Patents by Inventor Taro SASAHARA

Taro SASAHARA 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).

  • METHOD OF GENERATING IMAGE USING VIRTUAL CAMERA, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100069152
    Abstract: An object group is selected from enemy groups a and b that are positioned within the current battle area. A reference point that corresponds to the representative point of the positions of all enemy NPCs that belong to the selected group is calculated A target angle of view at which all of the enemy NPCs included in the object group can be photographed when a photographing direction of a virtual camera aims at the reference point is calculated. The virtual camera is controlled so that the photographing direction aims at the reference point and the angle of view coincides with the target angle of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Norihiro NISHIMURA, Akihiro YOSHIDA, Taro SASAHARA, Manabu ONODERA