The Pokemon Company

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Kaname Kosugi

Satoshi Ogawa

Takayuki Shindo

Koya Nakahata

Marie Shuto

Takeshi Yamagishi

Yuichi Machida

Jun Sakamoto

Takuya Kuji

An object is to provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. A game server that manages progress of a breeding game of a virtual life form can provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. The game server includes circuitry configured to acquire a wake-up time of a user; and a update the breeding game in accordance with the acquired wake-up time.

Gamification of health awareness based on a wake-up time

A user breeds a virtual life form by practicing good sleep habits and stays motivated toward practicing good sleep habits while enjoying breeding the virtual life form. A game server manages progress of a breeding game of a virtual life form, the game server including circuitry configured to acquire sleep data that at least includes a sleep pattern indicating a bedtime and a wake-up time of a user; store the acquired sleep data as a sleep history; and update the breeding game based on the sleep pattern in the sleep history.

Gamification of health awareness based on sleep patterns

A sheet bodyincludes first and second sheetsandthat transmit infrared radiation. A rear face of the first sheetis opposed to a front face of the second sheet. An information code is marked on a front or rear face of the second sheetby using an infrared absorbing material. The rear face of the first sheetand the front face of the second sheetare stuck together with a highly infrared transmitting adhesive. The front face of the first sheetis marked with a pattern using an infrared transmitting material that is visible when visible radiation is irradiated onto the pattern.

Sheet body, steroscopic object, and information code reading system

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Tokyo, Japan

Kaname Kosugi