Patents by Inventor Haruki MURAKAMI

Haruki MURAKAMI 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).

  • Patent number: 10625165
    Abstract: A game device includes a processor, and a memory having a computer-readable program stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, causes the game device to display a plurality of characters including characters of a plurality of types, determine whether selection of the character(s) is of a first mode or of a second mode based on a signal indicating the selection, and erase the selected character(s) and perform a first process in the case where the selection is determined to be of the first mode, and erase the selected characters and perform a second process in the case where the selection is determined to be of the second mode, the second process including newly displaying a character that has a size in accordance with the size and the number of the erased characters and is of the same type as that of the erased characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: NHN PlayArt Corp., NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Haruki Murakami
  • Publication number: 20180361255
    Abstract: A game device includes a processor, and a memory having a computer-readable program stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, causes the game device to display a plurality of characters including characters of a plurality of types, determine whether selection of the character(s) is of a first mode or of a second mode based on a signal indicating the selection, and erase the selected character(s) and perform a first process in the case where the selection is determined to be of the first mode, and erase the selected characters and perform a second process in the case where the selection is determined to be of the second mode, the second process including newly displaying a character that has a size in accordance with the size and the number of the erased characters and is of the same type as that of the erased characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Haruki MURAKAMI