Patents by Inventor Daiji Imai

Daiji Imai 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: 20120176370
    Abstract: A display control program executed on a computer of a display having a first display portion capable of providing stereoscopic display and a second display portion configured to provide two-dimensional display is provided. The display control program includes object display instructions for controlling the first display portion and the second display portion such that a plurality of objects are displayed at respective arrangement positions set by arrangement position setting instructions and an object group is displayed across the first display portion and the second display portion. The object display instructions include instructions for determining on which of the first and second display portions objects included in the object group are to be displayed, and for providing stereoscopic display of an object determined to be displayed on the first display portion and providing two-dimensional display of an object determined to be displayed on the second display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiji IMAI, Takahito Kita, Motomasa Kondo, Hiroshi Yamada, Ryu Nadatani
  • Patent number: 8201200
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus has a plurality of display information, with respect to selected display information, displays a content part including a plurality of contents, and displays an index part of the other display information. In a case that an electronic program guide is displayed, as a content part, a program guide including a plurality of program information is displayed, and as an index part, date tubs are displayed. When a search condition is designated, it is determined whether or not program information matching the search condition is present. In the displayed program guide, a display manner of the program information matching the search condition is changed, and with respect to the index part, a display manner of the date tub corresponding to the program information matching the search condition is changed, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daiji Imai
  • Publication number: 20120079039
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: application execution means for executing an application program; metadata storage means for storing metadata corresponding to the application program; input means for receiving a message input by a user based on an operation of the user; selection means for selecting the metadata stored by the metadata storage means, in accordance with an operation of the user; transmission means for transmitting the message received by the input means and the metadata selected by the selection means to another information processing apparatus; reception means for receiving a message and metadata corresponding to an application program from said another information processing apparatus; and information output means for outputting the message and the metadata received by the reception means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daiji IMAI
  • Publication number: 20120075351
    Abstract: A part of a content 61 is displayed on a display screen. If a user has designated a first area, a scrolling indicator 57 that indicates the part displayed on the display screen is displayed at a first timing. If the user has designated a second area, the scrolling indicator 57 that indicates the part displayed on the display screen is displayed at a second timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: HAL LABORATORY INC., NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiji IMAI, Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Shohei Mizutani, Yumi Todo
  • Publication number: 20120072866
    Abstract: A game apparatus as an information processing apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU executes a program as to a memo application and another application different from the memo application. When the program of the memo application is executed during execution of the other application, a screen of an execution result of the program of the other application is captured, and the captured image is displayed on a stereoscopic LCD. On the other hand, a memo creating screen is displayed on a lower LCD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiji IMAI, Hideki Konno, Kazunobu Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20110316886
    Abstract: In accordance with a size of a drawing area and a character size, the number of characters arrangeable in the drawing area is calculated. Based on the calculated number of characters, whether a character string in the obtained character size is arranged in the drawing area or the character string in a character size different from the obtained character size is arranged in the drawing area is selected, and the character string is arranged in the drawing area by using the determined character size. The arranged character string is displayed on the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicants: HAL LABORATORY INC., NINTENDO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Daiji IMAI, Ryoichiro ATONO, Fumihiro NARITA
  • Patent number: 8081189
    Abstract: In accordance with a size of a drawing area and a character size, the number of characters arrangeable in the drawing area is calculated. Based on the calculated number of characters, whether a character string in the obtained character size is arranged in the drawing area or the character string in a character size different from the obtained character size is arranged in the drawing area is selected, and the character string is arranged in the drawing area by using the determined character size. The arranged character string is displayed on the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Hal Laboratory Inc.
    Inventors: Daiji Imai, Ryoichiro Atono, Fumihiro Narita
  • Publication number: 20110222735
    Abstract: As to each section making up of an original image, a CPU of an image processing apparatus calculates a distance from a predetermined position, for example, a center of the original image to a center of the section, sets a probability in accordance with the calculated distance, determines whether or not the section is a section where an object is to be drawn according to the set probability, and draws an object in each section which is determined as a section to be drawn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiji Imai, Atsushi Okumura
  • Publication number: 20110173557
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a CPU, and a relationship diagram displaying screen is displayed on a second LCD according to an instruction from a first user of the game apparatus. On the relationship diagram displaying screen, a display manner of an arrow displayed between a user image of the first user and a user image of a second user of another game apparatus is changed. The thickness and the color of the arrow on the side of the user image of the second user are set on the basis of the degree of transmission of the message data transmitted by the first user to the second user. Furthermore, the thickness and the color of the arrow on the side of the user image of the first user are set on the basis of the degree of reception of the message data received by the first user from the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daiji IMAI
  • Publication number: 20100210332
    Abstract: First, a designated position on a display screen is continuously obtained based on a designation performed by a pointing device. Next, it is detected that a sound which satisfies a predetermined condition is inputted to sound input means. Then, while it is detected that the sound which satisfies the predetermined condition is inputted, predetermined drawing-related processing is executed at a position based on the obtained designated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daiji IMAI
  • Publication number: 20090208191
    Abstract: A program information displaying apparatus includes a CPU, and displays a plurality of program information in tabular form. For example, users register accounts as user information in the program information that the user is interested in. A priority and a display manner are set for each of the plurality of accounts, and the program information in which the account is registered is depicted in the display manner on the basis of the priority. When a first depicting method is selected, the program information is depicted in a display manner of the account with the highest priority. When a second depicting method is selected, the program information is depicted such that the display manners are layered in order of the priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicants: NINTENDO CO., LTD., HAL Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Daiji IMAI, Ryoichiro Atono
  • Publication number: 20090195703
    Abstract: A display control apparatus connected to a display apparatus, which is remotely controllable through wireless communication, generates a first video/audio signal for displaying a first image on the display apparatus, and outputs the first video/audio signal to the display apparatus. Either of a first signal pattern indicative of a command to cause the first image based on the first video/audio signal to be displayed on the display apparatus or a second signal pattern indicative of a command to cause a second image based on a second video/audio signal, which is obtained from a device different from the display control apparatus, to be displayed on the display apparatus is selected, and a wireless signal of the selected signal pattern is outputted to the display apparatus through the wireless communication. Information determined based on the signal pattern of the outputted wireless signal is informed from an apparatus different from the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicants: Nintendo Co., Ltd.,, HAL Laboratory Inc.,
    Inventors: Daiji IMAI, Masayoshi TANIMURA, Akira OZAWA, Masanobu SAKATA, Tomokazu TSURUOKA
  • Publication number: 20090189903
    Abstract: In accordance with an operation content indicated by a user's operation data, an amount of scrolling is calculated, and a display range of a table to be displayed on a display apparatus is moved in the table in accordance with the amount of the scrolling. With respect to respective drawing areas, whether or not drawing start points, from which drawing character strings are to be drawn, stay within the display range is determined. When the drawing start point of a drawing area, among the drawing areas, falls outside the display range, the drawing start point of the drawing area is changed to a position which is in the drawing area and also which stays within the display range. The character strings are arranged in the respective drawing areas from the drawing start points set to the respective drawing areas, and the table in the display range is displayed on the display apparatus together with the arranged character strings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Daiji Imai, Ryoichiro Atono
  • Publication number: 20090178080
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus has a plurality of display information, with respect to selected display information, displays a content part including a plurality of contents, and displays an index part of the other display information. In a case that an electronic program guide is displayed, as a content part, a program guide including a plurality of program information is displayed, and as an index part, date tubs are displayed. When a search condition is designated, it is determined whether or not program information matching the search condition is present. In the displayed program guide, a display manner of the program information matching the search condition is changed, and with respect to the index part, a display manner of the date tub corresponding to the program information matching the search condition is changed, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventor: Daiji IMAI
  • Publication number: 20090153564
    Abstract: In accordance with a size of a drawing area and a character size, the number of characters arrangeable in the drawing area is calculated. Based on the calculated number of characters, whether a character string in the obtained character size is arranged in the drawing area or the character string in a character size different from the obtained character size is arranged in the drawing area is selected, and the character string is arranged in the drawing area by using the determined character size. The arranged character string is displayed on the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicants: Nintendo Co., Ltd., HAL Laboratory Inc.
    Inventors: Daiji Imai, Ryoichiro Atono, Fumihiro Narita
  • Publication number: 20090158162
    Abstract: A display system is for displaying a degree of popularity of a plurality of selection objects like an electronic program guide displaying system, for example, and includes a plurality of user terminals. Each of the plurality of user terminals is connected to a server via a network, for example. Each user terminal displays a plurality of program information in a matrix manner, and accepts an operation to select desired program information. The server calculates a degree of popularity of each program information on the basis of the results of the selections by the respective user terminals, and transmits the degree of popularity to each user terminal. On the side of the user terminal, a display manner of each program information is changed on the basis of the degree of popularity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventor: Daiji IMAI