Patents by Inventor Youichiro MIYAKE

Youichiro MIYAKE 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).

  • Publication number: 20240082696
    Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, position information is obtained with respect to each of a plurality of players, a group made up of the plurality of players is created, and event data of a game event that can be played by the group, the event data including one or a plurality of individual conditions to be satisfied by a player, is generated based on the position information of the players.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youichiro MIYAKE
  • Patent number: 11878248
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program for causing a server to select an action regarding an object of a character on a basis of predetermined selection criteria is provided. At least one usage purpose is set to the object as an action. The functions include: an extracting function configured to extract a similar object similar to a new object among selection criterion stored object, the character having already stored selection criteria for each selection criterion stored objects; and an inheriting function configured to set a selection probability of each action in the selection criteria stored so as to be associated with the new object based on a selection probability of each action in the selection criteria stored so as to be associated with the similar object with respect to at least actions set in common between the similar and new objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinpei Sakata, Youichiro Miyake, Gautier Boeda, Gustavo Martins
  • Publication number: 20230381656
    Abstract: A computer is caused to execute: acquiring the log; generating a natural sentence based on the acquired log; and generating story content to be appreciated by a user by arranging the generated natural sentence and one or a plurality of game-related contents that are related to the log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichiro MIYAKE, Shinpei SAKATA
  • Publication number: 20230377230
    Abstract: A highly expressive image is output based on an input image. A style transfer program causes a processor to implement a distance estimation function of estimating a distance to a target included in an image, a region defining function of demarcating one or more regions from the image based on the estimated distance, and a style transfer function of performing a style transfer to the regions in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Simon Francis STANNUS, Edgar HANDY, Isamu HASEGAWA, Youichiro Miyake
  • Patent number: 11813519
    Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, position information is obtained with respect to each of a plurality of players, a group made up of the plurality of players is created, and event data of a game event that can be played by the group, the event data including one or a plurality of individual conditions to be satisfied by a player, is generated based on the position information of the players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youichiro Miyake
  • Patent number: 11806617
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program for causing a server to perform functions to control a character in progress of a video game is provided. The functions includes: a utilization permitting function configured to permit utilization of object property information for controlling the character, a property of an object being expressed in the object property information, the property of the object being stored in a specific storage region associated with the object as a first storage region; and an information utilizing function configured to utilize the object property information, whose utilization is permitted, for controlling the character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinpei Sakata, Youichiro Miyake, Gautier Boeda
  • Patent number: 11763600
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a face authentication program for causing a computer device that executes face authentication using a plurality of face information registered in a storage unit with respect to a captured face image of a user to implement the following functions including a determination function of determining face information to be used for the face authentication from among the plurality of face information based on position estimation information of a user corresponding to each of the plurality of face information, which is registered in the storage unit in association with each of the plurality of face information, and a predetermined condition, and an authentication function of performing the face authentication using the determined face information with respect to the captured face image of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichiro Miyake, Yuya Nagai
  • Patent number: 11707679
    Abstract: A computer is caused to execute: acquiring the log; generating a natural sentence based on the acquired log; and generating story content to be appreciated by a user by arranging the generated natural sentence and one or a plurality of game-related contents that are related to the log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichiro Miyake, Shinpei Sakata
  • Publication number: 20230052192
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program which, when executed, causes a computer to perform processing comprising acquiring image data, applying style transfer to the image data a plurality of times based on one or more style images, and outputting data after the style transfer is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Edgar Handy, Youichiro Miyake, Shinpei Sakata
  • Publication number: 20230010100
    Abstract: A plan processing program for planning a task executed by a character based on a hierarchical task network causes a server to implement a plan generation function of generating a plan configured with a plurality of tasks from a domain based on goal information, in which in the plan generation function, a function of generating the plan in which a subsequent task to be employed is configured to change in accordance with a state or a condition is implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YOUICHIRO MIYAKE, KOUSUKE NAMIKI, TOMOHIRO MORI
  • Publication number: 20220351479
    Abstract: A style transfer program causes a server to implement an acquisition function of acquiring buffer data from a buffer used for rendering, a style transfer function of applying style transfer based on one or more style images to the buffer data, and an output function of outputting data after the style transfer is applied,
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Edgar Handy, Youichiro Miyake, Shinpei Sakata
  • Patent number: 11406898
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program for causing a server to perform functions regarding a search of a moving route in a virtual space is provided. The functions includes: a setting function configured to set a navigation mesh corresponding to a movable area of an object in a virtual space; an arranging function configured to arrange a plurality of waypoints on the set navigation mesh in accordance with a predetermined arrangement rule; a generating function configured to generate a plurality of regions by grouping the plurality of waypoints arranged in the virtual space based on a predetermined classification rule; a determining function configured to determine movable regions based on arrangement of the plurality of regions thus generated; and a searching function configured to search a moving route of the object based on the waypoints included in the determined movable regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichiro Miyake, Makoto Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20220176247
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program for causing a server to perform functions to control a character during progress of a video game is provided. The functions include: a selecting function configured to select a combination of objects in accordance with a progress status of the video game, the objects being to be used for satisfying a predetermined condition in the video game as an in-game condition; and a using function configured to cause the character to use the combination of the objects selected by the selecting function in order to satisfy the in-game condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinpei Sakata, Youichiro Miyake, Gautier Boeda
  • Publication number: 20220176249
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program for causing a server to select an action regarding an object of a character on a basis of predetermined selection criteria is provided. At least one usage purpose is set to the object as an action. The functions include: an extracting function configured to extract a similar object similar to a new object among selection criterion stored object, the character having already stored selection criteria for each selection criterion stored objects; and an inheriting function configured to set a selection probability of each action in the selection criteria stored so as to be associated with the new object based on a selection probability of each action in the selection criteria stored so as to be associated with the similar object with respect to at least actions set in common between the similar and new objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinpei Sakata, Youichiro Miyake, Gautier Boeda, Gustavo Marting
  • Publication number: 20220176243
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program for causing a server to perform functions to control a character in progress of a video game is provided. The functions includes: a utilization permitting function configured to permit utilization of object property information for controlling the character, a property of an object being expressed in the object property information, the property of the object being stored in a specific storage region associated with the object as a first storage region; and an information utilizing function configured to utilize the object property information, whose utilization is permitted, for controlling the character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinpei Sakata, Youichiro Miyake, Gautier Boeda
  • Publication number: 20220134223
    Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, position information is obtained with respect to each of a plurality of players, a group made up of the plurality of players is created, and event data of a game event that can be played by the group, the event data including one or a plurality of individual conditions to be satisfied by a player, is generated based on the position information of the players.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youichiro MIYAKE
  • Patent number: 11260301
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program is provided. The video game processing program causes a server to: extract tasks from a domain including at least one compound task, methods being set to each of the at least one compound task; determine tasks to be executed from the tasks in addition to an execution order thereof, and generate the plan; control an action of the character on a basis of the plan; and exclude, when the task is a compound task to which methods are set in a situation that the character fails the task in a middle of the plan, a failed method from a selection target, and execute partial replanning to obtain a partial modification plan. The action of the character is controlled on a basis of the partial modification plan in a case where the partial modification plan is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichiro Miyake, Makoto Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11241621
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program for causing a server to perform functions regarding a search of a moving route in a virtual space is provided. The functions include a setting function, an arranging function, a thinning function, and a searching function. The setting function is configured to set a navigation mesh corresponding to a movable area of an object in a virtual space. The arranging function is configured to arrange a plurality of waypoints on the set navigation mesh in accordance with a predetermined arrangement rule. The thinning function is configured to thin out some waypoints, which are selected in accordance with a predetermined selection rule, from the plurality of waypoints thus arranged. The searching function is configured to search a moving route of the object on a basis of arrangement of the plurality of thinned waypoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichiro Miyake, Makoto Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20220012473
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a face authentication program for causing a computer device that executes face authentication using a plurality of face information registered in a storage unit with respect to a captured face image of a user to implement the following functions including a determination function of determining face information to be used for the face authentication from among the plurality of face information based on position estimation information of a user corresponding to each of the plurality of face information, which is registered in the storage unit in association with each of the plurality of face information, and a predetermined condition, and an authentication function of performing the face authentication using the determined face information with respect to the captured face image of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichiro Miyake, Yuya Nagai
  • Patent number: 11219825
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program is provided. The video game processing program causes a server to: set regions by grouping movable areas of a character in a virtual space; set a value to each region; propagate each belonging parameter to any adjacent region of the corresponding region so that an absolute value of the belonging parameter decreases and set the belonging parameter after decrease to the corresponding region in a case Where any other belonging parameter has not been set thereto yet; and calculate a sum of absolute values of two different belonging parameters in a region at which a moving number of regions from each region is substantially equal to each other or a boundary of the region, and set the region, the boundary of the region, or regions adjacent to the boundary of the region as an indicator portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichiro Miyake, Makoto Hasegawa