Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Naraoka

Hiroshi Naraoka 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: 8496529
    Abstract: A game system for a game where plural players partake and are combined on the basis of subjective data on the players. A game machine comprises a game control device for controlling a game executed with a game machine operated by a player who is combined with a player operating the game machine itself, an evaluation obtaining device for obtaining evaluation data which is evaluation to the player P4 by the player, a history evaluation updating device for, when obtaining the evaluation data to the player, updating the history evaluation information included in player information of the player by information based on the evaluation data. The server comprises a combination determining device for determining based on the history evaluation information, a combination of game machines partaking the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Narita, Yoshinobu Morimoto, Hiroshi Naraoka, Tadashi Minamino, Takahiro Ohashi, Yoko Takeuchi, Takashi Inubushi
  • Patent number: 8221232
    Abstract: To provide a game system which improves a sense of being a member when a plurality of game machines are grouped. In a game system, in which each of a plurality of game machines G is sorted to any one group TTT and a game using a game element R is played among a plurality of game machines G, the game machine G obtains the evaluation to the content of the play of the game and a server CS updates registered group information 41 representing a group TTT holding the game element R into a group of the game machine G that obtained the evaluation when the evaluation and registered evaluation 43 stored related to the game element R meet a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Inubushi, Masayuki Komatsu, Yoshihiko Narita, Tadashi Minamino, Hiroshi Naraoka
  • Publication number: 20110230244
    Abstract: A reroute table MT in which a new route is set to a reroute point Lr with respect to each of the routes R1, R2, R3 where a predetermined destination is set, a route determining portion 40d which determines the present route R, a position determining portion 40a which determines the position of moving body CA, and a reroute thinking portion 40e which determines whether the position of moving body CA reaches the reroute point Lr which is set for the present route by referring to the reroute table MT are comprised. The route determining portion 40d determines as the present route, the new route set to the reroute point Lr by referring to the reroute table MT, when the moving body CA reaches the reroute point Lr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Inubushi, Hidetomo Nishiura, Yoshiko Oiwa, Hiroshi Naraoka
  • Publication number: 20090156302
    Abstract: A game system for a game where plural players partake and are combined on the basis of subjective data on the players. A game machine comprises a game control device for controlling a game executed with a game machine operated by a player who is combined with a player operating the game machine itself, an evaluation obtaining device for obtaining evaluation data which is evaluation to the player P4 by the player, a history evaluation updating device for, when obtaining the evaluation data to the player, updating the history evaluation information included in player information of the player by information based on the evaluation data. The server comprises a combination determining device for determining based on the history evaluation information, a combination of game machines partaking the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Narita, Yoshinobu Morimoto, Hiroshi Naraoka, Tadashi Minamino, Takahiro Ohashi, Yoko Takeuchi, Takashi Inubushi
  • Publication number: 20070077999
    Abstract: To provide a game system which improves a sense of being a member when a plurality of game machines are grouped. In a game system, in which each of a plurality of game machines G is sorted to any one group TTT and a game using a game element R is played among a plurality of game machines G, the game machine G obtains the evaluation to the content of the play of the game and a server CS updates registered group information 41 representing a group TTT holding the game element R into a group of the game machine G that obtained the evaluation when the evaluation and registered evaluation 43 stored related to the game element R meet a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Inubushi, Masayuki Komatsu, Yoshihiko Narita, Tadashi Minamino, Hiroshi Naraoka
  • Publication number: 20060287100
    Abstract: A game system reflects a plurality of subjective elements about players to a game. In the game system, evaluations to a player acquired by game apparatuses of other players relative to a plurality of evaluation items are acquired as the evaluation to the player, and each evaluation history of the player is updated depending on the acquired evaluation dedicated to the player. Further, a value corresponding to each evaluation history is set as a coordinate value in a coordinate space defined by coordinate axes of a plurality of evaluation items, thereby an evaluation position of the player in the coordinate space is specified. Then, a processing about the game is performed based on the specified evaluation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO.
    Inventors: Takashi Inubushi, Yoshihiko Narita, Tadashi Minamino, Hiroshi Naraoka
  • Patent number: 6582309
    Abstract: A game system has a display monitor for displaying a game image, a plurality of control buttons manually operable by a game player, and a memory for storing data representing timings to operate the control buttons, respectively. The game system has a control operation indicating function for displaying in the game image an image for indicating the timings to operate the control buttons based on the data stored in the memory, and an obstructing function for generating an obstructive effect in the image for indicating the timings to operate the control buttons, to obstruct an attempt of the game player to grasp the timings to operate the control buttons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Higurashi, Kiyoshi Mizuki, Shintaro Mukai, Masato Akiyama, Hiroshi Takeyasu, Ryo Komatsu, Hiroshi Naraoka
  • Publication number: 20020002411
    Abstract: A game system has a display monitor for displaying a game image, a plurality of control buttons manually operable by a game player, and a memory for storing data representing timings to operate the control buttons, respectively. The game system has a control operation indicating function for displaying in the game image an image for indicating the timings to operate the control buttons based on the data stored in the memory, and an obstructing function for generating an obstructive effect in the image for indicating the timings to operate the control buttons, to obstruct an attempt of the game player to grasp the timings to operate the control buttons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 1999
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: SEIJI HIGURASHI, KIYOSHI MIZUKI, SHINTARO MUKAI, MASATO AKIYAMA, HIROSHI TAKEYASU, RYO KOMATSU, HIROSHI NARAOKA