Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Sakoda

Katsuhiro Sakoda 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).

  • Storage medium having game program stored thereon and game apparatus
    Patent number: 8684841
    Abstract: A storage medium having stored thereon a game program executable by a computer 21 of a game apparatus 1 including touch coordinate pair input means for outputting coordinate information based on a predetermined coordinate system in accordance with a touch operation performed by a player. A first object P1 and a second object P2 are displayed on a display screen based on first object position data DC3 and second object position data DC5. While input coordinate pairs are being detected, the first object position data DC3 is updated based on the input coordinate pairs. The second object position data DC5 is updated based on the first object position data DC3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Hal Laboratory Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kikkawa, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Katsuhiro Sakoda
  • Storage medium having game program stored thereon and game apparatus
    Publication number: 20060217196
    Abstract: A storage medium having stored thereon a game program executable by a computer 21 of a game apparatus 1 including touch coordinate pair input means for outputting coordinate information based on a predetermined coordinate system in accordance with a touch operation performed by a player. A first object P1 and a second object P2 are displayed on a display screen based on first object position data DC3 and second object position data DC5. While input coordinate pairs are being detected, the first object position data DC3 is updated based on the input coordinate pairs. The second object position data DC5 is updated based on the first object position data DC3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicants: Nintendo Co., Ltd., HAL Laboratory Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kikkawa, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Katsuhiro Sakoda