Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Suga

Nobuhiro Suga 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).

  • Musical video game system, and computer readable medium having recorded thereon processing program for controlling the game system
    Patent number: 6821203
    Abstract: To enable mark-up (i.e., scoring) of improvised (i.e., ad-libbed) musical performance and enable a player to enjoy performance with a degree of freedom in accordance with a performance instruction, a CPU (10) marks up improvised musical performance provided by a player using an actual keyboard (90) (step S920). Hence, a player accustomed to playing a keyboard (80) can be satisfied sufficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Suga, Kensuke Yoshitomi
  • Game system, and computer readable medium having recorded thereon processing program for controlling the game system
    Publication number: 20020004420
    Abstract: To enable mark-up (i.e., scoring) of improvised (i.e., ad-libbed) musical performance and enable a player to enjoy performance with a degree of freedom in accordance with a performance instruction, a CPU (10) marks up improvised musical performance provided by a player using an actual keyboard (90) (step S920). Hence, a player accustomed to playing a keyboard (80) can be satisfied sufficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Applicant: KONAMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Suga, Kensuke Yoshitomi