Patents by Inventor Haruki Sato

Haruki Sato 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: 11964207
    Abstract: An example of an information processing apparatus performs, in a virtual space including at least a player character and a terrain object, a control of moving the player character on the terrain object, based on an operation input performed by a player. If it is at least satisfied that the terrain object serving as a ceiling is present above the player character and that a destination, on the terrain object, at which the player character is placeable is present above the ceiling located above the player character, the information processing apparatus moves the player character to the destination, based on an operation input performed by the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki Sato, Atsushi Asakura, Katsuhisa Sato, Yuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20240111393
    Abstract: A vehicle state detection unit detects whether a vehicle including an information apparatus is in motion or stopped. A display control unit displays operation items related to various functions provided by the information apparatus on a display. A function execution unit executes a function corresponding to a selected operation item. An identification unit identifies the frequency of use of each operation item by classifying the items according to whether the vehicle is in motion or stopped. The display control unit further displays on a prescribed menu screen in which some of the operation items are aggregated. On the prescribed menu screen, when the vehicle is in motion, the operation item identified as having a high frequency of use when the vehicle is in motion is displayed, and when the vehicle is stopped, the operation item identified as having a high frequency of use when the vehicle is stopped is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo TAKEI, Taishin KONISHI, Haruki ONO, Kazuya NINOMIYA, Kazunori SATO, Toshiyuki TAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20240082736
    Abstract: A first character disposed is controlled based on an operation input, and a second character is controlled automatically, in a first mode. The second character is controlled based on an operation input in a second mode. The control of the first character includes at least performing an attack action using a combination weapon object generated by combining a weapon object with an item object. The control of the second character includes at least performing an attack action using an item object attached to a part of the second character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Katsuhisa SATO, Haruki SATO, Yuya SATO
  • Publication number: 20230277940
    Abstract: A region is set in a virtual space, based on a user's operation. A material object is moved in the virtual space, based on the user's operation. A product relating to a plurality of the material objects is caused to appear with at least a portion of the product included in the region, using at least the material objects having at least a portion included in the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki FUKADA, Tadashi SAKAMOTO, Haruki SATO, Yuya SATO
  • Publication number: 20220370910
    Abstract: In a special operation mode which receives an operation input for causing a player character that is falling, to perform a special action including a shooting action of shooting a predetermined object, an example of an information processing apparatus changes the posture of the player character that is falling, according to a component, regarding at least a pitch direction, of the direction of a virtual camera based on a camera operation input. In the special operation mode, the information processing apparatus sets a shooting direction of the predetermined object during the shooting action, according to the direction of the virtual camera based on the camera operation input. Moreover, the information processing apparatus controls the player character to perform the shooting action and control the predetermined object to move to the shooting direction, based on a shooting operation input performed by the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Haruki SATO, Yuya SATO
  • Patent number: 11426659
    Abstract: In a special operation mode which receives an operation input for causing a player character that is falling, to perform a special action including a shooting action of shooting a predetermined object, an example of an information processing apparatus changes the posture of the player character that is falling, according to a component, regarding at least a pitch direction, of the direction of a virtual camera based on a camera operation input. In the special operation mode, the information processing apparatus sets a shooting direction of the predetermined object during the shooting action, according to the direction of the virtual camera based on the camera operation input. Moreover, the information processing apparatus controls the player character to perform the shooting action and control the predetermined object to move to the shooting direction, based on a shooting operation input performed by the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruki Sato, Yuya Sato
  • Patent number: 11265425
    Abstract: An MFP communicates with a DNS server through a network. This MFP includes an operation unit that sets whether a printing service is activated or not and a controller unit that registers search information in which capability information provided for a client terminal and information relating to name resolution are associated with each other in the DNS server in accordance with activation of the printing service being set by this operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Haruki Sato
  • Publication number: 20210370179
    Abstract: In a special operation mode which receives an operation input for causing a player character that is falling, to perform a special action including a shooting action of shooting a predetermined object, an example of an information processing apparatus changes the posture of the player character that is falling, according to a component, regarding at least a pitch direction, of the direction of a virtual camera based on a camera operation input. In the special operation mode, the information processing apparatus sets a shooting direction of the predetermined object during the shooting action, according to the direction of the virtual camera based on the camera operation input. Moreover, the information processing apparatus controls the player character to perform the shooting action and control the predetermined object to move to the shooting direction, based on a shooting operation input performed by the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Haruki SATO, Yuya SATO
  • Publication number: 20210370175
    Abstract: An example of an information processing apparatus performs, in a virtual space including at least a player character and a terrain object, a control of moving the player character on the terrain object, based on an operation input performed by a player. If it is at least satisfied that the terrain object serving as a ceiling is present above the player character and that a destination, on the terrain object, at which the player character is placeable is present above the ceiling located above the player character, the information processing apparatus moves the player character to the destination, based on an operation input performed by the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Haruki SATO, Atsushi ASAKURA, Katsuhisa SATO, Yuya SATO
  • Patent number: 11182118
    Abstract: The image forming apparatus operations include setting a setting value for communication with a server based on a user operation and receiving an event notification in either one of a server push method and a pull method based on the setting value. In the server push method, the event notification is received from the server via a communication session established and being kept between the image forming apparatus and the server, and in the pull method an event acquisition request is transmitted from the image forming apparatus to the server and the event notification is received as a response to the event acquisition request. In a case where the event notification indicating the occurrence of a print job is received, the print job is acquired, and in a case where the server push method is rejected by the server, the event notification is received in the pull method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Haruki Sato
  • Patent number: 11178306
    Abstract: In a case where an IP address is not available in a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus generates a Bluetooth low energy packet including a specific value as the IP address, and transmits the generated Bluetooth low energy packet to a mobile terminal. Upon receiving of the Bluetooth low energy packet, a mobile terminal displays a message corresponding to the specific value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Haruki Sato
  • Patent number: 11055586
    Abstract: A printing device determines whether a character string indicating argument corresponding to a first command has been registered as a registered virtual printer name, when an optional command of received print data includes the first command indicating a predetermined type of optional command and the character string indicating argument corresponding to the first command, generates a print job that prints the file data by using print settings associated with the registered virtual printer if the character string indicating argument corresponding to the first command has been registered as the virtual printer name, and generates a print job that analyzes the character string indicating argument corresponding to the first command and prints the file data by using the print settings specified based on the analyzed result if the character string indicating argument corresponding to the first command has not been registered as the virtual printer name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Haruki Sato
  • Patent number: 11048452
    Abstract: When an IP address for use in an infrastructure connection mode and an IP address for use in a direct connection mode overlap each other, there is a possibility that an information processing apparatus incorrectly transmits data to an interface different from an interface supposed to receive the data. Thus, the information processing apparatus is prohibited from operating in the direct connection mode in a case where the IP address for use in the infrastructure connection mode and the IP address for use in the direct connection mode overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Haruki Sato
  • Publication number: 20210021717
    Abstract: An MFP communicates with a DNS server through a network. This MFP includes an operation unit that sets whether a printing service is activated or not and a controller unit that registers search information in which capability information provided for a client terminal and information relating to name resolution are associated with each other in the DNS server in accordance with activation of the printing service being set by this operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventor: Haruki Sato
  • Publication number: 20200364018
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus operable to acquire an event notification indicating an occurrence of a print job from a server is provided. The apparatus is configured to set a setting value for communication with the server based on a user operation; based on the set setting value, change whether to make a request to the server such that the event notification be performed by a push method each time the print job occurs or to make a request to the server such that the event notification be performed by a pull method in response to an event acquisition request; and in a case where the event notification is received, acquire and process the print job whose occurrence is notified by the acquired event notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventor: Haruki Sato
  • Publication number: 20200104657
    Abstract: The present invention registers a virtual printer name in association with print settings by the virtual printer based on a user's operation; receives print data including an optional command for printing and file data to be printed from an external; determines whether or not a command argument of the option command included in the received print data has been registered as the registered virtual printer name; generates a print job by using the print settings associated with the registered virtual printer if it the command argument has been registered as the virtual printer name; generates a print job that analyzes the command argument and prints the file data by using the print settings specified based on the analyzed result if the command argument has not been registered as the virtual printer name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Haruki Sato
  • Patent number: 10313540
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (MFP) performs communication control for receiving an advertisement (ADV) packet transmitted from a mobile terminal while regularly transmitting an ADV packet that includes service information regarding a service provided by the information processing apparatus, in conformity with the BLE standard. In this state, every time the MFP detects an ADV packet that designates the information processing apparatus as a communication partner in BLE communication, the MFP performs communication control for transmitting a connection request to the mobile terminal that is the transmission source of the ADV packet as a response to the detected ADV packet. The MFP thus serves as a master to establish a BLE connection with each mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Haruki Sato
  • Patent number: 10228749
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises: a power control unit that, when the information processing apparatus operates in a first power mode, controls to supply power to both a first control unit and a second control unit, and when the information processing apparatus operates in a second power mode in which a power consumption is smaller than that in the first power mode, controls to supply power to the second control unit, wherein when the information processing apparatus operates in the second power mode, the second control unit can respond to a status request of a first type in which specific identification information is designated and a status request of a second type in which specific identification information is designated while maintaining the second power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Haruki Sato, Tomohiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 10203915
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is operated by at least switching between a first power state and a second power state in which its power consumption is less than that of the first power state. In a case where an event detected during a period from start to end of processing of making transition from the first power state to the second power state is a communication establishment event, the information processing apparatus causes a communication unit to transmit to a communication partner a notification for maintaining connection of communication in the second power state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Haruki Sato
  • Publication number: 20180267751
    Abstract: When an IP address for use in an infrastructure connection mode and an IP address for use in a direct connection mode overlap each other, there is a possibility that an information processing apparatus incorrectly transmits data to an interface different from an interface supposed to receive the data. Thus, the information processing apparatus is prohibited from operating in the direct connection mode in a case where the IP address for use in the infrastructure connection mode and the IP address for use in the direct connection mode overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Haruki Sato