Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Ojima

Masatoshi Ojima 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: 20240042321
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to the present invention stores a computer program causing a control unit of a game device, which provides a soccer game that includes a normal shot that follows a rule that the movement speed and climb angle of a ball increase according to the duration of an operation of a left operation button of a controller, to function as the following device. That is, the computer program causes the control unit to function as a device that, when an R2 button of the controller has been pressed, decides, according to the duration of the operation of the left operation button, the movement speed and climb angle of the ball in accordance with a rule which differs from that of the normal shot, and controlling display so that the ball moves at the decided movement speed and the like, as a power shot of a kind similar to the normal shot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi OJIMA, Yuji Fujishiro, Shota Kobayashi, Yugo Kishino, Junichi Taya, Kenta Ogawa, Hideto Nishiyama, Shuto Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 9387399
    Abstract: A switching section switches an operation subject of a user among a plurality of game characters. A first control section causes the game character that is set as the operation subject of the user among the plurality of game characters to behave based on a direction acquired based on an operation state of a first operation member. A second control section causes the game character that is not set as the operation subject of the user among the plurality of game characters to behave based on an operation of a computer. A selection section selects any one of the game characters controlled by the second control section based on a direction acquired based on an operation state of a second operation member. The switching section switches the operation subject of the user to the game character selected by the selection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Ojima
  • Publication number: 20120309479
    Abstract: A switching section switches an operation subject of a user among a plurality of game characters. A first control section causes the game character that is set as the operation subject of the user among the plurality of game characters to behave based on a direction acquired based on an operation state of a first operation member. A second control section causes the game character that is not set as the operation subject of the user among the plurality of game characters to behave based on an operation of a computer. A selection section selects any one of the game characters controlled by the second control section based on a direction acquired based on an operation state of a second operation member. The switching section switches the operation subject of the user to the game character selected by the selection section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi OJIMA
  • Publication number: 20090120225
    Abstract: A motor equipped with a reducer includes a motor section, and a reducer section assembled to the motor section. The motor section has a first bearing provided at the center of a bottom portion of a closed-bottomed tubular casing, a second bearing provided at the center of an end bell fitted to an opening portion of the casing, and a rotating shaft which is supported by the first bearing and the second bearing and extends outward from the motor section in such a manner that a distal end of the rotating shaft is rotatably supported by a third bearing provided within the reducer section. The motor equipped with a reducer further includes a fourth bearing adapted to support the rotating shaft and provided within the reducer section, and a bearing holder for fixedly holding the fourth bearing between the bearing holder and a stopper portion provided on the gear box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Tsutomu Saya, Masatoshi Ojima