Patents by Inventor Hidetomo Masuda

Hidetomo Masuda 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: 6297814
    Abstract: A control system of a game apparatus, such as a racing game apparatus, has a CPU for controlling a signal processor based on a program stored in a computer-readable recording medium to process three-dimensional image data for perspective projection and horizontal image distortion correction for images to be projected onto a curved projection screen. The CPU also controls an image display processor to write the processed image data into a RAM, from which the image data is supplied to an image projector to project the images onto the curved projection screen. The curved projection screen gives a game player, e.g., a racing car driver, a horizontally long panoramic view in front of the game player so that the images displayed on the curved projection screen look wide and realistic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetomo Masuda, Yuji Tamura