Patents by Inventor Kenichi Sugino

Kenichi Sugino 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: 8384770
    Abstract: A hand-held image display apparatus includes a touch panel, a stereoscopic display apparatus, a first imaging section, and a second imaging section. The hand-held image display apparatus detects a marker from a real world image shot by at least one of the first imaging section and the second imaging section, and determines the relative positions of a virtual object and a pair of virtual cameras with respect to each other in a virtual space, based on the result of the detection. Then, the hand-held image display apparatus superimposes virtual space images drawn based on the first virtual camera and the second virtual camera, onto the real world images shot by the first imaging section and the second imaging section, and displays images that are stereoscopically visible by naked eyes, on the stereoscopic display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Konno, Ryuji Umezu, Kenichi Sugino, Kouichi Kawamoto, Kenta Kubo
  • Patent number: 8337304
    Abstract: An example portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a first display screen, and a cover body incorporating a second display screen. The main body is hingedly connected to the cover body along adjacent forward and rearward edges, respectively, such that the cover body is movable between closed and open positions. The main body is provided with a plurality of control buttons and a pair of game card slots for receiving game cards of different dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki
  • Publication number: 20120242807
    Abstract: In a hand-held electronic device having a stereoscopic display section capable of displaying an image which is stereoscopically visible with naked eyes, a variety of functions are realized. A hand-held electronic device 10 includes an upper LCD 22 capable of displaying an image which is stereoscopically visible with naked eyes. Further, the hand-held electronic device 10 includes three imaging sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Nintendo Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Ryuji Umezu, Hideki Konno, Kenichi Sugino, Yusuke Akifusa
  • Patent number: 8267780
    Abstract: A portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a first display screen, and a cover body incorporating a second display screen. The main body is hingedly connected to the cover body along adjacent forward and rearward edges, respectively, such that the cover body is movable between a closed and open positions. The main body is provided with a plurality of control buttons and a pair of game card slots for receiving game cards of different dimensions. One of the game cards is substantially square and comprises a substantially flat card body having a plurality of electrically conductive terminal strips adjacent the forward edge. One of the side edges of the card has a single continuous step configuration along substantially the entire length dimension of the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki
  • Publication number: 20120133642
    Abstract: A hand-held electronic device includes an upper housing and a lower housing which are foldable. An upper LCD capable of displaying an image which is stereoscopically visible with naked eyes is provided on an inner side surface of the upper housing. In addition, a 3D adjustment switch for adjusting a parallax of a stereoscopic image is provided on the upper housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuji Umezu, Hideki Konno, Kenichi Sugino
  • Publication number: 20120133641
    Abstract: An upper LCD capable of displaying an image which is stereoscopically visible with naked eyes is provided on an upper housing of a hand-held electronic device. A 3D adjustment switch for adjusting a parallax of a stereoscopic image is provided on the upper housing. When a slider of the 3D adjustment switch is within a predetermined range between an uppermost position and a position slightly above a lowermost position, the stereoscopic effect of the stereoscopic image is adjusted based on the position of the slider. When the slider of the 3D adjustment switch is at the lowermost position, a planar image corresponding to the stereoscopic image is displayed on the upper LCD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuji Umezu, Hideki Konno, Kenichi Sugino
  • Publication number: 20120113228
    Abstract: A hand-held image display apparatus includes a touch panel, a stereoscopic display apparatus, a first imaging section, and a second imaging section. The hand-held image display apparatus detects a marker from a real world image shot by at least one of the first imaging section and the second imaging section, and determines the relative positions of a virtual object and a pair of virtual cameras with respect to each other in a virtual space, based on the result of the detection. Then, the hand-held image display apparatus superimposes virtual space images drawn based on the first virtual camera and the second virtual camera, onto the real world images shot by the first imaging section and the second imaging section, and displays images that are stereoscopically visible by naked eyes, on the stereoscopic display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki KONNO, Ryuji Umezu, Kenichi Sugino, Kouichi Kawamoto, Kenta Kubo
  • Publication number: 20120108328
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a stereoscopic image display device configured to display a stereoscopic image, which is stereoscopically visible by the naked eye, and a planar image display device configured to display a planar image. A touch panel is provided on a screen of the planar image display device. An image of a silhouette of an object in a virtual space is displayed on the planar image display device. The game apparatus causes the object in the virtual space to move according to a touch operation performed on the image of the silhouette displayed on the screen of the planar image display device, and stereoscopically displays the object on the stereoscopic image display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki KONNO, Ryuji Umezu, Kenichi Sugino
  • Publication number: 20110292033
    Abstract: A hand-held electronic device (10) includes an upper housing (21) and a lower housing (11) which are foldable. An upper LCD (22) capable of displaying an image which is stereoscopically visible with naked eyes is provided on an inner side surface of the upper housing (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuji UMEZU, Hideki KONNO, Kenichi SUGINO, Yusuke AKIFUSA
  • Patent number: 8016681
    Abstract: A portable game system includes two display screens, at least one of which is touch-sensitive. A memory card or other device is selectively connectable to the portable game system via in insertable connection port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki, Teruki Murakawa, Soichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7988556
    Abstract: A portable game system includes two display screens, at least one of which is touch-sensitive. A memory card is selectively connectable to the portable game system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki, Teruki Murakawa, Soichi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110092285
    Abstract: A portable game system includes two display screens, at least one of which is touch-sensitive. A memory card is selectively connectable to the portable game system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki, Teruki Murakawa, Soichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7837558
    Abstract: A portable game system includes two display screens, at least one of which is touch-sensitive. A memory card is selectively connectable to the portable game system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki, Teruki Murakawa, Soichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7771280
    Abstract: A portable game system includes two display screens, at least one of which is touch-sensitive. A memory card or other device is selectively connectable to the portable game system via in insertable connection port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki, Ryuji Umezu, Yutaka Iijima
  • Publication number: 20100078697
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present invention uses a capacitor including a capacitive insulating film sandwiched between an upper electrode and a lower electrode. The lower electrode of the capacitor is constructed by overlappingly connecting a plurality of electrode portions together. A lower electrode portion (plug type electrode) of the adjacent electrode portions is made of columnar tungsten. The lower electrode portion further includes a conductive film (barrier film) that covers a side surface and a bottom surface of the tungsten. A top surface of the tungsten is covered with a bottom portion of an upper electrode portion (cylinder type electrode).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Kenichi Sugino
  • Publication number: 20090305792
    Abstract: An example portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a first display screen, and a cover body incorporating a second display screen. The main body is hingedly connected to the cover body along adjacent forward and rearward edges, respectively, such that the cover body is movable between closed and open positions. The main body is provided with a plurality of control buttons and a pair of game card slots for receiving game cards of different dimensions. One of the game cards is substantially square and comprises a substantially flat card body having a plurality of electrically conductive terminal strips adjacent the forward edge. One of the side edges of the card has a single continuous step configuration along substantially the entire length dimension of the card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki
  • Publication number: 20090305783
    Abstract: An example portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a first display screen, and a cover body incorporating a second display screen. The main body is hingedly connected to the cover body along adjacent forward and rearward edges, respectively, such that the cover body is movable between closed and open positions. The main body is provided with a plurality of control buttons and a pair of game card slots for receiving game cards of different dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki
  • Patent number: D536382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki, Noboru Wakitani
  • Patent number: D692437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Sugino, Yui Ehara, Takaki Fujino, Yuko Zenri, Junichiro Miyatake, Takayoshi Matsui, Tetsuya Akama, Kochi Kawai, Kazuhiko Koriyama
  • Patent number: D697139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Sugino, Yui Ehara, Takaki Fujino, Junichiro Miyatake, Yuko Zenri, Takayoshi Matsui, Tetsuya Akama, Hironori Akai, Munetaka Nishikawa, Hiroki Goto, Kochi Kawai, Kumpei Fujita