Patents by Inventor Akira Kurabayashi

Akira Kurabayashi 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: 8022962
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a computer, and the computer reads rendering data from a rendering buffer, and displays a virtual three-dimensional image by utilizing color data and a depth value for each pixel which are included in the rendering data. When a photographing instruction is input, a focused position is detected on the basis of operation information. The computer calculates a difference between a depth value of each pixel included in the rendering data and a depth value of the focused position to generate color data which is subjected to blur processing with respect to blurring objective pixels, and writes the color data in the calculation buffer for each pixel. The computer generates a display image data including a blurred image on the basis of the color data of each pixel stored in the calculation buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Arika Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Kurabayashi
  • Publication number: 20100273098
    Abstract: A mask blank that can be formed without causing a shape defect in a transfer pattern having a high resolution. A mask blank (10) includes a transparent substrate (11), an etched layer (14) located above the transparent substrate (11), a suppression layer (20) located above the etched layer (11) and formed using a first chemical amplification resist, and a mask layer (15) located above the suppression layer (20) and formed using a second chemical amplification resist. The mask layer (15) functions to generate acid with the second chemical amplification resist when receiving exposure light and change solubility of the mask layer (15) with respect to a development liquid. The suppression layer (20) functions to generate acid with the first chemical amplification resist when receiving the exposure light through the mask layer (15) and obtain insolubility of the mask layer (15) with respect to the development liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: ULVAC COATING CORPORAATION
    Inventors: Takumi Ogawa, Akira Kurabayashi, Go Hiramoto
  • Publication number: 20090002365
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a computer, and the computer reads rendering data from a rendering buffer, and displays a virtual three-dimensional image by utilizing color data and a depth value for each pixel which are included in the rendering data. When a photographing instruction is input, a focused position is detected on the basis of operation information. The computer calculates a difference between a depth value of each pixel included in the rendering data and a depth value of the focused position to generate color data which is subjected to blur processing with respect to blurring objective pixels, and writes the color data in the calculation buffer for each pixel. The computer generates a display image data including a blurred image on the basis of the color data of each pixel stored in the calculation buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicants: NINTENDO CO., LTD., ARIKA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira Kurabayashi