Patents by Inventor Tomotsugu Nagaoka

Tomotsugu Nagaoka 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).

  • STATIONARY GAME APPARATUS, GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM AND SPEED CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20150231511
    Abstract: An example system includes an internal hard disk drive storing a program and/or data, a communication unit transmitting/receiving a program and/or data via a network, and a processor executing a program stored in the hard disk drive to perform game processing. The example system is not provided with an optical disk drive for reading out a program and/or data from an optical disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Masahiro KONDO, Tomotsugu NAGAOKA
  • Information processing apparatus, information storing medium and program thereof, and operating device for game machine
    Patent number: 7905781
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller (1), and a game machine (2) to which the controller (1) is connected, and from at least one of a plurality of switches provided on the controller (1), a digital output or an analog output is obtained in accordance with an operating state of the switches thereof. A CPU of the game machine (2) carries out a first processing operation of game information in response to the analog output, and also carries out a second processing operation associated with the first processing operation in response to the digital output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Koshima, Kazunori Koshiishi, Shin'ichi Sasamoto, Tomotsugu Nagaoka
  • Information processing apparatus, information storing medium and program thereof, and operating device for game machine
    Publication number: 20090325702
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller (1), and a game machine (2) to which the controller (1) is connected, and from at least one of a plurality of switches provided on the controller (1), a digital output or an analog output is obtained in accordance with an operating state of the switches thereof. A CPU of the game machine (2) carries out a first processing operation of game information in response to the analog output, and also carries out a second processing operation associated with the first processing operation in response to the digital output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Koshima, Kazunori Koshiishi, Shin'ichi Sasamoto, Tomotsugu Nagaoka
  • Information processing apparatus, information storing medium and program thereof, and operating device for game machine
    Patent number: 7568975
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller (1), and a game machine (2) to which the controller (1) is connected, and from at least one of a plurality of switches provided on the controller (1), a digital output or an analog output is obtained in accordance-with an operating state of the switches thereof. A CPU of the game machine (2) carries out a first processing operation of game information in response to the analog output, and also carries out a second processing operation associated with the first processing operation in response to the digital output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Koshima, Kazunori Koshiishi, Shin'ichi Sasamoto, Tomotsugu Nagaoka
  • Information processing apparatus, information storing medium and program thereof, and operating device for game machine
    Patent number: 7040986
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller (1), and a game machine (2) to which the controller (1) is connected, and from at least one of a plurality of switches provided on the controller (1), a digital output or an analog output is obtained in accordance with an operating state of the switches thereof. A CPU of the game machine (2) carries out a first processing operation of game information in response to the analog output, and also carries out a second processing operation associated with the first processing operation in response to the digital output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Koshima, Kazunori Koshiishi, Shin'ichi Sasamoto, Tomotsugu Nagaoka
  • Information processing apparatus, information storing medium and program thereof, and operating device for game machine
    Publication number: 20050153777
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller (1), and a game machine (2) to which the controller (1) is connected, and from at least one of a plurality of switches provided on the controller (1), a digital output or an analog output is obtained in accordance-with an operating state of the switches thereof. A CPU of the game machine (2) carries out a first processing operation of game information in response to the analog output, and also carries out a second processing operation associated with the first processing operation in response to the digital output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Koshima, Kazunori Koshiishi, Shin'ichi Sasamoto, Tomotsugu Nagaoka
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION STORING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM THEREOF, AND OPERATING DDEVICE FOR GAME MACHINE
    Publication number: 20020155868
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller (1), and a game machine (2) to which the controller (1) is connected, and from at least one of a plurality of switches provided on the controller (1), a digital output or an analog output is obtained in accordance with an operating state of the switches thereof. A CPU of the game machine (2) carries out a first processing operation of game information in response to the analog output, and also carries out a second processing operation associated with the first processing operation in response to the digital output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Kazuo Koshima, Kazunori Koshiishi, Shin?apos;ichi Sasamoto, Tomotsugu Nagaoka