Patents by Inventor Kenei Unoki

Kenei Unoki 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: 6690376
    Abstract: A storage medium for a game relating to the present invention contains: (1) a game program for calling up drawing functions for prescribed scenes in accordance with the progress of the game; (2) animation data including sprite data forming two-dimensional still images, and motion data capable of generating animations by causing the sprites to change with each frame; and (3) a drawing program for generating rendering data (drawing commands) positions, colours, texture co-ordinates, and the like, for each sprite in a frame (display screen), according to the animation data specified by the drawing function. In general terms, animation data is data capable of generating moving images (animations) of characters as intended by a designer, and this animation data can be developed separately from the game program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Saito, Kazuyoshi Hara, Hideki Kudo, Yutaka Aoki, Takashi Ando, Atsushi Seimiya, Kenei Unoki