Patents by Inventor Katsumoto Tatsukawa

Katsumoto Tatsukawa 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).

  • Method for displaying and controlling plural characters operated by a player on a video game apparatus
    Patent number: 6175366
    Abstract: In a video game on which plural players operate different characters, a method for displaying and controlling a character makes players not lose their interest to continue a video game even when a difference according to the player's technique is generated. The method for displaying and controlling the plural characters, includes the steps of judging a condition operated by a player for one of the first and second characters to be displayed according to a game program, and controlling a displayed position for the one of the first and second characters according to the judging result; and loosing the condition of the judgement for the one of the first and second characters when a virtual distance between the first and second characters is more than a predetermined value according to the game program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Sega Enterprises Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Watanabe, Junichi Tsuchiya, Takatoshi Katahata, Katsumoto Tatsukawa