Patents by Inventor Eizi Kawai
Eizi Kawai 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: 10987042Abstract: An example of a display system includes a sensor, a projector, and control means. The sensor senses user information for calculating a state regarding sleep of a user. The user information is, for example, biological information such as pulse. The projector projects and displays a predetermined image. The projector, for example, projects the image upward to project and display the image on the ceiling. The control means controls the projector in accordance with a state regarding sleep, which is calculated on the basis of the user information.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eizi Kawai, Masahiro Kondo, Kazuhiro Hosoi
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Patent number: 10777305Abstract: An example of an information processing system includes a stationary type device, a hand-held type device, and a server. The stationary type device senses user information for evaluating health of a user. The hand-held type device transmits the user information sensed by the stationary type device and/or information calculated from the user information to the server as transmission information. The server transmits, to the hand-held type device, service data for providing the user with a network service in accordance with an evaluation result of health, indicated by the transmission information transmitted from the hand-held type device and/or calculated from the transmission information.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eizi Kawai, Takashi Aoyama
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Publication number: 20200005913Abstract: An example of a display system includes a sensor, a projector, and control means. The sensor senses user information for calculating a state regarding sleep of a user. The user information is, for example, biological information such as pulse. The projector projects and displays a predetermined image. The projector, for example, projects the image upward to project and display the image on the ceiling. The control means controls the projector in accordance with a state regarding sleep, which is calculated on the basis of the user information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Eizi KAWAI, Masahiro KONDO, Kazuhiro HOSOI
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Patent number: 10504616Abstract: An example of a display system includes a sensor, a projector, and control means. The sensor senses user information for calculating a state regarding sleep of a user. The user information is, for example, biological information such as pulse. The projector projects and displays a predetermined image. The projector, for example, projects the image upward to project and display the image on the ceiling. The control means controls the projector in accordance with a state regarding sleep, which is calculated on the basis of the user information.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eizi Kawai, Masahiro Kondo, Kazuhiro Hosoi
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Patent number: 10284831Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignees: MEGACHIPS CORPORATION, NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Motoyasu Tanaka, Yuki Haraguchi, Fumiya Shingu, Eizi Kawai, Kazuhiro Hosoi
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Patent number: 9928580Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignees: MegaChips Corporation, Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoyasu Tanaka, Yuki Haraguchi, Fumiya Shingu, Eizi Kawai, Kazuhiro Hosoi
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Publication number: 20180018761Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicants: MegaChips Corporation, Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoyasu TANAKA, Yuki HARAGUCHI, Fumiya SHINGU, Eizi KAWAI, Kazuhiro HOSOI
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Publication number: 20180007329Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicants: MegaChips Corporation, Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoyasu TANAKA, Yuki HARAGUCHI, Fumiya SHINGU, Eizi KAWAI, Kazuhiro HOSOI
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Publication number: 20160335402Abstract: An example of an information processing system includes: a terminal system including a hand-held type terminal; and a server. The terminal system acquires first information for evaluating health of a user. The information processing system performs an evaluation regarding health of the user on the basis of the acquired first information. The server transmits, to the terminal system, service data for providing a network service in accordance with the evaluation regarding health of the user. The server stores, in a predefined storage section, privilege information indicating a privilege to be given to the user and regarding the network service and/or the hand-held type terminal. The server updates the privilege information such that a privilege in accordance with a result of the evaluation regarding health of the user is to be given to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Eizi KAWAI, Akio IKEDA, Shiho YASUDA
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Publication number: 20160335401Abstract: An example of an information processing system includes a stationary type device, a hand-held type device, and a server. The stationary type device senses user information for evaluating health of a user. The hand-held type device transmits the user information sensed by the stationary type device and/or information calculated from the user information to the server as transmission information. The server transmits, to the hand-held type device, service data for providing the user with a network service in accordance with an evaluation result of health, indicated by the transmission information transmitted from the hand-held type device and/or calculated from the transmission information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Eizi KAWAI, Takashi AOYAMA
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Publication number: 20160328524Abstract: An example of a terminal system obtains biological information of a user, and transmits, to a server system, transmission information that includes at least one of the biological information and health information. The server system stores, as storage information, the transmission information received from each terminal system and/or information obtained from the transmission information. Further, the server system stores a condition related to generation of provision information to be provided to the user in order to improve an index obtained from the storage information or an index included in the storage information. The provision information is generated based on the storage information and the condition, and transmitted to a terminal of the user. The server system performs analysis of the transmission information which is related to a plurality of users who have been provided with the provision information and updates the condition based on a result of the analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Eizi KAWAI, Atsushi WATANABE, Akio IKEDA
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Publication number: 20160328534Abstract: An example of an information processing system includes a stationary type device and a hand-held type device. The stationary type device senses first user information for evaluating QOL of a user while the user is asleep. The hand-held type device senses second user information for evaluating QOL of the user while the user is awake. The information processing system performs an evaluation regarding QOL of the user on the basis of the first user information and the second user information. The first user information and the second user information may be of the same type or different types.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Eizi KAWAI, Atsushi WATANABE
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Publication number: 20160328533Abstract: An example of an information processing system obtains sensor information that includes information related to heart beat and/or pulse of a user, from a sensor which senses biological information of the user in a state where the sensor is not in contact with the user. The sensor is, for example, a Doppler sensor. The information processing system calculates an index indicating a degree of fatigue of the user, based on the sensor information. The index may be calculated by a system on a terminal side, or may be calculated by a system on a server side. The information processing system presents, to the user, information related to the index.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Eizi KAWAI, Atsushi WATANABE, Akio IKEDA
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Publication number: 20160317099Abstract: An example of a display system includes a sensor, a projector, and control means. The sensor senses user information for calculating a state regarding sleep of a user. The user information is, for example, biological information such as pulse. The projector projects and displays a predetermined image. The projector, for example, projects the image upward to project and display the image on the ceiling. The control means controls the projector in accordance with a state regarding sleep, which is calculated on the basis of the user information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Eizi KAWAI, Masahiro KONDO, Kazuhiro HOSOI
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Publication number: 20160317074Abstract: An example of an information processing system includes a hand-held terminal. The hand-held terminal senses sensor information for determining an emotion of a user. The sensor information may be, for example, information of a sound sensed by a microphone, or information of an image captured by a camera. The information processing system determines the emotion of the user on the basis of the sensor information. The hand-held terminal senses the sensor information in a period during which the hand-held terminal is in a standby state. The standby state is, for example, a state in which a display of the hand-held terminal is turned off.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Eizi KAWAI, Takuya KAMINOSONO
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Patent number: 9406104Abstract: An image processing system includes an image coding device serving as a host device that outputs image data, and an image decoding device serving as a client device and including a display part that displays an image based on image data transmitted from the image coding device. The image coding device includes an image quality controller that controls the image quality of an image displayed on the display part in accordance with an operation status A of the image processing system. When the operation status is a status under which a delay of displaying an image which is caused by transmission of image data from the image coding device to the image decoding device is allowed, the image quality controller increases the image quality of an image displayed on the display part.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignees: MegaChips Corporation, Nontendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Nara, Takashi Sawada, Yukihiro Ukai, Motoyasu Tanaka, Eizi Kawai, Kenichi Mae
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Patent number: 9358457Abstract: An example game system includes a home-console type game device and a terminal device. The terminal device includes a touch panel and an inertia sensor, and wirelessly transmits to the game device operation data including touch panel data and inertia sensor data. The game device receives the operation data from the terminal device, and performs game processes based on the operation data. Moreover, the game device generates first game images and second game images based on the game processes. The first game images are compressed, and the compressed image data is wirelessly transmitted to the terminal device. The second game image is output to, and displayed on, an external display device which is separate from the terminal device. The terminal device receives the compressed image data from the game device, expands the received compressed image data, and displays the first game images on a display section.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Genyo Takeda, Eizi Kawai
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Patent number: 9161076Abstract: An information processing system comprises a terminal system which includes a terminal device and also comprises a server system. In the terminal system, a microphone provided in the terminal device senses a sound in the vicinity thereof. Sound information representing the sound sensed by the microphone or a feature of the sound is transmitted to the server system. In the server system, the sound in the vicinity of the terminal device is specified based on the sound information. Also, presentation information to be presented by the terminal device is specified based on the specified sound, and the presentation information is transmitted to the information processing device. The terminal system receives displays the presentation information transmitted from the server, and presentation information is displayed on a display unit of the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Eizi Kawai, Atsushi Watanabe
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Patent number: 8961305Abstract: An example game system includes a home-console type game device and a terminal device. The terminal device includes a touch panel and an inertia sensor, and wirelessly transmits to the game device operation data including touch panel data and inertia sensor data. The game device receives the operation data from the terminal device, and performs game processes based on the operation data. Moreover, the game device generates first game images and second game images based on the game processes. The first game images are compressed, and the compressed image data is wirelessly transmitted to the terminal device. The second game image is output to, and displayed on, an external display device which is separate from the terminal device. The terminal device receives the compressed image data from the game device, expands the received compressed image data, and displays the first game images on a display section.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Genyo Takeda, Eizi Kawai
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Patent number: 8814686Abstract: An example game system includes a home-console type game device, a controller device, and a portable display device. The portable display device includes an infrared emitter capable of emitting infrared light. The controller device wirelessly transmits to the game device operation image data from an image-capturing section, inertia sensor data, and operation button data. The game device receives the operation data from the controller device, and performs game processes based on the operation data. Moreover, the game device compresses first game images, which are generated based on the game processes, to generate compressed image data. The compressed image data is wirelessly transmitted to the portable display device. The portable display device receives the compressed image data from the game device, expands the compressed image data to obtain the game images, and displays the game images.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Genyo Takeda, Eizi Kawai