Patents by Inventor Yasuo Kawagoshi

Yasuo Kawagoshi 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).

  • Image processing device, image processing method and storage medium for storing programs for executing image process cycles
    Patent number: 7918722
    Abstract: Travel historical data corresponding with each course are pre-prepared in accordance with the course type of the branch-point transition at the branching point. The course selected by the operator is discriminated in real time in the area of the branching point, either set of travel historical data is read, and the travel historical data is made to continue on from the previous travel historical data, whereby the ghost car image is displayed. Therefore, the ghost car image can always be made to travel together with the player moving body in accordance with the course arbitrarily selected by the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega
    Inventors: Tomonori Sato, Daichi Katagiri, Yasuo Kawagoshi, Makoto Sato
  • Image processing device, image processing method and storage medium for storing programs for executing image process cycles
    Publication number: 20060135236
    Abstract: Travel historical data corresponding with each course are pre-prepared in accordance with the course type of the branch-point transition at the branching point. The course selected by the operator is discriminated in real time in the area of the branching point, either set of travel historical data is read, and the travel historical data is made to continue on from the previous travel historical data, whereby the ghost car image is displayed. Therefore, the ghost car image can always be made to travel together with the player moving body in accordance with the course arbitrarily selected by the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Tomonori Sato, Daichi Katagiri, Yasuo Kawagoshi, Makoto Sato