Patents by Inventor Kazuo Ootake

Kazuo Ootake 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: 6860806
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a user even at a place away from a racecourse with computer graphic horses having existing past data therein, and also with real time data, and thereby a hitting ratio of simulated finishing orders of racing horses is drastically improved. The racing horses to start a horse race are expressed by means of computer graphics, the existing past data associated with the racing horses is retrieved into the computer graphic horses, and a virtual horse race is started on a display screen, so that a finishing order of the horse race can be predicted according to an action and a result of the virtual horse race.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Teletech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Kojima, Kazuo Ootake
  • Publication number: 20030078087
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a user even at a place away from a racecourse with computer graphic horses having existing past data therein, and also with real time data, and thereby a hitting ratio of simulated finishing orders of racing horses is drastically improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Akio Kojima, Kazuo Ootake
  • Patent number: 6325721
    Abstract: A method provides on-site or remote viewers with real-time computer generated graphics simulating the racing venue and contestants by incorporating past and current data to forecast the ranking of racing contests. The method comprises the steps of drawing existing contestants by means of computer graphics and arranging the contestants along the start line of the existing racing venue; inputting said existing past data and existing current data just before starting of a race into all of the contestants; allowing the contestants to race on a display based on the respective data; and forecasting in advance actual race ranking from the states of said contestants and race results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignees: Teletech Company, Ltd., K.K. Asobou's
    Inventors: Taichi Miyamoto, Kazuo Ootake, Muneomi Katayama