Patents by Inventor Yu Horii

Yu Horii 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: 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
  • Patent number: 10459605
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first information processing terminal which can be connected to an external network and a second information processing terminal which receives data from the external network through the first information processing terminal. The first information processing terminal stands by in a sleep mode, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, it cancels the sleep mode and transmits data from the external network to the second information processing terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shumpei Yasuda, Masaaki Sugino, Yu Horii, Masatoshi Yamazaki, Eiji Tokunaga, Yuma Iwai, Nobutaka Torigoe
  • Patent number: 9715381
    Abstract: An object is to provide an information processing apparatus and the like that can reduce power consumption of the information processing apparatus in downloading and installing. To achieve this object, whether or not there is system software update is confirmed in a low power consumption state in which only some of hardware components of the information processing apparatus are supplied with power and communication with a predetermined server can be performed. When there is the update, update data is downloaded, and at least some of the hardware components that are the update targets and that are not supplied with power in the low power consumption state are started to be supplied with power. Then, system update is executed. The series of processes are automatically executed without a user's operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Tokunaga, Yoichi Ohshima, Tsuyoshi Kurita, Shinobu Suzuki, Yu Horii, Shumpei Yasuda, David Tran, Eugene Borisov, Craig MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20170199637
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first information processing terminal which can be connected to an external network and a second information processing terminal which receives data from the external network through the first information processing terminal. The first information processing terminal stands by in a sleep mode, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, it cancels the sleep mode and transmits data from the external network to the second information processing terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Shumpei YASUDA, Masaaki SUGINO, Yu HORII, Masatoshi YAMAZAKI, Eiji TOKUNAGA, Yuma IWAI, Nobutaka TORIGOE
  • Patent number: 9640138
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first information processing terminal which can be connected to an external network and a second information processing terminal which receives data from the external network through the first information processing terminal. The first information processing terminal stands by in a sleep mode, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, it cancels the sleep mode and transmits data from the external network to the second information processing terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shumpei Yasuda, Masaaki Sugino, Yu Horii, Masatoshi Yamazaki, Eiji Tokunaga, Yuma Iwai, Nobutaka Torigoe
  • Publication number: 20160246589
    Abstract: An object is to provide an information processing apparatus and the like that can reduce power consumption of the information processing apparatus in downloading and installing. To achieve this object, whether or not there is system software update is confirmed in a low power consumption state in which only some of hardware components of the information processing apparatus are supplied with power and communication with a predetermined server can be performed. When there is the update, update data is downloaded, and at least some of the hardware components that are the update targets and that are not supplied with power in the low power consumption state are started to be supplied with power. Then, system update is executed. The series of processes are automatically executed without a user's operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Eiji TOKUNAGA, Yoichi OHSHIMA, Tsuyoshi KURITA, Shinobu SUZUKI, Yu HORII, Shumpei YASUDA, David TRAN, Eugene BORISOV, Craig MACDONALD
  • Patent number: 9361091
    Abstract: An object is to provide an information processing apparatus and the like that can reduce power consumption of the information processing apparatus in downloading and installing. To achieve this object, whether or not there is system software update is confirmed in a low power consumption state in which only some of hardware components of the information processing apparatus are supplied with power and communication with a predetermined server can be performed. When there is the update, update data is downloaded, and at least some of the hardware components that are the update targets and that are not supplied with power in the low power consumption state are started to be supplied with power. Then, system update is executed. The series of processes are automatically executed without a user's operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Tokunaga, Yoichi Ohshima, Tsuyoshi Kurita, Shinobu Suzuki, Yu Horii, Shumpei Yasuda, David Tran, Eugene Borisov, Craig MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20150347117
    Abstract: An object is to provide an information processing apparatus and the like that can reduce power consumption of the information processing apparatus in downloading and installing. To achieve this object, whether or not there is system software update is confirmed in a low power consumption state in which only some of hardware components of the information processing apparatus are supplied with power and communication with a predetermined server can be performed. When there is the update, update data is downloaded, and at least some of the hardware components that are the update targets and that are not supplied with power in the low power consumption state are started to be supplied with power. Then, system update is executed. The series of processes are automatically executed without a user's operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Tokunaga, Yoichi Ohshima, Tsuyoshi Kurita, Shinobu Suzuki, Yu Horii, Shumpei Yasuda, David Tran, Eugene Borisov, Craig MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20150279313
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a first information processing terminal which can be connected to an external network and a second information processing terminal which receives data from the external network through the first information processing terminal. The first information processing terminal stands by in a sleep mode, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, it cancels the sleep mode and transmits data from the external network to the second information processing terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Shumpei YASUDA, Masaaki SUGINO, Yu HORII, Masatoshi YAMAZAKI, Eiji TOKUNAGA, Yuma IWAI, Nobutaka TORIGOE
  • 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