Patents by Inventor Kenichiro Horio

Kenichiro Horio 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: 6530839
    Abstract: A game in which a player is prevented from applying an excessive force to a button on a pressure sensitive controller. For a game device comprising a controller 32 for supplying one of digital values in a predetermined range in accordance with the force pressing of a button, the predetermined range includes a response range in which at least some of the digital values smaller than a predetermined threshold fall, and a response limit range in which the digital value at the predetermined threshold or greater falls. When a digital value supplied from the controller 32 falls in the response range, a response image changing in accordance with a change in the digital value is displayed. On the other hand, when the value falls in the response limit range, a response limit image whose change in accordance with the digital value is limited is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignees: Konami Corporation, KCE Tokyo, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenichiro Horio
  • Publication number: 20020006823
    Abstract: A player is prevented from applying an excessive force to a button on a pressure sensitive controller. For a game device comprising a controller 32 for supplying one of digital values in a predetermined range in accordance with the force pressing a button, the predetermined range includes a response range in which at least some of the digital values smaller than a predetermined threshold fall, and a response limit range in which the digital value at said predetermined threshold or greater falls. When a digital value supplied from the controller 32 falls in the response range, a response image changing in accordance with a change in the digital value is displayed. On the other hand, when the value falls in the response limit range, a response limit image whose change in accordance with the digital value is limited is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: KONAMI CORPORATION, KCE TOKYO, INC
    Inventor: Kenichiro Horio
  • Patent number: 6203589
    Abstract: The method disclosed here comprises the steps of (a) mixing metal powder, a resin, abrasive grains, and a solid reducing agent at the normal (room) temperature through the melting point of the reducing agent to form a mixture and (b) molding and baking the mixture at the melting point of the reducing agent through that of the metal powder. The solid reducing agent is a fatty acid, preferably stearic acid having a volume ratio of 5 to 20% with respect to the metal powder. With is, it is possible to make metal-resin bond grindstones that give such high-quality mirror surfaces that have conductivity fit for ELID grinding and are not liable to have chippings or scratches and also have an Rmax value of approximately 3 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Riken
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmori, Nobuhide Itoh, Toshio Kasai, Toshiro Karaki-Doy, Kenichiro Horio, Toshiaki Uno, Masayuki Ishii