Patents by Inventor Akihiro UMEHARA

Akihiro UMEHARA 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).

  • Patent number: 10360715
    Abstract: An example information-processing device (10) includes an image capture unit (110) that captures a video of a subject, an image generation unit (120) that generates plural avatars based on plural images constituting the video captured by the image capture unit (110), the plural images corresponding respectively to different image capture timings, each of the plural avatars representing a subject shown in one of the plural images, and a display unit (130) that displays the plural avatars generated by the image generation unit (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Munetaka Tsuda, Akihiro Umehara, Yui Iida, Masayuki Okada, Hayuru Soma
  • Patent number: 10097492
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 10069778
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 9904982
    Abstract: An example of an information processing system displays, on a display device, a plurality of panoramic images associated with locations on a map. Here, a predetermined virtual object is set for at least one of the plurality of panoramic images. an information processing system 1 determines one of the locations on the map as a current location based on a user operation. Where the virtual object is set for a panoramic image associated with the current location, the virtual object is placed at a predetermined position of the panoramic image. The information processing system 1 displays, on the display device, an image of a partial area of the panoramic image associated with the current location. A predetermined information process is performed in response to satisfaction of a predetermined condition regarding the virtual object while the panoramic image for which the virtual object is set is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Suzuki, Satoshi Kira, Akihiro Umehara
  • Publication number: 20160234149
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    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
  • Publication number: 20160231878
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20160217601
    Abstract: An example information-processing device (10) includes an image capture unit (110) that captures a video of a subject, an image generation unit (120) that generates plural avatars based on plural images constituting the video captured by the image capture unit (110), the plural images corresponding respectively to different image capture timings, each of the plural avatars representing a subject shown in one of the plural images, and a display unit (130) that displays the plural avatars generated by the image generation unit (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Munetaka TSUDA, Akihiro UMEHARA, Yui IIDA, Masayuki OKADA, Hayuru SOMA
  • Patent number: 9324298
    Abstract: A marker image that, if included in a captured image captured by an image capturing apparatus, performs image processing on the captured image and is thereby allowed to cause a predetermined virtual object to appear is placed in a virtual space. Then, a viewpoint for displaying a part of the virtual space on a display apparatus is changed in accordance with a user input, and the virtual space viewed from the viewpoint is displayed on the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Umehara, Toshiaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9286939
    Abstract: An exemplary information-processing system includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of images, each of which is clipped from each of a plurality of panoramic images, the plurality of images being determined in response to a pathway on a map, each of the plurality of panoramic images corresponding to a point on the map; and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display the plurality of images obtained by the obtaining unit sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Takahashi, Toshiaki Suzuki, Akihiro Umehara
  • Publication number: 20140368426
    Abstract: A marker image that, if included in a captured image captured by an image capturing apparatus, performs image processing on the captured image and is thereby allowed to cause a predetermined virtual object to appear is placed in a virtual space. Then, a viewpoint for displaying a part of the virtual space on a display apparatus is changed in accordance with a user input, and the virtual space viewed from the viewpoint is displayed on the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro UMEHARA, Toshiaki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20140354683
    Abstract: An example of an information processing system displays, on a display device, a plurality of panoramic images associated with locations on a map. Here, a predetermined virtual object is set for at least one of the plurality of panoramic images. an information processing system 1 determines one of the locations on the map as a current location based on a user operation. Where the virtual object is set for a panoramic image associated with the current location, the virtual object is placed at a predetermined position of the panoramic image. The information processing system 1 displays, on the display device, an image of a partial area of the panoramic image associated with the current location. A predetermined information process is performed in response to satisfaction of a predetermined condition regarding the virtual object while the panoramic image for which the virtual object is set is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki SUZUKI, Satoshi KIRA, Akihiro UMEHARA
  • Publication number: 20140152562
    Abstract: An exemplary display controller includes: an attitude detecting unit configured to detect an attitude of a terminal device; a first display controlling unit configured to control a display unit to display a partial image that is clipped in response to the detected attitude from a panoramic image corresponding to a position; a determining unit configured to determine a direction in which the position is moving; and a second display controlling unit configured to update, in response to a first operation input, an image displayed on the display unit from the first partial image to a second partial image that is clipped in response to the determined direction from the panoramic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Toshiaki SUZUKI, Akihiro UMEHARA
  • Publication number: 20140153896
    Abstract: An exemplary information-processing system includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of images, each of which is clipped from each of a plurality of panoramic images, the plurality of images being determined in response to a pathway on a map, each of the plurality of panoramic images corresponding to a point on the map; and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display the plurality of images obtained by the obtaining unit sequentially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Shinya TAKAHASHI, Toshiaki SUZUKI, Akihiro UMEHARA
  • Publication number: 20140152764
    Abstract: An example of an information processing system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses each capable of displaying, on a display device, a plurality of panoramic images associated with points on a map. A transmission-side apparatus determines a target point on the basis of an operation of a user, and displays, on a first display device, an image of a partial area, corresponding to a line-of-sight direction determined in accordance with an operation of the user, of a panoramic image associated with the target point. The transmission-side apparatus stores path information regarding a path along which the target point is moved during a predetermined period. A reception-side apparatus acquires the two or more panoramic images identified by the path information stored in the transmission-side apparatus, and displays, on a second display device, the acquired two or more panoramic images in an order identified by the path information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi KIRA, Akihiro Umehara, Toshiaki Suzuki