Patents by Inventor Katsuya Shimazaki

Katsuya Shimazaki 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: 20040254016
    Abstract: To provide a game apparatus that enable notifying a player of a predetermined position by displaying a marker object designating a predetermined position in accordance with the position of an operation target object in a game space, a game apparatus that displays an image related to a three-dimensional game space (50) where a player game character (52) as an operation target object is arranged, includes position control means for controlling the position of the player game character (52) in the three-dimensional game space (50) on the basis of an operation signal, and marker object arrangement means for arranging in the three-dimensional game space (50) a marker object (64) designating a predetermined position (path to another area) in the three-dimensional game space (50) in accordance with the position of the player game character (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicants: KONAMI CORPORATION, KONAMI COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT TOKYO, INC.
    Inventor: Katsuya Shimazaki