Patents by Inventor Yasuto KAKIMOTO
Yasuto KAKIMOTO 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).
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Patent number: 10097492Abstract: An exemplary group selection screen shows groups in which users share a message, so that any of the groups is selectable. In an avatar display area (Ar12) for each group, avatars (Av1) of not more than five users belonging to a group, who have recently posted a message, are displayed. An arrangement of the avatars (Av1) is determined based on a posting time and date of a latest message posted by each user represented by an avatar (Av1). In an avatar display area (Ar12), a message included in a balloon is displayed, which message has been posted by a user represented by a displayed avatar (Av1).Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetaka Tsuda, Yui Iida, Kouichi Kawamoto, Taiyo Hara, Ryoma Aoki, Naonori Oonishi, Akihiro Umehara, Ginga Kamei, Hiroaki Hiruma, Masayuki Okada, Yasuto Kakimoto, Arisa Yanagi, Hayuru Soma
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Patent number: 10069778Abstract: An exemplary group selection screen shows groups in which users share a message, so that any of the groups is selectable. In an avatar display area (Ar12) for each group, avatars (Av1) of not more than five users belonging to a group, who have recently posted a message, are displayed. An arrangement of the avatars (Av1) is determined based on a posting time and date of a latest message posted by each user represented by an avatar (Av1). In an avatar display area (Ar12), a message included in a balloon is displayed, which message has been posted by a user represented by a displayed avatar (Av1).Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetaka Tsuda, Yui Iida, Kouichi Kawamoto, Taiyo Hara, Ryoma Aoki, Naonori Oonishi, Akihiro Umehara, Ginga Kamei, Hiroaki Hiruma, Masayuki Okada, Yasuto Kakimoto, Arisa Yanagi, Hayuru Soma
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Patent number: 9928304Abstract: An example information-processing device that includes: a first registering unit that registers, in accordance with an operation performed by a user, a link data set indicating a specific data set, a specifying unit that specifies a status of use of a link data set registered by the first registering unit or a status of use of a specific data set indicated by a link data set registered by the first registering unit, and a second registering unit that registers at least one of a plurality of link data sets registered by the first registering unit based on a status of use specified by the specifying unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Sasaki, Munetaka Tsuda, Yasuto Kakimoto, Ryoma Aoki
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Patent number: 9535585Abstract: An example information-processing device includes a display controller that, when a scaling operation for changing a scale of an image to be displayed is not performed, displays in a display the image with a first magnification, and when the operation is performed, displays in the display the image with a second magnification that is greater than the first magnification.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetaka Tsuda, Yasuto Kakimoto, Ryoma Aoki
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Publication number: 20160231878Abstract: An exemplary communication terminal (10) includes a first accepting unit (115), a second accepting unit (116), a third accepting unit (117), and a sending unit (118). The first accepting unit (115) accepts an input of a message. The second accepting unit (116) accepts a selection of an image to be associated with the message. The third accepting unit (117) accepts a transmission instruction to send a set of message information indicative of the message and image information indicative of the image. The sending unit (118) sends the set of the message information and the image information to another communication terminal (10) in response to receipt of a transmission instruction by the third accepting unit (117).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Munetaka TSUDA, Kouichi KAWAMOTO, Yui IIDA, Ryoma AOKI, Naonori OONISHI, Akihiro UMEHARA, Ginga KAMEI, Hiroaki HIRUMA, Taiyo HARA, Masayuki OKADA, Yasuto KAKIMOTO, Arisa YANAGI, Hayuru SOMA
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Publication number: 20160234149Abstract: An exemplary group selection screen shows groups in which users share a message, so that any of the groups is selectable. In an avatar display area (Ar12) for each group, avatars (Av1) of not more than five users belonging to a group, who have recently posted a message, are displayed. An arrangement of the avatars (Av1) is determined based on a posting time and date of a latest message posted by each user represented by an avatar (Av1). In an avatar display area (Ar12), a message included in a balloon is displayed, which message has been posted by a user represented by a displayed avatar (Av1).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Munetaka TSUDA, Yui IIDA, Kouichi KAWAMOTO, Taiyo HARA, Ryoma AOKI, Naonori OONISHI, Akihiro UMEHARA, Ginga KAMEI, Hiroaki HIRUMA, Masayuki OKADA, Yasuto KAKIMOTO, Arisa YANAGI, Hayuru SOMA
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Patent number: 9304661Abstract: An information-processing device includes: a first display controller that causes a display to display multiple first images in a predetermined arrangement; a second display controller that, upon receipt of a first operation for one of the multiple first images, changes at least part of an arrangement of the multiple first images from the predetermined arrangement, and causes a second image associated with the first image, for which the first operation was received, to be displayed on the display so as not to overlap the multiple first images; and an execution unit that, upon receipt of a second operation for the second image while the second image is displayed, executes a process in accordance with the second operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetaka Tsuda, Yasuto Kakimoto, Ryoma Aoki
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Patent number: 9189138Abstract: An example display control device including: a first acquisition unit that acquires operation information indicative of an orientation of an device held by a user; a second acquisition unit that acquires size information in dictate of a size of a content displayed on a display; a determination unit that determines, based on the acquired size information, a scrolling amount by which the content displayed on the display is scrolled in a predetermined direction in accordance with the acquired operation information; and a display controller that controls display of the content performed by the display unit to scroll the content by the determined scrolling amount in accordance with the acquired operation information.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryoma Aoki, Munetaka Tsuda, Yasuto Kakimoto
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Patent number: 9075880Abstract: An exemplary information-processing device includes: a display controller configured, when a second application program, capable of performing a search is activated during execution of a first application program, to display a second image displayed as a result of execution of the activated second application program, and a first image that has been displayed as a result of execution of the first application program before activation of the second application program; and an execution controller configured to notify the second application program of an event corresponding to an input operation, to execute a process according to a procedure described in the second application program, while maintaining the first image to be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetaka Tsuda, Ryoma Aoki, Yasuto Kakimoto
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Patent number: 9019315Abstract: An exemplary information-processing device includes: a first display controller configured to display selectively on a display a first image and a second image including the first image in a reduced size; and a second display controller configured, while the second display is displayed on the display, to display an indicator image on the display, the indicator image indicating a position of an image to be displayed when display of the second image is changed to display of the first image.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Munetaka Tsuda, Ryoma Aoki, Yasuto Kakimoto
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Publication number: 20140137031Abstract: An example display control device including: a first acquisition unit that acquires operation information indicative of an orientation of an device held by a user; a second acquisition unit that acquires size information in dictate of a size of a content displayed on a display; a determination unit that determines, based on the acquired size information, a scrolling amount by which the content displayed on the display is scrolled in a predetermined direction in accordance with the acquired operation information; and a display controller that controls display of the content performed by the display unit to scroll the content by the determined scrolling amount in accordance with the acquired operation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryoma AOKI, Munetaka TSUDA, Yasuto KAKIMOTO
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Publication number: 20140137040Abstract: An example information-processing device that includes: a first registering unit that registers, in accordance with an operation performed by a user, a link data set indicating a specific data set, a specifying unit that specifies a status of use of a link data set registered by the first registering unit or a status of use of a specific data set indicated by a link data set registered by the first registering unit, and a second registering unit that registers at least one of a plurality of link data sets registered by the first registering unit based on a status of use specified by the specifying unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya SASAKI, Munetaka TSUDA, Yasuto KAKIMOTO, Ryoma AOKI
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Publication number: 20140075391Abstract: An example information-processing device includes: a display control unit that causes a display unit to display a button image assigned to a function, the button image being selectable by a user, and an object superimposed on the button image; a processing unit that performs a processing corresponding to the function when the button image displayed by the display unit is selected by a user; and a notification control unit that notifies a status of at least the processing performed by the processing unit by changing an appearance of the object displayed by the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetaka TSUDA, Yasuto KAKIMOTO, Ryoma AOKI
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Publication number: 20140075376Abstract: An example display control apparatus includes: a first display controller that displays a portion of content in a predetermined area in a display area; a position detector that detects a position of the portion of content being displayed in the predetermined area; and a second display controller that, if the display area includes a blank area in which the portion of content is not being displayed, displays a scroll indicator indicative of the detected position in the blank area, and if the display area does not include the blank area, prevents display of the scroll indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetaka TSUDA, Yasuto KAKIMOTO, Ryoma AOKI
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Publication number: 20130321469Abstract: An exemplary information-processing device includes: a display controller configured to display selectively in a display region of a display device a first image and a second image including the first image, in which second image a display magnification decreases or increases toward an end of the display region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetaka TSUDA, Ryoma AOKI, Yasuto KAKIMOTO
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Publication number: 20130326540Abstract: An exemplary information-processing device includes: a display controller configured, when a second application program, capable of performing a search is activated during execution of a first application program, to display a second image displayed as a result of execution of the activated second application program, and a first image that has been displayed as a result of execution of the first application program before activation of the second application program; and an execution controller configured to notify the second application program of an event corresponding to an input operation, to execute a process according to a procedure described in the second application program, while maintaining the first image to be displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetaka TSUDA, Ryoma AOKI, Yasuto KAKIMOTO
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Publication number: 20130321473Abstract: An exemplary information-processing device includes: a first display controller configured to display selectively on a display a first image and a second image including the first image in a reduced size; and a second display controller configured, while the second display is displayed on the display, to display an indicator image on the display, the indicator image indicating a position of an image to be displayed when display of the second image is changed to display of the first image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetaka TSUDA, Ryoma AOKI, Yasuto KAKIMOTO
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Publication number: 20130326521Abstract: An example information-processing device includes: am acquisition unit configured to acquire application-related information relating to a first application program; and a presentation unit configured, when a second application program, by which a search can be performed, is activated after activation of the first application program, to present to a user the application-related information acquired by the acquisition unit as a candidate for an item to be searched for.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetaka TSUDA, Ryoma AOKI, Yasuto KAKIMOTO
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Publication number: 20130214993Abstract: An information-processing device includes: a first display controller that causes a display to display multiple first images in a predetermined arrangement; a second display controller that, upon receipt of a first operation for one of the multiple first images, changes at least part of an arrangement of the multiple first images from the predetermined arrangement, and causes a second image associated with the first image, for which the first operation was received, to be displayed on the display so as not to overlap the multiple first images; and an execution unit that, upon receipt of a second operation for the second image while the second image is displayed, executes a process in accordance with the second operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetaka TSUDA, Yasuto KAKIMOTO, Ryoma AOKI
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Publication number: 20130214994Abstract: An information-processing system includes: a first display; a second display; a first display controller that causes the first display and the second display to display respective images based on identical content; and a second display controller that, when a predetermined condition is met, conceals at least part of the image displayed on the second display.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Munetaka Tsuda, Yasuto Kakimoto