Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Oshitani

Yasuyuki Oshitani 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).

  • Map display apparatus with scrolling text
    Patent number: 7973808
    Abstract: A map display apparatus includes a display unit, a data access unit accessible to map data, which includes a map image and character strings, and a control unit that allows the display unit to display the map data on a screen in such a manner that each character string is overlaid on a corresponding position on the map image. The control unit interprets the character string having characters, the number of which exceeding a predetermined maximum number of characters, as a scroll character string. The control unit creates a scroll display field in the corresponding position to the scroll character string and causes the scroll character string to scroll within the scroll display field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Oshitani
  • Display apparatus
    Publication number: 20080136841
    Abstract: A map display apparatus includes a display unit, a data access unit accessible to map data, which includes a map image and character strings, and a control unit that allows the display unit to display the map data on a screen in such a manner that each character string is overlaid on a corresponding position on the map image. The control unit interprets the character string having characters, the number of which exceeding a predetermined maximum number of characters, as a scroll character string. The control unit creates a scroll display field in the corresponding position to the scroll character string and causes the scroll character string to scroll within the scroll display field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Oshitani