Patents by Inventor Takahiro Otomo

Takahiro Otomo 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).

  • Publication number: 20160106069
    Abstract: A production method for animal excrement treatment material and a production device therefor, having: a step in which a raw material is granulized and a granular material is obtained; and a step in which a coating material is coated on the granular material. The step in which the coating material is coated on the granular material has: a step in which the coating material is arranged on the granular material; and a step in which a vibration is applied to the granular material having the coating material arranged thereupon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro MOCHIZUKI, Hidekazu YAMADA, Takahiro OTOMO, Tatsuya SOGO, Chiyo TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20160082416
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a granular excretion disposal material having a core portion and a covering layer that covers the core portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro MOCHIZUKI, Hidekazu YAMADA, Takahiro OTOMO, Tatsuya SOGO, Chiyo TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20160044889
    Abstract: A production method for animal excrement treatment material and a production device therefor, having: a step in which raw material is granulized and a granular material is obtained; and a step in which a coloring agent is applied to the granular material. The step in which the coloring agent is applied to the granular material has: a step in which the granular material is suspended; and a step in which the coloring agent is sprayed on the suspended granular material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro MOCHIZUKI, Hidekazu YAMADA, Takahiro OTOMO, Tatsuya SOGO, Chiyo TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20160044890
    Abstract: A production method for animal excretion treatment material and a production device therefor, having a step in which a raw material is pulverized and a pulverized material is obtained and a step in which the pulverized material is granulized. In the step in which the pulverized material is obtained, the raw material is pulverized by a pulverizer and the pulverized material is obtained. The pulverizer has: an insertion port for the raw material; a pulverization chamber for the raw material; a pulverization mechanism provided inside the pulverization chamber; a mesh screen through which passes the raw material pulverized by the pulverization mechanism and having a plurality of openings; and a discharge port connected to the openings in the mesh screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro MOCHIZUKI, Hidekazu YAMADA, Takahiro OTOMO, Tatsuya SOGO, Chiyo TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20150367240
    Abstract: The information processing device relating to the present invention configures, in association with a stage where each of a plurality of players can engage in battle play, a player character owned by the player as a support character that provides support in a stage where another player engages in battle play, generates a game screen displaying a list view of support characters associated with the selected stage once a first player among the plurality of players performs an operation to select a stage, directs the selected support character and a player character belonging to the first player to engage in battle with an enemy character configured in the selected stage once the first player performs an operation to select a support character from the list, and provides benefits to a second player, from among the plurality of players, who owns the selected support character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventor: Takahiro OTOMO
  • Publication number: 20150351362
    Abstract: To provide animal toilet sand that allows easy recognition of an area where urine has been absorbed, easy observation of the color of urine, and suppression of odor of excreted urine. An animal toilet sand is composed of a plurality of particulates having a water absorbing property, wherein the particulates include: color change particles that are configured to include pulp and to change color upon absorbing moisture; and white particles that have a core portion which is configured to include pulp and a covering layer which is configured to include pulp, highly absorbent resin and fragrance, and to cover the core portion, the white particles not changing color upon absorbing moisture, and the color change particles are included at a higher ratio by weight than the white particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Kenji HIROSHIMA, Tatsuya SOGOU, Tomoko HIRAO, Shinya KANEKO, Hidekazu YAMADA, Takahiro OTOMO
  • Publication number: 20150343309
    Abstract: To reduce labor of a player to search for game content sought by the player. A game program according to the present invention causes a computer to execute: when an operation to designate game content is performed by a player, play event selection processing to select a play event in which the designated game content is obtainable from among a plurality of play events set in advance; game screen generation processing to generate a game screen including a guidance operation area that guides the player to the selected play event; and game progress processing to make a game progress with the guided play event and to make the player play the game when the guidance operation area is operated by the player while the game screen is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: Takahiro OTOMO
  • Patent number: 9132353
    Abstract: To reduce labor of a player to search for game content sought by the player. A game program according to the present invention causes a computer to execute: when an operation to designate game content is performed by a player, play event selection processing to select a play event in which the designated game content is obtainable from among a plurality of play events set in advance; game screen generation processing to generate a game screen including a guidance operation area that guides the player to the selected play event; and game progress processing to make a game progress with the guided play event and to make the player play the game when the guidance operation area is operated by the player while the game screen is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Otomo
  • Publication number: 20150217189
    Abstract: Game images displayed in an electronic game are analyzed and graphically recognized, a determination is made as to whether graphics recognized by the graphic recognition means are appropriate or inappropriate by checking against an inappropriate expression database where inappropriate expressions are recorded, and access to the game images is controlled in accordance with the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Takashi NINJOUJI, Tsuyoshi KAGEYAMA, Takahiro OTOMO
  • Publication number: 20150209672
    Abstract: To reduce a labor for searching game content sought by a player. A game program according to the present invention causes a computer to execute, when game content that has been encountered by the player is displayed on a screen, and when the player performs an operation to designate the game content, processing of guiding the player to a play event where the player can encounter the designated game content, and making a game progress, in which the player can encounter the game content in the guided play event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventor: Takahiro OTOMO
  • Publication number: 20150107524
    Abstract: Provided is an animal toilet sand that is less liable to scatter and in which the depth of the solids is less liable to increase when a liquid such as urine has been absorbed. An animal toilet sand composed of a plurality of particulates having water absorbency, wherein the particulates contain: long grains having a granularity of 4 mm or more and less than 10 mm, and a length that is greater than the diameter; and short grains having a granularity of 4 mm or more and less than 10 mm, and a length that is no more than the diameter. The long grains are provided with a core part primarily composed of pulp, and a coating layer containing highly water-absorbent resin and used for coating the core part. The weight ratio of the short grains in total of the long grains and the short grains is 10%-50%, inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Kenji Hiroshima, Tomoko Hirao, Shinya Kaneko, Hidekazu Yamada, Takahiro Otomo
  • Publication number: 20150065255
    Abstract: To reduce labor of a player to search for game content sought by the player. A game program according to the present invention causes a computer to execute: when an operation to designate game content is performed by a player, play event selection processing to select a play event in which the designated game content is obtainable from among a plurality of play events set in advance; game screen generation processing to generate a game screen including a guidance operation area that guides the player to the selected play event; and game progress processing to make a game progress with the guided play event and to make the player play the game when the guidance operation area is operated by the player while the game screen is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: DeNA Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro OTOMO
  • Patent number: 8947989
    Abstract: A wobble determining apparatus is provided with: a calculating device for calculating (i) a first time required until reaching a number of revolutions of a motor which allows a predetermined linear velocity, and (ii) a second time required to move an optical head to a position which allows the predetermined linear velocity, on the basis of the number of revolutions of the motor and the position of the optical head; a judging device for judging whether to keep the optical head in accordance with the calculated first time and the calculated second time; and a controlling device for controlling a moving device not to move the optical head if it is judged to keep the optical head, and for controlling the moving device to move the optical head to the position which allows the predetermined linear velocity if it is judged not to keep the optical head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Pioneer Digital Design and Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tani, Yoshinori Kajiwara, Wataru Terui, Takahiro Otomo
  • Publication number: 20140302922
    Abstract: A server device according to the present invention is connected with a player terminal through a network, displays, in the player terminal, a screen in which a plurality of types of playable games is listed, receives a reservation registration request of automatic play information in which a game and a start timing specified by the player are set, and perform reservation registration of the automatic play information of the player. The server device determines whether automatically starting a game play of the specified game at the specified start timing based on the automatic play information subjected to the reservation registration, and automatically starts the game play of the game at the start timing when the determination is affirmed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: DeNA Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hotaka KAWADA, Takashi NINJOUJI, Takahiro OTOMO
  • Publication number: 20140295929
    Abstract: An information processing device according to the present invention selects a predetermined number of game contents from multiple game contents stored in a storage unit to form a deck to be used in a game by a player. The information processing device determines a predetermined number or less of game contents out of the predetermined number of game contents included in the formed deck to be game contents to be replaced. The information processing device then generates a game screen including proposal information for recommending the player to replace the determined game contents to be replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: DeNA Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro OTOMO
  • Patent number: 8827789
    Abstract: An information processing device according to the present invention selects a predetermined number of game contents from multiple game contents stored in a storage unit to form a deck to be used in a game by a player. The information processing device determines a predetermined number or less of game contents out of the predetermined number of game contents included in the formed deck to be game contents to be replaced. The information processing device then generates a game screen including proposal information for recommending the player to replace the determined game contents to be replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Otomo
  • Publication number: 20140223456
    Abstract: A wobble determining apparatus is provided with: a calculating device for calculating (i) a first time required until reaching a number of revolutions of a motor which allows a predetermined linear velocity, and (ii) a second time required to move an optical head to a position which allows the predetermined linear velocity, on the basis of the number of revolutions of the motor and the position of the optical head; a judging device for judging whether to keep the optical head in accordance with the calculated first time and the calculated second time; and a controlling device for controlling a moving device not to move the optical head if it is judged to keep the optical head, and for controlling the moving device to move the optical head to the position which allows the predetermined linear velocity if it is judged not to keep the optical head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tani, Yoshinori Kajiwara, Wataru Terui, Takahiro Otomo