Patents by Inventor Toyohito HIRANO
Toyohito HIRANO 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).
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Patent number: 11878587Abstract: A display device 30 displays information of variables that reflect a state of a vehicle 10. The display device 10 includes: a first display region 31 that displays a scale of a first variable; a second display region 32 that is provided to be aligned with the first display region 31 and displays a scale of a second variable; a first pointing portion 42 that points, in the first display region 31, the first variable in accordance with the state of the vehicle 10; a first strip-shaped image 43 that is displayed between a pointed position of the first pointing portion 42 and a start point S1 of the first display region 31; a second pointing portion 52 that points, in the second display region 32, the second variable in accordance with the state of the vehicle 10; and a second strip-shaped image 53 that is displayed between a pointed position of the second pointing portion 52 and a start point S2 of the second display region.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Kamei, Eiji Yamashita, Toyohito Hirano, Reoto Ueda, Jinichi Ohta, Takayuki Okuji
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Patent number: 11813940Abstract: A display device (40) that displays information of a plurality of variables that reflect a state of a vehicle, the display device (40) including: a first meter image (41) including a first scale displaying (42) part that displays a scale of a first variable included in the plurality of variables and an indicating part (43) that indicates the first variable that varies with the state of the vehicle and rotating the first scale displaying part (42) in accordance with variation of the first variable, fixing the position of the indicating part (43); and a second meter image (44) including a second scale displaying part (45) that displays a scale of a second variable included in the plurality of variables and a displaying part (46) that displays the second variable that varies with the state of the vehicle, wherein the first meter image (41) and the second meter image (44) are adjacent to each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jinichi Ohta, Yuichi Kamei, Takayuki Okuji, Toyohito Hirano, Reoto Ueda, Akinori Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20220153136Abstract: A display device 30 displays information of variables that reflect a state of a vehicle 10. The display device 10 includes: a first display region 31 that displays a scale of a first variable; a second display region 32 that is provided to be aligned with the first display region 31 and displays a scale of a second variable; a first pointing portion 42 that points, in the first display region 31, the first variable in accordance with the state of the vehicle 10; a first strip-shaped image 43 that is displayed between a pointed position of the first pointing portion 42 and a start point S1 of the first display region 31; a second pointing portion 52 that points, in the second display region 32, the second variable in accordance with the state of the vehicle 10; and a second strip-shaped image 53 that is displayed between a pointed position of the second pointing portion 52 and a start point S2 of the second display region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi KAMEI, Eiji YAMASHITA, Toyohito HIRANO, Reoto UEDA, Jinichi OHTA, Takayuki OKUJI
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Publication number: 20220144090Abstract: A display device (40) that displays information of a plurality of variables that reflect a state of a vehicle, the display device (40) including: a first meter image (41) including a first scale displaying (42) part that displays a scale of a first variable included in the plurality of variables and an indicating part (43) that indicates the first variable that varies with the state of the vehicle and rotating the first scale displaying part (42) in accordance with variation of the first variable, fixing the position of the indicating part (43); and a second meter image (44) including a second scale displaying part (45) that displays a scale of a second variable included in the plurality of variables and a displaying part (46) that displays the second variable that varies with the state of the vehicle, wherein the first meter image (41) and the second meter image (44) are adjacent to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jinichi OHTA, Yuichi KAMEI, Takayuki OKUJI, Toyohito HIRANO, Reoto UEDA, Akinori KAWASAKI
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Publication number: 20170061669Abstract: A vehicular information processing apparatus includes a storage unit in which running states of a vehicle each including a height of the vehicle and a manner of drive power distribution are stored so as to correspond to respective running modes, an input/output device that receives an input manipulation for selecting one of the running modes and a display control unit that causes the input/output device to make a display that indicates the selected running mode. The display control unit causes the input/output device to display a running state corresponding to the selected running mode in the form of an animation together with a skeleton image of the vehicle, and then display an appearance of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toyohito HIRANO, Yoichi KOBAYASHI, Susumu MORIKAWA, Shingo IRIKATA, Akinori KAWASAKI
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Publication number: 20170060358Abstract: A vehicular information processing apparatus includes a storage unit in which plural main contents which are pieces of information relating to vehicular devices and plural sub-contents which are pieces of information relating to setting items of the vehicular devices are stored, a touch screen display that displays the main contents and at least part of the sub-contents and receives an input manipulation, an input detection unit that detects a first manipulation or a second manipulation on the basis of the input manipulation and a display control unit that causes the touch screen display to display the main contents and the at least part of the sub-contents, and controls a corresponding vehicular device when the first manipulation or the second manipulation is performed for a main content or a sub-content.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toyohito HIRANO, Yoichi KOBAYASHI, Susumu MORIKAWA, Shingo IRIKATA, Akinori KAWASAKI