Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Hiyama

Noriyuki Hiyama 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).

  • Program, image generation device, and image generation method
    Patent number: 8624912
    Abstract: A program causing a computer to select a first color range from a plurality of color ranges based on input information, and to determine a color within the first color range to be a color of one of part objects corresponding to categories that form main parts of a model object under a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Kumakura, Noriyuki Hiyama
  • Ear speaker device
    Patent number: 8538059
    Abstract: An ear speaker device includes an electroacoustic transducer including a housing mounted at a predetermined position of listener's head, a speaker unit mounted on one surface in the housing, and positioned away from an entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus for a predetermined distance when the housing is mounted on the listener's head, and a tubular duct extended so as to allow a sound generated by the housing in the inner space thereof to reach the vicinity of the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus, and a hole for emitting sound of the duct is oriented to the opposite direction with respect to the entrance of the external acoustic meatus; and a mounting part used for mounting the electroacoustic transducer on the listener's head in a manner that the predetermined distance is provided between the speaker unit and the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yamagishi, Hideki Seki, Noriyuki Hiyama, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Takeshi Hara
  • Program, computer terminal, and command execution method
    Patent number: 8484280
    Abstract: A program causing a computer to perform processing for executing a specific command under predetermined conditions independently of input information when automatic control information is set in association with a computer terminal and calculations are performed based on data of the computer terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Uto, Noriyuki Hiyama, Shuntaroh Nitta, Makoto Watanabe
  • EAR SPEAKER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120177206
    Abstract: An ear speaker device includes an electroacoustic transducer including a housing mounted at a predetermined position of listener's head, a speaker unit mounted on one surface in the housing, and positioned away from an entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus for a predetermined distance when the housing is mounted on the listener's head, and a tubular duct extended so as to allow a sound generated by the housing in the inner space thereof to reach the vicinity of the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus, and a hole for emitting sound of the duct is oriented to the opposite direction with respect to the entrance of the external acoustic meatus; and a mounting part used for mounting the electroacoustic transducer on the listener's head in a manner that the predetermined distance is provided between the speaker unit and the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Makoto YAMAGISHI, Hideki Seki, Noriyuki Hiyama, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Takeshi Hara
  • Ear speaker device
    Patent number: 8175316
    Abstract: An ear speaker device includes an electroacoustic transducer including a housing mounted at a predetermined position of listener's head, a speaker unit mounted on one surface in the housing, and positioned away from an entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus for a predetermined distance when the housing is mounted on the listener's head, and a tubular duct extended so as to allow a sound generated by the housing in the inner space thereof to reach the vicinity of the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus, and a hole for emitting sound of the duct is oriented to the opposite direction with respect to the entrance of the external acoustic meatus; and a mounting part used for mounting the electroacoustic transducer on the listener's head in a manner that the predetermined distance is provided between the speaker unit and the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yamagishi, Hideki Seki, Noriyuki Hiyama, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Takeshi Hara
  • PROGRAM, IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20100020077
    Abstract: A program causing a computer to select a first color range from a plurality of color ranges based on input information, and to determine a color within the first color range to be a color of one of part objects corresponding to categories that form main parts of a model object under a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Takashi KUMAKURA, Noriyuki HIYAMA
  • PROGRAM, COMPUTER TERMINAL, AND COMMAND EXECUTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20100017454
    Abstract: A program causing a computer to perform processing for executing a specific command under predetermined conditions independently of input information when automatic control information is set in association with a computer terminal and calculations are performed based on data of the computer terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko UTO, Noriyuki HIYAMA, Shuntaroh NITTA, Makoto WATANABE
  • Ear speaker device
    Publication number: 20080253604
    Abstract: An ear speaker device includes an electroacoustic transducer including a housing mounted at a predetermined position of listener's head, a speaker unit mounted on one surface in the housing, and positioned away from an entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus for a predetermined distance when the housing is mounted on the listener's head, and a tubular duct extended so as to allow a sound generated by the housing in the inner space thereof to reach the vicinity of the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus, and a hole for emitting sound of the duct is oriented to the opposite direction with respect to the entrance of the external acoustic meatus; and a mounting part used for mounting the electroacoustic transducer on the listener's head in a manner that the predetermined distance is provided between the speaker unit and the entrance of the listener's external acoustic meatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Makoto Yamagishi, Hideki Seki, Noriyuki Hiyama, Yukimasa Yamaguchi, Takeshi Hara