Patents by Inventor Chihiro KOZASA

Chihiro KOZASA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180353844
    Abstract: A game system includes: a balloon; an air supply source; an air supply pipe that connects the balloon with the air supply source; and a control device that executes a game, and when the game is not cleared within a predetermined time limit, performs control for producing a game effect of bursting the balloon having been inflated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Mai YAMADA, Kenta MASAGAKI, Chihiro KOZASA, Takeshi NISHIKATA, Masanobu ITOH, Hirohide FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 8854304
    Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a motion information acquisition section that acquires motion information about an operator based on the image information from the image sensor, an object control section that moves an object in a movement area based on the motion information about the operator, and an image generation section that generates an image displayed on a display section. The object control section limits movement of the object so that the object does not move beyond a movement limiting boundary set in the movement area even when it has been determined that the object has moved beyond the movement limiting boundary based on the motion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishimoto, Chihiro Kozasa, Tadashi Sakakibara, Daisuke Sekioka
  • Patent number: 8655015
    Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a skeleton information acquisition section that acquires skeleton information based on the image information from the image sensor, the skeleton information specifying a motion of an operator viewed from the image sensor, a correction section that performs a correction process on position information about a bone of a skeleton indicated by the skeleton information, and an image generation section that generates an image based on a result of the correction process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishimoto, Chihiro Kozasa, Tadashi Sakakibara, Daisuke Sekioka
  • Patent number: 8559677
    Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a motion information acquisition section that acquires motion information about an operator based on the image information from the image sensor, a correction section that performs a correction process on the motion information based on at least one of an aspect ratio of the image sensor and an aspect ratio of a display section, and an image generation section that generates an image displayed on the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishimoto, Chihiro Kozasa, Tadashi Sakakibara, Daisuke Sekioka
  • Patent number: 8520901
    Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a skeleton information acquisition section that acquires skeleton information based on the image information from the image sensor, the skeleton information specifying a motion of an operator, a reliability information acquisition section that acquires reliability information that indicates reliability of the skeleton information, and an image generation section that generates an image displayed on a display section. The image generation section generates an image corresponding to the acquired reliability information as the image displayed on the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishimoto, Chihiro Kozasa, Tadashi Sakakibara, Daisuke Sekioka
  • Publication number: 20110306421
    Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a motion information acquisition section that acquires motion information about an operator based on the image information from the image sensor, a correction section that performs a correction process on the motion information based on at least one of an aspect ratio of the image sensor and an aspect ratio of a display section, and an image generation section that generates an image displayed on the display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro NISHIMOTO, Chihiro KOZASA, Tadashi SAKAKIBARA, Daisuke SEKIOKA
  • Publication number: 20110306422
    Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a skeleton information acquisition section that acquires skeleton information based on the image information from the image sensor, the skeleton information specifying a motion of an operator viewed from the image sensor, a correction section that performs a correction process on position information about a bone of a skeleton indicated by the skeleton information, and an image generation section that generates an image based on a result of the correction process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro NISHIMOTO, Chihiro KOZASA, Tadashi SAKAKIBARA, Daisuke SEKIOKA
  • Publication number: 20110306420
    Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a skeleton information acquisition section that acquires skeleton information based on the image information from the image sensor, the skeleton information specifying a motion of an operator, a reliability information acquisition section that acquires reliability information that indicates reliability of the skeleton information, and an image generation section that generates an image displayed on a display section. The image generation section generates an image corresponding to the acquired reliability information as the image displayed on the display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro NISHIMOTO, Chihiro KOZASA, Tadashi SAKAKIBARA, Daisuke SEKIOKA
  • Publication number: 20110304540
    Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a motion information acquisition section that acquires motion information about an operator based on the image information from the image sensor, an object control section that moves an object in a movement area based on the motion information about the operator, and an image generation section that generates an image displayed on a display section. The object control section limits movement of the object so that the object does not move beyond a movement limiting boundary set in the movement area even when it has been determined that the object has moved beyond the movement limiting boundary based on the motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro NISHIMOTO, Chihiro KOZASA, Tadashi SAKAKIBARA, Daisuke SEKIOKA