Patents by Inventor Shota Shimoda

Shota Shimoda 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: 11978004
    Abstract: An intellectual productivity evaluation device includes: an obtainment unit configured to obtain a set of answer times required by a subject to accomplish a task of answering a plurality of questions, the task being imposed on the subject as intellectual work; an evaluation unit configured to calculate an evaluation value related to a depth of concentration of the subject in a concentrated state using the set of answer times obtained by the obtainment unit based on a model in which the subject is in the concentrated state or an unconcentrated state during the intellectual work; and an output unit configured to output evaluation value information indicating the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Oobayashi, Hiroshi Shimoda, Hirotake Ishii, Shota Shimonaka, Kimi Ueda
  • Patent number: 11964199
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to operate a game program. The program may cause an information processing device to execute a step of storing information relating to a game part, a step of displaying a screen including a first interface capable of detecting a first user operation, a determination step of (if the first user operation is detected) determining a mode of the game part to be one of a first mode or a second mode, a change step of changing a part of the screen according to the mode of the game part determined in the determination step, and an execution step of executing the game part in the mode determined in the determination step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Yudai Nagano, Hiori Chiba
  • Publication number: 20230372815
    Abstract: A game system includes (i) a memory that stores a user parameter related to a user of a game in association with user identification information that identifies the user, and (ii) one or more processors. The one or more processors (i) count an elapsed time since a first auto mode was started, and (ii) in the first auto mode, perform the game part of the game without input from the user until the elapsed time reaches a maximum running time that is determined based on the user parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Shota SHIMODA, Masatoshi TAKAYAMA, Fumiya AMANO
  • Patent number: 11771990
    Abstract: A game program causes a computer to implement: a screen information generating function of generating information for displaying, in a display area of a game screen, a field where a plurality of objects is arranged, a character capable of moving in the field, and a game medium having certain status information; and an instruction accepting function of accepting from a user an instruction regarding an operation of the character. The screen information generating function further includes a preceding object information generating function of generating information for displaying, in the display area of the game screen, preceding object information regarding a plurality of objects arranged in the display area as the character moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Shota Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20230219001
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus, which may include a display unit that displays a game content positioned in a virtual space, a storage unit that stores information related to a predetermined position in the virtual space, a retrieving unit that retrieves instructions for moving including a moving direction given by a player, a calculating unit that calculates a route from a position of the game content in the virtual space to the predetermined position, a determining unit that determines whether or not the calculated route satisfies a predetermined condition related to the moving direction, and a display control unit that controls display of the game content such that the game content moves to the predetermined position along the route when it is determined that the route satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji KAKIZAWA, Shota SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 11628362
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus, which may include a display unit that displays a game content positioned in a virtual space, a storage unit that stores information related to a predetermined position in the virtual space, a retrieving unit that retrieves instructions for moving including a moving direction given by a player, a calculating unit that calculates a route from a position of the game content in the virtual space to the predetermined position, a determining unit that determines whether or not the calculated route satisfies a predetermined condition related to the moving direction, and a display control unit that controls display of the game content such that the game content moves to the predetermined position along the route when it is determined that the route satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Kakizawa, Shota Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20230001293
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to operate a game program. The program may cause an information processing device to execute a step of storing information relating to a game part, a step of displaying a screen including a first interface capable of detecting a first user operation, a determination step of (if the first user operation is detected) determining a mode of the game part to be one of a first mode or a second mode, a change step of changing a part of the screen according to the mode of the game part determined in the determination step, and an execution step of executing the game part in the mode determined in the determination step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shota SHIMODA, Yudai NAGANO, Hiori CHIBA
  • Patent number: 11478698
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to operate a game program. The program may cause an information processing device to execute a step of storing information relating to a game part, a step of displaying a screen including a first interface capable of detecting a first user operation, a determination step of (if the first user operation is detected) determining a mode of the game part to be one of a first mode or a second mode, a change step of changing a part of the screen according to the mode of the game part determined in the determination step, and an execution step of executing the game part in the mode determined in the determination step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Yudai Nagano, Hiori Chiba
  • Publication number: 20220176246
    Abstract: A game program causes a computer to implement: a screen information generating function of generating information for displaying, in a display area of a game screen, a field where a plurality of objects is arranged, a character capable of moving in the field, and a game medium having certain status information; and an instruction accepting function of accepting from a user an instruction regarding an operation of the character. The screen information generating function further includes a preceding object information generating function of generating information for displaying, in the display area of the game screen, preceding object information regarding a plurality of objects arranged in the display area as the character moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Shota SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 11285391
    Abstract: A game program causes a computer to implement: a screen information generating function of generating information for displaying, in a display area of a game screen, a field where a plurality of objects is arranged, a character capable of moving in the field, and a game medium having certain status information; and an instruction accepting function of accepting from a user an instruction regarding an operation of the character. The screen information generating function further includes a preceding object information generating function of generating information for displaying, in the display area of the game screen, preceding object information regarding a plurality of objects arranged in the display area as the character moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventor: Shota Shimoda
  • Patent number: 11135518
    Abstract: A program that may cause an information processing apparatus that executes a game to execute: storing, in a storage unit, a first parameter associated with a first game content arranged in virtual space and a second parameter associated with a second game content arranged in the virtual space; starting a match between the first game content and the second game content; automatically changing a third parameter regarding a positional relationship between the first game content and the second game content in the virtual space to be closer to a first target value at a certain time change rate; changing the second parameter associated with the second game content, on the basis of the third parameter and the first parameter associated with the first game content; and determining that a user wins the match when the second parameter becomes a second target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Shinji Watanabe, Keiko Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20200254338
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to operate a game program. The program may cause an information processing device to execute a step of storing information relating to a game part, a step of displaying a screen including a first interface capable of detecting a first user operation, a determination step of (if the first user operation is detected) determining a mode of the game part to be one of a first mode or a second mode, a change step of changing a part of the screen according to the mode of the game part determined in the determination step, and an execution step of executing the game part in the mode determined in the determination step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shota SHIMODA, Yudai NAGANO, Hiori CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20200206626
    Abstract: A game program causes a computer to implement: a screen information generating function of generating information for displaying, in a display area of a game screen, a field where a plurality of objects is arranged, a character capable of moving in the field, and a game medium having certain status information; and an instruction accepting function of accepting from a user an instruction regarding an operation of the character. The screen information generating function further includes a preceding object information generating function of generating information for displaying, in the display area of the game screen, preceding object information regarding a plurality of objects arranged in the display area as the character moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Shota SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 10682570
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to operate a game program. The program may cause an information processing device to execute a step of storing information relating to a game part, a step of displaying a screen including a first interface capable of detecting a first user operation, a determination step of (if the first user operation is detected) determining a mode of the game part to be one of a first mode or a second mode, a change step of changing a part of the screen according to the mode of the game part determined in the determination step, and an execution step of executing the game part in the mode determined in the determination step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Yudai Nagano, Hiori Chiba
  • Publication number: 20200122037
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus, which may include a display unit that displays a game content positioned in a virtual space, a storage unit that stores information related to a predetermined position in the virtual space, a retrieving unit that retrieves instructions for moving including a moving direction given by a player, a calculating unit that calculates a route from a position of the game content in the virtual space to the predetermined position, a determining unit that determines whether or not the calculated route satisfies a predetermined condition related to the moving direction, and a display control unit that controls display of the game content such that the game content moves to the predetermined position along the route when it is determined that the route satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji KAKIZAWA, Shota SHIMODA
  • Patent number: 10625159
    Abstract: A game program causes a computer to implement: a screen information generating function of generating information for displaying, in a display area of a game screen, a field where a plurality of objects is arranged, a character capable of moving in the field, and a game medium having certain status information; and an instruction accepting function of accepting from a user an instruction regarding an operation of the character. The screen information generating function further includes a preceding object information generating function of generating information for displaying, in the display area of the game screen, preceding object information regarding a plurality of objects arranged in the display area as the character moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Shota Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20190270017
    Abstract: A program that may cause an information processing apparatus that executes a game to execute: storing, in a storage unit, a first parameter associated with a first game content arranged in virtual space and a second parameter associated with a second game content arranged in the virtual space; starting a match between the first game content and the second game content; automatically changing a third parameter regarding a positional relationship between the first game content and the second game content in the virtual space to be closer to a first target value at a certain time change rate; changing the second parameter associated with the second game content, on the basis of the third parameter and the first parameter associated with the first game content; and determining that a user wins the match when the second parameter becomes a second target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Shinji Watanabe, Keiko Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10335686
    Abstract: A program that may cause an information processing apparatus that executes a game to execute: storing, in a storage unit, a first parameter associated with a first game content arranged in virtual space and a second parameter associated with a second game content arranged in the virtual space; starting a match between the first game content and the second game content; automatically changing a third parameter regarding a positional relationship between the first game content and the second game content in the virtual space to be closer to a first target value at a certain time change rate; changing the second parameter associated with the second game content, on the basis of the third parameter and the first parameter associated with the first game content; and determining that a user wins the match when the second parameter becomes a second target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Shinji Watanabe, Keiko Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20170326449
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to operate a game program. The program may cause an information processing device to execute a step of storing information relating to a game part, a step of displaying a screen including a first interface capable of detecting a first user operation, a determination step of (if the first user operation is detected) determining a mode of the game part to be one of a first mode or a second mode, a change step of changing a part of the screen according to the mode of the game part determined in the determination step, and an execution step of executing the game part in the mode determined in the determination step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Yudai Nagano, Hiori Chiba
  • Publication number: 20170001121
    Abstract: A program that may cause an information processing apparatus that executes a game to execute: storing, in a storage unit, a first parameter associated with a first game content arranged in virtual space and a second parameter associated with a second game content arranged in the virtual space; starting a match between the first game content and the second game content; automatically changing a third parameter regarding a positional relationship between the first game content and the second game content in the virtual space to be closer to a first target value at a certain time change rate; changing the second parameter associated with the second game content, on the basis of the third parameter and the first parameter associated with the first game content; and determining that a user wins the match when the second parameter becomes a second target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Shinji Watanabe, Keiko Sakurai