Patents by Inventor Takashi Kitao

Takashi Kitao 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: 6831656
    Abstract: A game system in which a game field is configured in a virtual three-dimensional space and a display image of said game field visible from a predetermined viewpoint is formed to thereby be displayed as a game picture. The system comprises a texture storing device for storing in advance a texture representing a three-dimensional configuration as a two-dimensional pattern, a mapping surface setting device for setting a mapping surface of the texture in the game field, a texture processing device for processing the texture readout from the texture storing device in accordance with a dispositional relationship between the viewpoint and the mapping surface, and a texture mapping device for mapping the processed texture on the mapping surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Kitao
  • Publication number: 20010030652
    Abstract: A game system in which a game field is configured in a virtual three-dimensional space and a display image of said game field visible from a predetermined viewpoint is formed to thereby be displayed as a game picture. The system comprises a texture storing device for storing in advance a texture representing a three-dimensional configuration as a two-dimensional pattern, a mapping surface setting device for setting a mapping surface of the texture in the game field, a texture processing device for processing the texture readout from the texture storing device in accordance with a dispositional relationship between the viewpoint and the mapping surface, and a texture mapping device for mapping the processed texture on the mapping surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventor: Takashi Kitao
  • Publication number: 20010024972
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a game system capable for displaying a game picture which makes the player feel presence and does not give the player uncomfortable feeling when an operation object on the game field in the three-dimensional space is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventor: Takashi Kitao