Patents by Inventor Shoji Katsuragawa

Shoji Katsuragawa 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: 7485041
    Abstract: A program for pasting a predetermined image onto a character of a game in a game machine. The program enables a user to create an image consisting of two-dimensional coordinates and to arrange the image created. The program includes the ability to project the image onto a character, at arbitrary positions, in the vicinity of the character in a three-dimensional virtual space, and for pasting on the character a projected image created by projecting the image onto the character from the projection light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Sega Corporation
    Inventors: Shoji Katsuragawa, Tetsuya Kaku, Kazunori Oyama, Yoshinori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20050119049
    Abstract: The program is for projecting a predetermined image onto a character of a game in a game machine, the program being operable to allow implementation of an image creation step for creating an image consisting of two-dimensional coordinates with a control means by operating an operation means; and a step for arranging, based on an input signal from the operation means, the image created in the image creation step and a virtual light source for projecting the image onto a character, at arbitrary positions, in the vicinity of the character in a three-dimensional virtual space, and for pasting on the character a projected image created by projecting the image onto the character from the projection light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Shoji Katsuragawa, Tetsuya Kaku, Kazunori Oyama, Yoshinori Suzuki