Patents Assigned to Nintendo Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 9895606
    Abstract: The first operation portion is configured to be pressed by one hand of a user holding a grip portion. The first button depression portion is configured to move toward a first button of a game controller secured in a compartment, thereby pressing the first button of the game controller secured in the compartment, in response to the pressing operation on the first operation portion. The second operation portion is configured to be pressed by the other hand of the user holding the grip portion. The second button depression portion is configured to move toward a second button of the game controller secured in the compartment, thereby pressing the second button of the game controller secured in the compartment, in response to the pressing operation on the second operation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kamata, Yuriko Sakai
  • Patent number: 9889377
    Abstract: While a first mode is set, a processor causes a memory to store a result obtained by execution of an interactive application as first result data, in association with precedently obtained first result data, as a first result data group. While a second mode is set, the processor causes a result obtained by execution of the interactive application to be stored as second result data, independently of the first result data group and precedently obtained second result data. For any of a user who mainly uses an information processing device and a user who temporarily uses the information processing device, results for each user can be utilized not only primarily but also secondarily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kawamoto, Masamichi Sakaino
  • Patent number: 9889379
    Abstract: An example information processing system includes a display controller configured to display a screen that includes a plurality of subjects and at least one content generated by a user, the at least one content satisfying a predetermined timing condition for each subject in a display, at least one content for a subject being included in a plurality of contents posted with regard to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Nogami, Kiyoshi Mizuki, Kouichi Kawamoto, Ryota Oiwa, Ichiro Suzuki, Wataru Tanaka, Hideto Yuzawa, Shunsaku Kato
  • Patent number: 9889384
    Abstract: An example terminal device includes a generally plate-shaped housing, an LCD provided on the front side of the housing, analog sticks, and first and second buttons. The analog sticks are provided respectively in left and right portions of the LCD above the center of the housing. The first and second buttons are provided on the back side of the housing so as to generally correspond to the analog sticks on the front side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Ashida, Yositomo Goto, Takanori Okamura, Junji Takamoto, Masato Ibuki, Shinji Yamamoto, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Fumiyoshi Suetake, Akiko Suga, Naoya Yamamoto, Daisuke Kumazaki
  • Patent number: 9894344
    Abstract: An example device includes first and second cameras and a touchscreen user interface configured to concurrently display first and second buttons and a real time image captured by the selected one of the cameras. The first button is operable for selecting between the first and second cameras, and the second button is operable for taking a picture using the selected one of the cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Imaizumi, Takako Masaki, Masato Kuwahara, Kazunori Koshiishi, Yui Ehara
  • Patent number: 9884256
    Abstract: A communication game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses which are able to wirelessly communicate with each other. Each of the game apparatus registers identifying information of an opponent obtained by a short-distance wireless communication or by user's manual input in a friend list. Thereafter, the game apparatus connects to the Internet, and inquires whether it is possible to communicate with an opponent in the friend list over the network. If it is possible to communicate, the game apparatus obtains an address of the opponent to make a network communication. Even if a user makes a short distance wireless communication with a friend to exchange and register the identifying information or registers the friend by hand and then is parted from the friend, the user can safely communicate with the friend across the network without being exposed to unknown players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Sasaki, Yosuke Hatayama, Daisuke Nakamura, Yoshitaka Shirota, Masaru Mitsuyoshi, Yutaka Takehisa, Katsuya Eguchi
  • Patent number: 9878236
    Abstract: A game apparatus is capable of controlling infrared radiation emitters for radiating infrared light. The game apparatus executes game processing using imaging information on the infrared light obtained from an input device. The input device takes an image of the infrared light radiated by the infrared radiation emitters, and also receives an input from a user. The game apparatus comprises pattern storage means; selection means; and radiation control means. The pattern storage means stores at least one signal pattern of an infrared signal usable by a control target device. The selection means selects at least one of the at least one signal pattern stored by the pattern storage means, using the input received by the input device. The radiation control means causes the infrared radiation emitters to output an infrared signal of the signal pattern selected by the selection means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Sawano, Hitoshi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9878244
    Abstract: A first player character or a second player character is caused to perform an action by operating the first player character or the second player character in accordance with an input, and a player character as an action target for performing an action corresponding to the input is switched. Further, a position and/or a direction of a virtual camera are set in accordance with a position and/or a direction, in a virtual world, of the player character set as the action target, and the position and/or the direction of the virtual camera are changed in accordance with the action of the player character. An image of the virtual world viewed from the virtual camera set for the player character as the action target is displayed on a display apparatus. Then, the action target can be switched to the second player character as during the operation on the first player character as the action target in the same player turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamagami, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Yuya Ishii, Susumu Ishihara
  • Patent number: 9882977
    Abstract: An exemplary information-processing system includes: an executing unit that executes an application program; and a posted information sharing unit that receives and stores posted information and/or provides the posted information to users, wherein the posted information sharing unit includes: a posted information generating unit that generates the posted information; and a posted information storing unit that stores a plurality items of the posted information, each item of the posted information being stored along with identification information of an application program corresponding to the posted information, the executing unit includes a requesting unit that identifies identification information of an application program being executed and requests the posted information sharing unit to output the posted information, the posted information sharing unit further includes a posted information outputting unit that extracts at least one item of the posted information corresponding to the identified identificati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Mizuki, Hideto Yuzawa, Shunsaku Kato
  • Patent number: 9878245
    Abstract: In order to attain the object described above, a game apparatus is able to use coordinate input means and display means, and positions a virtual camera Ca in a three-dimensional virtual space. When a predetermined operation is performed at any position in a predetermined range on a touch panel (coordinate input means), the game apparatus performs zooming-in-on operation (changes an angle ?1 of view of the virtual camera) without changing an imaging direction of the virtual camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sakurai, Taichi Machino, Teppei Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9873041
    Abstract: A game system including a plurality of mobile game apparatuses, and a mobile game apparatus that can communicate with another game apparatus that exists within a communicable range by use of a radio communications unit. When a communicated state is established, exchanging conditions for exchanging game data are received and transmitted, and in a case the exchange conditions are coincident with each other, the game data are exchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoya Tanaka, Masato Kuwahara, Toru Oe, Teruyuki Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20180018761
    Abstract: Provided is a projection system that easily and appropriately reduces the geometric distortion of the image projected on the projection plane. The projection circuitry 3 of the projection system 1000 projects a test image onto the projection plane. The three-dimensional shape measurement circuitry 4 measures the three-dimensional shape of the projection plane. The controller 200 generates a control signal. Based on the measured three-dimensional shape data, the projection image adjustment circuitry 1 performs correction processing and rotation processing on a test, in accordance with the control signal, such that the geometrical image distortion is reduced as viewed from the user's viewpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicants: MegaChips Corporation, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyasu TANAKA, Yuki HARAGUCHI, Fumiya SHINGU, Eizi KAWAI, Kazuhiro HOSOI
  • Patent number: 9870118
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable information processing program executable by a computer of an information processing apparatus, causing one or more processors to perform a region display module having, together with an object representing a virtual camera located within a virtual space, at least a part of a region representing a range within the virtual space for setting a position of the object displayed, an input acceptance module accepting an input for the displayed object, an object posture setting module setting a posture of the object based on the input to the input acceptance module, a virtual camera control module controlling the virtual camera based on the posture of the object set by the object posture setting module, and a picked-up image display module having a picked-up image displayed, which is picked up by the virtual camera controlled by the virtual camera control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeru Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9864905
    Abstract: An example information processing system includes a camera. The information processing system calculates, based on a camera image obtained by the camera, a position or a direction of an object (e.g., a hand of a user) included in the camera image. The information processing system instructs an output device to produce an output in accordance with the position or the direction of the object. The information processing system displays, on a display device, a guide image including a range image representing a range and an indicator image whose position or direction changes in accordance with a change in the output within the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Tanaka, Yusuke Kitazono
  • Patent number: 9861888
    Abstract: A vehicle simulation such as for example a driving game can be provided by displaying an image of a steering wheel on a touch sensitive screen. Touch inputs are used to control the rotational orientation of displayed steering wheel. The rotational orientation of the displayed steering wheel is used to apply course correction effects to a simulated vehicle. Selective application of driver assist and different scaling of touch inputs may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Champagne, Shigeki Yamashiro, Shigeru Miyamoto, Claude Comair
  • Patent number: 9864397
    Abstract: An operating member 3 has a shaft portion 31 and a fulcrum portion 32. A first swinging member 4 has a concave fitting portion 42. Inside the fitting portion, engaging surfaces and guide surfaces 45, 46 are included. The engaging surfaces are formed to be engageable with the fulcrum portion. The guide surfaces allow the fulcrum portion to swing with respect to the first swinging member. The second swinging member 5 includes an engaging portion 63 which includes a long hole, and which covers the fulcrum portion while passing the shaft portion through the long hole in a manner that the shaft portion is movable in the longitudinal direction of the long hole, in such a manner that the engaging portion and the fitting portion cooperate to sandwich the fulcrum portion. The engaging portion is coupled with the second swing shaft, and configured to be engageable with the shaft portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: NINTENDO CO., LTD., HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Okamura, Junji Takamoto, Mitsuhiro Asano
  • Patent number: 9864488
    Abstract: A system is disclosed including a first display control section 218 for selectively displaying, in a first display area, a second predetermined number of first objects among first objects, corresponding to a first predetermined number of game programs, for which an order is set, a second display control section for displaying a position designation image at a position corresponding to a position, of subject software, in an order set for the first predetermined number of pieces of software; a display change section for designating a first object to be displayed in the first display area, based on an operation input received by using the position designation image; and an activation execution section for activating software corresponding to one first object which is selected from among the second predetermined number of first objects displayed in the first display area, based on the operation input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Matsushima, Yuki Onozawa
  • Publication number: 20180007329
    Abstract: Provided is a projection system that sets an arbitrary three-dimensional shape as a projection target and properly corrects geometric distortion of a projected image even when a user's viewpoint is not fixed. A projection unit of the projector apparatus projects a test image for first adjustment. A three-dimensional shape measurement unit measures the three-dimensional shape of the projection target. An image capturing apparatus captures the test image for first adjustment projected by the projection unit to obtain a captured image for first adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicants: MegaChips Corporation, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyasu TANAKA, Yuki HARAGUCHI, Fumiya SHINGU, Eizi KAWAI, Kazuhiro HOSOI
  • Patent number: 9855506
    Abstract: A trading card includes a main portion having any character of a plurality of characters represented on at least one surface and an electronic component for contactless communication, which is contained in the main portion. The electronic component includes a storage portion which stores data related to the character represented on the main portion and a circuit which writes data received from an external apparatus through contactless communication into the storage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kawanabe, Kenko Kawahara, Hideaki Kamata, Norio Asakura
  • Patent number: D808967
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Yamamoto, Fumiyoshi Suetake