Patents by Inventor Naoki FUKADA

Naoki FUKADA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230321544
    Abstract: Movement-related parameters used in virtual physical calculation are changed such that a designated object selected based on an operation input is caused to perform return movement to return to previously recorded positions and orientations, sequentially backward from the time of giving a start instruction based on the operation input. A state in a virtual space including a player character, the designated object, and other objects is updated based on the virtual physical calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki FUKADA, Corey Michael BUNNELL, 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: 20230277932
    Abstract: An example of an information processing apparatus displays, on a display device, a game image including a virtual game field where a player character is placed. The information processing apparatus generates a unified equipment object based on an equipment object and a material object, wherein the unified equipment object has an external appearance obtained by unifying together the equipment object and the material object. When a unification instruction is given while in a state where the display device is displaying a scene where the player character equipped with an equipment object and a material object are placed on the game field, the information processing apparatus generates the unified equipment object; and the information processing apparatus updates the game image so as to make the material object disappear and change the equipment object equipped on the player character to the unified equipment object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Haruya UEMATSU, Naoki FUKADA, Yuya SATO, Ryuju MAENO
  • Publication number: 20230277935
    Abstract: An example of an information processing system connects a plurality of virtual objects, thereby generating an assembled object, and selects as a selected object at least any one of the plurality of virtual objects forming the assembled object. In a case where the selected object is selected, and if an input to an input section satisfies a release condition, another virtual object connected to the selected object is detached, and a connection of a virtual object that forms the assembled object and is not connected to the selected object is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki FUKADA, Yuya SATO, Hiroki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230277941
    Abstract: An example of an information processing system selects a first object among a plurality of virtual objects by a selection operation of a user and generates a bonding object indicating respective bonding positions on the selected first object and a second object among the plurality of virtual objects. In accordance with a bonding instruction from the user, the first object and the second object are bonded to each other at the respective bonding positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki FUKADA, Takahiro TAKAYAMA, Yuya SATO
  • Publication number: 20230277936
    Abstract: An exemplary information processing system generates an assembled object by assembling a plurality of virtual objects based on an input by a user. The plurality of virtual objects include virtual power objects each configured to provide power to the assembled object and a virtual controller object. While the virtual power object and the virtual controller object are included in the assembled object, the information processing system causes the one or more virtual power objects to operate to move the assembled object in a predetermined traveling direction, and causes a moving direction of the movable object to change based on an input by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki FUKADA, Akira FURUKAWA, Takahiro TAKAYAMA, Yuya SATO, Ryuju MAENO
  • Patent number: 11701588
    Abstract: Movement-related parameters used in virtual physical calculation are changed such that a designated object selected based on an operation input is caused to perform return movement to return to previously recorded positions and orientations, sequentially backward from the time of giving a start instruction based on the operation input. A state in a virtual space including a player character, the designated object, and other objects is updated based on the virtual physical calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Fukada, Corey Michael Bunnell, Yuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20210370178
    Abstract: Movement-related parameters used in virtual physical calculation are changed such that a designated object selected based on an operation input is caused to perform return movement to return to previously recorded positions and orientations, sequentially backward from the time of giving a start instruction based on the operation input. A state in a virtual space including a player character, the designated object, and other objects is updated based on the virtual physical calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Naoki FUKADA, Corey Michael BUNNELL, Yuya SATO