Patents by Inventor Haruo Asano

Haruo Asano 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).

  • Video game system, video game apparatus, controlling method therefor and a recording medium for video game program
    Publication number: 20050192100
    Abstract: In progressing a video gate in accordance with a game software program read out from a video game program recording medium and in converting the contents for printing into printing data, which is printed, the printer driver stored in a non-volatile memory is to be updated to enable the printing by the latest printer driver. To this end, as a printer driver is read from the video game program recording medium at step S11, the version of the printer driver as read out is checked at step S12. If the printer driver as read out is of a new version, the printer driver in the memory card is updated at step S13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Yoichi Kobayashi, Kohei Nojiri, Hiroshi Udagawa, Masato Nakamura, Koichiro Ishigami, Haruo Asano
  • Video game system, video game apparatus, controlling method therefor and a recording medium for video game program
    Patent number: 6887155
    Abstract: In progressing a video gate in accordance with a game software program read out from a video game program recording medium and in converting the contents for printing into printing data, which is printed, the printer driver stored in a non-volatile memory is to be updated to enable the printing by the latest printer driver. To this end, as a printer driver is read from the video game program recording medium at step S11, the version of the printer driver as read out is checked at step S12. If the printer driver as read out is of a new version, the printer driver in the memory card is updated at step S13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Kobayashi, Kohei Nojiri, Hiroshi Udagawa, Masato Nakamura, Koichiro Ishigami, Haruo Asano
  • Video game system, video game apparatus, and method of controlling the video game apparatus
    Patent number: 6780113
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to make it possible to execute a video-game software program read from a video-game program recording medium, to convert contents data to print data, and to enable a printer of an unknown type to print the print data. To achieve the object, a data-reading module determines whether the printer connected to a video game apparatus is of an unknown type (Step S11). If the printer is of an unknown type, or a type not designated by the printer driver, printing parameter is read from the printer, the parameter of a device engine module is changed in accordance with the printing parameter (Step S12). And the print data is printed (Steps S13 to S17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Nojiri, Hiroshi Udagawa, Koichiro Ishigami, Haruo Asano
  • Video game system, video game apparatus, controlling method therefor and a recording medium for video game program
    Publication number: 20020082089
    Abstract: In progressing a video gate in accordance with a game software program read out from a video game program recording medium and in converting the contents for printing into printing data, which is printed, the printer driver stored in a non-volatile memory is to be updated to enable the printing by the latest printer driver. To this end, as a printer driver is read from the video game program recording medium at step S11, the version of the printer driver as read out is checked at step S12. If the printer driver as read out is of a new version, the printer driver in the memory card is updated at step S13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Yoichi Kobayashi, Kohei Nojiri, Hiroshi Udagawa, Masato Nakamura, Koichiro Ishigami, Haruo Asano
  • Video game system, video game apparatus, and method of controlling the video game apparatus
    Publication number: 20020068636
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to make it possible to execute a video-game software program read from a video-game program recording medium, to convert contents data to print data, and to enable a printer of an unknown type to print the print data. To achieve the object, a data-reading module determines whether the printer connected to a video game apparatus is of an unknown type (Step S11). If the printer is of an unknown type, or a type not designated by the printer driver, printing parameter is read from the printer, the parameter of a device engine module is changed in accordance with the printing parameter (Step S12). And the print data is printed (Steps S13 to S17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Kohei Nojiri, Hiroshi Udagawa, Koichiro Ishigami, Haruo Asano