Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Mitsuya

Tomohiro Mitsuya 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, navigation method, and navigation program
    Patent number: 8275542
    Abstract: Information is acquired that indicates a current road on which a vehicle is traveling. Information is acquired that relates to a plurality of branching roads that branch off from the current road at a branching point that lies ahead in the direction of movement of the vehicle. In a situation where route guidance is not being used, a determination is made as to whether or not there is a possibility that the vehicle will proceed on one of the branching roads that is of a different type from the current road, instead of on one of the branching roads that is of the same type as the current road and has an attribute that is of the same type as an attribute of the current road. If it is determined that there is a possibility that the vehicle will proceed on one of the branching roads that is of a different type, guidance is performed that informs the driver that the possibility exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Adachi, Akira Otabe, Tomohiro Mitsuya
  • Navigation device, navigation method, and navigation program
    Publication number: 20090143974
    Abstract: Information is acquired that indicates a current road on which a vehicle is traveling. Information is acquired that relates to a plurality of branching roads that branch off from the current road at a branching point that lies ahead in the direction of movement of the vehicle. In a situation where route guidance is not being used, a determination is made as to whether or not there is a possibility that the vehicle will proceed on one of the branching roads that is of a different type from the current road, instead of on one of the branching roads that is of the same type as the current road and has an attribute that is of the same type as an attribute of the current road. If it is determined that there is a possibility that the vehicle will proceed on one of the branching roads that is of a different type, guidance is performed that informs the driver that the possibility exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Adachi, Akira Otabe, Tomohiro Mitsuya