Patents by Inventor Minami KUMAZAWA

Minami KUMAZAWA 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).

  • Game device and computer-readable storage medium
    Patent number: 9539505
    Abstract: A game device having a touch panel to accept an input by a flick operation according to a contact operation and a slide operation on the touch panel, instructs a flick operation by displaying on the touch panel a screen that instructs a flick operation from a predetermined position in a predetermined direction on the touch panel at a predetermined timing, detects a contact start position on the touch panel by the flick operation, detects the slide direction from the contact start position on the touch panel by the flick operation, detects the contact timing on the touch panel by the flick operation and determines whether to accept or reject the flick operation based on a comparison between the detected contact start position and the predetermined position, a comparison between the detected slide direction and the predetermined direction, and a comparison between the detected contact timing and the predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA
    Inventors: Tomoharu Tanaka, Minami Kumazawa, Seiki Saito, Toshiyuki Mukaiyama
  • GAME DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20140364222
    Abstract: A game device having a touch panel to accept an input by a flick operation according to a contact operation and a slide operation on the touch panel, instructs a flick operation by displaying on the touch panel a screen that instructs a flick operation from a predetermined position in a predetermined direction on the touch panel at a predetermined timing, detects a contact start position on the touch panel by the flick operation, detects the slide direction from the contact start position on the touch panel by the flick operation, detects the contact timing on the touch panel by the flick operation and determines whether to accept or reject the flick operation based on a comparison between the detected contact start position and the predetermined position, a comparison between the detected slide direction and the predetermined direction, and a comparison between the detected contact timing and the predetermined timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Tomoharu TANAKA, Minami KUMAZAWA, Seiki SAITO, Toshiyuki MUKAIYAMA