Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi Toriyama

Kazuyoshi Toriyama 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: 9454302
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) includes an LCD (12) as a first display area and an LCD (14) as a second display area, and on the second display area, a touch panel (22) as an input means is set, for example. On the first display area, a plurality of windows are displayed in an overlapping manner or only the top window is displayed, and on the second display area, a plurality of tabs which are respectively corresponded to a plurality of windows are displayed. When it is determined that a predetermined input is present on a tab on the basis of the coordinates data detected according to an operation via the touch panel, a window corresponding to the tab which was displayed on the top on the first display area is displayed on the second display area. Or, an inactive window corresponding to the tab is displayed on the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Toriyama
  • Patent number: 8577149
    Abstract: Sentence data corresponding to headword data is retrieved from a data group including sentence data in the form of text data in accordance with a user's operation, and is displayed as a sentence image on a display screen. The display screen can be edited in accordance with a coordinate point output from coordinate input means. An edited sentence image is transmitted to other apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Toriyama
  • Publication number: 20110246933
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) includes an LCD (12) as a first display area and an LCD (14) as a second display area, and on the second display area, a touch panel (22) as an input means is set, for example. On the first display area, a plurality of windows are displayed in an overlapping manner or only the top window is displayed, and on the second display area, a plurality of tabs which are respectively corresponded to a plurality of windows are displayed. When it is determined that a predetermined input is present on a tab on the basis of the coordinates data detected according to an operation via the touch panel, a window corresponding to the tab which was displayed on the top on the first display area is displayed on the second display area. Or, an inactive window corresponding to the tab is displayed on the second display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Toriyama
  • Patent number: 7487469
    Abstract: A part of entry words included in entry word data is displayed in an entry word candidate display area 42. When the user taps a desired entry word in this state, a meaning of that entry word is displayed in an explanation sentence display area 40. When the user slides a stick in the entry word candidate display area 42, an animation of a page being turned is displayed, and the entry words displayed in the entry word candidate display area 42 are replaced with new entry words. This makes it simpler and faster to perform an instruction to switch entry words displayed on the screen and an instruction to select an entry word displayed on the screen and display a meaning thereof on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Toriyama, Tomoaki Kuroume
  • Publication number: 20070198948
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) includes an LCD (12) as a first display area and an LCD (14) as a second display area, and on the second display area, a touch panel (22) as an input means is set, for example. On the first display area, a plurality of windows are displayed in an overlapping manner or only the top window is displayed, and on the second display area, a plurality of tabs which are respectively corresponded to a plurality of windows are displayed. When it is determined that a predetermined input is present on a tab on the basis of the coordinates data detected according to an operation via the touch panel, a window corresponding to the tab which was displayed on the top on the first display area is displayed on the second display area. Or, an inactive window corresponding to the tab is displayed on the second display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Toriyama
  • Publication number: 20070083828
    Abstract: A part of entry words included in entry word data is displayed in an entry word candidate display area 42. When the user taps a desired entry word in this state, a meaning of that entry word is displayed in an explanation sentence display area 40. When the user slides a stick in the entry word candidate display area 42, an animation of a page being turned is displayed, and the entry words displayed in the entry word candidate display area 42 are replaced with new entry words. This makes it simpler and faster to perform an instruction to switch entry words displayed on the screen and an instruction to select an entry word displayed on the screen and display a meaning thereof on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Toriyama, Tomoaki Kuroume
  • Publication number: 20060288004
    Abstract: Sentence data corresponding to headword data is retrieved from a data group including sentence data in the form of text data in accordance with a user's operation, and is displayed as a sentence image on a display screen. The display screen can be edited in accordance with a coordinate point output from coordinate input means. An edited sentence image is transmitted to other apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Toriyama