Patents by Inventor Masayasu Nakata

Masayasu Nakata 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: 8337284
    Abstract: A touch panel 13 is mounted on a second LCD 12. If the player touch-operates the touch panel 13 so as to touch on an offense button OB, the symbolized representation of any offense athlete among a plurality of player objects composing the player's team becomes relatively large. Thus, in a game where the action or settings of a game object image is changed by touch-operating the game object image, the image of a game object that is highly frequently operated in situations similar to the current situation is enlarged, thereby facilitating touch-operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nishimura, Masayasu Nakata, Toshikazu Tomizawa, Yosuke Hatayama, Noriyuki Niwa, Keizo Ohta
  • Patent number: 7785199
    Abstract: A first game image to be controlled by using an operation switch section 14 is displayed on a first LCD 11. In addition, a second game image to be controlled by using a touch panel 13 is displayed on a second LCD 12. The first game image and the second game image are expressions, taken from different perspectives, of the same game space generated by executing a game program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nishimura, Masayasu Nakata, Toshikazu Tomizawa, Yosuke Hatayama, Noriyuki Niwa, Keizo Ohta
  • Patent number: 7094147
    Abstract: There is provided a game system and a puzzle game program capable of changing displayed states of puzzle elements depending on a tilt of the puzzle game apparatus, such that a high level of strategy-making is required and drastic game developments and excitement are realized, as well as a storage medium having the puzzle game program stored therein. A tilt detection section is provided in connection with the game apparatus (or a controller therefor) for determining a tilt direction. The puzzle elements displayed on a display screen are moved in a tilt direction of the game apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayasu Nakata, Yutaka Yamashita, Hiroshi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20050176486
    Abstract: A touch panel 13 is mounted on a second LCD 12. If the player touch-operates the touch panel 13 so as to touch on an offense button OB, the symbolized representation of any offense athlete among a plurality of player objects composing the player's team becomes relatively large. Thus, in a game where the action or settings of a game object image is changed by touch-operating the game object image, the image of a game object that is highly frequently operated in situations similar to the current situation is enlarged, thereby facilitating touch-operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nishimura, Masayasu Nakata, Toshikazu Tomizawa, Yosuke Hatayama, Noriyuki Niwa, Keizo Ohta
  • Publication number: 20050176502
    Abstract: A first game image to be controlled by using an operation switch section 14 is displayed on a first LCD 11. In addition, a second game image to be controlled by using a touch panel 13 is displayed on a second LCD 12. The first game image and the second game image are expressions, taken from different perspectives, of the same game space generated by executing a game program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nishimura, Masayasu Nakata, Toshikazu Tomizawa, Yosuke Hatayama, Noriyuki Niwa, Keizo Ohta
  • Publication number: 20030040350
    Abstract: There is provided a game system and a puzzle game program capable of changing displayed states of puzzle elements depending on a tilt of the puzzle game apparatus, such that a high level of strategy-making is required and drastic game developments and excitement are realized, as well as a storage medium having the puzzle game program stored therein. A tilt detection section is provided in connection with the game apparatus (or a controller therefor) for determining a tilt direction. The puzzle elements displayed on a display screen are moved in a tilt direction of the game apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Masayasu Nakata, Yutaka Yamashita, Hiroshi Okamoto