Patents by Inventor Masamoto Morita

Masamoto Morita 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).

  • Publication number: 20170228746
    Abstract: A survey system that executes a survey with respect to a plurality of terminals that gather in one or a plurality of physical spaces comprises: a questioning terminal that provides questions for survey; a plurality of responding terminals that gather in the physical space and respond to the survey; and a surveying server connected to the questioning terminal and the responding terminals via a network and transmits survey information created by the questioning terminal to the responding terminals. The questioning terminal creates survey information, and the surveying server assigns a reception identifier identifying survey information and distributes survey information to the responding terminal in advance than the reception identifier being notified to the responding terminal when the responding terminal and surveying server are in a communication range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventor: Masamoto MORITA
  • Patent number: 6827645
    Abstract: Provides a game processing apparatus capable of getting players more excited about playing games. For that reason, the game processing apparatus of the present invention processes games on the basis of players' operating signals, and is equipped with processing circuits (10), which process the above-mentioned games on the basis of operating signals supplied from input devices (2b) operated by the players, and which generate the image data for these games. When an operating signal equivalent to a player's victory declaration is input from an input device (2b), the processing circuits (10) process subsequent operating signals input by the player as invalid signals until a prescribed condition is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Masamoto Morita, Akiyoshi Shinpo, Akira Nishino, Tooru Ohara, Shuntarou Tanaka, Yuuichi Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 6769987
    Abstract: A game system and method is disclosed that has at least one game display, an input controller, and a device executing a game program, wherein a controller for displaying the progress of a game as a real time image on the game display, in response to information input through the input controller is provided. The invention includes data storage for replaying a predetermined scene of the real time image and a replay controller for displaying the replay sequence in response in response to predetermined criteria. The replay is displayed on a replay display window that appears on the game display and replay display is shown along with a part of or the entire said real time image. Furthermore, the replay display and the real time image are simultaneously displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamoto Morita, Akimitsu Hanato
  • Publication number: 20020094854
    Abstract: Provides a game processing apparatus capable of getting players more excited about playing games.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Masamoto Morita, Akiyoshi Shinpo, Akira Nishino, Tooru Ohara, Shuntarou Tanaka, Yuuichi Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 6354939
    Abstract: Provides a game processing apparatus capable of getting players more excited about playing games. For that reason, the game processing apparatus of the present invention processes games on the basis of players' operating signals, and is equipped with processing circuits (10), which process the above-mentioned games on the basis of operating signals supplied from input devices (2b) operated by the players, and which generate the image data for these games. When an operating signal equivalent to a player's victory declaration is input from an input device (2b), the processing circuits (10) process subsequent operating signals input by the player as invalid signals until a prescribed condition is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Masamoto Morita, Akiyoshi Shinpo, Akira Nishino, Tooru Ohara, Shuntarou Tanaka, Yuuichi Matsuoka