Patents by Inventor Kohtaro TANIGUCHI

Kohtaro TANIGUCHI 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).

  • Information storage medium, game system, and input determination method
    Patent number: 8784201
    Abstract: A game system determines whether or not an input start timing coincides with an auxiliary start timing that corresponds to a reference start timing and differs from the reference start timing, and determines whether or not input information that has been input during a given auxiliary determination period that starts from the auxiliary start timing coincides with defined input information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Kohtaro Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Nishimoto
  • INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY IMAGE GENERATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20110181703
    Abstract: A game system acquires an input image from an input section that applies light to a body and receives reflected light from the body. The game system controls the size of an object in a virtual space based on a distance between the input section and the body, the distance being determined based on the input image. The game system generates a display image including the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi KOBAYASHI, Kohtaro TANIGUCHI, Yasuhiro NISHIMOTO
  • INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM, AND INPUT DETERMINATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20110183765
    Abstract: A game system determines whether or not an input start timing coincides with an auxiliary start timing that corresponds to a reference start timing and differs from the reference start timing, and determines whether or not input information that has been input during a given auxiliary determination period that starts from the auxiliary start timing coincides with defined input information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi KOBAYASHI, Kohtaro TANIGUCHI, Yasuhiro NISHIMOTO