Patents by Inventor Masaaki Yamagiwa

Masaaki Yamagiwa 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: 11086505
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a program for controlling an information processing device that receives an operation on an object to be possessed disposed in a virtual space from a user, the program causing the information processing device to execute rendering a spatial image that depicts an aspect of an interior of the virtual space on a basis of a position and a direction of a given viewpoint, receiving a housing operation of adding the object to be possessed to user's personal belongings from the user, and controlling so as to dispose a list of personal belongings to which the object to be possessed has been added at a position in the virtual space determined depending on the position and the direction of the viewpoint at a time of receiving the housing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamagiwa, Teruyuki Toriyama, Hidetaka Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10754499
    Abstract: A program for causing a computer to execute: receiving an instruction to change a position and a direction of a viewpoint disposed in a virtual space from a user; controlling a viewpoint to change the position and the direction of the viewpoint in response to the instruction; rendering a spatial image that depicts an aspect of an interior of the virtual space on the basis of the position and the direction of the viewpoint; and switching over between a first mode of changing the direction of the viewpoint about the position of the viewpoint and a second mode of changing the position and the direction of the viewpoint about an object of interest to which the user pays attention in the virtual space in a case of receiving an instruction to change the direction of the viewpoint from the user at a time of controlling the viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamagiwa, Teruyuki Toriyama, Hidetaka Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10719195
    Abstract: A program for causing a computer to execute: receiving an instruction to change a position and a direction of a viewpoint disposed in a virtual space from a user; controlling a viewpoint to change the position and the direction of the viewpoint in response to the instruction; rendering a spatial image that depicts an aspect of an interior of the virtual space on the basis of the position and the direction of the viewpoint; and switching over between a first mode of changing the direction of the viewpoint about the position of the viewpoint and a second mode of changing the position and the direction of the viewpoint about an object of interest to which the user pays attention in the virtual space in a case of receiving an instruction to change the direction of the viewpoint from the user at a time of controlling the viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamagiwa, Teruyuki Toriyama, Hidetaka Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20190346989
    Abstract: A program for causing a computer to execute: receiving an instruction to change a position and a direction of a viewpoint disposed in a virtual space from a user; controlling a viewpoint to change the position and the direction of the viewpoint in response to the instruction; rendering a spatial image that depicts an aspect of an interior of the virtual space on the basis of the position and the direction of the viewpoint; and switching over between a first mode of changing the direction of the viewpoint about the position of the viewpoint and a second mode of changing the position and the direction of the viewpoint about an object of interest to which the user pays attention in the virtual space in a case of receiving an instruction to change the direction of the viewpoint from the user at a time of controlling the viewpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki YAMAGIWA, Teruyuki TORIYAMA, Hidetaka MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190346984
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a program for controlling an information processing device that receives an operation on an object to be possessed disposed in a virtual space from a user, the program causing the information processing device to execute rendering a spatial image that depicts an aspect of an interior of the virtual space on a basis of a position and a direction of a given viewpoint, receiving a housing operation of adding the object to be possessed to user's personal belongings from the user, and controlling so as to dispose a list of personal belongings to which the object to be possessed has been added at a position in the virtual space determined depending on the position and the direction of the viewpoint at a time of receiving the housing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki YAMAGIWA, Teruyuki TORIYAMA, Hidetaka MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8480492
    Abstract: A game device includes: a character control unit configured to move a player's character in a game field in accordance with a control command from a player; a group control unit configured to move a character belonging to a group including the player's character along with the player's character; and an enemy character control unit configured to move an enemy character located in the game field so as to follow the player's character or a character belonging to the group. The group control unit includes a function of causing at least one of the characters belonging to the group to leave the group. The enemy character control unit includes a function of allowing the enemy character to attack the player's character or the character that left the group when the enemy character catches up with the player's character or the character that left the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yohei Kataoka, Masaaki Yamagiwa
  • Publication number: 20120052950
    Abstract: A game device includes: a character control unit configured to move a player's character in a game field in accordance with a control command from a player; a group control unit configured to move a character belonging to a group including the player's character along with the player's character; and an enemy character control unit configured to move an enemy character located in the game field so as to follow the player's character or a character belonging to the group. The group control unit includes a function of causing at least one of the characters belonging to the group to leave the group. The enemy character control unit includes a function of allowing the enemy character to attack the player's character or the character that left the group when the enemy character catches up with the player's character or the character that left the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Yohei Kataoka, Masaaki Yamagiwa