Patents by Inventor Toyoki Kataoka

Toyoki Kataoka 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).

  • Game apparatus for performing game processing according to an attitude of an input device and game program
    Patent number: 9283482
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU sets a moving direction, that is, a position and an orientation of a moving object within a game space on the basis of angular velocity data transmitted from a first controller, that is, an attitude of a gyro sensor unit (gyro sensor). Then, when a second controller is drawn toward a near side in a state that a C button and a Z button thereof are simultaneously pressed, and the C button and the Z button are simultaneously released in that state, the moving object is shot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimamura, Shinya Hiratake, Toyoki Kataoka, Yoshikazu Yamashita
  • GAME APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING GAME PROCESSING ACCORDING TO AN ATTITUDE OF AN INPUT DEVICE AND GAME PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20140370988
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU sets a moving direction, that is, a position and an orientation of a moving object within a game space on the basis of angular velocity data transmitted from a first controller, that is, an attitude of a gyro sensor unit (gyro sensor). Then, when a second controller is drawn toward a near side in a state that a C button and a Z button thereof are simultaneously pressed, and the C button and the Z button are simultaneously released in that state, the moving object is shot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Takayuki SHIMAMURA, Shinya HIRATAKE, Toyoki KATAOKA, Yoshikazu YAMASHITA
  • Game apparatus for performing game processing according to an attitude of an input device and game program
    Patent number: 8851995
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU sets a moving direction, that is, a position and an orientation of a moving object within a game space on the basis of angular velocity data transmitted from a first controller, that is, an attitude of a gyro sensor unit (gyro sensor). Then, when a second controller is drawn toward a near side in a state that a C button and a Z button thereof are simultaneously pressed, and the C button and the Z button are simultaneously released in that state, the moving object is shot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimamura, Shinya Hiratake, Toyoki Kataoka, Yoshikazu Yamashita
  • GAME APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING GAME PROCESSING ACCORDING TO AN ATTITUDE OF AN INPUT DEVICE AND GAME PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20130310180
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU sets a moving direction, that is, a position and an orientation of a moving object within a game space on the basis of angular velocity data transmitted from a first controller, that is, an attitude of a gyro sensor unit (gyro sensor). Then, when a second controller is drawn toward a near side in a state that a C button and a Z button thereof are simultaneously pressed, and the C button and the Z button are simultaneously released in that state, the moving object is shot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki SHIMAMURA, Shinya HIRATAKE, Toyoki KATAOKA, Yoshikazu YAMASHITA
  • Game apparatus for setting a moving direction of an object in a game space according to an attitude of an input device and game program
    Patent number: 8535132
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU sets a moving direction, that is, a position and an orientation of a moving object within a game space on the basis of angular velocity data transmitted from a first controller, that is, an attitude of a gyro sensor unit (gyro sensor). Then, when a second controller is drawn toward a near side in a state that a C button and a Z button thereof are simultaneously pressed, and the C button and the Z button are simultaneously released in that state, the moving object is shot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimamura, Shinya Hiratake, Toyoki Kataoka, Yoshikazu Yamashita
  • GAME APPARATUS AND GAME PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20100009754
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU sets a moving direction, that is, a position and an orientation of a moving object within a game space on the basis of angular velocity data transmitted from a first controller, that is, an attitude of a gyro sensor unit (gyro sensor). Then, when a second controller is drawn toward a near side in a state that a C button and a Z button thereof are simultaneously pressed, and the C button and the Z button are simultaneously released in that state, the moving object is shot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimamura, Shinya Hiratake, Toyoki Kataoka, Yoshikazu Yamashita