Patents by Inventor Sadaharu Katori

Sadaharu Katori 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: 6554711
    Abstract: In a musical game system, there is a corresponding relationship between a game executed in a main body game device and a game executed in a portable game device functioning as an auxiliary memory apparatus of the main body game device. Data for music reproduction for reproducing a plurality of tunes and timing data specifying a series of manipulations of input apparatus provided in correspondence with the plurality of tunes are stored in memory apparatus of first and second game devices. In the games of each game device, a tune is selected from the plurality of tunes, a series of manipulations of the input apparatus based on the timing data corresponding to the selected tune is displayed to the player, and the selected tune is reproduced based on the data for music reproduction corresponding to the selected tune.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Kawasaki, Sadaharu Katori