Patents by Inventor Tadashi SAKAKIBARA
Tadashi SAKAKIBARA 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).
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Patent number: 10080960Abstract: A game system includes at least one game device, a control section that is communicably connected to the game device, and a projection section that includes at least one projection device that projects a projection image onto a projection target object. The control section performs a control process that controls the game device and a projection control process that controls projection of the projection image. The projection section projects a game image generated by the game device and a created image created by the control section onto the projection target object as the projection image.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Junichi Takemoto, Tadashi Sakakibara, Tetsuya Kanakubo
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Publication number: 20150375105Abstract: A game system includes at least one game device, a control section that is communicably connected to the game device, and a projection section that includes at least one projection device that projects a projection image onto a projection target object. The control section performs a control process that controls the game device and a projection control process that controls projection of the projection image. The projection section projects a game image generated by the game device and a created image created by the control section onto the projection target object as the projection image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Junichi TAKEMOTO, Tadashi SAKAKIBARA, Tetsuya KANAKUBO
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Patent number: 8998718Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a grasp motion determination section that determines whether or not a player has made a grasp motion with one hand that is a right hand or a left hand based on the image information, a grasp-linked motion determination section that determines whether or not the player has made a grasp-linked motion that follows the grasp motion with the other hand based on the image information when the grasp motion determination section has determined that the player has made the grasp motion with the one hand, and an image generation section that generates an image based on the determination results of the grasp motion and the grasp-linked motion.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Bandai Namco Games Inc.Inventors: Taketoshi Inagaki, Tadashi Sakakibara, Kentaro Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 8854304Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a motion information acquisition section that acquires motion information about an operator based on the image information from the image sensor, an object control section that moves an object in a movement area based on the motion information about the operator, and an image generation section that generates an image displayed on a display section. The object control section limits movement of the object so that the object does not move beyond a movement limiting boundary set in the movement area even when it has been determined that the object has moved beyond the movement limiting boundary based on the motion information.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishimoto, Chihiro Kozasa, Tadashi Sakakibara, Daisuke Sekioka
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Patent number: 8655015Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a skeleton information acquisition section that acquires skeleton information based on the image information from the image sensor, the skeleton information specifying a motion of an operator viewed from the image sensor, a correction section that performs a correction process on position information about a bone of a skeleton indicated by the skeleton information, and an image generation section that generates an image based on a result of the correction process.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishimoto, Chihiro Kozasa, Tadashi Sakakibara, Daisuke Sekioka
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Patent number: 8559677Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a motion information acquisition section that acquires motion information about an operator based on the image information from the image sensor, a correction section that performs a correction process on the motion information based on at least one of an aspect ratio of the image sensor and an aspect ratio of a display section, and an image generation section that generates an image displayed on the display section.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishimoto, Chihiro Kozasa, Tadashi Sakakibara, Daisuke Sekioka
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Patent number: 8556716Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor. The image generation system further includes an information acquisition section that acquires position information about a player relative to a display section that displays an image or the image sensor based on the image information. The image generation system further includes a virtual camera control section that controls at least one of a distance between a character corresponding to the player and a virtual camera in a depth direction, a distance between the character and the virtual camera in a height direction, a distance between the character and the virtual camera in a transverse direction, and an angle of view of the virtual camera, based on the position information about the player acquired by the information acquisition section.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.Inventors: Tadashi Sakakibara, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Taketoshi Inagaki, Akio Onda
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Patent number: 8520901Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a skeleton information acquisition section that acquires skeleton information based on the image information from the image sensor, the skeleton information specifying a motion of an operator, a reliability information acquisition section that acquires reliability information that indicates reliability of the skeleton information, and an image generation section that generates an image displayed on a display section. The image generation section generates an image corresponding to the acquired reliability information as the image displayed on the display section.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishimoto, Chihiro Kozasa, Tadashi Sakakibara, Daisuke Sekioka
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Publication number: 20110304540Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a motion information acquisition section that acquires motion information about an operator based on the image information from the image sensor, an object control section that moves an object in a movement area based on the motion information about the operator, and an image generation section that generates an image displayed on a display section. The object control section limits movement of the object so that the object does not move beyond a movement limiting boundary set in the movement area even when it has been determined that the object has moved beyond the movement limiting boundary based on the motion information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.Inventors: Yasuhiro NISHIMOTO, Chihiro KOZASA, Tadashi SAKAKIBARA, Daisuke SEKIOKA
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Publication number: 20110306421Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a motion information acquisition section that acquires motion information about an operator based on the image information from the image sensor, a correction section that performs a correction process on the motion information based on at least one of an aspect ratio of the image sensor and an aspect ratio of a display section, and an image generation section that generates an image displayed on the display section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.Inventors: Yasuhiro NISHIMOTO, Chihiro KOZASA, Tadashi SAKAKIBARA, Daisuke SEKIOKA
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Publication number: 20110305398Abstract: An image generation system includes a moving path data acquisition section that acquires moving path data about a shape input indicator, a moving path data storage section that stores the moving path data acquired by the moving path data acquisition section, and a shape recognition section that performs a shape recognition process on an input shape that has been input using the shape input indicator based on the moving path data. The shape recognition section performs the shape recognition process on the input shape that has been input using the shape input indicator based on the moving path data in each of first to Nth (1?K<N) determination periods, the first to Nth determination periods being set so that a start timing of a (K+1)th determination period occurs after a start timing of a Kth determination period.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.Inventor: Tadashi SAKAKIBARA
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Publication number: 20110306420Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a skeleton information acquisition section that acquires skeleton information based on the image information from the image sensor, the skeleton information specifying a motion of an operator, a reliability information acquisition section that acquires reliability information that indicates reliability of the skeleton information, and an image generation section that generates an image displayed on a display section. The image generation section generates an image corresponding to the acquired reliability information as the image displayed on the display section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.Inventors: Yasuhiro NISHIMOTO, Chihiro KOZASA, Tadashi SAKAKIBARA, Daisuke SEKIOKA
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Publication number: 20110306422Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a skeleton information acquisition section that acquires skeleton information based on the image information from the image sensor, the skeleton information specifying a motion of an operator viewed from the image sensor, a correction section that performs a correction process on position information about a bone of a skeleton indicated by the skeleton information, and an image generation section that generates an image based on a result of the correction process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.Inventors: Yasuhiro NISHIMOTO, Chihiro KOZASA, Tadashi SAKAKIBARA, Daisuke SEKIOKA
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Publication number: 20110244959Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a grasp motion determination section that determines whether or not a player has made a grasp motion with one hand that is a right hand or a left hand based on the image information, a grasp-linked motion determination section that determines whether or not the player has made a grasp-linked motion that follows the grasp motion with the other hand based on the image information when the grasp motion determination section has determined that the player has made the grasp motion with the one hand, and an image generation section that generates an image based on the determination results of the grasp motion and the grasp-linked motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.Inventors: Taketoshi INAGAKI, Tadashi SAKAKIBARA, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20110244956Abstract: An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, an information acquisition section that acquires position information about a player relative to a display section that displays an image or the image sensor based on the image information, a virtual camera control section that controls at least one of a distance between a character corresponding to the player and a virtual camera in a depth direction, a distance between the character and the virtual camera in a height direction, a distance between the character and the virtual camera in a transverse direction, and an angle of view of the virtual camera, based on the position information about the player acquired by the information acquisition section, and an image generation section that generates an image viewed from the virtual camera in an object space.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.Inventors: Tadashi SAKAKIBARA, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI, Taketoshi INAGAKI, Akio ONDA