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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185089 | Communication system, storage medium having communication program stored thereon, and communication terminal A WEP key is generated from predetermined binary data and stored in an access point. The binary data is converted into an SSID using a predetermined conversion algorithm. The access point transmits the SSID in a beacon. A mobile game apparatus receives the SSID and ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182343 | Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program Provided is a game apparatus performing game processing using acceleration data outputted from an acceleration sensor that detects acceleration in directions of at least two axes with respect to an input device. Range setting means sets, for determining first accele... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177441 | Imaging apparatus 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 ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175993 | Computer-readable storage medium having information processing program stored thereon and information processing apparatus An instruction target object which is located outside a predetermined area of a virtual space is detected at an interval of the unit time, and a substitute icon associated with the instruction target object is displayed in a screen. Next, after it is detected that a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172681 | Storage medium having stored therein game program and game device When a player selects an object group displayed on a screen, a related selected area display indicating that the object group is in a selected state is displayed. While the display remains, the player performs an input by drawing a track which intersects the related... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169410 | Gesture inputs for a portable display device An application such as a web browser running on a portable display device is responsive to gestures to a touch-sensitive surface of the portable display device. The gestures are supplied by touching and then sliding on the touch-sensitive surface. Various operations... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167721 | Program for object movement stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and object movement game apparatus Initially, a move target object is set from a plurality of objects. Next, a movement direction of the set move target object is decided. Next, for the decided movement direction, it is determined whether or not a rotation movement condition or a flip-over movement c... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167720 | Method, apparatus, medium and system using a correction angle calculated based on a calculated angle change and a previous correction angle A game apparatus includes a controller provided with an acceleration sensor for detecting accelerations on at least two axes orthogonal to each other. When playing a game, the controller is given a rotating operation so as to rotate around an axis orthogonal to the ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167718 | Storage medium storing game program, game apparatus, and game control method A game apparatus includes an LCD, and displayed on the LCD is a game screen including a display portion that displays a planar positional relationship between a player object and enemy objects present in a three-dimensional game space. The player object and enemy ob... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167714 | Puzzle game apparatus and computer readable storage medium having puzzle game program stored thereon In a solution area which has a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix thereof, a connective cell, which is obtained by interrelating a predetermined plurality of cells with one another, is displayed. Further, a normal numerical clue, which is caused to correspond t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167692 | Video game device and video game program A moving character and a background image are displayed on a display screen with a touch panel thereon. When the player operates the touch panel to draw a line in an intended path extending between a start point and an end point along which the player wishes to guid... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164595 | Computer-readable storage medium having distribution chart display program stored therein, information processing apparatus, and distribution chart display system A distribution chart representing a distribution of accomplishment times included in a plurality of pieces of result data is generated based on the plurality of pieces of result data including the accomplishment times of a racing game. Icons for identifying the plur... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160403 | Image transmitting apparatus and image transmitting program A game apparatus functioning as an image transmitting apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU performs an edit of at least one image with a controller according to an instruction by a user, transmits image data of the image through a wireless communication module to a net... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157654 | Hand-held video game platform emulation A software emulator for emulating a handheld video game platform such as GAME BOY®, GAME BOY COLOR® and/or GAME BOY ADVANCE® on a low-capability target platform (e.g., a seat-back display for airline or train use, a personal digital assistant, a cell phone) uses ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157651 | Information processing program A game system comprises image obtaining means, direction calculation means, first rotation means, and display control means. The image obtaining means obtains an image taken by an imaging device. The direction calculation means calculates a direction originally dete... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152640 | Information processing apparatus and computer readable storage medium A player can change the direction of the right hand of a character object, or extend and retract the right arm of the character object, by changing the direction of the core unit 70. The player can change the direction of the left hand of the character object... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152541 | Card connector A card connector which effectively prevents erroneous insertion of a card having a width smaller than a specified width has an introducing space formed between a body having contacts and a cover. An insertion preventing wall is formed in the body facing the upstream... | 04/10/2012 |
| D657363 | Card for electronic computer | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151007 | Information processing program and information processing apparatus A computer of an information processing apparatus repeatedly accepts an operation to designate at least one of a plurality of command elements making up of a command, executes at least any one of a first memory writing processing to write a first command element hav... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149315 | System and method for changing display of an image during a changed state of electronic device An information processing apparatus capable of being opened and closed includes storage means, display means, and taken image display control means. The storage means stores a taken image therein. The display means has a display screen provided in a surface which is... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147337 | Game system An ensemble game system for executing an ensemble game comprises a plurality of game apparatuses 10a through 10c communicable to each other. Each of the game apparatuses 10a through 10c outputs a sound of an ow... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147330 | Game apparatus and storage medium having game program stored thereon A game apparatus determines whether or not a predetermined first condition is fulfilled. When the first condition is fulfilled, the game apparatus causes the second speaker to generate a sound and moves an object in a virtual game space. When a predetermined second ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147305 | Attacking a virtual enemy by corresponding input to output sound A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU executes a game process. When a player character encounters an enemy character in a game world, a battle screen is displayed on a monitor. On the battle screen, an input pattern is displayed, and background music (BGM) is... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147304 | Storage medium having game program stored thereon and game apparatus The game apparatus shoots a moving object from a predetermined weapon object and moves the moving object in a three-dimensional space in a case where an input from an input device is received. At least one of the size, the shape, and the number of a contact determin... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146018 | Gesture-based control of multiple game characters and other animated objects Methods and apparatus for controlling movement of multiple independent animated objects such as characters displayed on a display use zone detection and touch stroke direction. A player wishing to move the digital objects can use a stylus or other touch to draw stro... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144933 | Storage medium having information processing program stored thereon and information processing apparatus A motion information obtaining step successively obtains motion information from a motion sensor. An imaging information obtaining step successively obtains imaging information from an imaging means. An invalid information determination step determines whether the i... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143858 | Electrical apparatus, electrical apparatus system, and power supply apparatus When a battery pack, comprising an overcurrent protection section for stopping, when a current greater than a first threshold value passes, a current supply, is connected to a power supply terminal of an information processing apparatus, the information processing a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142285 | Game system and game program medium A game system is composed by connecting a game apparatus with a monitor and a percussion type controller. A game player beats a first beating operation surface or a second beating operation surface to input an operation signal from the controller to the game apparat... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141782 | Dual-use media card connector for backwards compatible holographic media card A card connector which can interchangeably couple a holographic memory card or an electronic memory card to a card reader and/or writer which can then read and/or write to the coupled holographic memory card or electronic memory card. The card connector comprises: a... | 03/27/2012 |
| D656555 | Electronic computer stand | 03/27/2012 |
| D656500 | Stand for portable electronic computer | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139044 | Storage medium storing pointing device input adjustment program, input adjustment apparatus and input adjustment method A computer as an input adjustment apparatus includes a memory. This memory stores an input adjustment program. The computer is connected with a touch pad. When a user touches the touch pad with his/her finger, the computer is provided with touch coordinate data on a... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139027 | Storage medium storing input processing program and input processing apparatus A game system includes a game apparatus and a controller. For example, whether an operation of waving the controller has been performed is determined based on at least one of a pointed position on a display screen by the controller and acceleration. A wind object is... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137196 | Game device and game program that performs scroll and move processes A video game program and a video game device are disclosed. If there is no move instruction from the player through a touch panel, the game image displayed on the display screen is scrolled if the position indicated by an input position from the touch panel is inclu... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133117 | Game apparatus, game message displaying method and storage medium storing game program A game apparatus includes a CPU, and in the game apparatus, letters are displayed as visual support for a sound generated by a message generating object. When a game message is displayed, a distance between the message generating object and a player object is calcul... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130275 | Information-processing apparatus, and storage medium storing a photographing application launch program executed by information-processing apparatus An information-processing apparatus stores in advance a photographing application program. Further, the information-processing apparatus comprises photographing processing means which has a function different from that of the photographing application program. In a ... | 03/06/2012 |
| D655351 | Electronic computer stand | 03/06/2012 |
| D655350 | Operating knob for portable electronic computer | 03/06/2012 |
| D655349 | Portable electronic computer | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123620 | Enhanced video game jukebox-type system and methodology A multiple game jukebox system includes a hard drive that is able to execute video game software designed for execution on a conventional home-based system. The hard drive embodies various partitions including multiple partitions, where each partition represents a v... | 02/28/2012 |
