Patents by Inventor Shinko Takeshita

Shinko Takeshita 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).

  • Storage medium having game program stored therein, and game apparatus and game processing method therefor
    Patent number: 7576739
    Abstract: An area, in a virtual game world, for arranging a plurality of objects and a minimum allowed distance between objects to be arranged therein are set. A position of an object is changed for temporarily arranging the object to an arbitrary position in the area set in the virtual game world until arrangement of the object is finalized, and the distance between the temporarily arranged object and an object whose arrangement in the area is completed is calculated. When the calculated distance is equal to or greater than the minimum allowed distance, arrangement of the temporarily arranged object is finalized and a plurality of objects whose arrangement is finalized are displayed on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamada, Koji Kitagawa, Shinko Takeshita, Kazuaki Morita
  • Storage medium having game program stored therein, and game apparatus and game processing method therefor
    Publication number: 20070091083
    Abstract: An area, in a virtual game world, for arranging a plurality of objects and a minimum allowed distance between objects to be arranged therein are set. A position of an object is changed for temporarily arranging the object to an arbitrary position in the area set in the virtual game world until arrangement of the object is finalized, and the distance between the temporarily arranged object and an object whose arrangement in the area is completed is calculated. When the calculated distance is equal to or greater than the minimum allowed distance, arrangement of the temporarily arranged object is finalized and a plurality of objects whose arrangement is finalized are displayed on a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamada, Koji Kitagawa, Shinko Takeshita, Kazuaki Morita