Patents by Inventor Yota Aizawa

Yota Aizawa 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).

  • Information processing program, information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method, utilizing augmented reality technique
    Patent number: 9710967
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides an information processing program. The information processing program includes image obtaining instructions, search target detection instructions, shape recognition instructions, event occurrence instructions, virtual image generation instructions, and display control instructions. The search target detection instructions cause a computer to detect a search target from an image of a subject obtained in accordance with the image obtaining instructions. The shape recognition instructions cause the computer to recognize a shape of the search target. The event occurrence instructions cause the computer to cause an event to occur in a virtual space in accordance with the shape of the search target. The virtual image generation instructions cause the computer to generate a virtual image by shooting the event that occurs in accordance with the event occurrence instructions with a virtual camera arranged in the virtual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo Makino, Keisuke Kikuchi, Yutaka Fukaya, Yota Aizawa
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, UTILIZING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNIQUE
    Publication number: 20130050500
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides an information processing program. The information processing program includes image obtaining instructions, search target detection instructions, shape recognition instructions, event occurrence instructions, virtual image generation instructions, and display control instructions. The search target detection instructions cause a computer to detect a search target from an image of a subject obtained in accordance with the image obtaining instructions. The shape recognition instructions cause the computer to recognize a shape of the search target. The event occurrence instructions cause the computer to cause an event to occur in a virtual space in accordance with the shape of the search target. The virtual image generation instructions cause the computer to generate a virtual image by shooting the event that occurs in accordance with the event occurrence instructions with a virtual camera arranged in the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo Makino, Keisuke Kikuchi, Yutaka Fukaya, Yota Aizawa