Patents by Inventor Gaku KAWAMURA

Gaku KAWAMURA 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: 11872484
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a game device, etc., that improves the operability of an operation unit. The game device comprises: a storage unit that stores an image of a first object; a display unit that displays an image of at least the first object; first and second operation units for outputting operation information on the basis of a player action; a determination unit that determines whether or not the output operation information fulfills a prescribed condition; an identification unit that identifies, as an object operation unit, the operation unit that output operation information fulfilling the prescribed condition, out of the first and second operation units; and an object control unit that changes the first object displayed on the display unit, in accordance with the operation information from the object operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Imai, Gaku Kawamura
  • Patent number: 11779839
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a game device, etc., that improves the operability of an operation unit. The game device comprises: a storage unit that stores an image of a first object; a display processing unit that displays at least an image of the first object; first and second operation units for outputting operation information on the basis of a player action; a determination unit that determines whether or not the output operation information fulfills a prescribed condition; an identification unit that identifies, as an object operation unit, the operation unit that output operation information fulfilling the prescribed condition, out of the first and second operation units; and an object control unit that changes the first object in accordance with the operation information from the object operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Imai, Gaku Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20230018367
    Abstract: A computer game device and method including initiating a special game when at least one game parameter of an object in a main game falls below a predetermined threshold, the special game including matching a guide element against a virtual game element, the guide element corresponding to the object, and concluding the special game and returning to the main game in response to a failure of a user to maintain a matching state between the guide element and the virtual game element for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi IMAI, Gaku KAWAMURA, Yuzaburo MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 11497996
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a game device, etc., that improves the operability of an operation unit. The game device comprises: a storage unit that stores an image of a first object; a display unit that displays an image of at least the first object; first and second operation units for outputting operation information on the basis of a player action; a determination unit that determines whether or not the output operation information fulfills a prescribed condition; an identification unit that identifies, as an object operation unit, the operation unit that output operation information fulfilling the prescribed condition, out of the first and second operation units; and an object control unit that changes the first object displayed on the display unit, in accordance with the operation information from the object operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Imai, Gaku Kawamura
  • Patent number: 11484794
    Abstract: A game device including memory an operation device, and circuitry. The memory is configured to store information related to an image of a first object and a virtual space. The operation device is configured to output first operation information and second operation information, based on a motion of a player. The circuitry is configured to display an image of the first object moving in the virtual space, progress a first game when the first operation information is retrieved, determine whether a state of the first object moving in the virtual space satisfies a predetermined condition in the first game, and progress a second game when the second operation information is retrieved within a predetermined period after the state of the first object satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Imai, Gaku Kawamura, Yuzaburo Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20220016525
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a game device, etc., that improves the operability of an operation unit. The game device comprises: a storage unit that stores an image of a first object; a display processing unit that displays at least an image of the first object; first and second operation units for outputting operation information on the basis of a player action; a determination unit that determines whether or not the output operation information fulfills a prescribed condition; an identification unit that identifies, as an object operation unit, the operation unit that output operation information fulfilling the prescribed condition, out of the first and second operation units; and an object control unit that changes the first object in accordance with the operation information from the object operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi IMAI, Gaku KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 11161040
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a game device, etc., that improves the operability of an operation unit. The game device comprises: a storage unit that stores an image of a first object; a display processing unit that displays at least an image of the first object; first and second operation units for outputting operation information on the basis of a player action; a determination unit that determines whether or not the output operation information fulfills a prescribed condition; an identification unit that identifies, as an object operation unit, the operation unit that output operation information fulfilling the prescribed condition, out of the first and second operation units; and an object control unit that changes the first object in accordance with the operation information from the object operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Imai, Gaku Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20210113925
    Abstract: A game device including memory an operation device, and circuitry. The memory is configured to store information related to an image of a first object and a virtual space. The operation device is configured to output first operation information and second operation information, based on a motion of a player. The circuitry is configured to display an image of the first object moving in the virtual space, progress a first game when the first operation information is retrieved, determine whether a state of the first object moving in the virtual space satisfies a predetermined condition in the first game, and progress a second game when the second operation information is retrieved within a predetermined period after the state of the first object satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi IMAI, Gaku KAWAMURA, Yuzaburo MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210060428
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a game device, etc., that improves the operability of an operation unit. The game device comprises: a storage unit that stores an image of a first object; a display unit that displays an image of at least the first object; first and second operation units for outputting operation information on the basis of a player action; a determination unit that determines whether or not the output operation information fulfills a prescribed condition; an identification unit that identifies, as an object operation unit, the operation unit that output operation information fulfilling the prescribed condition, out of the first and second operation units; and an object control unit that changes the first object displayed on the display unit, in accordance with the operation information from the object operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi IMAI, Gaku KAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 10905958
    Abstract: A game device including memory an operation device, and circuitry. The memory is configured to store information related to an image of a first object and a virtual space. The operation device is configured to output first operation information and second operation information, based on a motion of a player. The circuitry is configured to display an image of the first object moving in the virtual space, progress a first game when the first operation information is retrieved, determine whether a state of the first object moving in the virtual space satisfies a predetermined condition in the first game, and progress a second game when the second operation information is retrieved within a predetermined period after the state of the first object satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Imai, Gaku Kawamura, Yuzaburo Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20200360807
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a game device, etc., that improves the operability of an operation unit. The game device comprises: a storage unit that stores an image of a first object; a display processing unit that displays at least an image of the first object; first and second operation units for outputting operation information on the basis of a player action; a determination unit that determines whether or not the output operation information fulfills a prescribed condition; an identification unit that identifies, as an object operation unit, the operation unit that output operation information fulfilling the prescribed condition, out of the first and second operation units; and an object control unit that changes the first object in accordance with the operation information from the object operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi IMAI, Gaku KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190321728
    Abstract: A game device including memory an operation device, and circuitry. The memory is configured to store information related to an image of a first object and a virtual space. The operation device is configured to output first operation information and second operation information, based on a motion of a player. The circuitry is configured to display an image of the first object moving in the virtual space, progress a first game when the first operation information is retrieved, determine whether a state of the first object moving in the virtual space satisfies a predetermined condition in the first game, and progress a second game when the second operation information is retrieved within a predetermined period after the state of the first object satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi IMAI, Gaku KAWAMURA, Yuzaburo MARUYAMA