Patents by Inventor Masanao Kuroda

Masanao Kuroda 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).

  • Information storage medium, image control device, and image control method
    Patent number: 8514255
    Abstract: An image control device includes a display control section that performs a normal display control process that controls an image based on a first designation position, and controls the image based on a second designation position, and performs a special display control process that controls the image based on the first designation position and the second designation position based on a given condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kami, Masanao Kuroda, Masahide Kito, Katsunori Kimizu, Naohiro Hayashi, Tomokazu Matsumaru
  • INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, IMAGE CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGE CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20110102469
    Abstract: An image control device includes a display control section that performs a normal display control process that controls an image based on a first designation position, and controls the image based on a second designation position, and performs a special display control process that controls the image based on the first designation position and the second designation position based on a given condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Hirofumi KAMI, Masanao KURODA, Masahide KITO, Katsunori KIMIZU, Naohiro HAYASHI, Tomokazu MATSUMARU
  • Storage medium and game device
    Publication number: 20080070686
    Abstract: A gun-type controller includes a main grip and a subgrip respectively provided to the rear portion and the front portion of a barrel. The view point direction of a view point camera CM is input using a main lever provided at a position reached by the thumb when holding the main grip with the right hand, and the moving direction of a player's character PC is input using a sublever provided at a position reached by the thumb when holding the subgrip with the left hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Satsukawa, Takehiro Shimizu, Shigemasa Saito, Masanao Kuroda
  • Game controller and charging cradle
    Publication number: 20080064500
    Abstract: A gun-type controller has an outward appearance imitating an automatic rifle in which a main grip and a subgrip extend from a barrel, and is used in a state in which the player holds the gun-type controller in the forward/backward direction and aims a muzzle at a screen. A view point direction lever for inputting the view point direction of a player's character is provided at a position at which the thumb reaches the view point direction lever when the player holds the main grip with the right hand, and a moving direction lever for inputting the moving direction of the player's character is provided at a position at which the thumb reaches the moving direction lever when the player holds the main grip with the left hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Satsukawa, Takehiro Shimizu, Shigemasa Saito, Masanao Kuroda