Patents by Inventor Shotaro GOTO

Shotaro GOTO 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).

  • Orientation and/or position estimation system, orientation and/or position estimation method, and orientation and/or position estimation apparatus
    Patent number: 11272152
    Abstract: The orientation and/or position estimation system includes: a movable operating unit configured to be held by a user and having an image capturing section; and a stereoscopic image providing unit including a display portion configured to display a stereoscopic image, a contact portion configured to come into contact with a part of a face of a user who is viewing the stereoscopic image, and a detection subject portion configured to be captured by the image capturing section. A detection subject portion image in the image captured by the image capturing section is detected and the position and the orientation of the movable image capturing unit are estimated on the basis of the detection subject portion image. On the basis of a result of the estimation, the stereoscopic image is generated and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shotaro Goto, Hideaki Shimizu, Hitoshi Yamazaki, Kenji Iwata
  • Game system, accessory, storage medium having stored therein game program, and game processing method
    Patent number: 10888770
    Abstract: A first fixing portion of an accessory fixes a first game controller so as to rotate about at least a certain axis, and a second fixing portion of the accessory fixes a second game controller. Then, based on a difference value indicating a difference between a first value indicating an orientation of the first game controller and a second value indicating an orientation of the second game controller, a certain game process is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Onozawa, Kochi Kawai, Shotaro Goto, Junichiro Miyatake, Hiroshi Yamamoto
  • ORIENTATION AND/OR POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM, ORIENTATION AND/OR POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND ORIENTATION AND/OR POSITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190116350
    Abstract: The orientation and/or position estimation system includes: a movable operating unit configured to be held by a user and having an image capturing section; and a stereoscopic image providing unit including a display portion configured to display a stereoscopic image, a contact portion configured to come into contact with a part of a face of a user who is viewing the stereoscopic image, and a detection subject portion configured to be captured by the image capturing section. A detection subject portion image in the image captured by the image capturing section is detected and the position and the orientation of the movable image capturing unit are estimated on the basis of the detection subject portion image. On the basis of a result of the estimation, the stereoscopic image is generated and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Shotaro GOTO, Hideaki SHIMIZU, Hitoshi YAMAZAKI, Kenji IWATA
  • GAME SYSTEM, ACCESSORY, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN GAME PROGRAM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20190030423
    Abstract: A first fixing portion of an accessory fixes a first game controller so as to rotate about at least a certain axis, and a second fixing portion of the accessory fixes a second game controller. Then, based on a difference value indicating a difference between a first value indicating an orientation of the first game controller and a second value indicating an orientation of the second game controller, a certain game process is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki ONOZAWA, Kochi KAWAI, Shotaro GOTO, Junichiro MIYATAKE, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO