Patents by Inventor Tomohisa KAWAKAMI

Tomohisa KAWAKAMI 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: 10744404
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including a reflection member, a hand-held information processing apparatus including an imaging section, and an information processing apparatus communicable with the hand-held information processing apparatus. The reflection member is a retroreflecting material. The hand-held information processing apparatus includes the imaging section and a light emitting section. The hand-held information processing apparatus analyzes a captured image, calculates the position of an image of the retroreflecting material corresponding to reflected light from the retroreflecting material, and outputs positional information thereof. The information processing apparatus estimates the orientation or position of the hand-held information processing apparatus on the basis of the positional information, and generates an image based on the result of the estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Ogasawara, Tomohisa Kawakami, Yasuyuki Shimohata, Naoki Hatta
  • Patent number: 10004990
    Abstract: A hand-held information processing terminal includes a display, a camera arranged in proximity to the display and capable of obtaining an image of a user including infrared components, an estimation module that estimates relative positional relation between the display and the user based on the obtained image, a generation module that generates a plurality of display images in accordance with the relative positional relation, and a control module that provides stereoscopic display to the user in accordance with a position thereof with the use of the plurality of display images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Ito, Tomohisa Kawakami, Fumihiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 9975046
    Abstract: A hand-held information processing terminal includes a display, a camera arranged in proximity to the display and capable of obtaining an image of a user including infrared components, an estimation module that estimates relative positional relation between the display and the user based on the obtained image, a generation module that generates a plurality of display images in accordance with the relative positional relation, and a control module that provides stereoscopic display to the user in accordance with a position thereof with the use of the plurality of display images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Ito, Tomohisa Kawakami, Fumihiko Inoue
  • Publication number: 20170128827
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including a reflection member, a hand-held information processing apparatus including an imaging section, and an information processing apparatus communicable with the hand-held information processing apparatus. The reflection member is a retroreflecting material. The hand-held information processing apparatus includes the imaging section and a light emitting section. The hand-held information processing apparatus analyzes a captured image, calculates the position of an image of the retroreflecting material corresponding to reflected light from the retroreflecting material, and outputs positional information thereof. The information processing apparatus estimates the orientation or position of the hand-held information processing apparatus on the basis of the positional information, and generates an image based on the result of the estimation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu OGASAWARA, Tomohisa KAWAKAMI, Yasuyuki SHIMOHATA, Naoki HATTA
  • Publication number: 20160197353
    Abstract: A perforated plate-shaped material in which a surface property/shape of a main surface of the plate-shaped material is maintained in at least a part of a hole surface forming a hole in the plate-shaped material are provided. The perforated plate-shaped material has at least one through hole penetrating from a first main surface to a second main surface opposite thereto, and in its cross-sectional shape, it has a smallest width portion on the hole surface and a first main surface portion where the hole surface terminates on the first main surface and includes a first projecting curve portion between the first main surface portion and the smallest width portion, and at least a part of the first projecting curve portion has a surface property/shape of a non-hole surface on the first main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: SHOYO SANGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji OSAKI, Nobuyuki SASAKI, Tomohisa KAWAKAMI, Aiko YABUKI, Junichi KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20160059128
    Abstract: A hand-held information processing terminal includes a display, a camera arranged in proximity to the display and capable of obtaining an image of a user including infrared components, an estimation module that estimates relative positional relation between the display and the user based on the obtained image, a generation module that generates a plurality of display images in accordance with the relative positional relation, and a control module that provides stereoscopic display to the user in accordance with a position thereof with the use of the plurality of display images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Shinya ITO, Tomohisa KAWAKAMI, Fumihiko INOUE
  • Patent number: 9167231
    Abstract: A first temporary taken image taken by a first imaging section of a stereo imaging section, and a second temporary taken image taken by a second imaging section of the stereo imaging section are displayed on a display section. A user aligns the display position of the first temporary taken image with the display position of the second temporary taken image, by moving the first temporary taken image displayed on the display section. Based on the result of the movement, the display positions of two images composing a stereo image taken with the stereo camera are corrected, and the stereo image is displayed on the display section in a stereoscopically visible manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa Kawakami, Tsutomu Araki, Takeshi Nishikawa, Fumihiko Inoue, Daigo Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20120218388
    Abstract: A first temporary taken image taken by a first imaging section of a stereo imaging section, and a second temporary taken image taken by a second imaging section of the stereo imaging section are displayed on a display section. A user aligns the display position of the first temporary taken image with the display position of the second temporary taken image, by moving the first temporary taken image displayed on the display section. Based on the result of the movement, the display positions of two images composing a stereo image taken with the stereo camera are corrected, and the stereo image is displayed on the display section in a stereoscopically visible manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa KAWAKAMI, Tsutomu Araki, Takeshi Nishikawa, Fumihiko Inoue, Daigo Shimizu