Patents by Inventor Toshihide Andoh

Toshihide Andoh 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).

  • Vehicular navigation apparatus
    Patent number: 9014980
    Abstract: A vehicular navigation apparatus configured to independently operate a dedicated application and an externally-introduced general-purpose application is provided. The navigation apparatus includes a control device and a management device. The management device notifies the control device of attribute information of the general-purpose application in operation. Based on the attribute information, the control device determines whether the general-purpose application operating under a specified condition is allowed to use user interface output under the specified condition. When no user interface output is allowed as a result of the determination, the control device switches over the user interface output to user interface output using another certified general-purpose application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Itou, Toshihide Andoh, Hiroshi Ishiguro
  • VEHICULAR NAVIGATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140316703
    Abstract: A vehicular navigation apparatus configured to independently operate a dedicated application and an externally-introduced general-purpose application is provided. The navigation apparatus includes a control device and a management device. The management device notifies the control device of attribute information of the general-purpose application in operation. Based on the attribute information, the control device determines whether the general-purpose application operating under a specified condition is allowed to use user interface output under the specified condition. When no user interface output is allowed as a result of the determination, the control device switches over the user interface output to user interface output using another certified general-purpose application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Itou, Toshihide Andoh, Hiroshi Ishiguro