Patents by Inventor Kazunari Shimamura

Kazunari Shimamura 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).

  • Game apparatus using a video display device
    Patent number: 5662523
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a game apparatus using a video display device especially a game apparatus that displays an interactive video with a co-driver, particularly a virtual reality video. The game apparatus having a video display device of the present invention comprises, as the basic elements, a plurality of video display devices for displaying a video watched by each of the plurality of players, a plurality of player control units for controlling the video display of the corresponding video display device and an position sensor device for detecting the positions or the movements of the players. Base on the position information of one player detected by the position sensor device, the player control units for the other players control the corresponding video display device to give some change to the displaying video watched by the other players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Yasumaru, Kazunari Shimamura, Nobuyuki Takano