Patents by Inventor Akira Nishino

Akira Nishino 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).

  • Publication number: 20020186021
    Abstract: A connector inspection apparatus is provided for inspection of a connector having a terminal receiving portion provided with cavities in which terminals are inserted, and a retainer attached to the terminal receiving portion. The connector inspection apparatus includes a holder for holding the connector during inspection, an inspection unit, and a lever for moving the inspection unit forward and rearward with respect to the holder. When the inspection unit is moved forwardly by the lever, a retainer position inspection piece provided in the inspection unit assumes either a forward movable condition or a rearward movable condition dependent upon whether the retainer is in a proper locked condition within the connector. When the retainer position inspection piece is in the backward movable condition, an electrical detection device detects the condition of the retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD,.
    Inventors: Akira Nishino, Takao Fujita
  • Patent number: 6480005
    Abstract: An electrical connection testing device is provided with a connector holder (12), first and second probe holders (13, 14) which are successively arranged such that the connector holder (12) and the second probe holder are movable toward and away from the connector holder (12). A pushing mechanism (18) for pushing a receiving surface (14d) of the second probe holder (14) at the opposite side from the connector holder (12) is so coupled with the second probe holder (14) as to be movable toward and away from the second probe holder (14). The second probe holder (14) and the connector holder (12) are moved according to the movement of the pushing mechanism (18), thereby being positioned at testing positions (P1) where probes (16, 17) are inserted into testing holes (1a) of a connector (C) from opposite sides or at retracted positions (P2) where the connector can be taken out of a connector holder (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Nagano, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Akira Nishino
  • Patent number: 6437355
    Abstract: An apparatus to check a height of a bump includes a measuring device and a determining device. The measuring device is configured to measure a distance between an image position in an image of a reference object reflected in a surface of the bump and a predetermined position which is positioned on a line connecting the image position and a center of the bump such that the image position exists between the center and the predetermined position. The determining device is configured to determine whether the height of the bump is within a predetermined range by comparing the distance with a reference distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Nishino
  • Publication number: 20020094854
    Abstract: Provides a game processing apparatus capable of getting players more excited about playing games.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Masamoto Morita, Akiyoshi Shinpo, Akira Nishino, Tooru Ohara, Shuntarou Tanaka, Yuuichi Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20020094873
    Abstract: It is an object of this invention to provide a game apparatus which is capable of providing the progress of a semi-infinite new scenario and which requires less labor for the development and sale for the above-described object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA ENTERPRISES
    Inventors: Akira Nishino, Kunihiro Shirahata, Takaharu Terada, Katsuhito Gotoh, Takashi Tsukamoto, Ryutaro Nonaka, Naoya Soma, Katsutoshi Hayashida
  • Patent number: 6409603
    Abstract: A game apparatus requiring certain operations of a player within a time limit which displays a first window (W1) for a period of time within a first time limit (TM1), displays a second window (W2) for a period of time within a second time limit (TM2) separate from the first time limit (TM1), and displays at least once the aforementioned first window (W1) during the second time limit (TM2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Akira Nishino, Toru Ohara, Shuntaro Tanaka, Yuichi Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 6386980
    Abstract: A game apparatus comprises: a macro group, with a scenario described therein, for commanding a procedure to process the scenario; a data group consisting of video data VD, graphics GF, texts TXT, audio data AD and other information used in accordance with the progress of the scenario; and a program for causing a CPU to make a game progress by using the data group on the basis of the command of the macro group. This game apparatus comprises: a first device for externally incorporating a scenario macro of, for example, a puzzle game; and a second device for giving a command to the program by means of the scenario macro SM obtained externally by the first device, and of providing a new scenario by reusing the data group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Akira Nishino, Kunihiro Shirahata, Takaharu Terada, Katsuhito Gotoh, Takashi Tsukamoto, Ryutaro Nonaka, Naoya Soma, Katsutoshi Hayashida
  • Patent number: 6354939
    Abstract: Provides a game processing apparatus capable of getting players more excited about playing games. For that reason, the game processing apparatus of the present invention processes games on the basis of players' operating signals, and is equipped with processing circuits (10), which process the above-mentioned games on the basis of operating signals supplied from input devices (2b) operated by the players, and which generate the image data for these games. When an operating signal equivalent to a player's victory declaration is input from an input device (2b), the processing circuits (10) process subsequent operating signals input by the player as invalid signals until a prescribed condition is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Masamoto Morita, Akiyoshi Shinpo, Akira Nishino, Tooru Ohara, Shuntarou Tanaka, Yuuichi Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 6354944
    Abstract: This invention was devised in order to create a favourable playing environment in a video game by automatically providing an optimum viewpoint without placing a burden on the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Sega Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Takahashi, Akira Nishino, Yusuke Yoshida, Takeshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20010013782
    Abstract: An electrical connection testing device is provided with a connector holder (12), first and second probe holders (13, 14) which are successively arranged such that the connector holder (12) and the second probe holder are movable toward and away from the connector holder (12). A pushing mechanism (18) for pushing a receiving surface (14d) of the second probe holder (14) at the opposite side from the connector holder (12) is so coupled with the second probe holder (14) as to be movable toward and away from the second probe holder (14). The second probe holder (14) and the connector holder (12) are moved according to the movement of the pushing mechanism (18), thereby being positioned at testing positions (P1) where probes (16, 17) are inserted into testing holes (1a) of a connector (C) from opposite sides or at retracted positions (P2) where the connector can be taken out of a connector holder (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: Yuji Nagano, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Akira Nishino
  • Patent number: 6213878
    Abstract: Although difficult game stages may not be cleared by unskilled players, by making the stages easy to be cleared, the degree of difficulty of the game would be lowered and the amusement of the game would be reduced. The present invention comprises: a storing device 102 capable of storing the number of certain marks displayed in an virtual space and which are in the player's hand, as well as displaying the position of such marks; a processing circuit 10 for advancing the respective steps of game control in sequence by referring to the operation signals supplied from an input device 2b, the number of marks in hand and positions thereof stored in the storing device, and for outputting displaying image data related thereto; a displaying circuit 11 for displaying a displaying image including the segment and marks on the basis of displaying image data supplied from the processing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Akio Setsumasa, Akira Nishino, Yusuke Yoshida, Takeshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6126545
    Abstract: This invention was devised in order to create a favorable playing environment in a video game by automatically providing an optimum viewpoint without placing a burden on the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Takahashi, Akira Nishino, Yusuke Yoshida, Takeshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6075405
    Abstract: A constant current circuit including a first field effect transistor having a drain connected to an output terminal and having a source connected to a first power supply via a first resistor, and a plurality of field effect transistors, of each of which the ordinal number is 1 through N, and of each of which the source and the drain are connected to each other, and each of which is connected in series to one another to form a series circuit of field effect transistors, a drain of a field effect transistor located at an end of the series circuit of field effect transistors being connected to a second power supply via a second resistor, a drain of one field effect transistor composing the series circuit of field effect transistors being connected to a gate of said first field effect transistor, and an opposite end of the series circuit of field effect transistors being connected the first power supply terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Nishino, Nobuo Kobayashi