Patents by Inventor Tomokazu TSURUOKA

Tomokazu TSURUOKA 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).

  • Display control apparatus including a remote control function and a storage medium having stored thereon a display control program
    Patent number: 9462209
    Abstract: A display control apparatus connected to a display apparatus, which is remotely controllable through wireless communication, generates a first video/audio signal for displaying a first image on the display apparatus, and outputs the first video/audio signal to the display apparatus. Either of a first signal pattern indicative of a command to cause the first image based on the first video/audio signal to be displayed on the display apparatus or a second signal pattern indicative of a command to cause a second image based on a second video/audio signal, which is obtained from a device different from the display control apparatus, to be displayed on the display apparatus is selected, and a wireless signal of the selected signal pattern is outputted to the display apparatus through the wireless communication. Information determined based on the signal pattern of the outputted wireless signal is informed from an apparatus different from the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: NINTENDO CO., LTD., HAL LABORATORY INC.
    Inventors: Daiji Imai, Masayoshi Tanimura, Akira Ozawa, Masanobu Sakata, Tomokazu Tsuruoka
  • Display control apparatus including a remote control function and a storage medium having stored thereon a display control program
    Publication number: 20090195703
    Abstract: A display control apparatus connected to a display apparatus, which is remotely controllable through wireless communication, generates a first video/audio signal for displaying a first image on the display apparatus, and outputs the first video/audio signal to the display apparatus. Either of a first signal pattern indicative of a command to cause the first image based on the first video/audio signal to be displayed on the display apparatus or a second signal pattern indicative of a command to cause a second image based on a second video/audio signal, which is obtained from a device different from the display control apparatus, to be displayed on the display apparatus is selected, and a wireless signal of the selected signal pattern is outputted to the display apparatus through the wireless communication. Information determined based on the signal pattern of the outputted wireless signal is informed from an apparatus different from the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicants: Nintendo Co., Ltd.,, HAL Laboratory Inc.,
    Inventors: Daiji IMAI, Masayoshi TANIMURA, Akira OZAWA, Masanobu SAKATA, Tomokazu TSURUOKA