Patents by Inventor Hidekatsu Tetsuda

Hidekatsu Tetsuda 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).

  • Publication number: 20090042629
    Abstract: To enable to execute various patterns of battle strategies in a turn-based game by considering which character is advantageous to use depending on the situation of the game, the present invention comprises: a character selecting unit 101 that selects one character from a plurality of characters during a turn of a player based on an operational input of the player; a character operating unit 102 that causes the selected character to execute a command based on an operational input of the player; a command point setting unit 103 that sets command points that can be used by the player to operate the plurality of characters at the beginning of a turn of the player; a command point managing unit 104 that subtracts required command points every time any of the characters is operated during the turn; and a turn controlling unit 105 that ends a turn of the player and switches to a turn of the opponent when the command points fall below the points required for the operations of the characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega, d/b/a Sega Corporation
    Inventors: Kouhei Yamashita, Takeshi Ozawa, Hidekatsu Tetsuda