Patents by Inventor Youhei Kubotsu

Youhei Kubotsu 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 program and game apparatus
    Patent number: 8974296
    Abstract: A game apparatus executes game processing on the basis of microphone input information input through a microphone. The CPU of the game apparatus executes an imaging step for imaging a user with a camera, a detection determining step for determining whether or not a user is detected on the basis of image data indicating the image obtained by imaging through the imaging step, and a performing step for performing the game processing on the basis of the microphone input information when the detection determining step determines that the user is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tetsuya Satoh, Youhei Kubotsu
  • GAME PROGRAM AND GAME APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100160044
    Abstract: A game apparatus executes game processing on the basis of microphone input information input through a microphone. The CPU of the game apparatus executes an imaging step for imaging a user with a camera, a detection determining step for determining whether or not a user is detected on the basis of image data indicating the image obtained by imaging through the imaging step, and a performing step for performing the game processing on the basis of the microphone input information when the detection determining step determines that the user is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Tetsuya SATOH, Youhei Kubotsu