Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Nintendo., Ltd.

Steven Rabin

Keizo Ohta

Kenta Sato

Chad Hinkle

An example system and method is provided for detecting a moment of impact and/or strength of a swing based on moving a hand-held device including an accelerometer arrangement. A moment and a magnitude of simulated striking of the object are determined based on one or more accelerometer arrangement outputs resulting from the moving of the hand-held device. Using one or more of aural, visual and tactile outputs, the striking of the object is simulated in accordance with the determined moment of simulated striking and the determined magnitude of the simulated striking.

System and method for detecting moment of impact and/or strength of a swing based on accelerometer data

Methods and systems for inferring call stacks in a program, such as a video game or simulation program, are described herein. The call stack data can be inferred using a database of previously captured call stacks along with a minimal set of identifiers that fingerprint each call stack. If just the minimal fingerprint can be captured during a subsequent profile, then the corresponding call stack can be inferred.

System and method to infer call stacks from minimal sampled profile data

An example image processing system and method uses a control device including a movement detector. Gesture inputs corresponding to a gesture made by moving the control device are used for animation. An animation begins based on at least one gesture input received prior to completion of the gesture and the animation is modified based on at least one gesture input received after the beginning of the animation.

Systems and methods for control device including a movement detector

An example system and method controls a rotatable object on a display using a handheld control device comprising an accelerometer. The example system and method involve determining an orientation of the handheld control device using an interpolation of an output for a first axis of the accelerometer and an output for a second axis of the accelerometer. The rotation of the rotatable object is controlled based on the determined orientation.

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Redmond, WA, United States of America

Steven Rabin