Patents by Inventor Satoshi Hirayae

Satoshi Hirayae 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 machine and game program
    Patent number: 7717780
    Abstract: A game machine is comprised of means for producing a field having two or more stages which are connected with each other on world coordinates, means for respectively locating two or more characters appearing in a game in the stage, means for locating an operation character, means for computing a character density in the stage where the operation character is located, means for judging as to whether or not the character density is lower than a predetermined character density, means for computing a number of short characters, and means for extracting the short characters from the stages other than the stage where the operation character is located and relocating the short characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Okamura, Takashi Muto, Satoshi Hirayae
  • Game machine and game program
    Publication number: 20060030382
    Abstract: A game machine is comprised of means for producing a field having two or more stages which are connected with each other on world coordinates, means for respectively locating two or more characters appearing in a game in the stage, means for locating an operation character, means for computing a character density in the stage where the operation character is located, means for judging as to whether or not the character density is lower than a predetermined character density, means for computing a number of short characters, and means for extracting the short characters from the stages other than the stage where the operation character is located and relocating the short characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Noriaki Okamura, Takashi Muto, Satoshi Hirayae