Patents by Inventor Hajime Tabata

Hajime Tabata 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: 7722467
    Abstract: When usage command information is received from any one of player terminals, an integrated attack determiner determines whether or not an attack action by an attack command is to be an integrated attack action, in which the attack actions by the attack commands included in a usage history are integrated, on the basis of a current position of the user terminal. The integrated attack determiner also determines attack power specification information capable of specifying the attack power in the case where it is determined that the attack action is to be the integrated attack action. An attack instruction information transmitter transmits attack instruction information indicating a determination result of the integrated attack determiner to the player terminal. A usage history information updater updates the usage history information by adding the received usage command information to the usage history of the attack commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushi Kaisha Square Enix
    Inventor: Hajime Tabata
  • Patent number: 7575518
    Abstract: A player terminal transmits event generation request information, including current position information, player identification information and event generation request information, to a video game control server via a communication network. A game map is delivered to the player terminal on the basis of a request to obtain the game map from a player terminal. When event generation request information from the player terminal is received, the video game control server determines whether generation of an event is allowed or not by determining whether or not the current position of the player terminal indicated by current position information included in event generation request information is positioned within an event generation area on the game map. The video game control server transmits the event generation allowance information to the player terminal in the case where it is determined that the generation of the event is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix
    Inventor: Hajime Tabata
  • Publication number: 20080254849
    Abstract: To reflect a player's degree of skill in a battle between a player character and an enemy character, and increase a strategic element. In the event that a player selects magic as an action of a player character in a battle between a player character and an enemy character, a puzzle battle is started. In the puzzle battle, a magic army (a block frame) is displayed on a display device in accordance with a kind of magic selected, the player moves or rotates a block falling from above the display device by operating an input device, stops it in a desired position, and fills the magic army. In the event that all squares of the magic army are filled with the blocks before a time elapsing from a start of the puzzle battle, displayed on an elapsed time gauge, reaches a prescribed time, the magic selected by the player is unleashed, and inflicts damage on the enemy character. An effectiveness of the magic depends on an overlapping, and a protrusion from the magic army, of the blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix (also trading as Square Enix Co., Ltd.)
    Inventors: Tetsuya NOMURA, Hajime TABATA
  • Publication number: 20080076578
    Abstract: When support appeal reception information is received from a player terminal, a support appeal information transmitter transmits support appeal information for support appeal to other player terminals than the player terminal. In this case, the other player terminals are positioned within a predetermined range from the current position of the player terminal. In the case where support contents information indicating support contents is received from any of the other player terminals in accordance with the support appeal indicated by the support appeal information, a support appeal reply execution information transmitter transmits support appeal reply instruction execution information for instructing the player terminal to execute the support contents indicated by the received support contents information to the player terminal. The player terminal then executes support from the other player terminals in the executing event on the basis of the received support appeal reply instruction execution information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX (also trading as SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
    Inventor: Hajime TABATA
  • Publication number: 20080076579
    Abstract: A player terminal transmits event generation request information, including current position information, player identification information and event generation request information, to a video game control server via a communication network. A game map is delivered to the player terminal on the basis of a request to obtain the game map from a player terminal. When event generation request information from the player terminal is received, the video game control server determines whether generation of an event is allowed or not by determining whether or not the current position of the player terminal indicated by current position information included in event generation request information is positioned within an event generation area on the game map. The video game control server transmits the event generation allowance information to the player terminal in the case where it is determined that the generation of the event is allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX (also trading as SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
    Inventor: Hajime Tabata
  • Publication number: 20080076569
    Abstract: When usage command information is received from any one of player terminals, an integrated attack determiner determines whether or not an attack action by an attack command is to be an integrated attack action, in which the attack actions by the attack commands included in a usage history are integrated, on the basis of a current position of the user terminal. The integrated attack determiner also determines attack power specification information capable of specifying the attack power in the case where it is determined that the attack action is to be the integrated attack action. An attack instruction information transmitter transmits attack instruction information indicating a determination result of the integrated attack determiner to the player terminal. A usage history information updater updates the usage history information by adding the received usage command information to the usage history of the attack commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX (also trading as SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
    Inventor: Hajime TABATA
  • Patent number: 7269434
    Abstract: A communication system is provided with a group registration function, which is capable of setting a group mode with the reduced number of operation, and simply selecting one of full duplex communication and half duplex communication by a rider, as needed. When a power supply switch and a registration switch are turned on simultaneously, member ID registration is executed. When the power supply switch is turned on and then the registration switch is turned on, visitor ID registration is executed. Accordingly, the registration of a group mode can be simplified. After the registration is ended, at the time of turn-off of a visitor conversation switch, full duplex communication is performed among communication devices subjected to member ID registration, and at the time of turn-on of the visitor conversation switch, half duplex communication is performed between the master and all of the slaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Tabata, Yukio Miyamaru
  • Patent number: 7233815
    Abstract: A radio communication system for a vehicle which allows communication not only between a driver and a passenger of one vehicle but also with a driver or a passenger of another vehicle without increasing the scale of a radio communication apparatus to be mounted on a helmet. A radio wave signaled from a radio wave transmitter-receiver of a driver or a passenger of a vehicle is received by a repeating apparatus of the self-vehicle and amplified by and re-signaled from the repeating apparatus. The radio wave signaled from the repeating apparatus is received by a radio wave transmitter-receiver of a driver or a passenger of another vehicle and reproduced by a speaker. A radio wave signaled from the radio wave transmitter-receiver of the driver or a passenger of the vehicle is received by a repeating apparatus of the self-vehicle and amplified by and re-signaled from the repeating apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Tabata, Yukio Miyamaru
  • Patent number: 7130436
    Abstract: A speaker system is installed in a helmet, and includes a pair of piezoelectric speakers, frames supporting the speakers around the peripheral edges thereof, and laminated films for protecting the piezoelectric film speakers. Each of the frames has its longer sides curved with a radius of curvature of 210 mm to 360 mm in order to support the piezoelectric film speakers in a curved state similarly to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Tabata, Mutsumi Katayama
  • Patent number: 7123726
    Abstract: A communication system for communicating between two occupants riding on the same vehicle, or between the driver and the fellow passenger. A helmet that each occupant wears is provided with a microphone and a speaker, respectively. The external contacts of microphone and the speaker are exposed toward the outside of the magnet-side socket, which is one of the sockets of the magnet connector. Each cable extending from the communication unit is provided at the tip with a magnetic-body-side socket, which is the other socket of the magnet connector. The helmet and the cable are connected electrically and mechanically via the magnet connector including the magnet-side socket and the magnetic-body-side socket, which constitutes a pair. The communication unit is connected to the magnet-body-side socket for communicating voices in which a relatively large physiological sound cannot be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Tabata, Yukio Miyamaru, Mutsumi Katayama
  • Patent number: 7107209
    Abstract: A speech communication apparatus which is used with a microphone being fixed to a predetermined position in the vicinity of the mouth in such a manner as to prevent the transmission of uncomfortable noise such as sneezing, coughing or throat-clearing noise to a partner. There is provided a speech communication apparatus including a speech communication microphone, a speaker and a communication unit for amplifying an output signal from the speech communication microphone, the speech communication apparatus includes the communication unit having an amplifier for amplifying an input signal and outputting the input signal so amplified, and a controller for controlling the gain of the amplifier in response to an excessive input signal, wherein the controller controls the gain of the amplifier such that a reproduced sound of an excessive input signal is reduced to a predetermined level only for a predetermined period of time when the excessive input signal is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Tabata, Yukio Miyamaru
  • Patent number: 7035402
    Abstract: A portable communication unit is provided that permits a cord to be received and stored easily, while preventing undesired unwinding of the cord. Even when the communication unit is carried and stored together with a magnetic card containing data, a magnetic-side socket of a magnetic connector mounted at a front end of the cord is unlikely to influence the data on the magnetic card. The portable communication unit includes electric circuits having a predetermined communication function, a receptacle case holding the electrical circuits, a cord connected at one end thereof to the electric circuits and extending to the exterior of the receptacle case, and a magnetic-side socket of a magnetic connector provided at a front end of the cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Tabata, Yukio Miyamaru
  • Publication number: 20060046810
    Abstract: A cellular phone used to execute a game is connected to a server apparatus when a need arises to transmit or receive information. The game is individually progressed by each cellular phone. A user equips a player character with a material to use a magic in a battle. A party is formed by users of multiple cellular phones and a material possessed by the user belonging to the same party is registered in the server apparatus. When the user transmits a support request to the server apparatus during a battle, the server apparatus returns the support material possessed by other users belonging to the same party. The user of the cellular phone can also use a magic corresponding to the support material in the battle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX, SQAURE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hajime Tabata
  • Patent number: 6950635
    Abstract: A vehicular communication apparatus including a helmet worn by a passenger of a vehicle, the helmet having a speaker, a microphone, and a helmet side infrared transmitter/receiver connected to the speaker and the microphone. The vehicle body side or helmet side is provided with a transmitter/receiver for carrying out infrared communication with the helmet side infrared transmitter/receiver. A wireless communication means is connected to the vehicle body side infrared ray transmitter/receiver and arranged with communication operating means separately from the wireless communication means at a location providing simple operation by an operator of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukio Miyamaru, Tetsuo Yamagata, Hajime Tabata, Susumu Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20050170791
    Abstract: A radio communication system for a vehicle which allows communication not only between a driver and a passenger of one vehicle but also with a driver or a passenger of another vehicle without increasing the scale of a radio communication apparatus to be mounted on a helmet. A radio wave signaled from a radio wave transmitter-receiver of a driver or a passenger of a vehicle is received by a repeating apparatus of the self-vehicle and amplified by and re-signaled from the repeating apparatus. The radio wave signaled from the repeating apparatus is received by a radio wave transmitter-receiver of a driver or a passenger of another vehicle and reproduced by a speaker. A radio wave signaled from the radio wave transmitter-receiver of the driver or a passenger of the vehicle is received by a repeating apparatus of the self-vehicle and amplified by and re-signaled from the repeating apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Hajime Tabata, Yukio Miyamaru
  • Patent number: 6876845
    Abstract: A radio communication system for a vehicle which allows communication not only between fellow passengers but also with a passenger of another vehicle without increasing the scale of a radio communication apparatus to be mounted on a helmet. A radio wave signaled from a radio wave transmitter-receiver of a driver of a vehicle is received by a repeating apparatus of the self-vehicle and amplified by and re-signaled from the repeating apparatus. The radio wave signaled from the repeating apparatus is received by a radio wave transmitter-receiver of a driver of another vehicle and reproduced by a speaker. A radio wave signaled from the radio wave transmitter-receiver of the driver of the vehicle is received by a repeating apparatus of the self-vehicle and amplified by and re-signaled from the repeating apparatus. The radio wave signaled from the repeating apparatus is received by the radio wave transmitter-receiver of a driver of the vehicle and reproduced by a speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Tabata, Yukio Miyamaru
  • Patent number: 6862358
    Abstract: A flat piezo-film speaker is mounted in a motorcycle helmet. The flat-piezo film speaker is formed from a flat piezo-film curved in one direction to form at least one curved portion. A radius R of curvature at the curved portion is larger than at least 200 mm, preferably, in a range of 210 mm?R?360 mm. The piezo-film speaker built into a helmet for a motorcycle rider is capable of reproducing sound at a sound pressure sufficiently audible even when running the motorcycle and at a high tone quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hajime Tabata
  • Patent number: 6587042
    Abstract: An automatic accident informing apparatus for a two-wheel vehicle is provided which can detect the occurrence of accident with the use of a simple arrangement. The automatic accident informing apparatus for a two-wheel vehicle includes an accident detecting module 3 for detecting an accident of the vehicle and an accident informing module 7 arranged responsive to the occurrence of the accident detected by the accident detecting module 3 for informing an external party(s) of the accident. The accident detecting module 3 includes an inclination sensor 2 for measuring the inclination angle of the vehicle and an accident judgment unit 340 for judging that the vehicle met with the accident when the inclination of the vehicle remains higher than a predetermined degree throughout a specific length of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Tabata, Kazumitsu Kushida
  • Patent number: 6507280
    Abstract: To provide a device capable of firmly mounting a radio communication unit to a helmet in a simple manner without impairing the beauty and handleability of the helmet when the radio communication unit is detached from the helmet. The device for mounting a radio communication unit to a helmet includes a pair of couplers having a chucking function and a pair of magnetic connectors having a magnetically chucking function. The pair of magnetic connectors are provided with electrical contacts adapted to turn conductive when in a chucked condition. Furthermore, one of the pair of couplers and one of the pair of magnetic connectors is disposed on an outer surface of the helmet, while the other of the pair of couplers and the other of the pair of magnetic connectors is disposed on a main surface of the radio communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Tabata, Yukio Miyamaru, Mutsumi Katayama
  • Publication number: 20020158754
    Abstract: An automatic accident informing apparatus for a two-wheel vehicle is provided which can detect the occurrence of accident with the use of a simple arrangement. The automatic accident informing apparatus for a two-wheel vehicle includes an accident detecting module 3 for detecting an accident of the vehicle and an accident informing module 7 arranged responsive to the occurrence of the accident detected by the accident detecting module 3 for informing an external party(s) of the accident. The accident detecting module 3 includes an inclination sensor 2 for measuring the inclination angle of the vehicle and an accident judgment unit 340 for judging that the vehicle met with the accident when the inclination of the vehicle remains higher than a predetermined degree throughout a specific length of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Hajime Tabata, Kazumitsu Kushida