Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kiyomoto

Masahiro Kiyomoto 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: 8622827
    Abstract: Disclosed is a game system provided with a monitor for displaying and outputting a game screen, a touch panel overlaid upon the monitor, and an external storage device for storing sequence data wherein operation time periods of the touch panel during a game are described. The sequence data includes an object corresponding to a specific operation time period for which the time interval between the following operation time period is to be less than a predetermined value, and display start information for setting a display start time period which is earlier than the following operation time period. In addition, the game system, on the basis of the sequence data, associates a second object separate from a first object corresponding to the following operation time period with the specific operation time period to cause display to start earlier than the following operation time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Yamamoto, Masahiro Kiyomoto, Shota Katagiri, Yoshitaka Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8562430
    Abstract: A game system includes: a display device that displays a screen of a game; and partial information presenting device that causes the display device to display a part of customization information of which setting is to be performed by a player on the game by utilizing waiting time of the game, and wherein the partial information presenting device varies a display range which is to be displayed at the display device as a part of the customization information in accordance with customization time allocated to setting of the customization information among the waiting time of the game so that the amount of the customization information included in the display range is increased when the customization time is long and is decreased when the customization time is short.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Yamamoto, Shota Katagiri, Yuma Takafuji, Masahiro Kiyomoto, Mayumi Okuyama, Tatsuya Iyama, Makiko Ota
  • Publication number: 20130116047
    Abstract: A gaming system is provided with a monitor for displaying and outputting a gaming screen, a touch panel superposed upon the monitor, and an external storage device for storing sequence data in which an operational period of the touch panel has been described. In addition, the gaming system displays upon the monitor a gaming area whereupon two reference units disposed apart from each other and a specific reference unit disposed in the vicinity of the reference units are set. Also, an object for instructing operations for each of the reference units is displayed while being caused to move within the gaming area, and in the case of a mis-operation of a specific object heading toward the specific reference unit, the specific object is destroyed, and the path which had been set as the object appearance area is used as the path of movement for the next object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Takao Yamamoto, Shota Katagiri, Masahiro Kiyomoto, Yuma Takafuji, Mayumi Okuyama, Tatsuya Iyama, Yoshitaka Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20130079137
    Abstract: A gaming system is provided with a monitor (3) for displaying and outputting a gaming screen (50), a touch panel (5) superposed upon the monitor (3), and an external storage device (20) for storing sequence data (28) in which operational periods of the touch panel (5) have been described. In addition, the gaming system displays on the monitor (3) a gaming area (52) whereon two reference units (55A and 55B) disposed apart from each other and a specific reference unit (55T) disposed in the vicinity of the reference units are set. Also, an object (60) for instructing operations for each of the reference units (55A, 55B, and 55T) is displayed while being caused to move in the gaming area (52), and the path of movement of a specific object (60S) heading toward the specific reference unit (55T) is restricted to a fixed path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Takao Yamamoto, Shota Katagiri, Masahiro Kiyomoto, Mayumi Okuyama, Yoshitaka Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20130053143
    Abstract: The disclosed data generation system is provided with a monitor for displaying a game area and a touch panel, wherein in a game for displaying two operation reference units and an object which moves therebetween upon the game area, sequence data used as data for designating an operation time period for touch-operation and operation reference units are generated. The data generation system displays, upon a display unit, an editing screen including a time period information display area for displaying information of all operation time periods chronologically and a criteria unit designation area for displaying information of operation time periods of each of the operation reference units chronologically, and for displaying, upon a criteria unit designation area, information for associating information of each of the objects corresponding to each operation time period with information of the operation reference unit where display of each of the objects is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Takao Yamamoto, Masahiro Kiyomoto, Yoshitaka Nishimura, Shota Katagiri
  • Publication number: 20130045783
    Abstract: Disclosed is a game system provided with a monitor for displaying and outputting a game screen, a touch panel overlaid upon the monitor, and an external storage device for storing sequence data wherein operation periods of the touch panel during a game and information specifying any of a plurality of objects are associated and described. In addition, the game system displays, upon the monitor, a game area around which two operation reference units have been set and moves the plurality of objects for designating operation for each of the operation reference units between the operation reference units while displaying the plurality of objects, and if a specific condition has been satisfied, moves and displays each of objects so that the following object overtakes the leading object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Takao Yamamoto, Masahiro Kiyomoto, Yoshitaka Nishimura, Shota Katagiri
  • Publication number: 20130040734
    Abstract: Disclosed is a game system provided with a monitor for displaying and outputting a game screen, a touch panel overlaid upon the monitor, and an external storage device for storing sequence data wherein operation time periods of the touch panel during a game are described. The sequence data includes an object corresponding to a specific operation time period for which the time interval between the following operation time period is to be less than a predetermined value, and display start information for setting a display start time period which is earlier than the following operation time period. In addition, the game system, on the basis of the sequence data, associates a second object separate from a first object corresponding to the following operation time period with the specific operation time period to cause display to start earlier than the following operation time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Yamamoto, Masahiro Kiyomoto, Shota Katagiri, Yoshitaka Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20130040733
    Abstract: The disclosed game system is provided with a monitor (3) for displaying and outputting a game screen (50), a touch panel (5) overlaid upon the monitor (3), and an external storage device (20) for storing sequence data (28) wherein operation time periods of the touch panel (5) during a game are described. In addition, the game system displays upon the monitor (3) a game area (52) in which two operation reference units (55A and 55B) disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other have been set, moves an object (60) for designating operation for each of the operation reference units (55A and 55B) between the operation reference units (55A and 55B) while displaying thereof, and controls display of the object (60) so that the movement path of the object (60) changes according to a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takao Yamamoto, Masahiro Kiyomoto, Shota Katagiri, Yoshitaka Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20120214592
    Abstract: A game system displays a game area in which baseline portions arranged at a distance away from each other are set on a game screen, moves and displays an operation instruction indicator for indicating an operation to a operation portion in the game area so that the operation instruction indicator arrives at least one of the baseline portions at an operation time indicated by sequence data, determines operation instruction indicators to which a question text and a answer text described in question data should be respectively assigned according to a predetermined condition, and, outputs at least one of the question text and the answer text that should be assigned to the operation instruction indicators determined in association with the operation instruction indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao YAMAMOTO, Masahiro KIYOMOTO, Yoshitaka NISHIMURA, Shota KATAGIRI
  • Publication number: 20120077590
    Abstract: A game system includes: a display device that displays a screen of a game; and partial information presenting device that causes the display device to display a part of customization information of which setting is to be performed by a player on the game by utilizing waiting time of the game, and wherein the partial information presenting device varies a display range which is to be displayed at the display device as a part of the customization information in accordance with customization time allocated to setting of the customization information among the waiting time of the game so that the amount of the customization information included in the display range is increased when the customization time is long and is decreased when the customization time is short.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao YAMAMOTO, Shota KATAGIRI, Yuma TAKAFUJI, Masahiro KIYOMOTO, Mayumi OKUYAMA, Tatsuya IYAMA, Makiko OTA
  • Publication number: 20090253502
    Abstract: In a game device (301) for showing to a player the directions in which movement may be possible in a game where a character is moved between objects in a virtual world, an input receiving unit (305) receives an instruction input for moving a character within the object where the character is located or to another object, an index calculation unit (303) calculates an index indicating the degree to which movement will fail in a case where movement from the object where the character is located to another object is presumed, an image display unit (304) that displays an image associated with the calculated index in a location associated with the direction of the other object, and a character moving unit (306) that moves the character on the object where the character is located, or moves the character to another object, or fails to move the character to another object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kiyomoto, Kentaro Nagayama
  • Patent number: 7327359
    Abstract: To achieve a display across a broad display area, without losing polygons projected towards the foreground of the screen, in particular. An image display control device divides a virtual three-dimensional space consisting of a plurality of three-dimensional models into a grid shape, stores the image data for the three-dimensional models in each block thus divided in a display memory 8, and stores the three-dimensional models in the field of view of a virtual camera positioned in the virtual three-dimensional space in a display memory of a RAM 8, whereupon the three-dimensional models are displayed on a monitor 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Nagayama, Masahiro Kiyomoto
  • Publication number: 20020063776
    Abstract: To achieve a display across a broad display area, without losing polygons projected towards the foreground of the screen, in particular. An image display control device divides a virtual three-dimensional space consisting of a plurality of three-dimensional models into a grid shape, stores the image data for the three-dimensional models in each block thus divided in a display memory 8, and stores the three-dimensional models in the field of view of a virtual camera positioned in the virtual three-dimensional space in a display memory of a RAM 8, whereupon the three-dimensional models are displayed on a monitor 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Nagayama, Masahiro Kiyomoto