Patents by Inventor Erika ABE

Erika ABE 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: 11628357
    Abstract: It is determined whether execution is to be carried out in a first mode or in a second mode, according to a user's selection operation. In the first mode, a movement of a player object is controlled according to the user's movement operation, and a movement of a non-player object is automatically controlled. Positions of the player object and the non-player object are changed according to the user's position changing operation such that a relative positional relationship between the player object and the non-player object for use in the second mode is a first positional relationship. In the second mode, movements of the player object and the non-player object are automatically controlled while maintaining the first positional relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miyuki Kimura, Ryosuke Ogata, Erika Abe
  • Publication number: 20220111293
    Abstract: It is determined whether execution is to be carried out in a first mode or in a second mode, according to a user's selection operation. In the first mode, a movement of a player object is controlled according to the user's movement operation, and a movement of a non-player object is automatically controlled. Positions of the player object and the non-player object are changed according to the user's position changing operation such that a relative positional relationship between the player object and the non-player object for use in the second mode is a first positional relationship. In the second mode, movements of the player object and the non-player object are automatically controlled while maintaining the first positional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Miyuki KIMURA, Ryosuke OGATA, Erika ABE
  • Publication number: 20190261587
    Abstract: A hydroponic cultivation apparatus includes: a growth tank in which a plant is grown; an air blower which supplies wind; and an air blowing pipe which guides the wind sent from the air blower to the plant. The air blowing pipe includes a first pipe and a second pipe which extend in the same virtual line, and each of the first pipe and the second pipe is provided with a plurality of air outlet holes in a pipe longitudinal direction and supplies the wind from the air outlet holes to the plant. The air blower supplies the wind such that a direction of the wind inside the first pipe and a direction of the wind inside the second pipe are opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Erika ABE, Hiroshi YANO