Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Yamamura

Tomohiro Yamamura 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).

  • Patent number: 11949303
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to efficiently cool a rotor coil even in a rotor provided with a wire connection plate. A stator of a rotating electric machine includes a stator core, a plurality of segment coils protruding from slots of the stator core and arranged in a radial direction, a connection conductor that connects the segment coils, and an insulating member that holds the connection conductor. The insulating member includes a through hole through which the segment coil penetrates and is accommodated. An opening through which a coolant can flow into the through hole is provided on an inner peripheral side of the insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nakayama, Hiromitsu Okamoto, Satoshi Yamamura, Tomohiro Adachi
  • Patent number: 11925865
    Abstract: A non-limiting example game system includes a processor incorporated in a main body apparatus, and the processor makes a first index image move toward an upper end from a lower end in a movement gauge in a parameter determination screen when a player starts a second parameter determination operation. When the first index image is stopped according to an operation of the player, a hitting power for a ball is determined based on the stopped position. Moreover, if the first index image is stopped, a second index image is moved up to a position that the first index image is stopped from the lower end in the movement gauge. The player performs a direction input during a direction input period that is a period of time that the second index image is being moved. Then, a trajectory after the ball starts moving is changed in a direction based on the direction input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamamura, Kodai Matsumoto, Shinya Saito, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11707678
    Abstract: A non-limiting example game system includes a processor incorporated in a main body apparatus, and the processor makes a player character hit a ball according to an operation of a player. A movement gauge is displayed in a parameter determination screen, and the movement gauge includes a belt-shaped basic area and a risk area outside the basic area. A first index image is moved inside the basic area, and a hitting power is determined at a position that the movement is stopped by an operation of the player. The hitting power affects a flight distance of a ball. After the hitting power is determined, a position of a deviation indication image displayed along the first index image is determined at random. A deviation amount is made larger as the deviation indication image is moved away from the center of the first index image. The risk area is enlarged toward an upper end of the movement gauge. That is, if the flight distance of the ball is made longer, the deviation amount may become larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamamura, Kodai Matsumoto, Shinya Saito, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11618475
    Abstract: A driving support method supports driving of a host-vehicle in a traveling scene in which a host-vehicle track on which the host-vehicle travels and a first other vehicle track on which a first other vehicle travels intersect with each other at an intersecting point. Whether the host-vehicle can enter the intersecting point is determined based on a shielding time during which a second other vehicle shields the first other vehicle track to the intersecting point and a required entry time from when the host-vehicle starts entering the intersecting point to when the host-vehicle finishes entering the intersecting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: Machiko Hiramatsu, Tomohiro Yamamura
  • Patent number: 11479149
    Abstract: An occupant posture control method is provided that can suppress motion sickness. The occupant posture control method predicts a vehicle motion based on information relating to the vehicle motion, and imparts a stimulus that generates a muscle tension such that the occupant assumes a posture corresponding to the vehicle motion, when a predicted vehicle motion occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kusayanagi, Tomohiro Yamamura, Mitsuhiro Makita
  • Publication number: 20220184497
    Abstract: A non-limiting example game system includes a processor incorporated in a main body apparatus, and the processor makes a player character hit a ball according to an operation of a player. A movement gauge is displayed in a parameter determination screen, and the movement gauge includes a belt-shaped basic area and a risk area outside the basic area. A first index image is moved inside the basic area, and a hitting power is determined at a position that the movement is stopped by an operation of the player. The hitting power affects a flight distance of a ball. After the hitting power is determined, a position of a deviation indication image displayed along the first index image is determined at random. A deviation amount is made larger as the deviation indication image is moved away from the center of the first index image. The risk area is enlarged toward an upper end of the movement gauge. That is, if the flight distance of the ball is made longer, the deviation amount may become larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiro YAMAMURA, Kodai MATSUMOTO, Shinya SAITO, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Shugo TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220168643
    Abstract: A non-limiting example game system includes a processor incorporated in a main body apparatus, and the processor makes a first index image move toward an upper end from a lower end in a movement gauge in a parameter determination screen when a player starts a second parameter determination operation. When the first index image is stopped according to an operation of the player, a hitting power for a ball is determined based on the stopped position. Moreover, if the first index image is stopped, a second index image is moved up to a position that the first index image is stopped from the lower end in the movement gauge. The player performs a direction input during a direction input period that is a period of time that the second index image is being moved. Then, a trajectory after the ball starts moving is changed in a direction based on the direction input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiro YAMAMURA, Kodai MATSUMOTO, Shinya SAITO, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Shugo TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220016998
    Abstract: An occupant posture control method is provided that can suppress motion sickness. The occupant posture control method predicts a vehicle motion based on information relating to the vehicle motion, and imparts a stimulus that generates a muscle tension such that the occupant assumes a posture corresponding to the vehicle motion, when a predicted vehicle motion occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshinori KUSAYANAGI, Tomohiro YAMAMURA, Mitsuhiro MAKITA
  • Publication number: 20210370174
    Abstract: A non-limiting example game system includes a processor incorporated within a main body apparatus, and the processor simultaneously controls a player character and a competitive partner character to advance a golf game. The player character is moved, when hitting a ball, toward a next hitting position. During movement, the player character interferes with movement or hitting of the competitive partner character according to an operation of a player. Moreover, when the player character executes a special shot, a shape or a property of a game filed is changed so as to interfere with movement or hitting of the competitive partner character. On the other hand, the competitive partner character interferes with movement or hitting of the player character or another competitive partner character. A victory or defeat of a competition game A is determined based on the time and the number of strokes both required from execution of a tee shot up to a cup-in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro YAMAMURA, Kodai MATSUMOTO, Shinya SAITO, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Shugo TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210261162
    Abstract: A driving support method supports driving of a host-vehicle in a traveling scene in which a host-vehicle track on which the host-vehicle travels and a first other vehicle track on which a first other vehicle travels intersect with each other at an intersecting point. Whether the host-vehicle can enter the intersecting point is determined based on a shielding time during which a second other vehicle shields the first other vehicle track to the intersecting point and a required entry time from when the host-vehicle starts entering the intersecting point to when the host-vehicle finishes entering the intersecting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Machiko Hiramatsu, Tomohiro Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20210221367
    Abstract: A travel trajectory generation method including: detecting a plurality of risks which are respectively present on one side of a left side and a right side of a host vehicle road that is a road on which a host vehicle travels, the one side being close to the host vehicle, and which are at different front and rear positions ahead of a path of the host vehicle; determining, in accordance with types of the plurality of risks, each of lateral movement amounts of the host vehicle for avoiding and passing the plurality of risks with clearances from the plurality of risks; and generating a travel trajectory avoiding and passing the plurality of risks at a lateral position moved by an amount equal to or more than a maximum lateral movement amount among the determined lateral movement amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Machiko Hiramatsu, Tomohiro Yamamura
  • Patent number: 10881959
    Abstract: In a first mode, when a movement operation for a moving body is performed, then based on at least one of the movement operation and an operations performed together with the movement operation, a movement parameter for a moving body object is determined, and in a second mode, based on data indicating a marker-indicated position movement operation, a target position of the moving body object indicated by a marker is changed, and the movement parameter for the moving body object is determined based on the target position. Then, when the movement operation is performed, the moving body object is moved based on the determined movement parameter, and an image of a virtual space is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi, Toshiharu Izuno, Tomohiro Yamamura, Tomoyoshi Yamane
  • Patent number: 10675535
    Abstract: After presentation target information for presenting information of a predetermined content to a user has been newly received from a predetermined server, a first notification that urges the user to check the newly-arrived presentation target information is displayed. Thereafter, while the presentation target information has not yet been checked, a second notification that urges the user to check the unchecked presentation target information is displayed periodically or according to a predetermined time schedule. The presentation target information is displayed when an operation to check the presentation target information is performed to the first notification or the second notification has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamamura, Tomomi Sano, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190201790
    Abstract: In a first mode, when a movement operation for a moving body is performed, then based on at least one of the movement operation and an operations performed together with the movement operation, a movement parameter for a moving body object is determined, and in a second mode, based on data indicating a marker-indicated position movement operation, a target position of the moving body object indicated by a marker is changed, and the movement parameter for the moving body object is determined based on the target position. Then, when the movement operation is performed, the moving body object is moved based on the determined movement parameter, and an image of a virtual space is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Shugo TAKAHASHI, Toshiharu IZUNO, Tomohiro YAMAMURA, Tomoyoshi YAMANE
  • Patent number: 10166468
    Abstract: An example system includes a server and multiple information processing apparatuses. The server includes a competition request acceptance unit accepting a competition request from the information processing apparatus, and an opponent decision unit deciding an opponent of a user concerning the request accepted by the competition request acceptance unit. The information processing system includes a history storage unit storing competition history information for a user in a tournament, an exchange processing unit performing processing of exchanging at least a part of the competition history information between competing users, based on the decision made by the opponent decision unit, and a competition processing unit performing processing concerning a competition between the users. The opponent decision unit decides an opponent based on at least a part of competition history information stored in the history storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamamura, Tomomi Sano, Toshiharu Izuno, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi, Yusuke Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20170118295
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a server and a plurality of information processing apparatuses provided to be able to communicate with the server and another information processing apparatus through a network. Each information processing apparatus obtains information from an information storage medium by establishing contactless communication with the information storage medium. The server sets a combination of information processing apparatuses which establish mutual communication connection through the network, of the plurality of information processing apparatuses. The information processing apparatuses set by the server, of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, perform data communication processing therebetween, by using the information obtained from the information storage medium through the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro YAMAMURA, Toshiharu IZUNO
  • Patent number: 9421458
    Abstract: A first input image is displayed in a predetermined area on a touch screen, and a second input image in which images in a plurality of areas are drawn so as to be distinguishable from each other by a player is displayed in accordance with a touch input on the first input image instead of the first input image. It is determined whether a touch input has been performed on any of the images in the plurality of areas of the second input image, and a process is performed in accordance with the touched image in the area. Then, a predetermined object is controlled on the basis of a timing of the touch input on the second input image and a result of the process corresponding to the touched image in area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Izuno, Tomomi Sano, Tomohiro Yamamura, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9409085
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment sets the game background image with surface objects (bricks, coins, item closed box baffles, monsters, and the like) arranged therein in the middle of the tennis court within a virtual space for executing a tennis game containing the motion of hitting the tennis ball according to an operation by the player, and scrolls the surface objects arranged in the game background image. Then, there is provided an effect corresponding to the type of the surface object (benefit object, the hit map switching object, scoring object, or the like) arranged in a position of the game background image, where the tennis ball shot in response to a player-operation has reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomomi Sano, Toshiharu Izuno, Tomohiro Yamamura, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi, Haruki Kodera, Shuji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9381811
    Abstract: A vehicle driving assist system has a controller configured to urge a driver to slow down (decelerate) in locations where visibility is poor. The controller detects a traveling condition of a host vehicle, e.g., when the host vehicle is approaching a designated area, such as a school zone, and then selectively executes an imaginary speed limiting road protrusion control that generates an imaginary speed limiting road protrusion by artificially reproducing a vehicle behavior that simulates the host vehicle crosses an actual speed limiting road protrusion arranged on a road surface, based on the traveling condition of the host vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kondoh, Tomohiro Yamamura, Nobuyuki Kuge, Kenji Komori
  • Publication number: 20160101354
    Abstract: An example system includes a server and multiple information processing apparatuses. The server includes a competition request acceptance unit accepting a competition request from the information processing apparatus, and an opponent decision unit deciding an opponent of a user concerning the request accepted by the competition request acceptance unit. The information processing system includes a history storage unit storing competition history information for a user in a tournament, an exchange processing unit performing processing of exchanging at least a part of the competition history information between competing users, based on the decision made by the opponent decision unit, and a competition processing unit performing processing concerning a competition between the users. The opponent decision unit decides an opponent based on at least a part of competition history information stored in the history storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Tomohiro YAMAMURA, Tomomi SANO, Toshiharu IZUNO, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Shugo TAKAHASHI, Yusuke SUGIMOTO