Patents Assigned to Bandai Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20240087271Abstract: An image processing method of reconstructing a video image includes: causing a processor to generate, from a plurality of images captured of an exterior of a model in a plurality of directions and generated by an imaging device, first three-dimensional model data of the model included in the images; causing the processor to reconstruct the video image by replacing second three-dimensional model data with the first three-dimensional model data in template data of a video image constructed in advance to include the second three-dimensional model data; and causing an output device to output information indicating a destination from which the reconstructed video image is acquired.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventor: Ryota KIYOMIYA
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Patent number: 11819766Abstract: A game of a type progressing through presentation of physical game items is enabled to be held or watched online. A game watching system enables watching of a competitive game progressing through presentation of physical game items between players.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryuya Watanabe, Yusaku Kubota
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Patent number: 11717754Abstract: A game assisting system assists execution of a competitive game progressing through presentation of physical game items executed between players. The game assisting system includes: an information communication terminal associated with a player, the information communication terminal including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a physical game item presented by the player; a display control unit configured to control displaying of information on a display unit; and an information communication unit; and a connection device including a connection unit configured to establish communicable connection between a plurality of the information communication terminals associated with players participating in the competitive game.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryuya Watanabe, Yusaku Kubota
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Patent number: 11517809Abstract: A game device includes a board surface configured to allow articles of a first type and a second type to be placed, and for the articles of the first type and the second type placed on the board surface, acquires first game information associated with the article of the first type or second game information associated with the article of the second type. The device executes a game based on the acquired first game information, and changes a state of acquisition of information from an article on the board surface to one of a first state and a second state according to the progress of the game, the first state in which the first game information is acquired from the article of the first type, the second state in which the second game information is acquired from the article of the second type.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Wataru Higuchi, Reina Fukuoka, Satoshi Takeda, Yuki Kadota, Kenichiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11478705Abstract: The present invention relates to a program causing a computer to function as: a display control unit configured to display a first game element possessed by a player in a first display mode, and display a first game element not possessed by the player in a second display mode different from the first display mode; and a transition unit configured to cause transition to a provision screen on which a procedure for providing the first game element is performed, when a predetermined operation is performed on the first game element displayed in the second display mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Nagura, Hideto Kotani, Nao Yamaguchi, Masahiko Saito, Hyunsoo Lee
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Publication number: 20220305367Abstract: One objective is to provide a trading card game that prevents the game progress from becoming monotonous. A game toy played with a first player and a second player includes a play field configured such that a first placement region that is provided for each of the players and that allows a physical game component associated with a game element to be placed thereon is visually identifiable and an indicator configured to indicate which one of the players currently takes their action turn during game progress. The indicator includes a marker movable in accordance with at least one of placement of the physical game component in the first placement region and use of the physical game component during game play, and the indicator indicates which one of the players currently takes their action turn by using a position at which the marker is placed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshito MOTEKI, Hideto KOTANI, Tatsuro KAWASHIMA, Ryan MILLER
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Publication number: 20220212115Abstract: A novel optically readable identification code and a toy with identification code with which a toy main body can be prevented from having the appearance compromised as much as possible are provided. A toy with identification code 10 includes a toy main body 11 with a surface provided with an identification code portion 12 including an optically readable identification code 13. The identification code 13 includes a plurality of dark color portions and a plurality of light color portions, and a chromatic color having an intensity lower than an intensity of a chromatic color used for the dark color portions is used for the light color portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro MATSUNO, Satoshi KITAGAWA, Kazuki OGIYA, Hirotaka HATAYAMA, Yuta ABE
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Patent number: 11367328Abstract: Provided is a game with enhanced entertainment properties to users. A program that causes a computer to execute the game using a first game element causes the computer to function as selecting means and output control means. The selecting means selects the first game element associated with a player. The first game element is converted from a first expression mode to a second expression mode when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The output control means outputs the selected first game element in accordance with the second expression mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideto Kotani, Nao Yamaguchi, Masahiko Saito, Hyunsoo Lee
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Publication number: 20220176263Abstract: Provided is a model part including: a plurality of parts that constitute a model; a runner connected to the plurality of parts; and a display section provided on a part of the runner and configured to display identification information associated with at least one of the plurality of parts, wherein the display section includes a base plate portion and a shape structure indicating the identification information and protruding from the base plate portion, and a height of the shape structure with respect to the base plate portion has a size of at least 8% of a length of the shape structure indicating the identification information in a vertical direction of the base plate portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirofumi Kishiyama, Toshiyuki Wakita
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Patent number: 11340454Abstract: An image display device includes an inclined transparent plate, a supporting member configured to support a display device with a display to be capable of projecting the image toward the transparent plate, thereby overlapping the image with a frontal view of the object, side walls each extending along one of side faces of the transparent plate. An outline of the frontal view of the object overlaps at least a part of an outline of the image, a perspective view of the object seen through the transparent plate overlaps the image reflected by the transparent plate, and the walls sandwich the transparent plate so that two spaces at upper side and a rear side of the transparent plate are defined, the object being positioned in the rear side space, the upper side space having a brightness different from that of the rear side space.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventor: Hyuma Mihara
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Publication number: 20220062777Abstract: A game of a type progressing through presentation of physical game items is enabled to be held or watched online. A game watching system enables watching of a competitive game progressing through presentation of physical game items between players.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryuya Watanabe, Yusaku Kubota
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Publication number: 20220062765Abstract: A game assisting system assists execution of a competitive game progressing through presentation of physical game items executed between players. The game assisting system includes: an information communication terminal associated with a player, the information communication terminal including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a physical game item presented by the player; a display control unit configured to control displaying of information on a display unit; and an information communication unit; and a connection device including a connection unit configured to establish communicable connection between a plurality of the information communication terminals associated with players participating in the competitive game.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryuya Watanabe, Yusaku Kubota
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Patent number: 11250223Abstract: An information processing system includes an information bearing medium and an information reading unit. The information bearing medium has a two-dimensional array of unit data zones. Marks are provided on some of the unit data zones so as to form a digital code. Mark patterns of any two Y-directional adjacent unit data zone strings based on the arrangement of marks in an X-direction differ from each other. The information reading unit generates a data string on the basis of a unit signal formed from a plurality of signals output from a group of detection units that detect the marks in synchronization and recognizes the digital code of the information bearing medium on the basis of a group of the data strings sequentially obtained from the array of the unit data zones.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Matsui, Shinnosuke Terai, Hirotaka Hatayama, Haruhisa Saito
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Patent number: 11173395Abstract: A game device for playing a game includes a first display, a computing device, and a storage medium containing program instructions stored therein, execution of which by the computing device causes the game device to provide the functions of: obtaining item information including a game character which is used by the user in the video game, from a user item, receiving an input of an operation for the video game from the user, displaying a notification image for notifying the user of a timing of a first operation on the first display, while displaying a first animation that includes a plurality of frames, and in response to the reception of a first operation by the operation input unit during the displaying of the first animation, stopping displaying the rest of frames of the first animation after a timing at which the first operation is received.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Miyazaki, Wataru Higuchi, Takashi Iida
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Publication number: 20210236912Abstract: Provided are a game system, a game toy, and a program enabling a player to play the game easily. The game system is a game system implementing a match game played by players. The game system includes, for each of the players: a game toy, and an information communication terminal. The match game progresses through communications between the information communication terminals of the players. The game toy includes: a game item provided with game element information, a play field on which the game item is able to be arranged, and an acquisition item that is configured to be capable of acquiring the game element information provided to the game item, and transmits the acquired game element information to the information communication terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiichi ENDO, Risako HAYASHIDA
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Patent number: D952745Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriko Urabe, Shimpei Naito, Chisato Oshikiri
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Patent number: D955487Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignees: BANDAI CO., LTD., WiZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaori Kitsugi, Ayaka Tabata, Yuri Okamoto
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Patent number: D985053Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Erika Yasuda, Yuri Okamoto, Tadanori Kanemura, Megumi Shiina
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Patent number: D995637Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirohiko Sekido, Megumi Shiina, Fumiya Kobayashi
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Patent number: D996437Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirohiko Sekido, Megumi Shiina, Fumiya Kobayashi