Patents by Inventor Shinichi KINUWAKI

Shinichi KINUWAKI 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: 11457190
    Abstract: An example of an information processing system includes a moving object including a camera and including a white area in an exterior of the moving object. An image capturing range of the camera includes the white area. It is determined whether or not each of pixels in a preset specified area that includes the white area in an image captured by the camera is white, and if the number of pixels that are white according to the white determination exceeds a predetermined number, white balance is performed to adjust the pixels that are white according to the white determination in the specified area closer to white.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kinuwaki, François-Xavier Pasquier, Elie Abi Saad
  • Publication number: 20210281809
    Abstract: An example of an information processing system includes a moving object including a camera and including a white area in an exterior of the moving object. An image capturing range of the camera includes the white area. It is determined whether or not each of pixels in a preset specified area that includes the white area in an image captured by the camera is white, and if the number of pixels that are white according to the white determination exceeds a predetermined number, white balance is performed to adjust the pixels that are white according to the white determination in the specified area closer to white.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi KINUWAKI, François-Xavier PASQUIER, Elie Abi Saad
  • Patent number: 10514723
    Abstract: An example accessory can be attached to an information processing device. The accessory includes a housing, a movable operation section, and a movable portion. An inside of the housing is visible from an outside thereof through at least a portion thereof. At least a portion of the operation section is exposed on the outside of the housing. The movable portion is placed at a position inside the housing that is visible from the outside of the housing through the portion of the housing. A position and/or an attitude of the movable portion changes in response to the operation section being operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Inoue, Shinichi Kinuwaki, Yoshitaka Tamura, Yoshiyasu Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20190354137
    Abstract: An example accessory can be attached to an information processing device. The accessory includes a housing, a movable operation section, and a movable portion. An inside of the housing is visible from an outside thereof through at least a portion thereof. At least a portion of the operation section is exposed on the outside of the housing. The movable portion is placed at a position inside the housing that is visible from the outside of the housing through the portion of the housing. A position and/or an attitude of the movable portion changes in response to the operation section being operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Fumihiko INOUE, Shinichi KINUWAKI, Yoshitaka TAMURA, Yoshiyasu OGASAWARA
  • Patent number: 10416708
    Abstract: An example accessory can be attached to an information processing device. The accessory includes a housing, a movable operation section, and a movable portion. An inside of the housing is visible from an outside thereof through at least a portion thereof. At least a portion of the operation section is exposed on the outside of the housing. The movable portion is placed at a position inside the housing that is visible from the outside of the housing through the portion of the housing. A position and/or an attitude of the movable portion changes in response to the operation section being operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Inoue, Shinichi Kinuwaki, Yoshitaka Tamura, Yoshiyasu Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 10348983
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable image processing program is provided. The image processing program causes a computer to perform functionality including obtaining an infrared image of a subject and determining a position of the subject included in the infrared image based on brightness and a size of a prescribed region of the subject within the infrared image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Ogasawara, Shinichi Kinuwaki
  • Patent number: 10155155
    Abstract: An attachment configured to be attached to a game controller with a camera is provided. The attachment includes a housing and an operation portion in the housing. The housing includes a support portion which supports the game controller such that a direction of shooting of the camera is oriented to the inside of the housing. The operation portion has a movable portion in the housing, a position of the movable portion being changed in accordance with a pressing operation onto the operation portion, and at least one of a shape of and a pattern on the movable portion viewed from the camera being changed in accordance with a rotation operation onto the operation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Ogasawara, Fumihiko Inoue, Yoshitaka Tamura, Shinta Minagawa, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Yasuyuki Shimohata, Shinichi Kinuwaki, Naoki Hatta, Takeshi Nishikawa, Kazuyoshi Osawa
  • Publication number: 20180239393
    Abstract: An example accessory can be attached to an information processing device. The accessory includes a housing, a movable operation section, and a movable portion. An inside of the housing is visible from an outside thereof through at least a portion thereof. At least a portion of the operation section is exposed on the outside of the housing. The movable portion is placed at a position inside the housing that is visible from the outside of the housing through the portion of the housing. A position and/or an attitude of the movable portion changes in response to the operation section being operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko INOUE, Shinichi KINUWAKI, Yoshitaka TAMURA, Yoshiyasu OGASAWARA
  • Patent number: 9996107
    Abstract: An example accessory can be attached to an information processing device. The accessory includes a housing, a movable operation section, and a movable portion. An inside of the housing is visible from an outside thereof through at least a portion thereof. At least a portion of the operation section is exposed on the outside of the housing. The movable portion is placed at a position inside the housing that is visible from the outside of the housing through the portion of the housing. A position and/or an attitude of the movable portion changes in response to the operation section being operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Inoue, Shinichi Kinuwaki, Yoshitaka Tamura, Yoshiyasu Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20180043248
    Abstract: An attachment configured to be attached to a game controller with a camera is provided. The attachment includes a housing and an operation portion in the housing. The housing includes a support portion which supports the game controller such that a direction of shooting of the camera is oriented to the inside of the housing. The operation portion has a movable portion in the housing, a position of the movable portion being changed in accordance with a pressing operation onto the operation portion, and at least one of a shape of and a pattern on the movable portion viewed from the camera being changed in accordance with a rotation operation onto the operation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu OGASAWARA, Fumihiko INOUE, Yoshitaka TAMURA, Shinta MINAGAWA, Hitoshi TSUCHIYA, Yasuyuki SHIMOHATA, Shinichi KINUWAKI, Naoki HATTA, Takeshi NISHIKAWA, Kazuyoshi OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20160073017
    Abstract: An exemplary portable electronic apparatus includes a display provided at a front surface, an infrared camera and a distance measuring sensor which are provided at a side surface, and a vibrator. When a user holds the portable electronic apparatus with their left hand and makes a gesture with their right hand, the portable electronic apparatus analyzes an image from the infrared camera to detect the gesture made by the user. The portable electronic apparatus causes the vibrator to vibrate in accordance with a result of detection of the gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu OGASAWARA, Shinichi KINUWAKI
  • Publication number: 20160063711
    Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable image processing program is provided. The image processing program causes a computer to perform functionality including obtaining an infrared image of a subject and determining a position of the subject included in the infrared image based on brightness and a size of a prescribed region of the subject within the infrared image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu OGASAWARA, Shinichi KINUWAKI