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).
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Patent number: 11978004Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumiaki Oobayashi, Hiroshi Shimoda, Hirotake Ishii, Shota Shimonaka, Kimi Ueda
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Patent number: 11964199Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Yudai Nagano, Hiori Chiba
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Publication number: 20230372815Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: GREE, INC.Inventors: Shota SHIMODA, Masatoshi TAKAYAMA, Fumiya AMANO
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Patent number: 11771990Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: GREE, Inc.Inventor: Shota Shimoda
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Publication number: 20230219001Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Koji KAKIZAWA, Shota SHIMODA
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Patent number: 11628362Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Koji Kakizawa, Shota Shimoda
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Publication number: 20230001293Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Shota SHIMODA, Yudai NAGANO, Hiori CHIBA
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Patent number: 11478698Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Yudai Nagano, Hiori Chiba
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Publication number: 20220176246Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: GREE, Inc.Inventor: Shota SHIMODA
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Patent number: 11285391Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: GREE, INC.Inventor: Shota Shimoda
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Patent number: 11135518Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Shinji Watanabe, Keiko Sakurai
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Publication number: 20200254338Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Shota SHIMODA, Yudai NAGANO, Hiori CHIBA
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Publication number: 20200206626Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: GREE, Inc.Inventor: Shota SHIMODA
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Patent number: 10682570Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 3, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Yudai Nagano, Hiori Chiba
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Publication number: 20200122037Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Koji KAKIZAWA, Shota SHIMODA
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Patent number: 10625159Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: GREE, Inc.Inventor: Shota Shimoda
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Publication number: 20190270017Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Shinji Watanabe, Keiko Sakurai
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Patent number: 10335686Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Shinji Watanabe, Keiko Sakurai
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Publication number: 20170326449Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Yudai Nagano, Hiori Chiba
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Publication number: 20170001121Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Shinji Watanabe, Keiko Sakurai