Patents by Inventor Takashi Tezuka

Takashi Tezuka 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: 20220355218
    Abstract: An electronic toy comprising: a sensor for detecting movement of the electronic toy; a reader for detecting markers in a proximity of the electronic toy; a user-interface for providing a user-perceptible output; a processing unit configured to control the user-interface responsive to a detected movement and a detected marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi TEZUKA, Hiroshi MOMOSE, Emi MAKIUCHI, Jonathan B. BENNINK, Jonathan TRIER, Benjamin MA
  • Patent number: 11285389
    Abstract: Even when a movement command input is not performed from a player, a player character is moved in a predetermined direction in a virtual game space, and a game screen including the player character is scrolled so as to follow movement of the player character. In response to determination being made that a touch operation is detected in a state in which the positional relationship between a predetermined object and the player character satisfies a predetermined condition, the movement direction of the player character is temporarily changed to a direction containing a direction component opposite to the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Masanobu Sato
  • Patent number: 10821782
    Abstract: Present disclosure provides a tread for a tire having a plurality of contact element having a height H, and at least one connecting member connecting a transverse face of the contact element to the transverse face of the circumferentially adjacent contact element extending continuously through two transverse faces of the same contact element, a distance h between one of the connecting member in a groove and a radial position of the contact face being at most equal to 50% of the height H, and a material of the connecting member being different from a material of the contact element, a young modulus of the material of the connecting member being higher than that of the contact element, a distance h? between one of the connecting member in the contact element and the contact lace in tire radial direction is greater than the distance h of the same connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventor: Takashi Tezuka
  • Patent number: 10695676
    Abstract: An example of an information processing device generates a game field for each of a plurality of game stages. The information processing device executes a game process of controlling a player object in response to an operation by a user in a game stage for which the game field has been generated. The information processing device determines whether the user has cleared or failed to clear the game stage. In response to a determination that the user has cleared the game stage, the information processing device starts the game process for a next game stage while maintaining a state of the player object at the time of clearing. On the other hand, in response to a determination that the user has failed to clear the game stage, the information processing device starts the game process for a next game stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Norihito Ito, Yugo Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20200188786
    Abstract: Even when a movement command input is not performed from a player, a player character is moved in a predetermined direction in a virtual game space, and a game screen including the player character is scrolled so as to follow movement of the player character. In response to determination being made that a touch operation is detected in a state in which the positional relationship between a predetermined object and the player character satisfies a predetermined condition, the movement direction of the player character is temporarily changed to a direction containing a direction component opposite to the predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Shigeru MIYAMOTO, Takashi TEZUKA, Masanobu SATO
  • Publication number: 20200164699
    Abstract: The tread has a primary groove which is provided with a plurality of closing devices including flexible fences. At least one first flexible fence has a thickness t1 and extends from a groove bottom. At least one second flexible fence has a thickness t2 and extends from one groove sidewall toward the other. The second flexible fence forms an angle A1 between an imaginary line connecting a free end of the second flexible fence and a bottom edge of the second flexible fence and an imaginary line extending from the free end of the top edge in a tire radial direction. A width wb1 of the first flexible fence is at most equal to 45% of a width WB of the primary groove, and a width wb2 of the second flexible fence at the bottom edge is at most equal to 40% of the width WB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventor: Takashi Tezuka
  • Patent number: 10603589
    Abstract: Even when a movement command input is not performed from a player, a player character is moved in a predetermined direction in a virtual game space, and a game screen including the player character is scrolled so as to follow movement of the player character. In response to determination being made that a touch operation is detected in a state in which the positional relationship between a predetermined object and the player character satisfies a predetermined condition, the movement direction of the player character is temporarily changed to a direction containing a direction component opposite to the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Masanobu Sato
  • Patent number: 10434411
    Abstract: In an action game in which a screen is scrolled in a predetermined direction, a player character is moved in the predetermined direction on a game screen even when a movement command input is not performed from a player. In response to a touch input being detected in a state in which a first predetermined condition is satisfied, the player character is caused to execute a first action and a first point is added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Tezuka, Masanobu Sato
  • Patent number: 10363481
    Abstract: A multi-user video game with communications capabilities allows players to communicate with one another via simulated mail, leaflets and conversations. Different installations of the game on different discrete video game playing platforms may be unique or different depending upon random or other data available at the platform. For example, different installations may have different subsets of characters, different landscapes, or the like. Player characters from one virtual environment or village may visit another virtual environment or village and return home to his or her resident environment or village. Non-player characters may move from one virtual environment or village to another—thereby providing an ever-changing variety of characters. Communications between different game playing platforms can be provided via portable memory devices, portable game playing devices, or conventional communications means such as networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuya Eguchi, Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka
  • Publication number: 20190176542
    Abstract: The tread has a contact face intended to come into contact with ground during rolling and comprising at least one primary groove having depth D and being delimited by groove sidewalls. The groove sidewalls are axially connected by a groove bottom. The primary groove is provided with a closing device including at least two flexible fences. A first flexible fence has a thickness t1 extending from the groove bottom, and a second flexible fence has a thickness t2 extending from one of groove sidewalls toward the other. The flexible fences are distant each other in an orientation the primary groove extends with a gap g and overlap partly in sectional view of the primary groove. The gap g is at most equal to 1.0 mm. This tread provides further satisfactory reduction on groove resonance and productivity for manufacturing such tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Takashi Tezuka
  • Publication number: 20190030436
    Abstract: An example of an information processing device generates a game field for each of a plurality of game stages. The information processing device executes a game process of controlling a player object in response to an operation by a user in a game stage for which the game field has been generated. The information processing device determines whether the user has cleared or failed to clear the game stage. In response to a determination that the user has cleared the game stage, the information processing device starts the game process for a next game stage while maintaining a state of the player object at the time of clearing. On the other hand, in response to a determination that the user has failed to clear the game stage, the information processing device starts the game process for a next game stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Shigeru MIYAMOTO, Takashi TEZUKA, Norihito ITO, Yugo HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180194174
    Abstract: Present disclosure provides a tread for a tire having a plurality of contact element having a height H, and at least one connecting member connecting a transverse face of the contact element to the transverse face of the circumferentially adjacent contact element extending continuously through two transverse faces of the same contact element, a distance h between one of the connecting member in a groove and a radial position of the contact face being at most equal to 50% of the height H, and a material of the connecting member being different from a material of the contact element, a young modulus of the material of the connecting member being higher than that of the contact element, a distance h? between one of the connecting member in the contact element and the contact face in tire radial direction is greater than the distance h of the same connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventor: Takashi TEZUKA
  • Publication number: 20180056183
    Abstract: In an action game in which a screen is scrolled in a predetermined direction, a player character is moved in the predetermined direction on a game screen even when a movement command input is not performed from a player. In response to a touch input being detected in a state in which a first predetermined condition is satisfied, the player character is caused to execute a first action and a first point is added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Takashi TEZUKA, Masanobu SATO
  • Publication number: 20180056188
    Abstract: Even when a movement command input is not performed from a player, a player character is moved in a predetermined direction in a virtual game space, and a game screen including the player character is scrolled so as to follow movement of the player character. In response to determination being made that a touch operation is detected in a state in which the positional relationship between a predetermined object and the player character satisfies a predetermined condition, the movement direction of the player character is temporarily changed to a direction containing a direction component opposite to the predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Shigeru MIYAMOTO, Takashi TEZUKA, Masanobu SATO
  • Publication number: 20180001715
    Abstract: Present disclosure provide a tread for a tire having a plurality of grooves formed in the tread, a plurality of contact elements delimited by a plurality of grooves and having circumferential surfaces, transverse surfaces and a contact surface intended to come into contact with ground during rolling, the contact element having a height H, and at least one connecting member connecting the transverse surface of the contact element to the transverse surface of the circumferentially adjacent contact element, a distance h between one of the connecting members and the contact face is at most equal to 30% of the height H, and a material of the connecting member is different from a material of the contact element, and a Young modulus of the material of the connecting member is higher than a Young modulus of the material of the contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A.
    Inventor: Takashi TEZUKA
  • Patent number: 9726284
    Abstract: A system for maintaining a vehicle including a shift-by-wire transmission in a neutral-hold mode is provided. The system includes a transmission control unit in signal communication with the shift-by-wire transmission and an internal control unit of the vehicle. The transmission control unit is configured to control a gear configuration of the shift-by-wire transmission. An external control unit is in signal communication with the transmission control unit. The external control unit is configured to transmit a neutral-hold mold activation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Virgil Philip Adams, Jr., Ryo Harada, Takashi Tezuka, David B. Jackson, Hiroyuki Kuki, Dennis P. Parker, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20160319933
    Abstract: A system for maintaining a vehicle including a shift-by-wire transmission in a neutral-hold mode is provided. The system includes a transmission control unit in signal communication with the shift-by-wire transmission and an internal control unit of the vehicle. The transmission control unit is configured to control a gear configuration of the shift-by-wire transmission. An external control unit is in signal communication with the transmission control unit. The external control unit is configured to transmit a neutral-hold mold activation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Phil Adams, Ryo Harada, Takashi Tezuka, David B. Jackson, Hiroyuki Kuki, D. J. Parker, JR.
  • Publication number: 20160303476
    Abstract: A multi-user video game with communications capabilities allows players to communicate with one another via simulated mail, leaflets and conversations. Different installations of the game on different discrete video game playing platforms may be unique or different depending upon random or other data available at the platform. For example, different installations may have different subsets of characters, different landscapes, or the like. Player characters from one virtual environment or village may visit another virtual environment or village and return home to his or her resident environment or village. Non-player characters may move from one virtual environment or village to another—thereby providing an ever-changing variety of characters. Communications between different game playing platforms can be provided via portable memory devices, portable game playing devices, or conventional communications means such as networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuya EGUCHI, Shigeru MIYAMOTO, Takashi TEZUKA
  • Patent number: 9403085
    Abstract: A multi-user video game with communications capabilities allows players to communicate with one another via simulated mail, leaflets and conversations. Different installations of the game on different discrete video game playing platforms may be unique or different depending upon random or other data available at the platform. For example, different installations may have different subsets of characters, different landscapes, or the like. Player characters from one virtual environment or village may visit another virtual environment or village and return home to his or her resident environment or village. Non-player characters may move from one virtual environment or village to another—thereby providing an ever-changing variety of characters. Communications between different game playing platforms can be provided via portable memory devices, portable game playing devices, or conventional communications means such as networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Eguchi, Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka
  • Patent number: 8366528
    Abstract: Manual operation means controls a motion of an operation target character in accordance with operation data outputted from an input device. Automatic motion control means controls the motion of the operation target character in accordance with a series of pieces of operation data which are prepared in advance. Game control means performs a first process when a first condition is satisfied as a result of control of the motion of the operation target character by the manual operation means only in a predetermined interval in a game in progress, performs a second process which is different from the first process when a second condition is satisfied, and executes the first when the control of the motion is performed by the automatic motion control means in at least a part of the interval regardless of whichever condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Hayashida, Haruka Kakinuma, Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kimura, Shigeyuki Asuke, Yusuke Amano