Patents by Inventor Kiyotake Fujii

Kiyotake Fujii 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: 6982717
    Abstract: A game apparatus, a storage medium and a computer program, capable of easily and effectively reducing strange images caused by a restriction of a resolution or a refresh rate of a display unit of the game apparatus. The game apparatus comprises: an image generation section (250) for generating a space image of an object space, viewed from a virtual camera; a blurring section (250) for blurring an object first image of a predetermined object (10) of objects in the object space, according to a distance from a predetermined position to the predetermined object in the object space, to generate a blurred object second image; and an execution section (210) for executing a predetermined game by displaying the space image including the blurred object second image on a display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Namco Ltd.
    Inventors: Yozo Sakagami, Taku Izumizawa, Kiyotake Fujii
  • Publication number: 20040166933
    Abstract: A game apparatus, a storage medium and a computer program, capable of easily and effectively reducing strange images caused by a restriction of a resolution or a refresh rate of a display unit of the game apparatus. The game apparatus comprises: an image generation section (250) for generating a space image of an object space, viewed from a virtual camera; a blurring section (250) for blurring an object first image of a predetermined object (10) of objects in the object space, according to a distance from a predetermined position to the predetermined object in the object space, to generate a blurred object second image; and an execution section (210) for executing a predetermined game by displaying the space image including the blurred object second image on a display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Yozo Sakagami, Taku Izumizawa, Kiyotake Fujii
  • Patent number: 6417856
    Abstract: Viewpoint settings (e.g., viewpoint change pattern, viewpoint position, line-of-sight, angle of view, spring constant or viewpoint control program) are provided for moving bodies. From these viewpoint settings, a viewpoint setting linked to the moving body selected by a player is selected. The selected viewpoint setting is then used to control the viewpoint. For example, when a player selects one of motor vehicles of types 1, 2 and 3, the viewpoint is changed according to one of viewpoint change patterns that include viewpoint groups (1-A, 1-B), (2-A, 2-B) and (3-A, 3-B), depending au the selected type of the motor vehicle. The height of the viewpoint may be changed in proportion to the height of the moving body. The distance between th viewpoint and the moving body may be changed in proportion to the length of the moving body. The viewpoint may be located in the right front of a motor vehicle with a right-hand steering wheel, and in the left front of a motor vehicle with a left-hand steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Namco Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Tamura, Kiyotake Fujii, Jun Omura
  • Publication number: 20010041619
    Abstract: A game apparatus, a storage medium and a computer program, capable of easily and effectively reducing strange images caused by a restriction of a resolution or a refresh rate of a display unit of the game apparatus. The game apparatus comprises: an image generation section (250) for generating a space image of an object space, viewed from a virtual camera; a blurring section (250) for blurring an object first image of a predetermined object (10) of objects in the object space, according to a distance from a predetermined position to the predetermined object in the object space, to generate a blurred object second image; and an execution section (210) for executing a predetermined game by displaying the space image including the blurred object second image on a display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Applicant: Namco, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yozo Sakagami, Taku Izumizawa, Kiyotake Fujii