Patents by Inventor Yui Ehara

Yui Ehara 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: 8608392
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus 10 comprises a lower housing 11, an upper housing 21, an outer camera 25, and at least one photographing button (buttons 14H and 14G). The upper housing 21 is connected to an upper surface of the lower housing 11 such that the upper housing 21 and the lower housing 11 are foldable. The outer camera 25 is provided in an outer surface of the upper housing 21 which is located outside when the two housings 11 and 21 are folded. The at least one photographing button is provided on an upper surface of the lower housing 11 for performing an instruction to sore an image taken by the outer camera 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Kuwahara, Kazunori Koshiishi, Yui Ehara
  • Publication number: 20130314577
    Abstract: An example device includes first and second oppositely facing cameras and a user interface configured to concurrently display (i) a real time image captured by one of the first and second cameras and (ii) first, second and third buttons. The first button is operable for taking a picture using one of the cameras, the second button is operable for displaying a stored picture, and the third button is operable for switching between the first and second cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Imaizumi, Takako Masaki, Masato Kuwahara, Kazunori Koshiishi, Yui Ehara
  • Publication number: 20130314506
    Abstract: An example device includes first and second cameras and a touchscreen user interface configured to concurrently display first and second buttons and a real time image captured by the selected one of the cameras. The first button is operable for selecting between the first and second cameras, and the second button is operable for taking a picture using the selected one of the cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Imaizumi, Takako Masaki, Masato Kuwahara, Kazunori Koshiishi, Yui Ehara
  • Patent number: 8512152
    Abstract: A game apparatus has an upper housing and a lower housing which are foldable. A first part, a second part, and a third part constitute the upper housing. A fourth part, a fifth part, and a sixth part constitute the lower housing. By assembling the parts, the game apparatus comes to have a three-layered structure when folded, thereby enhancing operability, a degree of freedom of design, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Junichiro Miyatake, Hiroki Goto, Kochi Kawai, Satoshi Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20120200758
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus 10 comprises a lower housing 11, an upper housing 21, an outer camera 25, and at least one photographing button (buttons 14H and 14G). The upper housing 21 is connected to an upper surface of the lower housing 11 such that the upper housing 21 and the lower housing 11 are foldable. The outer camera 25 is provided in an outer surface of the upper housing 21 which is located outside when the two housings 11 and 21 are folded. The at least one photographing button is provided on an upper surface of the lower housing 11 for performing an instruction to sore an image taken by the outer camera 25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato KUWAHARA, Kazunori Koshiishi, Yui Ehara
  • Patent number: 8177441
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus 10 comprises a lower housing 11, an upper housing 21, an outer camera 25, and at least one photographing button (buttons 14H and 14G). The upper housing 21 is connected to an upper surface of the lower housing 11 such that the upper housing 21 and the lower housing 11 are foldable. The outer camera 25 is provided in an outer surface of the upper housing 21 which is located outside when the two housings 11 and 21 are folded. The at least one photographing button is provided on an upper surface of the lower housing 11 for performing an instruction to store an image taken by the outer camera 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Kuwahara, Kazunori Koshiishi, Yui Ehara
  • Publication number: 20110306412
    Abstract: A game apparatus has an upper housing and a lower housing which are foldable. A first part, a second part, and a third part constitute the upper housing. A fourth part, a fifth part, and a sixth part constitute the lower housing. By assembling the parts, the game apparatus comes to have a three-layered structure when folded, thereby enhancing operability, a degree of freedom of design, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yui EHARA, Junichiro Miyatake, Hiroki Goto, Kochi Kawai, Satoshi Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20110242361
    Abstract: A game device according to the present embodiment includes a camera as image pick-up means. An inner camera is accommodated in an upper housing. In addition, a microphone hole is provided in an inner surface of the upper housing so as to sense external sound through a microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Kuwahara, Kazunori Koshiishi, Yui Ehara, Ryo Fukasawa, Masahiro Imaizumi, Yoshihiro Matsushima, Yuki Onozawa, Hiroyuki Kono, Yoshihiro Iwasa, Tomohiro Kawase, Yusuke Akifusa, Tomohisa Saito
  • Publication number: 20100316367
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises a lower housing, an upper housing, a lower LCD, an upper LCD, an inner camera, and a microphone. The upper housing has a lower side which is connected to an upper side of the lower housing such that the lower housing and the upper housing are foldable. The lower LCD has a display screen which is provided in an inner surface of the lower housing when folded. The upper LCD has a display screen which is provided in an inner surface of the upper housing when folded. The imaging section is provided in the inner surface of the upper housing and between the display screen of the lower LCD and the display screen of the upper LCD. The microphone is provided in the inner housing of the upper housing and between the display screen of the lower LCD and the display screen of the upper LCD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Kuwahara, Kazunori Koshiishi, Yui Ehara, Ryo Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 7817142
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus 10 includes a lower housing 11, an upper housing 21, a lower LCD 12, an outer camera, a plurality of buttons 14A to 14E, and a touch panel 13. The lower housing 11 has a horizontally long shape. The upper housing 21 has a horizontally long shape, and a long side of the upper housing 21 is connected to an upper long side of the lower housing 11 such that the lower housing 11 and the upper housing 21 are foldable. The lower LCD 12 has a display screen which is provided in an inner surface of the lower housing 11. The outer camera is provided in an outer surface of the upper housing 21, and located at an end of the outer surface of the upper housing 21 which is opposite to a connection portion where the upper housing 21 is connected to the lower housing 11. The plurality of buttons 14A to 14E are provided on an inner surface of the lower housing 11 and on both sides of the display screen in a horizontal direction of the lower housing 11. The touch panel 13 is provided on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Kuwahara, Kuzunori Koshiishi, Yui Ehara
  • Patent number: D641049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Junichiro Miyatake, Hiroki Goto, Kochi Kawai, Satoshi Ishibashi
  • Patent number: D641796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Kazunori Koshiishi, Masaki Amano, Kouchi Kawai
  • Patent number: D643476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Junichiro Miyatake, Hiroki Goto, Kochi Kawai, Satoshi Ishibashi
  • Patent number: D645521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Nintentdo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Junichiro Miyatake, Hiroki Goto, Kochi Kawai, Satoshi Ishibashi
  • Patent number: D650447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Junichiro Miyatake, Hiroki Goto, Kochi Kawai, Satoshi Ishibashi
  • Patent number: D655349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Kazunori Koshiishi, Masaki Amano, Kouchi Kawai
  • Patent number: D666679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Ehara, Junichiro Miyatake, Hiroki Goto, Kochi Kawai, Satoshi Ishibashi
  • Patent number: D692437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Sugino, Yui Ehara, Takaki Fujino, Yuko Zenri, Junichiro Miyatake, Takayoshi Matsui, Tetsuya Akama, Kochi Kawai, Kazuhiko Koriyama
  • Patent number: D697139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Sugino, Yui Ehara, Takaki Fujino, Junichiro Miyatake, Yuko Zenri, Takayoshi Matsui, Tetsuya Akama, Hironori Akai, Munetaka Nishikawa, Hiroki Goto, Kochi Kawai, Kumpei Fujita
  • Patent number: D697142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Sugino, Yui Ehara, Takaki Fujino, Junichiro Miyatake, Yuko Zenri, Takayoshi Matsui, Tetsuya Akama, Hironori Akai, Munetaka Nishikawa, Hiroki Goto, Kochi Kawai, Kumpei Fujita