Patents by Inventor Kouhei MAEDA

Kouhei MAEDA 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: 10653961
    Abstract: An information processing method includes selecting at least one character from a plurality of characters possessed by a user according to the user's operation, adding an attribute related to an additional character to the selected character, causing one or more of the plurality of characters possessed by the user to appear in a game, and executing the game, and if the characters appearing in the game include the additional character and the selected character having the added attribute, changing a setting in the game such that an advantage is given to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Matsushita, Kouhei Maeda, Yuji Ohashi
  • Patent number: 10646778
    Abstract: An example of an information processing system includes a server capable of communicating with a terminal device. The server stores information regarding a plurality of objects in an application executed on the terminal device. The information processing system accepts an instruction from a user for a draw through which the user obtains an object in the application. The server determines a predetermined number of objects or object groups as a set of choices in response to the draw instruction, the predetermined number being two or more. The information processing system accepts a selection instruction for selecting one of the selection candidates included in the set of choices. The server awards the user with an object corresponding to the selection candidate selected by the selection instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Matsushita, Kouhei Maeda
  • Publication number: 20200139247
    Abstract: An offensive object and a defensive object are disposed in a field according to a first user's operation, and a display device is caused to display a portion of the field including the disposed offensive and defensive objects. A second user's defensive object disposed according to the second user's operation, and the offensive object disposed by the first user, are disposed in a field, and a battle process between the first user's offensive object and the second user's defensive object is performed according to the first user's operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Waki SHIGETA, Syunsuke WATANABE, Kouhei MAEDA
  • Patent number: 10549188
    Abstract: An example of a game system includes a plurality of information processing terminals and a server. A user of each information processing terminal participates in a camp, and a first competition game is performed between camps. A second competition game is performed in each information processing terminal, and points are given based on a result of the second competition game. The points are given in accordance with the number of other users registered as friends by the user. The points based on the second competition game performed in each terminal are tallied in the server, and a winning/losing determination in the first competition game between camps is made based on the tallied points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Matsushita, Kouhei Maeda
  • Publication number: 20190308100
    Abstract: An example system including a plurality of terminals configured to be operated by respective users each belonging to one of a plurality of groups executes a game process involved in a game related to a virtual area in the plurality of terminals, respectively, updates area information about the virtual area for each group, based on the game process executed in the plurality of terminals, determines, for each of a plurality of periods of time, which group acquires the virtual area based on the updated area information for each group, and outputs a result of the game in which the plurality of groups compete against each other to acquire the virtual area after repeatedly performing the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Shingo MATSUSHITA, Tetsuo HATANAKA, Yuji OHASHI, Kouhei MAEDA
  • Patent number: 10346818
    Abstract: A content provision system includes a content server and a terminal, and a plurality of pieces of additional content including first and second content used in an application are provided from the content server to the terminal. The terminal transmits acquisition completion information to the content server when any one of the first content and the second content is acquired, and transmits acquisition incompletion information to the content server when none of the first content and the second content is acquired. The content server performs a billing process and provides additional content designated from the terminal to the terminal when the acquisition completion information is received, and provides one of the first and second content designated from the terminal to the terminal without performing the billing process when the acquisition incompletion information is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Genki Yokota, Kouhei Maeda
  • Publication number: 20190160379
    Abstract: An information processing method includes selecting at least one character from a plurality of characters possessed by a user according to the user's operation, adding an attribute related to an additional character to the selected character, causing one or more of the plurality of characters possessed by the user to appear in a game, and executing the game, and if the characters appearing in the game include the additional character and the selected character having the added attribute, changing a setting in the game such that an advantage is given to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Shingo MATSUSHITA, Kouhei MAEDA, Yuji OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190076740
    Abstract: A game apparatus functioning as a non-limiting example information processing apparatus includes a CPU that performs processing of a battle game. A player selects one or more usage characters that are to be used in the battle game among possession characters. In the battle game, if the usage character used by the player defeats one or more enemy character, a character value is added to each usage character according to a predetermined rule other than an experience value by battle. Every time the predetermined number of character values are accumulated, a shared item is acquired, and if this shared item is used, a rarity of a possession character is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kouhei Maeda, Yuji Ohashi, Shioe Ohashi, Mai Kusakihara
  • Patent number: 10036136
    Abstract: A floor support frame (8) is provided with a left side pilot valve (21). The left side pilot valve (21) is provided with a left side operating pedal (23) that is foot-operated. The left side operating pedal (23) is configured of a first foot board (26) that is mounted on the left pilot valve (21) to be rotatable in an upper-lower direction, a shaft (27) that is mounted in a rear portion of the first foot board (26), and a second foot board (28) that is mounted through the shaft (27) on the first foot board (26) to be rotatable in a horizontal direction. The second foot board (28) is rotatable between a storage position of overlapping the first foot board (26) and a use position of being rotated in the rear side of the first foot board (26). An operation regulating mechanism (29) is provided in the front side of the first foot board (26) to be engaged to the second foot board (28) when the second foot board (28) is rotated to the storage position to regulate a foot operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Higuchi, Kouhei Maeda, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Junya Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20180207527
    Abstract: An example of a game system includes a plurality of information processing terminals and a server. A user of each information processing terminal participates in a camp, and a first competition game is performed between camps. A second competition game is performed in each information processing terminal, and points are given based on a result of the second competition game. The points are given in accordance with the number of other users registered as friends by the user. The points based on the second competition game performed in each terminal are tallied in the server, and a winning/losing determination in the first competition game between camps is made based on the tallied points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Shingo MATSUSHITA, Kouhei MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20180085668
    Abstract: An example of an information processing system includes a server capable of communicating with a terminal device. The server stores information regarding a plurality of objects in an application executed on the terminal device. The information processing system accepts an instruction from a user for a draw through which the user obtains an object in the application. The server determines a predetermined number of objects or object groups as a set of choices in response to the draw instruction, the predetermined number being two or more. The information processing system accepts a selection instruction for selecting one of the selection candidates included in the set of choices. The server awards the user with an object corresponding to the selection candidate selected by the selection instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Shingo MATSUSHITA, Kouhei MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20180058033
    Abstract: A floor support frame (8) is provided with a left side pilot valve (21). The left side pilot valve (21) is provided with a left side operating pedal (23) that is foot-operated. The left side operating pedal (23) is configured of a first foot board (26) that is mounted on the left pilot valve (21) to be rotatable in an upper-lower direction, a shaft (27) that is mounted in a rear portion of the first foot board (26), and a second foot board (28) that is mounted through the shaft (27) on the first foot board (26) to be rotatable in a horizontal direction. The second foot board (28) is rotatable between a storage position of overlapping the first foot board (26) and a use position of being rotated in the rear side of the first foot board (26). An operation regulating mechanism (29) is provided in the front side of the first foot board (26) to be engaged to the second foot board (28) when the second foot board (28) is rotated to the storage position to regulate a foot operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Takashi HIGUCHI, Kouhei MAEDA, Tomoyuki TANAKA, Junya KAWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9703489
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system to improve enjoyment in information processing using data obtained in non-contact communication. The information processing system includes a dedicated figure, a non-contact communication unit, a processing unit, and a first storage unit. The dedicated figure is configured to store data and has a non-contact communication function. The non-contact communication unit is configured to read data from the dedicated figure by using the non-contact communication function of the dedicated figure. The processing unit performs figure data processing based on the data read by the non-contact communication unit. The first storage unit stores the number of times of execution of the figure data processing. Processing details of the figure data processing performed by the processing unit depend on the number of times of execution stored in the first storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Genki Yokota, Kouhei Maeda
  • Publication number: 20160334994
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system to improve enjoyment in information processing using data obtained in non-contact communication. The information processing system includes a dedicated figure, a non-contact communication unit, a processing unit, and a first storage unit. The dedicated figure is configured to store data and has a non-contact communication function. The non-contact communication unit is configured to read data from the dedicated figure by using the non-contact communication function of the dedicated figure. The processing unit performs figure data processing based on the data read by the non-contact communication unit. The first storage unit stores the number of times of execution of the figure data processing. Processing details of the figure data processing performed by the processing unit depend on the number of times of execution stored in the first storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Genki YOKOTA, Kouhei MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20160294883
    Abstract: A content provision system includes a content server and a terminal, and a plurality of pieces of additional content including first and second content used in an application are provided from the content server to the terminal. The terminal transmits acquisition completion information to the content server when any one of the first content and the second content is acquired, and transmits acquisition incompletion information to the content server when none of the first content and the second content is acquired. The content server performs a billing process and provides additional content designated from the terminal to the terminal when the acquisition completion information is received, and provides one of the first and second content designated from the terminal to the terminal without performing the billing process when the acquisition incompletion information is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Genki YOKOTA, Kouhei MAEDA