Patents Assigned to Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20200391100
    Abstract: A game medium identification system applied to a game in which each of physical game media, that includes an appearance element characterizing appearance, is used in combination with an additional thing, and identifying the game media, the game medium identification system includes: an information medium provided on the additional thing and holding identification information; a medium image identification device identifying the game medium based on an image of the game medium; an association setting device associating an identification result by the medium image identification device with an identification information of the information medium in accordance with correspondence relationship between one game medium and the additional thing to be used in the game in combination with the one game medium; and a medium identification device detecting the identification information from the information medium and identifying the game medium based on the identification information and association set by the associati
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka FUJIMOTO, Naoya KIHARA, Masafumi OKUTA, Takahiro YOSHIDA, Michio HORIKIRI
  • Publication number: 20200384352
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium has recorded therein a program for causing a processor to function as: a touch information acquirer configured to acquire touch information regarding at least one of an area and a shape of a touch area on a touch panel with which an object comes in contact; and a determiner configured to determine, when the touch information acquired by the touch information acquirer indicates that a contact between the object and the touch panel is present, whether input of an instruction regarding a direction in the touch panel is present, based on the touch information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Noriaki OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200384350
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium has recorded therein a program for causing a processor to function as: a touch position information acquirer configured to acquire touch position information regarding a touch position on a touch panel; a pressure information acquirer configured to acquire pressure information regarding a pressure applied to the touch panel; an input presence determiner configured to determine, based on the pressure information acquired by the pressure information acquirer, whether input of an instruction regarding a game is present; and an instruction determiner configured to determine a direction regarding the game indicated by the instruction, based on the touch position information acquired by the touch position information acquirer, when a determination result by the input presence determiner is affirmative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Noriaki OKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200384346
    Abstract: In a game tendency analysis system applied to a game in that a plurality of players compete against each other using an aggregate of a plurality of physical game media, and analyzing a tendency related to constitution of the aggregate used in the game, at least a part of the game media included in an aggregate, which is constituted to be used in the game by each player, is identified, an identification result thereof is separately recorded, as constitution example information which indicates a constitution example of the aggregate, in predetermined constitution example data for each of the aggregates, and a frequent-use media group, which is a combination of game media included in the aggregate with a relatively high frequency, is estimated as an element representing at least a part of the tendency, based on the constitution example data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10857461
    Abstract: At least one processor of a game control device is configured to: acquire a movement direction of the touch position, when a touch position moves under a state in which a touch panel is being touched; execute first game processing based on the movement direction; detect that the movement direction has changed to any movement direction having an angle of a predetermined angle or more with respect to a movement direction acquired at a predetermined timing; and execute second game processing based on one of the movement direction before the change and the movement direction after the change, when the change in the movement direction is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nakamura, Yuji Fujishiro, Kenta Ogawa, Yugo Kishino, Kei Masuda, Junichi Taya, Hideto Nishiyama, Taku Hamasaki
  • Publication number: 20200376364
    Abstract: A game progress information generation system for a game, in which players compete against each other while respectively arranging physical game media in a field, configured to generate progress information for specifying progress status of the game, and comprising: a medium information acquiring device acquiring medium information required for identification of the arranged game medium; a medium identification device identifying the arranged game medium based on the acquired medium information; an action information acquiring device acquiring action information required for identification of action of the player; an action identification device identifying the action of the player based on the acquired action information; and a progress information generation device repeatedly determining the progress status of the game while referring to an identification result of each of the medium identification device and the action identification device, and generating the progress information based on a determination
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200376378
    Abstract: A program causes a processor of a terminal apparatus to function as: a game progressor configured to progress a game based on content information that prescribes progression contents of the game; a first acquirer configured to acquire first progression information indicative of the degree of progress of the game in the terminal apparatus; a second acquirer configured to acquire input information that was input at another terminal apparatus progressing the game based on the content information, and second progression information indicative of the degree of progress of the game in the other terminal apparatus as of a point in time when the input information was input at the other terminal apparatus; and an output controller configured to control output of output information that corresponds to the input information acquired by the second acquirer based on the first progression information and the second progression information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki FUKAWA, Nobuhiro GOTO, Hiroki KOKETSU, Mariayuri KUMAGAE, Yoji TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 10845936
    Abstract: A message display terminal comprising at least one processor configured to: display a message object representing a message input by each of a plurality of users in a display mode that enables a user having input the message to be identified; receive a selection operation for selecting the message object; obtain message data, which is generated in response to the selection operation, relating to a second message which is determined based on a first message represented by a first message object which is the selected message object; and display a second message object representing the second message in a display mode that enables a user having conducted the selection operation to be identified as a user having input the second message based on the obtained message data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shingo Oshiba
  • Patent number: 10821366
    Abstract: A game system comprising at least one processor configured to: execute a sport game based on a first character group operated by a user; set any one of a plurality of roles as a role to be played by the user in a match; acquire basic locations of first characters based on formation data on the first character group; set a plurality of the first characters corresponding to each of the plurality of roles based on the basic locations of the first characters; select a plurality of operation subject candidates from among the first characters based on the role of the user and a setting of the plurality of the roles; switch an operation subject of the user among the plurality of operation subject candidates during the match; and cause the operation subject of the user to act based on the user's operation during the match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Onishi, Chris Tilston
  • Patent number: 10825305
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes: a moving image acquirer configured to acquire a movement image of an operation result generation device that generates an operation result used in a game; a movable display device having a transformable display surface; a game related information acquirer configured to acquire game related information including at least one of information on the operation result generation device and information on the game; and a form determiner configured to determine a form of the display surface based on the game related information, and the movable display device displays the movement image acquired by the moving image acquirer in the form determined by the form determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norifumi Kawai, Shinya Suga, Fumitaka Takeyama, Kazuyasu Ogura, Kensaku Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200327328
    Abstract: A program executed by a processor causes the processor to identify, based on a result of an image captured by a first camera configured to capture an image of a user in a real space, a position of the user; display, based on the result of the image captured by the first camera, on a display, a first image representative of the user; and display, at a position that is based on an identification result obtained by identifying the position of the user, a second image that corresponds to an object in the real space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo UEDA, Takahiro YOSHIDA, Michio HORIKIRI
  • Publication number: 20200329196
    Abstract: A program is executed by a processor causes the processor to identify at least one of a position and a posture of a first camera in a real space in which an object is arranged. The first camera is configured to capture an image of the real space. The program causes the processor to display, on a display, a first image generated based on a result of the image captured by the first camera; and display, at a position that is based on an identification result obtained by identifying the at least one of the position and the posture of the first camera within the display, a second image that corresponds to the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo UEDA, Takahiro Yoshida, Michio Horikiri
  • Patent number: 10789578
    Abstract: In a network system where a balance of virtual currency is recorded in data D41 of balance information in association with a user ID unique for each user, the user ID being associated with personal information of the user; and addition or subtraction is performed with respect to the amount of virtual currency in response to a purchase requirement or a consumption requirement designating the user ID or a card ID linked with the user ID, in a case where use of virtual currency is required with designating the card ID, it is determined whether the user ID linked with the card ID exists (S103), and when it is determined the user ID linked with the card ID does not exist, a user ID which is not associated is generated (S131), and the provisional user ID and the card ID are linked with each other (S132).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toyofumi Kitano, Satoshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 10773154
    Abstract: At least one processor of a game control device is configured to: display an object on a display region, in a game in which the object is moved in accordance with an operation of a user on a touch panel; set a first region of the display region as an operation region; move the object based on the operation of the user on the operation region; and change the operation region to a second region, in which the object is prevented from being arranged at an edge portion of the second region, in a predetermined game situation, which is one of a situation in which at least a part of the object is outside the first region and a situation in which the object is arranged at an edge portion of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nakamura, Yuji Fujishiro, Kenta Ogawa, Yugo Kishino, Kei Masuda, Junichi Taya, Hideto Nishiyama, Taku Hamasaki
  • Patent number: 10765951
    Abstract: Provided is a game system including at least one processor configured to: select at least one game object from a plurality of selection candidate game objects, as a game object to be associated with first user identification information, based on predetermined lottery processing; associate the selected game object with the first user identification information; and set, as one of the plurality of selection candidate game objects, a game object which is associated with second user identification information and generated based on a game play by a second user who is identified by the second user identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Kishimoto, Masanori Kono, Kiyoshi Tada, Junichiro Tsubaki, Mitsuhiro Nozaki
  • Patent number: 10765942
    Abstract: A server device includes: a set information acquisitor, a first storage, a set information request receiver, and an output controller. The set information acquisitor is configured to acquire from a first terminal device a set information which indicates a set of objects and which is associated with a first user. The first terminal device is configured to process a game by using the set information and to proceed with reference to the set of objects extracted from the set information. The set information request receiver is configured to receive an output request related to the set information from a second terminal device corresponding to a second user. The output controller is configured to cause, on the basis of the set information stored in the first storage, an output device to output at least one of the set information corresponding to the output request and information related to the set information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kensuke Kokami
  • Patent number: 10758815
    Abstract: A game management device manages a game to be played by selecting with a touch operation, a selectable target from a plurality of selectable targets (for example, pitch types) displayed on a screen. A display control unit display the plurality of selectable targets (for example, a strike pitch location and a ball pitch location) on the screen. An area setting unit sets a plurality of parameter areas respectively corresponding to the plurality of parameters (for example, a strike location and a ball location) within the screen. When performing an operation of moving a selected target to one of the plurality of parameter areas, a parameter setting unit sets a parameter corresponding to the parameter area to which the selected target is moved, the selected target being selected from among the plurality of selectable targets with the contact operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Matsui, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Koji Toyohara, Tomoharu Okutani, Keiji Matsukita, Daisuke Sogabe, Toshinori Ajisaka, Kaori Shirobe
  • Patent number: 10741013
    Abstract: A game system capable of suppressing the variation in the remaining number of prizes between multiple game machines is provided. A game system includes two game machines that each provide a game and a prize discharge mechanism that discharges a capsule from among multiple capsules that contain a plurality of physical prizes. Additionally, the prize discharge mechanism discharges a capsule when a prize condition is satisfied in at least one of the two game machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Inubushi, Kenji Kobayashi, Masanaka Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10695661
    Abstract: A game control device comprising at least one processor configured to: receive direction input by determining which region, among a plurality of regions set so as to respectively correspond to a plurality of directions, a touch position detected by a touch panel is included in; determine whether or not the touch position has changed from being in one region to being in another region among the plurality of regions; and cause the touch panel to vibrate if the touch position has changed from being in the one region to being in the another region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tokifune Otani, Taku Endo, Kenji Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10701013
    Abstract: A message display control device comprising at least one processor configured to: display at least one of a plurality of message objects on a display; acquire a determination result about whether or not a reference display time period has elapsed for each of the at least one of the plurality of message objects; and display a new message object on the display, on which the at least one of the plurality of message objects are displayed, based on the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Oshiba, Yuta Mizuno