Patents by Inventor Kaname Fujioka

Kaname Fujioka 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: 20210129027
    Abstract: There are provided a game program and a game system for achieving a game in which, even when it is difficult to determine the location of an enemy character while searching for the enemy character in a virtual game space, it is not too difficult to find the enemy character. A game program 30a causes a CPU 10 to function as a virtual-space generating unit 40, a character control unit 42, a trace generating unit 43 that generates a trace of a non-player character and locates it in the virtual game space, a point managing unit 45 that manages a trace point obtained when a trace located in the virtual game space is collected, and a guidance executing unit 47 that performs the guidance regarding the non-player character to the user when an accumulated value Vs of the trace points reaches a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: CAPCOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya TOKUDA, Kaname FUJIOKA, Teruki ENDO, Mitsuru ENDO, Daiki HOSOKAWA, Hirokazu TANAKA, Riki SHIGEMATSU
  • Patent number: 10994204
    Abstract: There are provided a game program and a game system for achieving a game in which, even when it is difficult to determine the location of an enemy character while searching for the enemy character in a virtual game space, it is not too difficult to find the enemy character. A game program 30a causes a CPU 10 to function as a virtual-space generating unit 40, a character control unit 42, a trace generating unit 43 that generates a trace of a non-player character and locates it in the virtual game space, a point managing unit 45 that manages a trace point obtained when a trace located in the virtual game space is collected, and a guidance executing unit 47 that performs the guidance regarding the non-player character to the user when an accumulated value Vs of the trace points reaches a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: CAPCOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Tokuda, Kaname Fujioka, Teruki Endo, Mitsuru Endo, Daiki Hosokawa, Hirokazu Tanaka, Riki Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 9522325
    Abstract: A game which makes it possible to display a small image for recognizing a target object easily is provided. This invention includes game space control unit for generating a virtual game space, player object control unit for generating a player object and causing the player object to act in the game space, target object control unit for generating a target object in the game space and causing the target object to act in the game space, and game image display unit of generating a game image which is an image obtained by photographing the game space from a specified sight line by a virtual came and displaying the game image on a display, target image display unit for displaying the target image which is a small image for specifying the target object on the display, and lock on unit for controlling the sight line of the virtual camera so that there exists the target object in the game image when a lock-on operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: CAPCOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaname Fujioka, Yuya Tokuda, Akira Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Kogata
  • Patent number: 9452357
    Abstract: A game system which a customization in regard to an arrangement and a size of a panel image can be done with an easy operation is provided. A panel image including an operation panel image corresponded to an operation associated with a game progress is displayed on the second display unit having a touch panel. When an operation on an operation panel image is detected by the touch panel, a game image in which a processing corresponding to the operation is performed is displayed and supplied to a first display unit. In a customization mode for customizing, a panel image display area and a candidate image which is a candidate of the panel image displayed in the panel image display area are displayed on the second display unit. A selection operation of the candidate image is detected by the touch panel, and the candidate image operated for selection is arranged and displayed in the panel image display area as the panel image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: CAPCOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaname Fujioka, Yuya Tokuda, Akira Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Kogata
  • Publication number: 20140329600
    Abstract: A game system which a customization in regard to an arrangement and a size of a panel image can be done with an easy operation is provided. A panel image including an operation panel image corresponded to an operation associated with a game progress is displayed on the second display unit having a touch panel. When an operation on an operation panel image is detected by the touch panel, a game image in which a processing corresponding to the operation is performed is displayed and supplied to a first display unit. In a customization mode for customizing, a panel image display area and a candidate image which is a candidate of the panel image displayed in the panel image display area are displayed on the second display unit. A selection operation of the candidate image is detected by the touch panel, and the candidate image operated for selection is arranged and displayed in the panel image display area as the panel image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Capcom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaname Fujioka, Yuya Tokuda, Akira Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Kogata
  • Publication number: 20140221094
    Abstract: A game which makes it possible to display a small image for recognizing a target object easily is provided. This invention includes game space control unit for generating a virtual game space, player object control unit for generating a player object and causing the player object to actin the game space, target object control unit for generating a target object in the game space and causing the target object to act in the game space, and game image display unit of generating a game image which is an image obtained by photographing the game space from a specified sight line by a virtual came and displaying the game image on a display, target image display unit for displaying the target image which is a small image for specifying the target object on the display, and lock on unit for controlling the sight line of the virtual camera so that there exists the target object in the game image when a lock-on operation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: CAPCOM CO ., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaname Fujioka, Yuya Tokuda, Akira Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Kogata