Patents Assigned to Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10504322
    Abstract: A game apparatus is configured to acquire a movement image of an operation result generation device that generates a physical operation result of selecting one or more physical regions from among a plurality of physical regions; display a moving image based on the acquired movement image; receive an operation input, from a player, of assigning one or more symbols on one or more physical regions among the plurality of physical regions; set a symbol in accordance with the operation input by the player, in one or more of the physical regions that are displayed in the acquired movement image; acquire information indicative of the operation result of selecting the physical region; and generate a game result for the player based on the acquired information and setting content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norifumi Kawai, Fumitaka Takeyama, Shinya Suga
  • Patent number: 10478726
    Abstract: A game machine includes a game operation acceptance device configured to accept one or more game operations by a player. The game machine also includes a skill evaluating device configured to determine whether or not the one or more game operations that are accepted by the game operation acceptance device satisfy one or more predefined skill conditions. The game machine also includes a game value consuming device configured to consume a game value in case that the skill evaluating device determined that the one or more game operations by the player which are accepted by the game operation acceptance device satisfy the one or more predefined skill conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norifumi Kawai, Shinya Suga
  • Patent number: 10478725
    Abstract: A game machine includes a game operation acceptance device configured to accept one or more game operations. The game machine also includes a skill evaluating device configured to determine whether or not the one or more game operations that are accepted satisfy one or more predefined skill conditions. The game machine also includes a game value consuming device configured to consume a game value in case that the skill evaluating device determined that the one or more game operations that are accepted satisfy one or more predefined skill conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norifumi Kawai, Shinya Suga
  • Patent number: 10484328
    Abstract: A browsing service of messages exchanged through posts and responses to the posts among multiple users is provided in a message-browsing system. A terminal device includes an assigning unit assigning user images corresponding to multiple specific users who are a subset or all of the multiple users to respective ones of a number of reference positions that is equal to the number of the user images on a screen according to a predetermined rule, a position determining unit determining the reference positions assigned to the user images corresponding to the multiple specific users as display positions displaying the respective user images, and a position changing unit changing a display position of a user image corresponding to a user responding to a post another user has contributed to a position close to a user image corresponding to another user who has contributed the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koki Kimura, Erika Nakamura, Takashi Suenaga, Takashi Hamano, Wataru Ito, Fumiaki Oshita
  • Publication number: 20190329133
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a position acquisition device configured to acquire information related to a position of a second object movable in a game field in which a first object is disposed and in a three-dimensional virtual space, and an image generation device configured to generate an image representing a view from a virtual viewpoint in the three-dimensional virtual space, and perform an image change by at least one of erasure and transparentization of the first object on the basis of a height of the first object with respect to the position of the second object in a display area including at least a part of the second object when generating the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriaki OKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10434407
    Abstract: Provided is a game system capable of imposing restriction upon the beneficial effects of the characteristics of a character that has been selected. This game system is provided with control panels having individual rotational buttons. The game system provides a music game in which operation timings at which the individual rotational buttons are to be operated are guided in accordance with the rhythm of a musical piece selected from a musical piece group. Furthermore, the game system awards card selection opportunities for selecting character cards to be used in play, from a plurality of character cards prepared so as to have a plurality of skills which are different to each other, and which respectively correspond to changes. In a special mode, the game system sequentially implements, in a prescribed order every time the special mode is offered, the changes corresponding to the skills of the respective selected character cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kiyomoto, Koichi Tomita, Toyokazu Sakai, Shohei Sakuraba, Erina Takeda, Toru Miki, Atsushi Usami, Kanae Kokutani, Naotaka Okamoto, Yusuke Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10438443
    Abstract: A game system provides a music game that is played simultaneously by a plurality of users. Moreover, this music game includes a plurality of demands for touch operation using objects. A game machine of the game system acquires allocation data including information about responsibility relations which are set between the objects and the users, so that the objects are shared by the users. And, on the basis of this allocation data, the game machine provides a responsibility region game screen which displays the objects so that, via a region of responsibility for displaying the objects assigned as responsibilities so that they are easy to see and another region for displaying the objects not assigned as responsibilities, the objects assigned as responsibilities for which responsibility relations are established and the objects not assigned as responsibilities can be easily distinguished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Keishi Terao, Eriko Motohashi
  • Patent number: 10434413
    Abstract: The game system provides a music game which guides respective operation timings. Concretely, the game system presents on a game screen, a game area which includes: five lane images extending in parallel to each other such that a height difference is formed between an upper lane image group and a lower lane image group; and evaluation sign images and object images which are disposed along the respective lane images. The game system controls the display of the evaluation sign images and the object images such that the evaluation sign images are moved through the object images on the respective lane images at the respective operation timings to guide the respective operation timings through the coincidence of the evaluation sign images and the object images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kiyomoto, Koichi Tomita, Toyokazu Sakai, Shohei Sakuraba, Erina Takeda, Toru Miki, Atsushi Usami, Kanae Kokutani, Naotaka Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10434421
    Abstract: Provided is a game system capable of expanding the range of factors that affect the result of the music game. The game system is provided with control panels having individual rotational buttons. The game system provides a music game in which operation timings at which the individual rotational buttons are to be operated are guided in accordance with the rhythm of a musical piece selected from among a musical piece group. Furthermore, the game system awards card selection opportunities for selecting character cards to be used in play, from among a plurality of character cards prepared so as to have a plurality of skills which are different to each other, and which respectively correspond to changes. In a special mode, the game system implements, in the music game, the changes corresponding to the skills of the character cards selected at the card selection opportunities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kiyomoto, Koichi Tomita, Toyokazu Sakai, Shohei Sakuraba, Erina Takeda, Toru Miki, Atsushi Usami, Kanae Kokutani, Naotaka Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10427044
    Abstract: A game machine includes an operation acceptor, an output controller, and an evaluator. The operation acceptor is configured to accept an operation. The output controller is configured to display a reference indicator and a movement object, which moves toward the reference indicator, over the display screen. The output controller is configured to change a display position of the reference indicator and a movement direction of the movement object, based on a change condition. The evaluator is configured to evaluate the operation based at least in part on a first timing that the movement object reaches the reference indicator and a second timing that the operation acceptor accepts the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tahei Katagai
  • Patent number: 10431045
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a symbol arrangement device, a replacement symbol drawing device, a symbol replacement device, and a win determination device. The symbol arrangement device is configured to arrange a plurality of symbols in a predefined area. The replacement symbol drawing device is configured to draw at least one replacement target symbol to be replaced. The symbol replacement device is configured to replace, with at least alternative symbol, the at least one replacement target symbol that was drawn, after the symbol arrangement device arranged at least one of the plurality of symbols. The win determination device is configured to perform a win determination based at least in part on an arrangement of symbols which are in at least a part of the predefined area, after the symbol replacement device replaced, by the at least alternative symbol, the at least one replacement target symbol that was drawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Yamamori, Yosuke Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10424165
    Abstract: A game system includes a lottery mechanism that selects some numbers out of a plurality of numbers, and controls values in each of a plurality of cells M11 through M44 displayed upon a game screen in a plurality of stages, on the basis of selections by the lottery mechanism, wherein: correlation between the selections by the lottery mechanism and the control of the values of the cells M are set so as to be mutually different between at least two of the stages; the values of the cells are controlled for each stage on the basis of the selection by the lottery mechanism and the correlation of the stage; and when change to a different stage is performed, the values of the cells after the change are set on the basis of the value of the cells before the change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 10421016
    Abstract: A game system comprising at least one processor configured to: receive, from a second user identified by second user identification information, an exchange request for exchanging a desired game object for an offered game object, the at least one first desired game object being selected from a first group of game objects associated with the first user identification information of a first user, the at least one first offered game object being selected from a group of second game objects associated with the second user identification information; exchange the first desired game object for the first offered game object based on the exchange request; and receive a selection of any combination of game objects which comprise are at least one of the first desired game object and/or the first offered game object, in one an exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Christine Mariko Kogure
  • Patent number: 10413831
    Abstract: A game system is provided that is capable of setting appropriate classifications for various musical pieces. This game system provides a music game in which each of musical pieces for which a level of difficulty is set is prepared as a play subject. The game system offers a chance of certification match in which musical pieces are supplied for each rank classification that is set for each musical piece with reference to the level of difficulty. And the game system acquires achievement information related to the clearing rate for each musical piece for each rank classification, such as the play results of certification matches and so on, and, on the basis of these acquired results, changes each rank classification to which each musical piece belongs with reference to this achievement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Yamamoto, Shota Katagiri
  • Patent number: 10413822
    Abstract: A game machine includes a first operation acceptor, a register, a second operation acceptor, an output controller, and an evaluator. The first operation acceptor is configured to accept a first operation in an editing mode. The register is configured to register a display position of a reference indicator over a display screen. The second operation acceptor is configured to accept a second operation in a play mode different from the editing mode. The output controller is configured to display the reference indicator at the display position, registered by the register, over the display screen, and to move a movement object toward the reference indicator at the display position over the display screen. The evaluator is configured to evaluate the second operation based at least in part on a first timing that the movement object reaches the reference indicator and a second timing that the second operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tahei Katagai, Hitomi Kitamura
  • Patent number: 10417873
    Abstract: Provided is a game system comprising an element selection device which selects some selective elements from a plurality of selective elements and controls a value for each of game elements displayed in a game screen based on the selection by the element selection device, wherein: a growth attribute and a modification attribute are set as factors which determine the value of the game element; and a change condition is set for each attribute in order to make a state of each attribute change in relation to the selection by the element selection device, and the value of the game element is controlled by changing the state of each attribute based on the selection by the element selection device and the change condition set for each attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hosokawa, Shinya Ito
  • Patent number: 10413835
    Abstract: The present invention provides a game system having a communication function that takes into account player operability. A game device on which a mah-jongg game is executed holds registered comment information in which a plurality of registered comments are associated with a predetermined particular state in the mah-jongg game, and when a current game state transitions to the particular state, displays the plurality of registered comments associated with the particular state on a game screen. Delivery information that includes a registered comment selected by a player as a transmission comment is then sent to a server. The server holds a plurality of delivery destination addresses to which the delivery information of the player is to be sent via an open network, and when the delivery information is received from the game device, delivers the delivery information to each delivery destination address pertaining to the player corresponding to the delivery information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Hidaka, Masakazu Shibamiya, Kenichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10366574
    Abstract: A game apparatus having a symbol arrangement device; a change condition determination device; an area range changing device; and a specific reward granting device. The symbol arrangement device arranges a plurality of symbols which are different in type. The change condition determination device determines, based on the plurality of symbols arranged by the symbol arrangement device, whether or not there is satisfied at least an area change condition for changing a range of a symbol-arranging area on which the plurality of symbols can be arranged by the symbol arrangement device. The area range changing device changes the range of the symbol-arranging area in case that the change condition determination device determined that there is satisfied the area change condition. The specific reward granting device grants a specific reward where at least a specific range condition that the range of the symbol-arranging area is changed into a specific range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Yamamori, Nao Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10322345
    Abstract: A game program product may include, but is not limited to: a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and a computer program stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium. The computer program is, when executed by a computer of a game system, to cause the computer to at least: display at least: 1) a reference indicator at a position over a display screen; and 2) a moving object which moves toward the reference indicator on the display screen; change a position of a reference indicator displayed at a position over the display screen; receive an input of a user's operation; and determine success or failure of the user's operation, based at least in part on: a timing of receiving the input of the user's operation, and a timing that the moving object reaches the reference indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Yoshitaka Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10322344
    Abstract: A game method is performed by one or more computers. The method may include, but is not limited to: displaying, on a display, 1) at least one reference indicator; 2) at least one target indicator; and 3) at least one operation indicator; recognizing, as the specific operation, a detected series of operations that an indictor gets contact with a predefined point of the detection area, before on the detection area the indicator slides while keeping the indicator in contact with the detection area; displaying, on the display, a guide indicator for guiding a slide-operational direction to which the indicator is operated to be slide; determining whether the specific operation responsive to the change of the cross position; and reflecting a result of the determination to a game result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Nishimura, Masahiro Kiyomoto