Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka Terasoma

Yoshitaka Terasoma 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
    Patent number: 8412453
    Abstract: A navigation device includes a base unit 10 which is mounted to a body of a vehicle, a front panel unit 14 which is detachably mounted to and connected to the base unit 10, the front panel unit having a navigation function of displaying map data on a front panel and displaying a location of the vehicle on the map data, and an authentication unit 30 which performs authentication to confirm that the base unit 10 and the front panel unit 14 have been connected to each other and, when confirmed, permits operation of an electrical control unit of the vehicle. The navigation device can be used as an antitheft device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Access Corp.
    Inventors: Yukihiko Suzaki, Yoshitaka Terasoma
  • NAVIGATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110153207
    Abstract: A navigation device includes a base unit 10 which is mounted to a body of a vehicle, a front panel unit 14 which is detachably mounted to and connected to the base unit 10, the front panel unit having a navigation function of displaying map data on a front panel and displaying a location of the vehicle on the map data, and an authentication unit 30 which performs authentication to confirm that the base unit 10 and the front panel unit 14 have been connected to each other and, when confirmed, permits operation of an electrical control unit of the vehicle. The navigation device can be used as an antitheft device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Yukihiko Suzaki, Yoshitaka Terasoma