Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Aoyagi

Yoshinori Aoyagi 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: 11931648
    Abstract: The present invention allows stress of a user that may occur until matching is completed when carrying out matching of a plurality of users with each other to be reduced. The users are arranged by taking into consideration a waiting time of a user who has never cleared content. When the user carries out a play request for content, the user is arranged in the content. The content in which the user is arranged is extracted by using an extraction condition regarding the waiting time of a non-cleared user. The plurality of users arranged in the content are thus matched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD., SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Takemura, Yoshinori Aoyagi, Mitsutoshi Gondai, Tsuyoshi Yokozawa
  • Patent number: 11278804
    Abstract: The present invention allows a processing load for carrying out matching of a plurality of users who satisfy a predetermined condition with each other to be reduced. The user is arranged for every attribute to carry out the matching. The plurality of users thus matched is allowed to play content together. Users with different attributes may alternately stand in a line in which the users are arranged. Further, the users are arranged by inputting a play request for content. Only selection of a condition of the content may be sufficient for the play request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Takemura, Yoshinori Aoyagi, Jun Yoshihara, Mitsutoshi Gondai
  • Publication number: 20200384361
    Abstract: The present invention allows stress of a user that may occur until matching is completed when carrying out matching of a plurality of users with each other to be reduced. The users are arranged by taking into consideration a waiting time of a user who has never cleared content. When the user carries out a play request for content, the user is arranged in the content. The content in which the user is arranged is extracted by using an extraction condition regarding the waiting time of a non-cleared user. The plurality of users arranged in the content are thus matched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun TAKEMURA, Yoshinori AOYAGI, Mitsutoshi GONDAI, Tsuyoshi YOKOZAWA
  • Patent number: 10786732
    Abstract: The present invention allows stress of a user that may occur until matching is completed when to carry out matching of a plurality of users with each other to be reduced. The users are arranged by taking into consideration a waiting time of a user who has never cleared content. When the user carries out a play request for content, the user is arranged in the content. The content in which the user is arranged is extracted by using an extraction condition regarding the waiting time of a non-cleared user. The plurality of users arranged in the content are thus matched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Takemura, Yoshinori Aoyagi, Mitsutoshi Gondai, Tsuyoshi Yokozawa
  • Publication number: 20200139241
    Abstract: The present invention allows a processing load for carrying out matching of a plurality of users who satisfy a predetermined condition with each other to be reduced. The user is arranged for every attribute to carry out the matching. The plurality of users thus matched is allowed to play content together. Users with different attributes may alternately stand in a line in which the users are arranged. Further, the users are arranged by inputting a play request for content. Only selection of a condition of the content may be sufficient for the play request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun TAKEMURA, Yoshinori AOYAGI, Jun YOSHIHARA, Mitsutoshi GONDAI
  • Publication number: 20200054944
    Abstract: The present invention allows stress of a user that may occur until matching is completed when to carry out matching of a plurality of users with each other to be reduced. The users are arranged by taking into consideration a waiting time of a user who has never cleared content. When the user carries out a play request for content, the user is arranged in the content. The content in which the user is arranged is extracted by using an extraction condition regarding the waiting time of a non-cleared user. The plurality of users arranged in the content are thus matched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicants: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD., SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun TAKEMURA, Yoshinori AOYAGI, Mitsutoshi GONDAI, Tsuyoshi YOKOZAWA
  • Patent number: 10561941
    Abstract: The present invention allows a processing load for carrying out matching of a plurality of users who satisfy a predetermined condition with each other to be reduced. The user is arranged for every attribute to carry out the matching. The plurality of users thus matched is allowed to play content together. Users with different attributes may alternately stand in a line in which the users are arranged. Further, the users are arranged by inputting a play request for content. Only selection of a condition of the content may be sufficient for the play request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Takemura, Yoshinori Aoyagi, Jun Yoshihara, Mitsutoshi Gondai
  • Publication number: 20190001220
    Abstract: It becomes possible to improve interest in or the taste of a video game in which a plurality of players who constitute a party cooperates with each other to solve various tasks. A user who satisfies a predetermined condition defined in advance is set to a beginner. A user who satisfies a specific condition defined in advance is set to a leader. A privilege is given to at least a part of a plurality of users who constitute a party including the leader and the beginner among parties each of which is constituted by a plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori AOYAGI, Mitsuru KAWAHARA, Mitsuru NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180185755
    Abstract: The present invention allows a processing load for carrying out matching of a plurality of users who satisfy a predetermined condition with each other to be reduced. The user is arranged for every attribute to carry out the matching. The plurality of users thus matched is allowed to play content together. Users with different attributes may alternately stand in a line in which the users are arranged. Further, the users are arranged by inputting a play request for content. Only selection of a condition of the content may be sufficient for the play request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun TAKEMURA, Yoshinori AOYAGI, Jun YOSHIHARA, Mitsutoshi GONDAI
  • Patent number: 6831726
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display panel, by adhering the TFT substrate 1 to the color filter (CF) substrate 2 such that the repeating direction of thickness distribution or irregularity distribution of the TFT substrate 1 becomes orthogonal to the repeating direction of thickness distribution or irregularity distribution of the CF substrate 2, a distance between a point at which the thick portion of the TFT substrate 1 overlaps on the thick portion of the CF substrate 2 and a point at which the thin portion of the TFT substrate 1 and the thin portion of the CF substrate 2 are overlapped becomes larger than that in a case where the substrates are adhered each other with the repeating directions thereof being trued up. Therefore, the factor defective of the liquid crystal display panel caused by the overlapping of the thick portions and the overlapping of the thin portions of the substrates, that is, the factor defective of the liquid crystal display panel caused by variation of display, can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoyagi, Yuji Tanaka, Hironori Shiba
  • Publication number: 20010038435
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display panel, by adhering the TFT substrate 1 to the color filter (CF) substrate 2 such that the repeating direction of thickness distribution or irregularity distribution of the TFT substrate 1 becomes orthogonal to the repeating direction of thickness distribution or irregularity distribution of the CF substrate 2, a distance between a point at which the thick portion of the TFT substrate 1 overlaps on the thick portion of the CF substrate 2 and a point at which the thin portion of the TFT substrate 1 and the thin portion of the CF substrate 2 are overlapped becomes larger than that in a case where the substrates are adhered each other with the repeating directions thereof being trued up. Therefore, the factor defective of the liquid crystal display panel caused by the overlapping of the thick portions and the overlapping of the thin portions of the substrates, that is, the factor defective of the liquid crystal display panel caused by variation of display, can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Yoshinori Aoyagi, Yuji Tanaka, Hironori Shiba