Patents Assigned to Kabushi Kaisha Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka
  • Background-sound control system for a video game apparatus
    Patent number: 6544122
    Abstract: A background-sound control apparatus, a background-sound control method, readable recording medium containing a background-sound control program, and a video game apparatus improve effectiveness of background-sound data provided over a predetermined number of channels. When background sounds are produced through a speaker, a sound-level controller controls output ratios for sound levels defined in background-sound data on a channel basis and uses a sound-level control function to perform crossfading sound-level control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignees: Konami Co., Ltd., Kabushi Kaisha Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka
    Inventors: Shigeru Araki, Hideto Inoue, Kazuhiko Uehara