Patents by Inventor Toshie Shirahama

Toshie Shirahama 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: 8131457
    Abstract: A navigation terminal device includes a map information display unit 771, a destination display unit 773, a route line drawing unit 774 for holding retrieved location information or destination information or both of them and drawing a route from a reference point based on the retrieved information or destination information to the destination or the retrieved location information so as to be superimposed on the screen with the map information displayed thereon, and route searching unit 775 for exchanging the display between the reference point and the destination if the reference point disappears from the screen when the destination is displayed, thereby permitting to follow the route from the displayed reference point to the destination or from the destination to the reference point. In this configuration, the operability of a terminal device having a small capacity of screen can be improved and the burden for the user can be relaxed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Increment P Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kumada, Toshie Shirahama
  • Publication number: 20080109155
    Abstract: A navigation terminal device includes a map information display unit 771, a destination display unit 773, a route line drawing unit 774 for holding retrieved location information or destination information or both of them and drawing a route from a reference point based on the retrieved information or destination information to the destination or the retrieved location information so as to be superimposed on the screen with the map information displayed thereon, and route searching unit 775 for exchanging the display between the reference point and the destination if the reference point disappears from the screen when the destination is displayed, thereby permitting to follow the route from the displayed reference point to the destination or from the destination to the reference point. In this configuration, the operability of a terminal device having a small capacity of screen can be improved and the burden for the user can be relaxed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Satoshi Kumada, Toshie Shirahama
  • Patent number: 7098923
    Abstract: A navigation terminal device includes a map information receiving unit for receiving the map of the region around a reference point from the web server by inputting retrieval information; a display screen for displaying the received map; a route line drawing unit for drawing the destination from the starting point of the reference point by screen scrolling, computing the orientation from the reference point to the destination, and displaying the route line which can be traced from the reference point to the destination; a map information requesting unit for requesting again that the web server distributes the map information of the adjacent peripheral region if the destination is not within the received map of the peripheral region; and a route line re-drawing unit for searching the destination by screen scrolling the updated map information, re-compute the orientation and re-draw the route line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Increment P Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kumada, Toshie Shirahama
  • Patent number: 6871142
    Abstract: A navigation terminal device includes a map information display unit 771 for displaying, on a screen, the map information containing the location information retrieved by a web server 3, a destination display unit for displaying the destination searched from the map information displayed on the display screen by screen scrolling, a route drawing unit 773 for drawing the route connecting a reference point based on the location information retrieved by the web server 3 to the destination so as to be superimposed on the screen with the map information displayed thereon, and a route searching unit 774 for exchanging the display between the reference point and the destination when the destination is displayed but the reference point disappears from the screen, thereby following the route from the reference point to the destination according to the drawn route information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Increment P Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kumada, Toshie Shirahama
  • Publication number: 20020161515
    Abstract: A navigation terminal device includes a map information display unit 771, a destination display unit 773, a rout line drawing unit 774 for holding retrieved location information or destination information or both or them and drawing a route from a reference point based on the retrieved information or destination information to the destination or the retrieved location information so as to be superimposed on the screen with the map information displayed thereon, and route searching unit 775 for exchanging the display between the reference point and the destination if the reference point disappears from the screen when the destination is displayed, thereby permitting to follow the route from the displayed reference point to the destination or from the destination to the reference point. In this configuration, the operability of a terminal device having a small capacity of screen can be improved and the burden for the user can be relaxed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Kumada, Toshie Shirahama
  • Publication number: 20020161512
    Abstract: A navigation terminal device includes a map information receiving unit 771 for receiving the map of the region around a reference point from the web server 3 by inputting retrieval information; a display screen 772 for displaying the received map; a route line drawing unit 774 for drawing the destination from the starting point of the reference point by screen scrolling, computing the orientation from the reference point to the destination, and displaying the route line which can be traced from the reference point to the destination; a map information requesting unit 775 for requesting again that the web server 3 distributes the map information of the adjacent peripheral region if the destination is not within the received map of the peripheral region; and a route line re-drawing unit 776 for searching the destination by screen scrolling the updated map information, re-compute the orientation from the reference point to the destination and re-draw the route line which can be continuously traced from the refer
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Kumada, Toshie Shirahama
  • Publication number: 20020161516
    Abstract: A navigation terminal device includes a map information display unit 771 for displaying, on a screen, the map information containing the location information retrieved by a web server 3, a destination display unit for displaying the destination searched from the map information displayed on the display screen by screen scrolling, a route drawing unit 773 for drawing the route connecting a reference point based on the location information retrieved by the web server 3 to the destination so as to be superimposed on the screen with the map information displayed thereon, and a route searching unit 774 for exchanging the display between the reference point and the destination when the destination is displayed but the reference point disappears from the screen, thereby following the route from the reference point to the destination according to the drawn route information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Kumada, Toshie Shirahama