Patents by Inventor Hajime Watabe

Hajime Watabe 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: 7367887
    Abstract: A game apparatus, a storage medium and a computer program, suitable to games that can be experienced by a player using an entire body to play a game. The game apparatus comprises: a storage section for storing a predetermined assigned movement for a player; an assigned movement display section for displaying the assigned movement, thereon; a movement detection section for detecting a movement of the player; a player movement display section for displaying the movement of the player detected by the movement detection section, thereon; a similarity decision section for comparing the assigned movement with the movement of the player detected by the movement detection section, to decide a similarity between the assigned movement and the movement of the player; and a game operation section for processing a score on the basis of the similarity decided by the similarity decision section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
    Inventors: Hajime Watabe, Toshio Suzuki, Akio Onda, Kyoko Endo
  • Publication number: 20040005924
    Abstract: A game apparatus, a storage medium and a computer program, suitable to games that can be experienced by a player using an entire body to play a game. The game apparatus comprises: a storage section for storing a predetermined assigned movement for a player; an assigned movement display section for displaying the assigned movement, thereon; a movement detection section for detecting a movement of the player; a player movement display section for displaying the movement of the player detected by the movement detection section, thereon; a similarity decision section for comparing the assigned movement with the movement of the player detected by the movement detection section, to decide a similarity between the assigned movement and the movement of the player; and a game operation section for processing a score on the basis of the similarity decided by the similarity decision section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: NAMCO Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Watabe, Toshio Suzuki, Akio Onda, Kyoko Endo
  • Patent number: 6663491
    Abstract: A game apparatus, a storage medium and a computer program, suitable to games that can be experienced by a player using an entire body to play a game. The game apparatus comprises: a storage section for storing a predetermined assigned movement for a player; an assigned movement display section for displaying the assigned movement, thereon; a movement detection section for detecting a movement of the player; a player movement display section for displaying the movement of the player detected by the movement detection section, thereon; a similarity decision section for comparing the assigned movement with the movement of the player detected by the movement detection section, to decide a similarity between the assigned movement and the movement of the player; and a game operation section for processing a score on the basis of the similarity decided by the similarity decision section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Namco Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Watabe, Toshio Suzuki, Akio Onda, Kyoko Endo
  • Publication number: 20020160823
    Abstract: A game apparatus, a storage medium and a computer program, suitable to games that can be experienced by a player using an entire body to play a game. The game apparatus comprises: a storage section for storing a predetermined assigned movement for a player; an assigned movement display section for displaying the assigned movement, thereon; a movement detection section for detecting a movement of the player; a player movement display section for displaying the movement of the player detected by the movement detection section, thereon; a similarity decision section for comparing the assigned movement with the movement of the player detected by the movement detection section, to decide a similarity between the assigned movement and the movement of the player; and a game operation section for processing a score on the basis of the similarity decided by the similarity decision section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Hajime Watabe, Toshio Suzuki, Akio Onda, Kyoko Endo