Patents by Inventor Makiko Gotoh

Makiko Gotoh 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).

  • Rotational image generation method, program, and information storage medium and virtual camera
    Patent number: 7881521
    Abstract: A model object MOB (tree) having a plurality of part objects (branches) POB1 and POB2 each of which has a projection shape is arranged in an object space. Each of the POB1 and POB2 has a projecting portion formed on a display surface on which an image is drawn. The POB1 and POB2 are rotated so that the display surfaces thereof are directed toward a virtual camera VC. A Z texture for setting bump shapes on the display surfaces by pixel unit or forming a virtual projection shape on each of the display surfaces is mapped on the POB1 and POB2. When the VC rotates about a Y-axis and an X-axis while being directed toward a column-shaped part object (trunk) COB, the POB1 and POB2 are rotated so that the display surfaces thereof are directed toward the VC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Kaku, Manabu Okano, Makiko Gotoh
  • Image generation method, program, and information storage medium
    Publication number: 20040246250
    Abstract: A model object MOB (tree) having a plurality of part objects (branches) POB1 and POB2 each of which has a projection shape is arranged in an object space. Each of the POB1 and POB2 has a projecting portion formed on a display surface on which an image is drawn. The POB1 and POB2 are rotated so that the display surfaces thereof are directed toward a virtual camera VC. A Z texture for setting bump shapes on the display surfaces by pixel unit or forming a virtual projection shape on each of the display surfaces is mapped on the POB1 and POB2. When the VC rotates about a Y-axis and an X-axis while being directed toward a column-shaped part object (trunk) COB, the POB1 and POB2 are rotated so that the display surfaces thereof are directed toward the VC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: NAMCO LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Kaku, Manabu Okano, Makiko Gotoh