Patents by Inventor Akiyoshi Chosogabe

Akiyoshi Chosogabe 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: 8444484
    Abstract: A game device (10) capable of allowing a user to recognize a movement target position candidate for a mobile character at a glance. The game device (10) displays a game screen showing the mobile character moving toward a position designated by the user. A line acquisition unit (76) acquires a line connecting a position of the mobile character and the position designated by the user. A display control unit (78) displays at least a part of the line acquired by the line acquisition unit (76). The line acquisition unit (76) controls a curved manner of the line connecting the position of the mobile character and the position designated by the user based on a positional relationship between the position designated by the user and a movement target position candidate decided by a movement target position candidate decision unit (74).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Chosogabe
  • Patent number: 8303408
    Abstract: Provided is a game device which allows a user to designate even a position within a region that is not being displayed on a game screen within a game space as an action target position for a game character. If it is judged that a screen coordinate value according to a user's operation obtained by a screen coordinate value acquisition unit (80) is a screen coordinate value outside the game screen, a second action target position acquisition unit (86) acquires a position outside a display subject region on the game screen within a game space as the action target position for the game character. The second action target position acquisition unit (86) stores a condition related to the screen coordinate value in association with each of a plurality of action target position candidates set outside the display subject region within the game space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Chosogabe, Takayoshi Fukano
  • Publication number: 20100240429
    Abstract: To provide a game device capable of preventing viewing of an operation-subject player character from becoming difficult due to interference of a teammate player character in a sport game which is played between an operation subject team, to which the operation-subject player character which moves according to operation by a user and the teammate player character belong, and an opposing team. A movement-target position acquiring section (62) acquires a movement target position of the operation-subject player character based on a content of the operation by the user. A determination section (64) determines whether or not the teammate player character is positioned within a decision area specified based on the movement target position. A teammate player control section (66) moves the teammate player character away from the movement target position in a case where it is determined that the teammate player character is positioned within the decision area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Chosogabe
  • Publication number: 20100113147
    Abstract: Provided is a game device which allows a user to designate even a position within a region that is not being displayed on a game screen within a game space as an action target position for a game character. If it is judged that a screen coordinate value according to a user's operation obtained by a screen coordinate value acquisition unit (80) is a screen coordinate value outside the game screen, a second action target position acquisition unit (86) acquires a position outside a display subject region on the game screen within a game space as the action target position for the game character. The second action target position acquisition unit (86) stores a condition related to the screen coordinate value in association with each of a plurality of action target position candidates set outside the display subject region within the game space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Chosogabe, Takayoshi Fukano
  • Publication number: 20100099470
    Abstract: Provided is a game device capable of allowing a user to recognize a movement target position candidate for a mobile character at a glance. The game device (10) displays a game screen showing the mobile character moving toward a position designated by the user. A designation position acquisition unit (72) acquires the position designated by the user. A movement target position candidate decision unit (74) decides a movement target position candidate for the mobile character. A line acquisition unit (76) acquires a line connecting a position of the mobile character and the position acquired by the designation position acquisition unit (72). A display control unit (78) displays at least a part of the line acquired by the line acquisition unit (76).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Chosogabe