Patents by Inventor Yozo Kawai

Yozo Kawai 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 system, information processing apparatus, information processing program, and method of controlling operation mode
    Patent number: 10564693
    Abstract: An information processing system is capable of communicating with an external apparatus via a network. The information processing system is capable of operating in at least three operation modes including: a first mode; a second mode, which consumes less power than the first mode; and a third mode, which consumes less power than the second mode and where the communication via the network is not performed. The information processing system includes a mode control section and a second mode processing section. The mode control section, when the information processing system operates in the third mode, shifts the operation mode to the second mode periodically or in accordance with a predetermined time schedule. The second mode processing section performs a communication process via the network as information processing in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yozo Kawai, Munehito Oira, Shumpei Yasuda, Yu Horii, Takahiro Fukuda, David Tran, Eugene Borisov, Joel Hopkins
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION MODE
    Publication number: 20150192975
    Abstract: An information processing system is capable of communicating with an external apparatus via a network. The information processing system is capable of operating in at least three operation modes including: a first mode; a second mode, which consumes less power than the first mode; and a third mode, which consumes less power than the second mode and where the communication via the network is not performed. The information processing system includes a mode control section and a second mode processing section. The mode control section, when the information processing system operates in the third mode, shifts the operation mode to the second mode periodically or in accordance with a predetermined time schedule. The second mode processing section performs a communication process via the network as information processing in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Yozo Kawai, Munehito Oira, Shumpei Yasuda, Yu Horii, Takahiro Fukuda, David Tran, Eugene Borisov, Joel Hopkins