Patents by Inventor Takanori Okamura
Takanori Okamura 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: 11921939Abstract: This information processing system includes: a controller including an operation element to be displaced from an initial position by user's operation, a restoring force imparting section applying a restoring force for returning the displaced operation element to the initial position, a resistance section using a magnetorheological fluid whose viscosity changes with a magnetic-field intensity and which becomes resistance when the operation element is displaced from/to the initial position, and a magnetic field generation section which provides the magnetic field to the magnetorheological fluid; and a circuit capable of controlling the magnetic field generation section. The circuit controls a magnetic-field intensity so that the viscosity of the magnetorheological fluid periodically changes at least between a first viscosity state and a second viscosity state in which the viscosity is lower than in the first viscosity state so that the operation element returns to the initial position by the restoring force.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takafumi Aoki, Takanori Okamura
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Publication number: 20240042310Abstract: An example game controller includes a housing main body formed by connecting a housing member on a front surface side and a housing member on a back surface side. On the left and right of the housing main body, holding portions are provided. To the left and right holding portions, a pair of grip portions covering the entirety of the holding portions are connected. A boundary portion between two housing members is covered with a grip portion. Thus, when a user grips the grip portion, the grip portion is likely to fit the hand well. Thus, it is possible to improve the operability.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIYA, Fumiyoshi SUETAKE, Takanori OKAMURA
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Patent number: 11826641Abstract: An example game controller includes a housing main body formed by connecting a housing member on a front surface side and a housing member on a back surface side. On the left and right of the housing main body, holding portions are provided. To the left and right holding portions, a pair of grip portions covering the entirety of the holding portions are connected. A boundary portion between two housing members is covered with a grip portion. Thus, when a user grips the grip portion, the grip portion is likely to fit the hand well. Thus, it is possible to improve the operability.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Fumiyoshi Suetake, Takanori Okamura
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Publication number: 20230369830Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device capable of easily reducing parasitic capacitance between wirings. A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a first substrate, a lower wiring provided on the first substrate, a plurality of upper wirings provided on the lower wiring via an insulation film, and a second substrate provided on the upper wirings via a plurality of elements, in which the upper wirings include a first wiring and a second wiring adjacent to each other in a first direction, the elements on the first wiring and the elements on the second wiring are connected in series to each other, and a first opening is provided in the lower wiring or provided so as to be sandwiched between the lower wirings in a second direction different from the first direction, or a second opening is provided in the upper wirings or provided so as to be sandwiched between the upper wirings in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventor: Takanori OKAMURA
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Publication number: 20230293983Abstract: A controller as an example of an exemplary embodiment includes a housing including an opening, and an operation member, a part of which is exposed through the opening. The operation member includes a key top exposed through the opening and operated by a user, a shaft portion extending downward from the key top, and a protruding portion protruding from the shaft portion. Further, in the housing, a pedestal with which the protruding portion of the operation member comes into contact when the operation member is tilted is provided. The tilt of the operation member is limited by the protruding portion coming into contact with the pedestal. Further, a sensor for detecting pressure is provided on the pedestal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Kazuhiko KORIYAMA, Takanori OKAMURA
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Publication number: 20230280850Abstract: This information processing system includes: a controller including an operation element to be displaced from an initial position by user's operation, a restoring force imparting section applying a restoring force for returning the displaced operation element to the initial position, a resistance section using a magnetorheological fluid whose viscosity changes with a magnetic-field intensity and which becomes resistance when the operation element is displaced from/to the initial position, and a magnetic field generation section which provides the magnetic field to the magnetorheological fluid; and a circuit capable of controlling the magnetic field generation section. The circuit controls a magnetic-field intensity so that the viscosity of the magnetorheological fluid periodically changes at least between a first viscosity state and a second viscosity state in which the viscosity is lower than in the first viscosity state so that the operation element returns to the initial position by the restoring force.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Takafumi AOKI, Takanori OKAMURA
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Publication number: 20230280849Abstract: This information processing system includes: a controller including an operation element, a restriction member, a resistance section using a magnetorheological fluid whose viscosity changes with an applied-magnetic-field intensity and which serves as a resistance corresponding to the viscosity when the position of the operation element is displaced, and a magnetic field generation section to provide the magnetic field; and a circuit capable of controlling the magnetic field generation section. In a first state, a movable area of a position of the operation element is restricted to a basic movable area. In a second state, the magnetic field generation section is controlled so that the viscosity becomes a first viscosity, when the operation element is in a first area, and so that the viscosity becomes a second viscosity when the operation element is in a second area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Takafumi AOKI, Takanori OKAMURA, Yuki TANIGUCHI, Hiroki IKUTA, Masaya TAKEI
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Publication number: 20230280848Abstract: This information processing system includes: a controller including a stick to be displaced from an initial position by a user's operation, restoring force imparting means applying a restoring force for returning a position of the displaced stick to the initial position, a resistance section using a magnetorheological fluid whose viscosity changes in accordance with an intensity of a magnetic field and which serves as a resistance when the stick is displaced from/to the initial position, and a magnetic field generation section which provides the magnetic field to the magnetorheological fluid; and a circuit capable of controlling the magnetic field generation section. The circuit changes the intensity of the magnetic field such that, when a displacement direction of the stick is a direction of approaching the initial position, the viscosity is greater than when the displacement direction is a direction of moving away from the initial position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Takafumi AOKI, Takanori OKAMURA
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Publication number: 20230056908Abstract: An example of a controller includes a housing including an opening, and an operation member, a part of which is exposed through the opening. The operation member includes a key top exposed through the opening and operated by a user, a shaft portion extending downward from the key top, and a protruding portion protruding from the shaft portion. Further, in the housing, a pedestal with which the protruding portion of the operation member comes into contact when the operation member is tilted is provided. The tilt of the operation member is limited by the protruding portion coming into contact with the pedestal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Takanori OKAMURA, Yuki TANIGUCHI, Hiroki IKUTA, Keisuke SEKO, Masaya TAKEI
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Patent number: 11497987Abstract: An example of a controller includes a housing including an opening, and an operation member, a part of which is exposed through the opening. The operation member includes a key top exposed through the opening and operated by a user, a shaft portion extending downward from the key top, and a protruding portion protruding from the shaft portion. Further, in the housing, a pedestal with which the protruding portion of the operation member comes into contact when the operation member is tilted is provided. The tilt of the operation member is limited by the protruding portion coming into contact with the pedestal.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takanori Okamura, Yuki Taniguchi, Hiroki Ikuta, Keisuke Seko, Masaya Takei
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Publication number: 20220323856Abstract: An example game controller includes a housing main body formed by connecting a housing member on a front surface side and a housing member on a back surface side. On the left and right of the housing main body, holding portions are provided. To the left and right holding portions, a pair of grip portions covering the entirety of the holding portions are connected. A boundary portion between two housing members is covered with a grip portion. Thus, when a user grips the grip portion, the grip portion is likely to fit the hand well. Thus, it is possible to improve the operability.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIYA, Fumiyoshi SUETAKE, Takanori OKAMURA
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Patent number: 11465042Abstract: A game controller according to the present disclosure includes: a housing; and an internal structural body accommodated inside of the housing. The internal structural body includes at least: an internal frame having an installation surface and a recess adjacent to the installation surface; a battery that is accommodated in the recess of the internal frame and has a first surface that opposes a bottom surface of the recess and a second surface on a side opposite to that of the first surface; and a flexible substrate that is installed on the installation surface of the internal frame and includes a conductive pattern. The flexible substrate is arranged so as to cover at least a portion of the second surface of the battery accommodated in the recess.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takanori Okamura, Masaya Takei
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Patent number: 11400365Abstract: An example game controller includes a housing main body formed by connecting a housing member on a front surface side and a housing member on a back surface side. On the left and right of the housing main body, holding portions are provided. To the left and right holding portions, a pair of grip portions covering the entirety of the holding portions are connected. A boundary portion between two housing members is covered with a grip portion. Thus, when a user grips the grip portion, the grip portion is likely to fit the hand well. Thus, it is possible to improve the operability.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Fumiyoshi Suetake, Takanori Okamura
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Patent number: 11358027Abstract: A non-limiting example training instrument comprises a hollow main body formed of an aluminum alloy. The main body is constituted by two gripping portions opposite to each other with a space therebetween and a coupling portion coupling the two gripping portions. A load sensor is arranged in the coupling portion inside the main body. The load sensor is a load cell, a strain gauge affixed to an interior of the main body, and a part of the main body to which the strain gauge is affixed functions as a strain body. Therefore, if a user applies a force so as to bring the two gripping portions close to each other or a force so as to move the two gripping portions away from each other, a load thereof is detected by the load sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoji Kuroda, Shinji Yamamoto, Hiroki Ikuta, Takanori Okamura, Xiaoming Jin, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Kazuhiro Hosoi, Satoru Osako
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Patent number: 11224800Abstract: An example game controller includes L and R buttons provided in both left and right end portions on an upper surface of a housing and ZL and ZR buttons provided to sides of the L and R buttons closer to a back surface of the game controller. The ZL/ZR button includes a protruding portion protruding in the direction of the back surface of the game controller and the direction of a side surface of the game controller. This makes it possible to increase the area of an upper surface of a key top of the ZL/ZR button and improve the operability of the ZL/ZR button.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumiyoshi Suetake, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Takanori Okamura
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Publication number: 20220001273Abstract: A game controller according to the present disclosure includes: a housing; and an internal structural body accommodated inside of the housing. The internal structural body includes at least: an internal frame having an installation surface and a recess adjacent to the installation surface; a battery that is accommodated in the recess of the internal frame and has a first surface that opposes a bottom surface of the recess and a second surface on a side opposite to that of the first surface; and a flexible substrate that is installed on the installation surface of the internal frame and includes a conductive pattern. The flexible substrate is arranged so as to cover at least a portion of the second surface of the battery accommodated in the recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Takanori OKAMURA, Masaya TAKEI
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Patent number: 11217871Abstract: A distributor and a synthesizer with low loss are disclosed. In one example, a distributor/synthesizer has a distribution line that distributes a path from an input branch unit connected to an external transmission line on an input side into n-distributed paths. An output branch unit divides the n-distributed paths into an internal side and an external transmission line on an output side. On the internal side, a phase adjustment unit is arranged between the output branch unit and a coupling terminal, and adjusts the phase. A phase rotation amount from the input branch unit to the output branch unit of each of the n-distributed paths is ?/2 [rad], and a phase rotation amount from the output branch unit to the coupling terminal is ? [rad] or a real number multiple of ? [rad]. The present disclosure can, for example, be applied to an FEM of a signal processing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Takashi Kawamura, Masahiro Sato, Takanori Okamura, Taichi Yamada
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Patent number: 11219126Abstract: A first conductive pattern according to the present disclosure includes a first land electrode and a second land electrode, in which at least a portion of the first land electrode is arranged in an inner portion of a first circle defined by a center point and a first radius, the second land electrode is arranged on a second circle defined by the center point and a second radius that is larger than the first radius to surround the first land electrode, the second land electrode is not arranged in the inner portion of the first circle, the first land electrode is not arranged on the second circle, and the first land electrode and the second land electrode are arranged on a third circle defined by the center point and a third radius that is larger than the first radius and is smaller than the second radius.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori Okamura, Kohei Odanaka, Masaya Takei
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Publication number: 20210113919Abstract: An example of a controller includes a housing including an opening, and an operation member, a part of which is exposed through the opening. The operation member includes a key top exposed through the opening and operated by a user, a shaft portion extending downward from the key top, and a protruding portion protruding from the shaft portion. Further, in the housing, a pedestal with which the protruding portion of the operation member comes into contact when the operation member is tilted is provided. The tilt of the operation member is limited by the protruding portion coming into contact with the pedestal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Takanori OKAMURA, Yuki TANIGUCHI, Hiroki IKUTA, Keisuke SEKO, Masaya TAKEI
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Publication number: 20210077859Abstract: A non-limiting example training instrument comprises a hollow main body formed of an aluminum alloy. The main body is constituted by two gripping portions opposite to each other with a space therebetween and a coupling portion coupling the two gripping portions. A load sensor is arranged in the coupling portion inside the main body. The load sensor is a load cell, a strain gauge affixed to an interior of the main body, and a part of the main body to which the strain gauge is affixed functions as a strain body. Therefore, if a user applies a force so as to bring the two gripping portions close to each other or a force so as to move the two gripping portions away from each other, a load thereof is detected by the load sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Ryoji KURODA, Shinji YAMAMOTO, Hiroki IKUTA, Takanori OKAMURA, Xiaoming JIN, Hitoshi TSUCHIYA, Kazuhiro HOSOI, Satoru OSAKO