Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Morishita

Tomoyuki Morishita 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: 10646776
    Abstract: A server apparatus, method, and program are provided that are capable of causing information about the real world to be reflected in the virtual world of a game. First, a server apparatus receives a signal including at least one of location information sent from a terminal apparatus or specific point-to-point distance information calculated based on the location information. Next, the server apparatus, based on at least one of the location information or the distance information, calculates a cumulative distance between a plurality of other points through which the terminal apparatus has passed in the real world. Next, the server apparatus sets a reward to be granted to the terminal apparatus in accordance with the cumulative distance. This makes it possible, for example, to cause an online game to be closely correlated with the daily life of the user, and to arouse the interest of users in the online game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki Morishita, Daisuke Yamamoto, Kenji Kobayashi, Koichi Nobori, Tomoyuki Morishita, Hajime Miyajima, Atsuo Kamiya, Satoru Obana
  • Patent number: 10542102
    Abstract: A server device is provided that provides a user with a mode for assigning newer privileges. The server device includes: a communication unit for receiving, from a terminal device, position information indicating a position of the terminal device in the real world, the terminal device being held by a user, and a first application being executed in the terminal device; a memory unit for storing a plurality of items stored in correspondence with prescribed locations in the real world; and a control unit for assigning to the user a privilege usable in a second application different from the first application, on the basis of one or more items that are selected by the user from the plurality of items stored in the memory unit and that are arranged in correspondence with locations within a prescribed range from the real-world position indicated by the position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki Morishita, Daisuke Yamamoto, Kenji Kobayashi, Koichi Nobori, Tomoyuki Morishita, Hajime Miyajima, Atsuo Kamiya, Satoru Obana
  • Patent number: 10438441
    Abstract: A service device provides a multiplayer game which a user can enjoy by a new technique. The server device includes a storage unit for storing information on at least one predetermined team operated by a predetermined player corresponding to a terminal device and made up of a plurality of characters; a first control unit for transmitting to the terminal device information on other players corresponding to other terminal devices located within a predetermined distance from the location of the terminal device; and a second control unit for controlling a game between the at least one predetermined team and an opponent character, and transmitting information on a specified character selected from among a plurality of characters constituting at least one other team operated by the other players to the terminal device as a candidate for an additional character to be added to the at least one predetermined team.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki Morishita, Daisuke Yamamoto, Kenji Kobayashi, Koichi Nobori, Tomoyuki Morishita, Hajime Miyajima, Atsuo Kamiya, Satoru Obana
  • Publication number: 20170243435
    Abstract: A service device provides a multiplayer game which a user can enjoy by a new technique. The server device includes a storage unit for storing information on at least one predetermined team operated by a predetermined player corresponding to a terminal device and made up of a plurality of characters; a first control unit for transmitting to the terminal device information on other players corresponding to other terminal devices located within a predetermined distance from the location of the terminal device; and a second control unit for controlling a game between the at least one predetermined team and an opponent character, and transmitting information on a specified character selected from among a plurality of characters constituting at least one other team operated by the other players to the terminal device as a candidate for an additional character to be added to the at least one predetermined team.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuki MORISHITA, Daisuke YAMAMOTO, Kenji KOBAYASHI, Koichi NOBORI, Tomoyuki MORISHITA, Hajime MIYAJIMA, Atsuo KAMIYA, Satoru OBANA
  • Publication number: 20170239565
    Abstract: A server apparatus, method, and program are provided that are capable of causing information about the real world to be reflected in the virtual world of a game. First, a server apparatus receives a signal including at least one of location information sent from a terminal apparatus or specific point-to-point distance information calculated based on the location information. Next, the server apparatus, based on at least one of the location information or the distance information, calculates a cumulative distance between a plurality of other points through which the terminal apparatus has passed in the real world. Next, the server apparatus sets a reward to be granted to the terminal apparatus in accordance with the cumulative distance. This makes it possible, for example, to cause an online game to be closely correlated with the daily life of the user, and to arouse the interest of users in the online game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuki MORISHITA, Daisuke YAMAMOTO, Kenji KOBAYASHI, Koichi NOBORI, Tomoyuki MORISHITA, Hajime MIYAJIMA, Atsuo KAMIYA, Satoru OBANA
  • Publication number: 20170245100
    Abstract: A server device is provided that provides a user with a mode for assigning newer privileges. The server device includes: a communication unit for receiving, from a terminal device, position information indicating a position of the terminal device in the real world, the terminal device being held by a user, and a first application being executed in the terminal device; a memory unit for storing a plurality of items stored in correspondence with prescribed locations in the real world; and a control unit for assigning to the user a privilege usable in a second application different from the first application, on the basis of one or more items that are selected by the user from the plurality of items stored in the memory unit and that are arranged in correspondence with locations within a prescribed range from the real-world position indicated by the position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuki MORISHITA, Daisuke YAMAMOTO, Kenji KOBAYASHI, Koichi NOBORI, Tomoyuki MORISHITA, Hajime MIYAJIMA, Atsuo KAMIYA, Satoru OBANA
  • Patent number: 9644754
    Abstract: There is provided a valve structure including a valve case provided with a suction port and discharge ports, valve bodies provided for opening and closing the discharge ports and a drive body for driving the valve bodies, where the valve bodies are provided with, at one end thereof, a blocking portion for closing the discharge port and at the other end thereof, an elastic member portion generating an elastic force for moving the blocking portion for opening and closing the discharge port, the rod-like drive body having a convex portion on its side is inserted into through-holes provided on the valve bodies in a direction intersecting a moving direction of the blocking portion moved by an elastic force, and the blocking portion is moved in the direction intersecting the drive body by the rotation of the drive body, thereby controlling the opening and closing of the discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: TECHNO TAKATSUKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Morishita, Nozomu Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 9556962
    Abstract: There is provided a multi-directional selector valve which makes it possible to control opening and closing of the discharge ports in an easy manner and to minimize increase in cost and size even if the number of branches is increased. The multi-directional selector valve includes a valve case provided with a suction port and at least two discharge ports, at least two valve bodies provided for opening or closing the at least two discharge ports, a drive body formed into a rod-like shape and provided for driving the valve bodies and a drive source for rotating the drive body, and is configured such that any of convex portions provided on the side of the drive body are pressed onto any of the at least two valve bodies by the rotation of the drive body, thereby opening or closing the at least two discharge port in order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: TECHNO TAKATSYKI, CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nozomu Kawasaki, Tomoyuki Morishita
  • Publication number: 20150041006
    Abstract: There is provided a valve structure including a valve case provided with a suction port and discharge ports, valve bodies provided for opening and closing the discharge ports and a drive body for driving the valve bodies, where the valve bodies are provided with, at one end thereof, a blocking portion for closing the discharge port and at the other end thereof, an elastic member portion generating an elastic force for moving the blocking portion for opening and closing the discharge port, the rod-like drive body having a convex portion on its side is inserted into through-holes provided on the valve bodies in a direction intersecting a moving direction of the blocking portion moved by an elastic force, and the blocking portion is moved in the direction intersecting the drive body by the rotation of the drive body, thereby controlling the opening and closing of the discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoyuki MORISHITA, Nozomu KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20150041007
    Abstract: There is provided a multi-directional selector valve which makes it possible to control opening and closing of the discharge ports in an easy manner and to minimize increase in cost and size even if the number of branches is increased. The multi-directional selector valve includes a valve case provided with a suction port and at least two discharge ports, at least two valve bodies provided for opening or closing the at least two discharge ports, a drive body formed into a rod-like shape and provided for driving the valve bodies and a drive source for rotating the drive body, and is configured such that any of convex portions provided on the side of the drive body are pressed onto any of the at least two valve bodies by the rotation of the drive body, thereby opening or closing the at least two discharge port in order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Nozomu KAWASAKI, Tomoyuki MORISHITA
  • Patent number: 5800646
    Abstract: In releasing a film from stacked films and transporting it to a predetermined position, film suction devices hold the film at two opposite peripheral portions. The suction devices are then lifted together with the film so that the lifted portions approach a center of the film. Ends of the lifted portions is grasped by finger portions while the other films are pressured by a pressing mechanism. The film is further lifted to be released from the other films. The film is then transported and accurately put on a predetermined portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideichi Syori, Shigeru Maeda, Tomoyuki Morishita, Tatsuya Hane