Patents by Inventor Wataru Tanaka

Wataru Tanaka 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: 20140115533
    Abstract: An exemplary information-processing device includes: an operation receiving unit that receives an operational input made by a user for moving a display area that has area that overlaps with a predetermined area, a display controlling unit that controls a display unit to display a graphic in the display area, and a movement controlling unit that controls movement of the display area in accordance with values derived from the operational input so that the display area moves with a restriction of movement in a predetermined direction when the display area and the predetermined area are in a predetermined positional relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro SUZUKI, Wataru Tanaka, Seita Inoue, Ryoto Oiwa
  • Publication number: 20140115532
    Abstract: An exemplary information-processing device includes: an operation receiving unit that receives an operational input made by a user for moving a display area that has area that overlaps with a predetermined area; a display controlling unit that controls a display unit to display a graphic in the display area; a determining unit that determines a velocity of movement of the display area in accordance with a value derived from the operational input, and; an area managing unit that manages the display area to move the display area at the velocity of movement under a condition that, when a portion of the display area moves outside a predetermined portion of the predetermined area, a distance between the display area and the predetermined area does not exceed a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro SUZUKI, Wataru Tanaka, Seita Inoue, Ryota Oiwa
  • Publication number: 20140036401
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a supply terminal that receives a supply voltage from an outside and supplies the supply voltage to a power supply line, a ground terminal that receives a ground voltage from the outside, a first I/O terminal that conducts a logical input signal from the outside, a first diode that is disposed between the supply terminal and the first I/O terminal so that the supply terminal is located on a cathode side and the first I/O terminal is located on an anode side, and a determination unit that compares voltages of the power supply line and the first I/O terminal, and outputs an abnormal signal when the voltage of the supply terminal is less than the voltage of the first I/O terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Danichi KOMATSU, Wataru Tanaka, Satoru Ikeda, Yayoi Nagao
  • Publication number: 20130326382
    Abstract: An example system includes: a first memory in which a plurality of first objects each corresponding to a content included in a plurality of contents is stored; a second memory in which a plurality of second objects each corresponding to a user is stored; an association unit that associates a content with a second object; a first display controller that displays one or more first objects each corresponding to a content selected from the plurality of contents; and a second display controller that displays a second object adjacent to a first object corresponding to a content associated with the second object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi NOGAMI, Kiyoshi Mizuki, Kouichi Kawamoto, Ryota Oiwa, Ichiro Suzuki, Wataru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130326409
    Abstract: An example information processing device includes: a first determination unit that determines a first group of contents including at least one of first contents usable by the information processing device without restriction; a second determination unit that determines a second group of contents including at least one of the first contents and at least one of second contents usable by the information processing device with a restriction; and a display controller that displays a first object corresponding to the first group of contents determined by the first determination unit and a second object corresponding to the second group of contents determined by the second determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi NOGAMI, Kiyoshi Mizuki, Kouichi Kawamoto, Ryota Oiwa, Ichiro Suzuki, Wataru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130326370
    Abstract: An example system includes: a first memory in which a plurality of first objects each corresponding to a content is stored; a posting management unit that generates information based on an input by a user and posts the generated information; a second memory in which the information posted by the posting management unit is stored such that a content for which the information is posted is identifiable; a first display controller that displays at least one or more first objects each corresponding to a content selected from the plurality of contents; and a second display controller that displays information adjacent to a first object corresponding to the content for which the information is posted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi NOGAMI, Kiyoshi Mizuki, Kouichi Kawamoto, Ryota Oiwa, Ichiro Suzuki, Wataru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130326410
    Abstract: An example information processing device includes: a selection unit that selects a predetermined number of contents including at least one of first contents available at an information processing device and at least one of second contents usable with restriction; a display controller that displays objects each corresponding to a content included in the selected at least one of first contents and the selected at least one of second contents; and an execution unit that executes a processing corresponding to an object included in the displayed objects in response to designation of the object by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi NOGAMI, Kiyoshi Mizuki, Ryota Oiwa, Ichiro Suzuki, Wataru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130324234
    Abstract: An example information processing device includes: a selection unit that selects at least one content from a plurality of contents using user information sets of a plurality of users constituting a predetermined group, each user information set describing a user; and an execution unit that executes a process to notify at least one of the plurality of users included in the group of the content selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi NOGAMI, Kiyoshi MIZUKI, Ryota OIWA, Ichiro SUZUKI, Wataru TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20130321451
    Abstract: An example information processing device includes: a first display controller that displays a plurality of first objects each corresponding to a content included in a plurality of contents; and a second display controller that displays a plurality of second objects each corresponding to a user associated with at least one content included in the plurality of contents, the user being included in a plurality of users which includes at least one registered user, wherein: a second object of a user is displayed in association with a first object corresponding to a content associated with the user; and a second object of the registered user is distinguishable from an appearance of a second object of an unregistered user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi NOGAMI, Kiyoshi MIZUKI, Kouichi KAWAMOTO, Ryota OIWA, Ichiro SUZUKI, Wataru TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8575978
    Abstract: A coupling failure of a supply terminal or a ground terminal is easily detected. A diode is disposed between a supply terminal of a semiconductor device and a first I/O terminal so that the supply terminal is located on a cathode side, and the first I/O terminal is located on an anode side. A determination unit determines whether or not a voltage of the supply terminal is lower than a voltage of the first I/O terminal when a signal of high level equal to a supply voltage is input to the first I/O terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Danichi Komatsu, Wataru Tanaka, Satoru Ikeda, Yayoi Nagao
  • Publication number: 20130175877
    Abstract: Coil units equipped with primary coils having the same specification are provided in a power feeding module. Coil-unit intermeshing recess sections are formed on a printed circuit board to match each of the coil units. Pads for joining together with electrodes formed on the coil units are formed on the bottom faces of each of the coil-unit intermeshing recess sections. A plurality of coil units can be mounted onto the printed circuit board easily, by fitting each of the coil units into each of the coil-unit intermeshing recess sections and joining them together, which will enable manufacturing efficiency to be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Abe, Hiroyuki Yagyu, Wataru Tanaka, Shinichi Abe
  • Patent number: 8437130
    Abstract: In a medium drive unit, a flexible portion of a frame body deflects toward a tray when pressed. Then, the tip of the protrusion disposed on the back surface of the frame body, which surface is directed toward the tray, pushes a button disposed on the front surface of the tray, thereby causing the tray to slide out from a housing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masahiko Hoshi, Sonomasa Kobayashi, Wataru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20120306540
    Abstract: A coupling failure of a supply terminal or a ground terminal is easily detected. A diode is disposed between a supply terminal of a semiconductor device and a first I/O terminal so that the supply terminal is located on a cathode side, and the first I/O terminal is located on an anode side. A determination unit determines whether or not a voltage of the supply terminal is lower than a voltage of the first I/O terminal when a signal of high level equal to a supply voltage is input to the first I/O terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Danichi KOMATSU, Wataru Tanaka, Satoru Ikeda, Yayoi Nagao
  • Patent number: 8164844
    Abstract: An optical filter and a lighting device using the same wherein the suppression of the melatonin secretion by the reception of light in the nighttime is prevented and the color of light is maintained. The optical filter has a mean transmissivity of a light beam in a wavelength range of about 480˜550 nm is about 30% or less. The optical filter is formed by at least molding a transparent resin and a resin composition material containing an orange color series florescent dye material, and, for 100 weight part of the transparent resin, the resin composition material containing about 0.005˜0.2 weight part of the orange color series florescent dye material is molded. This can prevent the suppression of the melatonin secretion in the nighttime. The color of light is maintained desirable. The optical filter may be applied to a lighting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Naohiro Toda, Wataru Tanaka, Hiroki Noguti
  • Patent number: 8036791
    Abstract: A suspension ECU 13 calculates a target characteristic changing coefficient a_new for changing a target characteristic, which is represented by a quadratic function, by use of the maximum actual roll angle ?_max generated in a vehicle body during the current turning state and a turning pitch angle ?_fy_max which is a fraction of an actual pitch angle ? generated as a result of turning, and changes the target characteristic by use of the coefficient a_new. Subsequently, the suspension ECU 13 calculates the difference ?? between the actual pitch angle ? and a target pitch angle ?h corresponding to the actual roll angle ? on the basis of the changed target characteristic, and calculates a total demanded damping force F to be cooperatively generated by the shock absorbers so as to reduce the difference ?? to zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi Mizuta, Motohiko Honma, Wataru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7954969
    Abstract: Light which tries to enter a diffuser plate 3 at an angle which exceeds an angle at which a percentage of reflected light increases rapidly (that is, the incidence angle ?=70 degrees) is all reflected by a reflecting surface 21 and then enters the diffuser plate 3. Therefore, a pseudo light source is formed by light which was collected near a connection point between adjacent reflecting surfaces 21 out of the emitted light of the discharge lamps 1. So, the brightness between the adjacent discharge lamps 1 is increased, and it is possible to reduce unevenness in brightness. Furthermore, since the discharge lamp 1 is housed inside the reflecting surface 21 whose cross-sectional shape is a parabola, it is possible to reduce the distance between a reflecting plate 2 and the diffuser plate 3, as compared with the prior art, and to reduce the thickness dimension in the anteroposterior direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Matsukawa, Masao Kamada, Wataru Tanaka, Kazuki Watanabe, Isao Nara, Yasuo Uemoto
  • Publication number: 20110055615
    Abstract: The detector includes a plug for connecting a personal computer through a cable, a battery power supply which provides a constant power supply, and an MCU which receives a specific potential from the personal computer when the latter is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Kenji KUBO, Wataru Tanaka, Hiroyuki Maemura
  • Patent number: 7889488
    Abstract: A lock unit used for an electronic apparatus that includes a foldable and unfoldable housing that has a first surface that is foldable, and a second surface orthogonal to the first surface includes a lock member that locks the housing in a folded state, an operation member that moves the lock member and releases a lock of the housing by the lock member, and a transmission mechanism that transmits a driving force applied to the operation member to the lock member by changing an operating direction of the operation member to another direction, and moves the lock member in the other direction, wherein the operation member is provided on the second surface, and an operating direction of the operation member is a first direction perpendicular to the second surface, the lock member projecting in a second direction orthogonal to the first surface, and a moving direction of the lock member being a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Minoru Kumagai, Ikki Tatsukami, Kazuo Kobayashi, Wataru Tanaka, Kaigo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110029198
    Abstract: A suspension ECU 13 calculates a target characteristic changing coefficient a_new for changing a target characteristic, which is represented by a quadratic function, by use of the maximum actual roll angle ?_max generated in a vehicle body during the current turning state and a turning pitch angle ?_fy_max which is a fraction of an actual pitch angle ? generated as a result of turning, and changes the target characteristic by use of the coefficient a_new. Subsequently, the suspension ECU 13 calculates the difference ?? between the actual pitch angle ? and a target pitch angle ?h corresponding to the actual roll angle ? on the basis of the changed target characteristic, and calculates a total demanded damping force F to be cooperatively generated by the shock absorbers so as to reduce the difference ?? to zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi Mizuta, Motohiko Honma, Wataru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7797557
    Abstract: The detector includes a plug for connecting a personal computer through a cable, a battery power supply which provides a constant power supply, and an MCU which receives a specific potential from the personal computer when the latter is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric System LSI Design Corporation, Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Kubo, Wataru Tanaka, Hiroyuki Maemura