Patents by Inventor Naotake Nishimura

Naotake Nishimura 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: 6417854
    Abstract: The image processing system comprises means for preparing a plurality of textures for providing to at least one first texture thereof a background image, in which a movable object is either in a stationary or low-speed state and means for providing to at least one of the remaining second textures a background image of when a movable object is in a low-speed or faster state of travel and for mapping to a screen in accordance with the state of themovable object the second texture in addition to the first texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Takashi Isowaki, Junichi Yamanaka, Hiroshi Masui, Takashi Fujimura, Takeshi Iwasaki, Naotake Nishimura, Makoto Osaki, Koki Koiwa, Saori Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 6149519
    Abstract: An electronic game device comprises a game implementing module (30) for implementing a game; a storing module (36) for storing game results for each player; a calculating module (34) for (i) reading out a game result of the player stored in the storing module, (ii) adding the game result achieved in the game to the game result read out from the storing module, and (iii) newly storing this sum value in the storing module; and a display module for displaying the newly stored game result (13). The game device may also comprise a characteristics value storing module for storing characteristics values relating to the output device for each of the identification symbols; a reading module for reading out characteristics values corresponding to an identification symbol input by a player from the characteristics value storing module; and setting module for setting the characteristics of the output device on the basis of the characteristics values thus read out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Makoto Osaki, Takashi Fujimura, Naotake Nishimura, Koki Koiwa, Ringo Manabe, Yukio Tsuji