Patents by Inventor Shigenori Kiwata

Shigenori Kiwata 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 device, play control method for video game, and readable recording medium recording the method
    Patent number: 6368210
    Abstract: A video game device includes a batting instructing input device for instructing a play character which is a batter in a baseball game with batting contents, a batting judging means for judging the batting contents based on the batting instruction contents and the instruction results of the action contents, a batting storing means for storing the batting judgment contents, and a batting record display means for reading the batting judgment contents from the batting storing means and displaying on the image display device, so that the batting record of a batter, and in particular the batting habits of the batter, can be readily known in the event that the game player is a baseball batter as a play character on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka
    Inventors: Koji Toyohara, Hiroshi Tanibuchi, Tetsuro Eguchi, Koji Maeda, Shigenori Kiwata