Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Kawahara

Mitsuru Kawahara 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).

  • VIDEO GAME PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND VIDEO GAME PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190001220
    Abstract: It becomes possible to improve interest in or the taste of a video game in which a plurality of players who constitute a party cooperates with each other to solve various tasks. A user who satisfies a predetermined condition defined in advance is set to a beginner. A user who satisfies a specific condition defined in advance is set to a leader. A privilege is given to at least a part of a plurality of users who constitute a party including the leader and the beginner among parties each of which is constituted by a plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori AOYAGI, Mitsuru KAWAHARA, Mitsuru NAKASHIMA
  • Recording medium storing 3D image processing program, the program, 3D image processing method and video game apparatus
    Patent number: 6952205
    Abstract: A background image generator 51 renders a first 3D model representing a landscape to generate a background image, an image generator 52 generates a second 3D model to be located between a camera viewpoint and the first 3D model, an image adhering unit 53 selects a specified range of the background image and adheres the background image within the selected range as a texture to the second 3D model, and a combined image generator 54 renders the second 3D model having the background image within the specified range adhered thereto and combines the rendered model with the background image to generate a combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuru Kawahara
  • Recording medium storing 3D image processing program, the program, 3D image processing method and video game apparatus
    Publication number: 20030038800
    Abstract: A background image generator 51 renders a first 3D model representing a landscape to generate a background image, an image generator 52 generates a second 3D model to be located between a camera viewpoint and the first 3D model, an image adhering unit 53 selects a specified range of the background image and adheres the background image within the selected range as a texture to the second 3D model, and a combined image generator 54 renders the second 3D model having the background image within the specified range adhered thereto and combines the rendered model with the background image to generate a combined image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: Konami Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuru Kawahara
  • Suspension support device for an outer wall working machine
    Patent number: 5791862
    Abstract: A suspension support device is provided movably on the upper surface of a building for suspending, by means of ropes, an outer wall working machine having fitting and moving members which can be fittedly engaged in a pair of guide grooves formed vertically on an outer wall surface of the building, and lowering and lifting the outer wall working machine along the guide grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Nihon Biso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Ohtsuki, Masahiro Michikoshi, Mitsuru Kawahara, Huang Jian Jun