Patents by Inventor Noritaka Otsuka

Noritaka Otsuka 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: 20230191256
    Abstract: An example of a server receives first event data from an information processing apparatus. The server stores therein event management data including event state information that indicates whether a second event has already occurred or has not yet occurred. When receiving a request from the information processing apparatus, the server transmits at least one piece of second event data to the information processing apparatus. The at least one piece of second event data includes second event data based on event management data in which the event state information indicates that the second event has already occurred and/or second event data to be transmitted when the second event data stored in the first storage area is insufficient. Upon receiving the third event data indicating that the second event has occurred, the server updates the event state information so as to indicate that the second event has already occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: Nintendo Co., Ltd., The Pokémon Company
    Inventors: Shinnosuke MIKI, Noritaka OTSUKA, Kazuto SHIMIZU, Kojiro TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11618614
    Abstract: An airtight container including a container body having a neck with an opening at one end, a cap having inside a portion having a convex lower end side and attaches to the neck, and a packing. A vertical cross-section of a mouth of the opening forms an upwardly convex curve. The packing has a first concave portion formed on the outer rim of the upper surface, a second concave portion formed on the lower surface sharing a bottom with the first concave portion, and a bent portion radially outboard of the center of the packing and radially inboard of the first and second concave portions are formed, to generate stress that widens the first concave portion and narrows the second concave portion when the cap is attached and the inner surface of the second concave portion is contacted against the mouth of the opening of the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: YOSHIDA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Otsuka, Tsutomu Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20220144498
    Abstract: An airtight container including a container body having a neck with an opening at one end, a cap having inside a portion having a convex lower end side and attaches to the neck, and a packing. A vertical cross-section of a mouth of the opening forms an upwardly convex curve. The packing has a first concave portion formed on the outer rim of the upper surface, a second concave portion formed on the lower surface sharing a bottom with the first concave portion, and a bent portion radially outboard of the center of the packing and radially inboard of the first and second concave portions are formed, to generate stress that widens the first concave portion and narrows the second concave portion when the cap is attached and the inner surface of the second concave portion is contacted against the mouth of the opening of the neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: YOSHIDA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Otsuka, Tsutomu Hidaka
  • Patent number: 10732692
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an address acquisition unit that performs communication with an approaching communication terminal to acquire a unique address of the communication terminal, and a power control unit that shifts its own power state from a standby state where power is supplied only to a minimum function to a quick start state where power is supplied to a function other than a presentation function to a user, when the unique address acquired by the address acquisition unit matches a registered address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Itaru Saito, Noritaka Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10162484
    Abstract: A first accepting unit (111) of an exemplary server device (100) accepts from a user an instruction to select one of plural selection targets. A user selecting unit (112) selects, from among plural users other than the user, another user who has recommended or evaluated the selection target, selection of which has been accepted by the first accepting unit (111). A selection target selecting unit (113) selects one or more selection targets that the other user selected by the user selecting unit (112) has recommended or evaluated. A presenting unit (114) presents, to the user, information on the one or more selection targets selected by the selection target selecting unit (113).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Yamashita, Yosuke Oshino, Hideyuki Tatsuta, Noritaka Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10101785
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an address acquisition unit that performs communication with an approaching communication terminal to acquire a unique address of the communication terminal, and a power control unit that shifts its own power state from a standby state where power is supplied only to a minimum function to a quick start state where power is supplied to a function other than a presentation function to a user, when the unique address acquired by the address acquisition unit matches a registered address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Itaru Saito, Noritaka Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20170351313
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an address acquisition unit that performs communication with an approaching communication terminal to acquire a unique address of the communication terminal, and a power control unit that shifts its own power state from a standby state where power is supplied only to a minimum function to a quick start state where power is supplied to a function other than a presentation function to a user, when the unique address acquired by the address acquisition unit matches a registered address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Itaru Saito, Noritaka Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20160361651
    Abstract: A first accepting unit (111) of an exemplary server device (100) accepts from a user an instruction to select one of plural selection targets. A user selecting unit (112) selects, from among plural users other than the user, another user who has recommended or evaluated the selection target, selection of which has been accepted by the first accepting unit (111). A selection target selecting unit (113) selects one or more selection targets that the other user selected by the user selecting unit (112) has recommended or evaluated. A presenting unit (114) presents, to the user, information on the one or more selection targets selected by the selection target selecting unit (113).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshikazu YAMASHITA, Yosuke OSHINO, Hideyuki TATSUTA, Noritaka OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20140096072
    Abstract: A display device of present invention includes an operation input portion from which operation information is input by a user, a selection portion that selects a predetermined region on a display screen based on the operation information, and a scroll portion that scrolls the display screen in a state where a position of the selected predetermined region is held at a predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noritaka Otsuka, Hidetoshi Ichioka, Kazuhide Sasamoto, Takuo Ikeda, Kunihito Sawai
  • Patent number: 8635547
    Abstract: A display device of present invention includes an operation input portion from which operation information is input by a user, a selection portion that selects a predetermined region on a display screen based on the operation information, and a scroll portion that scrolls the display screen in a state where a position of the selected predetermined region is held at a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noritaka Otsuka, Hidetoshi Ichioka, Kazuhide Sasamoto, Takuo Ikeda, Kunihito Sawai
  • Publication number: 20100180222
    Abstract: A display device of present invention includes an operation input portion from which operation information is input by a user, a selection portion that selects a predetermined region on a display screen based on the operation information, and a scroll portion that scrolls the display screen in a state where a position of the selected predetermined region is held at a predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Noritaka Otsuka, Hidetoshi Ichioka, Kazuhide Sasamoto, Takuo Ikeda, Kunihito Sawai