Patents by Inventor Naoya Hatsumi

Naoya Hatsumi 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: 8444463
    Abstract: A game device is provided. The game device includes a pass target selector, an operated target switcher, a first player controller, and a second player controller. The pass target selector selects a player character to be a pass target in a case where a first player character is in possession of a moving object. The switcher switches the user operated target from the first player character to a second player character. The first player controller moves the first player character and the moving object after switching, based on a position of an opponent player character, determines whether positions of the first player character or the moving object and the second character satisfy a condition, and causes, if the condition is satisfied, the first player character to make a pass to the second player character. The second player controller moves the second player character after switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Terada, Naoya Hatsumi, Hitoshi Otomo, Kenichi Akiyama, Motoki Kanematsu, Takeshi Okubo, Takashi Onishi, Yoshinori Shiigi
  • Publication number: 20110136557
    Abstract: To provide a game device capable of improving operability of an operation related to a pass between player characters. If a second player character is selected as a pass target while a first player character which is a user operated target is in possession of a moving object, an operated target switching unit (64) switches the user operated target from the first player character to the second player character. A second player control unit (66b) moves the second player character, based on a user operation. A first player control unit (66a) moves the first player character and the moving object, based on the position of a player character belonging to the opponent team. In addition, the first player control unit (66a) causes the first player character to make a pass to the second player character if it is determined that a position/positions of the first player character or/and the moving object and the position of the second player character satisfy a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Terada, Naoya Hatsumi, Hitoshi Otomo, Kenichi Akiyama, Motoki Kanematsu, Takeshi Okubo, Takashi Onishi, Yoshinori Shiigi
  • Publication number: 20100177097
    Abstract: There is provided an image processor that displays a shadow caused by an eyelid or the like on an eye of a character object without causing an unnatural feeling to a user while suppressing an increase of processing load. In the present invention, a shadow polygon (60) for representing a shadow occurring in an eye region (50) of a character object (player character object (46)) that is placed in a virtual three-dimensional space is placed at a position so as to cover at least a part of the eye region (50). Then, an image representing a scene of the virtual three-dimensional space that is viewed from a certain point of view is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Hatsumi, Toru Nagai, Tomoki Konda
  • Patent number: 7199801
    Abstract: To provide an image processing apparatus that enables display of a situation where all or a part of a display image changes using simple image processing. A first texture image, a second texture image, display priority of each pixel constituting the first texture image and a threshold value of the display priority are stored in advance. The second texture image is drawn on a predetermined polygon (S205), and the first texture image is further drawn thereon in accordance with the result of comparison between the display priority and the threshold value (S206).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignees: Konami Corporation, Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadaaki Tsunashima, Kazuki Araki, Naoya Hatsumi, Toru Nagai
  • Publication number: 20040239678
    Abstract: To provide an image processing apparatus that enables display of a situation where all or a part of a display image changes using simple image processing. A first texture image, a second texture image, display priority of each pixel constituting the first texture image and a threshold value of the display priority are stored in advance. The second texture image is drawn on a predetermined polygon (S205), and the first texture image is further drawn thereon in accordance with the result of comparison between the display priority and the threshold value (S206).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicants: KONAMI CORPORATION, KONAMI COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT TOKYO, INC.
    Inventors: Tadaaki Tsunashima, Kazuki Araki, Naoya Hatsumi, Toru Nagai