Patents by Inventor Shinya Tsukizaki

Shinya Tsukizaki 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: 8427471
    Abstract: A program execution system, has a program execution device which has a controller operated by a user and a display on which images such as characters or players in a game are seen. In order to prevent an incorrect movement of a character on the display when a switching from one scene viewed from one camera viewpoint to another scene viewed from another camera viewpoint without additional steps by the user, the program execution system has a computer-readable and executable program stored on a recorded medium providing a character motion direction step by which, if along the motion of a character on the screen a switching is made from one scene to another, the direction of motion of the character in the second scene is maintained in coordination with the character's motion direction on a map in the first scene at least immediately before the switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Shinya Tsukizaki
  • Publication number: 20120218311
    Abstract: A program execution system, has a program execution device which has a controller operated by a user and a display on which images such as characters or players in a game are seen. In order to prevent an incorrect movement of a character on the display when a switching from one scene viewed from one camera viewpoint to another scene viewed from another camera viewpoint without additional steps by the user, the program execution system has a computer-readable and executable program stored on a recorded medium providing a character motion direction step by which, if along the motion of a character on the screen a switching is made from one scene to another, the direction of motion of the character in the second scene is maintained in coordination with the character's motion direction on a map in the first scene at least immediately before the switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Shinya Tsukizaki
  • Patent number: 8212822
    Abstract: A program execution system, has a program execution device which has a controller operated by a user and a display on which images such as characters or players in a game are seen. In order to prevent an incorrect movement of a character on the display when a switching from one scene viewed from one camera viewpoint to another scene viewed from another camera viewpoint without additional steps by the user, the program execution system has a computer-readable and executable program stored on a recorded medium providing a character motion direction step by which, if along the motion of a character on the screen a switching is made from one scene to another, the direction of motion of the character in the second scene is maintained in coordination with the character's motion direction on a map in the first scene at least immediately before the switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Shinya Tsukizaki
  • Patent number: 8194078
    Abstract: A program execution system has a program execution device which has a controller operated by a user and a display on which images such as characters or players in the game are seen. In order to prevent an incorrect movement of a character on the display when switching from one scene viewed from one camera viewpoint to another scene viewed from another camera viewpoint without additional steps by the user, the program execution system has a computer-readable and executable program stored on a recorded medium providing a character motion direction step by which, if along the motion of a character on the screen a switching is made from one scene to another, the direction of motion of the character in the second scene is maintained in coordination with the character's motion direction on a map in the first scene at least immediately before the switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Shinya Tsukizaki
  • Publication number: 20120092349
    Abstract: A program execution system, has a program execution device which has a controller operated by a user and a display on which images such as characters or players in a game are seen. In order to prevent an incorrect movement of a character on the display when a switching from one scene viewed from one camera viewpoint to another scene viewed from another camera viewpoint without additional steps by the user, the program execution system has a computer-readable and executable program stored on a recorded medium providing a character motion direction step by which, if along the motion of a character on the screen a switching is made from one scene to another, the direction of motion of the character in the second scene is maintained in coordination with the character's motion direction on a map in the first scene at least immediately before the switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Shinya Tsukizaki
  • Patent number: 7079136
    Abstract: A frame where a two-dimensional image is formed is subdivided into predetermined unit areas, and a desired range is determined in the frame, and further, a determination is made whether or not overwrite rendering is possible for each unit area in the desired range. By doing so, it is possible to visibly display an object hidden by a shade of another object without carrying out a determination process relative to a positional relationship between a virtual viewpoint and object and a semi-transparency processing for making object semitransparent, and to realize the display process at high speed and low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Shinya Tsukizaki
  • Patent number: 6856321
    Abstract: In order to form an image by projecting a texture 520 at an arbitrary angle to an arbitrary position on a surface of an object 500 represented as a 3D model, texture data 520 is divided into texture lines 530 having a width of one dot and a length equal to the number of dots on one side of the texture. Then, supposed is a stereoscopic object 540 based on one texture line 530 that the texture line is extended in a light travel direction while possessing color information from an arrangement relationship between the texture line 530, object model 500 and virtual light source in the three dimensional space. The intersecting part 510 between the stereoscopic object 540 and the surface of the object model 500 is defined as a region for rendering the texture line, and thereby a stereoscopic object 540 is rendered onto the defined region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Tsukizaki, Isamu Terasaka
  • Publication number: 20020075262
    Abstract: A frame where a two-dimensional image is formed is subdivided into predetermined unit areas, and a desired range is determined in the frame, and further, a determination is made whether or not overwrite rendering is possible for each unit area in the desired range. By doing so, it is possible to visibly display an object hidden by a shade of another object without carrying out a determination process relative to a positional relationship between a virtual viewpoint and object and a semi-transparency processing for making object semitransparent, and to realize the display process at high speed and low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventor: Shinya Tsukizaki
  • Publication number: 20020060687
    Abstract: In order to form an image by projecting a texture 520 at an arbitrary angle to an arbitrary position on a surface of an object 500 represented as a 3D model, texture data 520 is divided into texture lines 530 having a width of one dot and a length equal to the number of dots on one side of the texture. Then, supposed is a stereoscopic object 540 based on one texture line 530 that the texture line is extended in a light travel direction while possessing color information from an arrangement relationship between the texture line 530, object model 500 and virtual light source in the three dimensional space. The intersecting part 510 between the stereoscopic object 540 and the surface of the object model 500 is defined as a region for rendering the texture line, and thereby a stereoscopic object 540 is rendered onto the defined region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Shinya Tsukizaki, Isamu Terasaka
  • Publication number: 20020005849
    Abstract: A program execution system has a program execution device which has a controller operated by a user and a display on which images such as characters or players in the game are seen. In order to prevent an incorrect movement of a character on the screen of the monitor when switching from one scene viewed from one camera viewpoint to another scene viewed form another camera viewpoint without additional steps by the user, the program execution system has a computer-readable and executable program recorded on a recorded medium and providing a character motion direction step by which, if along the motion of a character on the screen a switching is made from one scene to another, the direction of motion of the character in the second scene is maintained in coordination with the character's motion direction on a map in the first scene at least immediately before the switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventor: Shinya Tsukizaki