Patents by Inventor Hidehiro Hirata

Hidehiro Hirata 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).

  • Fighting game program
    Publication number: 20030040364
    Abstract: In a fighting game in which a plurality of characters controlled by players are displayed on a display to fight with each other, a computer program provides a first mode in which at least three characters are displayed on a first screen to fight with each other, and a second mode in which two characters are displayed on a second screen to perform a man-to-man battle. A current mode of the fighting game is switched between the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: KONAMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Yabe, Hidehiro Hirata, Yuji Kubo, Kazuki Yamamura, Noriaki Okamura
  • Game system and storage device readable by computer
    Patent number: 6251012
    Abstract: The game system comprises an image display device; an operation input device issuing a signal corresponding to an operation of a player; a mode select device for selecting one mode between a breeding mode in which a breeding game is prepared and a competition mode in which a competition game is prepared; a breeding game control device for controlling a progress of the breeding game, and a competition game control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Horigami, Riichiro Kawahara, Mariko Koyama, Kenhei Gu, Atsushi Otani, Hidehiro Hirata, Makoto Yabe, Kazuhiko Kobari