Patents by Inventor Keita SAKUNAGA

Keita SAKUNAGA 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, game apparatus, game system and game control method
    Patent number: 10525356
    Abstract: A non-limiting example game apparatus includes a display device, and a game screen is displayed on the display device. For example, a player character, an enemy character, a background object, etc. are displayed in the game screen. If a throw mode is set, a target cursor is moved on a predetermined plane in a virtual space based on an operation of a player, thereby to designate a target object with which a throwing object is made to be collided. When the target object is designated, a route object is displayed on a line segment that connects a throw starting point and a target point that is the designated position on the target object, and a shadow of the route object is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Matsumiya, Emi Makiuchi, Masahiro Yamamoto, Keita Sakunaga, Takeshi Kawamorita, Yosuke Suda
  • STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM AND GAME CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20180345148
    Abstract: A non-limiting example game apparatus includes a display device, and a game screen is displayed on the display device. For example, a player character, an enemy character, a background object, etc. are displayed in the game screen. If a throw mode is set, a target cursor is moved on a predetermined plane in a virtual space based on an operation of a player, thereby to designate a target object with which a throwing object is made to be collided. When the target object is designated, a route object is displayed on a line segment that connects a throw starting point and a target point that is the designated position on the target object, and a shadow of the route object is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Nobuo MATSUMIYA, Emi MAKIUCHI, Masahiro YAMAMOTO, Keita SAKUNAGA, Takeshi KAWAMORITA, Yosuke SUDA