Patents by Inventor Shohei MIZUTANI

Shohei MIZUTANI 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).

  • Storage medium having stored therein information processing program, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method
    Patent number: 9348612
    Abstract: A part of a content 61 is displayed on a display screen. If a user has designated a first area, a scrolling indicator 57 that indicates the part displayed on the display screen is displayed at a first timing. If the user has designated a second area, the scrolling indicator 57 that indicates the part displayed on the display screen is displayed at a second timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: NINTENDO CO., LTD., HAL LABORATORY INC.
    Inventors: Daiji Imai, Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Shohei Mizutani, Yumi Todo
  • Computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon display control program, display control system, display control apparatus, and display control method
    Patent number: 9021385
    Abstract: Based on an output signal outputted from an input device, a plurality of selection objects having at least a part thereof displayed on a display area of a display device are moved relative to the display area. Among the moved plurality of selection objects, when an end-located selection object reaches a predetermined position of the display area, at least one of the plurality of selection objects displayed on the display area are transformed and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Hal Laboratory
    Inventors: Shohei Mizutani, Tomohiro Fujii, Eiichi Shirakawa, Yumi Todo
  • Information processing system, information processing method, and computer-readable storage medium having information processing program stored therein
    Patent number: 8928653
    Abstract: In a first information processing apparatus, data in a first format is stored. Further, the data in the first format is transformed into a code image by using a predetermined encoding mode. Moreover, code image data in a second format is generated by combining the code image with the data in the first format. In a second information processing apparatus, predetermined information processing is performed based on the data in the first format. In a third information processing apparatus, the code image is displayed, by a first display device, based on the code image data in the second format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shohei Mizutani, Masayoshi Kobayashi
  • Information processing system, information processing method, and computer-readable storage medium having information processing program stored therein
    Patent number: 8902218
    Abstract: In a first information processing apparatus, data in a first format is stored. Further, the data in the first format is transformed into a code image by using a predetermined encoding mode. Moreover, code image data in a second format is generated by combining the code image with the data in the first format. In a second information processing apparatus, predetermined information processing is performed based on the data in the first format. In a third information processing apparatus, the code image is displayed, by a first display device, based on the code image data in the second format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shohei Mizutani, Masayoshi Kobayashi
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN
    Publication number: 20120287118
    Abstract: In a first information processing apparatus, data in a first format is stored. Further, the data in the first format is transformed into a code image by using a predetermined encoding mode. Moreover, code image data in a second format is generated by combining the code image with the data in the first format. In a second information processing apparatus, predetermined information processing is performed based on the data in the first format. In a third information processing apparatus, the code image is displayed, by a first display device, based on the code image data in the second format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei MIZUTANI, Masayoshi Kobayashi
  • STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120075352
    Abstract: A part of a content 61 is displayed on a display screen. Display switching means discontinuously switches the part to another part at least partially different from the part. When the switching is performed, a scrolling indicator 57 that indicates the position of the part in the entirety of the content 61 is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: HAL Laboratory Inc., NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Mizutani, Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Yumi Todo, Takashi Saito
  • STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120075351
    Abstract: A part of a content 61 is displayed on a display screen. If a user has designated a first area, a scrolling indicator 57 that indicates the part displayed on the display screen is displayed at a first timing. If the user has designated a second area, the scrolling indicator 57 that indicates the part displayed on the display screen is displayed at a second timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: HAL LABORATORY INC., NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiji IMAI, Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Shohei Mizutani, Yumi Todo
  • COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20120066644
    Abstract: Based on an output signal outputted from an input device, a plurality of selection objects having at least a part thereof displayed on a display area of a display device are moved relative to the display area. Among the moved plurality of selection objects, when an end-located selection object reaches a predetermined position of the display area, at least one of the plurality of selection objects displayed on the display area are transformed and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: HAL LABORATORY INC., NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei MIZUTANI, Tomohiro FUJII, Eiichi SHIRAKAWA, Yumi TODO
  • Display with changeable computer-generated icons
    Patent number: D694773
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Kanako Tsugihashi, Ryutaro Takahashi, Shohei Mizutani, Megumi Kurata