Patents by Inventor Koji OHKOHARA

Koji OHKOHARA 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).

  • Game device, game implementation method, program and recording medium
    Patent number: 8684840
    Abstract: In a game which is implemented as a plurality of player characters move on a map, one or more desired player characters, from among the plurality of player characters, are moved toward a desired position on the map by means of an easy operation. A game is carried out on a game apparatus in which a touch panel is disposed on a front surface of a display device on which a game screen is displayed. All player characters 100 displayed in a range enclosed by means of an operation carried out on the touch panel in such a way as to enclose positions of the player characters 100 displayed on the game screen are set as selected characters. When a pressing operation has been carried out on the touch panel with respect to a position displayed on the game screen, a position on a field corresponding to the position input by means of the operation is set as a destination of the selected characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix
    Inventors: Koichi Ishii, Koji Ohkohara
  • GAME DEVICE, GAME IMPLEMENTATION METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20080146328
    Abstract: In a game which is implemented as a plurality of player characters move on a map, one or more desired player characters, from among the plurality of player characters, are moved toward a desired position on the map by means of an easy operation. A game is carried out on a game apparatus in which a touch panel is disposed on a front surface of a display device on which a game screen is displayed. All player characters 100 displayed in a range enclosed by means of an operation carried out on the touch panel in such a way as to enclose positions of the player characters 100 displayed on the game screen are set as selected characters. When a pressing operation has been carried out on the touch panel with respect to a position displayed on the game screen, a position on a field corresponding to the position input by means of the operation is set as a destination of the selected characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX (also trading as SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
    Inventors: Koichi ISHII, Koji OHKOHARA