Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Sasaki
Tetsuya Sasaki 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: 9050536Abstract: A communication game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses which are able to wirelessly communicate with each other. Each of the game apparatus registers identifying information of an opponent obtained by a short-distance wireless communication or by user's manual input in a friend list. Thereafter, the game apparatus connects to the Internet, and inquires whether it is possible to communicate with an opponent in the friend list over the network. If it is possible to communicate, the game apparatus obtains an address of the opponent to make a network communication. Even if a user makes a short distance wireless communication with a friend to exchange and register the identifying information or registers the friend by hand and then is parted from the friend, the user can safely communicate with the friend across the network without being exposed to unknown players.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Sasaki, Yosuke Hatayama, Daisuke Nakamura, Yoshitaka Shirota, Masaru Mitsuyoshi, Yutaka Takehisa, Katsuya Eguchi
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Patent number: 9050533Abstract: A communication game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses which are able to wirelessly communicate with each other. Each game apparatus registers identifying information of an opponent obtained by a short-distance wireless communication or by user's manual input in a friend list. Thereafter, the game apparatus connects to the Internet, and inquiries whether it is possible to communicate with an opponent in the friend list over the network. If it is possible to communicate, the game apparatus obtains an address of the opponent to make a network communication. Even if a user makes a short distance wireless communication with a friend to exchange and register the identifying information or registers the friend by hand and then is parted from the friend, the user can safely communicate with the friend across the network without being exposed to unknown players.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Sasaki, Yosuke Hatayama, Daisuke Nakamura, Yoshitaka Shirota, Masaru Mitsuyoshi, Yutaka Takehisa, Katsuya Eguchi
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Publication number: 20150148135Abstract: A communication game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses which are able to wirelessly communicate with each other. Each game apparatus registers identifying information of an opponent obtained by a short-distance wireless communication or by user's manual input in a friend list. Thereafter, the game apparatus connects to the Internet, and inquiries whether it is possible to communicate with an opponent in the friend list over the network. If it is possible to communicate, the game apparatus obtains an address of the opponent to make a network communication. Even if a user makes a short distance wireless communication with a friend to exchange and register the identifying information or registers the friend by hand and then is parted from the friend, the user can safely communicate with the friend across the network without being exposed to unknown players.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2015Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Tetsuya Sasaki, Yosuke Hatayama, Daisuke Nakamura, Yoshitaka Shirota, Masaru Mitsuyoshi, Yutaka Takehisa, Katsuya Eguchi
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Patent number: 8795083Abstract: A communication game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses which are able to wirelessly communicate with each other. Each game apparatus registers identifying information of an opponent obtained by a short-distance wireless communication or by user's manual input in a friend list. Thereafter, the game apparatus connects to the Internet, and inquiries whether it is possible to communicate with an opponent in the friend list over the network. If it is possible to communicate, the game apparatus obtains an address of the opponent to make a network communication. Even if a user makes a short distance wireless communication with a friend to exchange and register the identifying information or registers the friend by hand and then is parted from the friend, the user can safely communicate with the friend across the network without being exposed to unknown players.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2006Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Sasaki, Yosuke Hatayama, Daisuke Nakamura, Yoshitaka Shirota, Masaru Mitsuyoshi, Yutaka Takehisa, Katsuya Eguchi
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Publication number: 20140137040Abstract: An example information-processing device that includes: a first registering unit that registers, in accordance with an operation performed by a user, a link data set indicating a specific data set, a specifying unit that specifies a status of use of a link data set registered by the first registering unit or a status of use of a specific data set indicated by a link data set registered by the first registering unit, and a second registering unit that registers at least one of a plurality of link data sets registered by the first registering unit based on a status of use specified by the specifying unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya SASAKI, Munetaka TSUDA, Yasuto KAKIMOTO, Ryoma AOKI
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Patent number: 8611614Abstract: An image taking unit including a lens array, a light shielding member, and an image taking unit that acquires a compound eye image of a vein pattern of a living body held at a lens array. A shift estimation unit estimates an image shift amount between ommatidium images of the compound eye image. An image restructuring unit restructures a single image from the compound eye image by using the image shift amount. In at least one embodiment, a size correction unit corrects the size of the restructured single image with a magnification ratio determined by the estimated image shift amount and an image shift amount stored in a registration pattern storage unit so as to correspond to a registration pattern. As a result, it is possible to perform personal authentication while compensating influences due to fluctuations in a subject distance.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2009Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Yuji Yamanaka, Nobuhiro Morita, Shigeru Oouchida, Jun Watanabe, Shin Aoki, Tetsuya Sasaki
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Patent number: 8605153Abstract: An image adjusting device for an on-vehicle camera mounted on a vehicle includes an operations unit configured to input mounting position information regarding a mounting position of the on-vehicle camera on the vehicle; a storing unit configured to store image processing parameters in association with various mounting positions of the on-vehicle camera; a control unit configured to read the corresponding image processing parameters from the storing unit based on the mounting position information input from the operations unit; and an image processing unit configured to process image data obtained by an imaging unit of the on-vehicle camera according to the image processing parameters read by the control unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Sasaki, Ryosuke Kasahara, Go Maruyama, Hiroyoshi Sekiguchi, Xue Li, Masahiko Itoh
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Patent number: 8552987Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display and a touch panel provided thereon. A CPU core causes the display to display an input screen (image) that has a keyboard image including a plurality of key patterns and an input area formed on each of the key patterns. By touching some of the key patterns, moving a stick or like to the input area while keeping it in a touch-on state and then performing a touch-off from the key pattern, a character graphic for the key pattern can be input (dragged) to a coordinate position in the input area just before the touch-off; however, by touching some of the key patterns and then performing a touch-off from the key pattern, a character graphic for the key pattern is input to a predetermined position in the input area.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2005Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoaki Kuroume, Tetsuya Sasaki
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Publication number: 20130252740Abstract: A communication game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses which are able to wirelessly communicate with each other. Each of the game apparatus registers identifying information of an opponent obtained by a short-distance wireless communication or by user's manual input in a friend list. Thereafter, the game apparatus connects to the Internet, and inquires whether it is possible to communicate with an opponent in the friend list over the network. If it is possible to communicate, the game apparatus obtains an address of the opponent to make a network communication. Even if a user makes a short distance wireless communication with a friend to exchange and register the identifying information or registers the friend by hand and then is parted from the friend, the user can safely communicate with the opponent is to be added to the multiplayer game session, one of the participants transmits identifying information to introduce the communication opponents to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya SASAKI, Yosuke HATAYAMA, Daisuke NAKAMURA, Yoshitaka SHIROTA, Masaru MITSUYOSHI, Yutaka TAKEHISA, Katsuya EGUCHI
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Patent number: 8446513Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a light receiving device array having light receiving devices, a light transmissive filter including plural types of band-shape light transmissive sections arranged in sequence to form a light transmissive section pattern, and an arithmetic processing unit, wherein the arithmetic processing unit includes a first parameter generating unit configured to generate a first parameter indicative of a displacement of the light transmissive section pattern relative to the light receiving device array in response to a position of one of the light receiving devices, a second parameter generating unit configured to generate second parameters in response to the first parameter generated by the first parameter generating unit, and an image generating unit configured to produce output images in response to image signals output from the light receiving devices and the second parameters generated by the second parameter generating unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Shin Aoki, Tetsuya Sasaki
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Publication number: 20130113698Abstract: An input terminal device of one example includes a CPU, and the CPU transmits operation data to a game apparatus executing game processing in response to an operation by a user. Furthermore, when a TV remote control button provided to the input terminal device is operated, the CPU sets a TV control mode capable of operating a television, to thereby display a TV remote controller image on an LCD of the input terminal device. By using this image, the user inputs operation data of the television.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoaki KUROUME, Tetsuya Sasaki
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Patent number: 8353773Abstract: A communication game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses which are able to wirelessly communicate with each other. Each game apparatus registers identifying information of an opponent obtained by a short-distance wireless communication or by user's manual input in a friend list. Thereafter, the game apparatus connects to the Internet, and inquiries whether it is possible to communicate with an opponent in the friend list over the network. If it is possible to communicate, the game apparatus obtains an address of the opponent to make a network communication. Even if a user makes a short distance wireless communication with a friend to exchange and register the identifying information or registers the friend by hand and then is parted from the friend, the user can safely communicate with the friend across the network without being exposed to unknown players.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Sasaki, Yosuke Hatayama, Daisuke Nakamura, Yoshitaka Shirota, Masaru Mitsuyoshi, Yutaka Takehisa, Katsuya Eguchi
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Publication number: 20130001999Abstract: A vehicle seat is equipped with a base frame, a seatback and a seat cushion. A lower end side of a seatback frame is joined to the base frame via a recliner shaft. A cushion joining portion is provided at a front end side of the lower end side of the seatback frame relative to the recliner shaft. The cushion joining portion turns to a seat lower side and seat rearward side about the recliner shaft when the seatback is tilted forward. A rear end side of a seat cushion frame is joined to the cushion joining portion to be turnable about a joining shaft. A front portion side of the seat cushion frame is supported at the base frame to be movable to follow the turning of the cushion joining portion when the seatback is tilted forward.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Sasaki, Hideo Mori
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Publication number: 20120293492Abstract: An information processing system includes a server for managing image files of a planar view image file format and a plurality of first information processing apparatuses each capable of transmitting/receiving an image file via the server. At least one of the first information processing apparatuses includes first transmission means for modifying metadata of an image file of a multi-view image file format which contains a multi-view image, to metadata of an image file of a planar view image file format, and transmitting the image file to the server. At least one of the first information processing apparatuses includes first display control means for, when an image file of the planar view image file format that is received from the server contains a multi-view image, performing multi-view display on a first display device by using the multi-view image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoaki KUROUME, Tetsuya Sasaki, Eiichi Shirakawa
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Publication number: 20120293494Abstract: In a display control apparatus, a first content obtained from a server device is planarly displayed on a screen. When an operation to display a second content is detected, the second content is obtained from the server device. In the display control apparatus, it is determined whether or not the second content thus obtained is a stereoscopically viewable image. When the result of the determination is positive, the stereoscopically viewable image as the second content is stereoscopically displayed on the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoaki KUROUME, Tetsuya Sasaki, Eiichi Shirakawa
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Publication number: 20120293493Abstract: In a display control apparatus, contents obtained from a server device are planarly displayed on a screen. Then, in the display control apparatus, an image included in the planarly displayed contents is obtained, and it is determined whether or not the obtained image is a stereoscopically viewable image. When the result of determination is that the obtained image is a stereoscopically viewable image, the image is stereoscopically displayed on the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoaki KUROUME, Tetsuya SASAKI, Eiichi SHIRAKAWA
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Patent number: 8305470Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging element that takes an image of a target object and output an image signal corresponding to the image; a storage unit that stores therein a zero-point adjustment reference value; a brightness detecting unit that detects a brightness of the target object; and a reference-value changing unit that changes the zero-point adjustment reference value when the brightness detected by the brightness detecting unit is equal to or lower than a threshold. A zero point in a level of the image signal output from the imaging element is adjusted by using the zero-point adjustment reference value stored in the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Ryosuke Kasahara, Tetsuya Sasaki, Go Maruyama, Hiroyoshi Sekiguchi, Masahiko Itoh, Xue Li
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Patent number: 8192287Abstract: A game apparatus includes an input-output processor, and by following an instruction from the input-output processor, messages are transmitted and received with other game apparatus 12 connected via a network. The messages are transmitted and received in an electronic mail format, and has identification information of an application being a creation source of the message as well as general information, such as a transmission source, a destination and a subject as header information.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2007Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Hirose, Shinichiro Tamaki, Tetsuya Sasaki, Tsutomu Araki, Hiroaki Adachi
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Publication number: 20120028717Abstract: A game apparatus includes an input-output processor, and by following an instruction from the input-output processor, messages are transmitted and received with other game apparatus 12 connected via a network. The messages are transmitted and received in an electronic mail format, and has identification information of an application being a creation source of the message as well as general information, such as a transmission source, a destination and a subject as header information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Hirose, Shinichiro Tamaki, Tetsuya Sasaki, Tsutomu Araki, Hiroaki Adachi
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Patent number: 8094952Abstract: An image compressor device includes a memory controller to store a plurality of compressed unit items in the continuous address range, and a pointer generator to generate pointer data including address information of the plurality of compressed unit data items.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Tetsuya Sasaki