conducting navigation processing while conducting communication with the information server apparatus, and a vehicle navigation apparatus mounted on a vehicle to conduct navigation processing independently of the information server apparatus. During execution of the navigation processing in the terminal apparatus, detection is effected to determine whether the vehicle navigation apparatus is started. Upon detecting that the vehicle navigation apparatus has been started, information for the navigation processing conducted until then is transferred to the vehicle navigation apparatus. The vehicle navigation apparatus conducts navigation processing by using the transferred information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamami Oda, Tomo Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Sato