Patents by Inventor Nobuhisa Hiroshige

Nobuhisa Hiroshige 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).

  • Game apparatus, virtual camera control method, program and recording medium
    Patent number: 8641523
    Abstract: When a new character is selected by a game player, the game apparatus changes the visual point and the visual axis corresponding to the newly selected character with preventing camera sickness. When a character is changed, a visual point moves from point A to point B parallel to the line connecting a start point and a finish point with maintaining a direction of a visual axis. And then the visual point circular moves from point B to point C at a predetermined speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Hiroshige, Takashi Isono
  • Game apparatus, character and virtual camera control method, program and recording medium
    Patent number: 8262476
    Abstract: To apply a certain change to a displayed image while controlling a position and direction of a character and a virtual camera. In changing a direction of a character card without changing its position, when the direction changes slowly a direction of a character changes according to change direction of the character card, and a visual point of a virtual camera moves circularly according to the change direction of the character. When the direction of the character card is changed fast only the visual point moves circularly and the direction of the character does not change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Hiroshige, Takashi Isono
  • GAME APPARATUS, VIRTUAL CAMERA CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20080207324
    Abstract: When a new character is selected by a game player, the game apparatus changes the visual point and the visual axis corresponding to the newly selected character with preventing camera sickness. When a character is changed, a visual point moves from point A to point B parallel to the line connecting a start point and a finish point with maintaining a direction of a visual axis. And then the visual point circular moves from point B to point C at a predetermined speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix (also trading as Square Enix Co., Ltd.)
    Inventors: Nobuhisa HIROSHIGE, Takashi ISONO
  • GAME APPARATUS, CHARACTER AND VIRTUAL CAMERA CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20080207323
    Abstract: To apply a certain change to a displayed image while controlling a position and direction of a character and a virtual camera. In changing a direction of a character card without changing its position, when the direction changes slowly a direction of a character changes according to change direction of the character card, and a visual point of a virtual camera moves circularly according to the change direction of the character. When the direction of the character card is changed fast only the visual point moves circularly and the direction of the character does not change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix (also trading as Square Enix Co., Ltd.)
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Hiroshige, Takashi Isono