Patents by Inventor Shuichi Kura

Shuichi Kura 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).

  • Publication number: 20230021662
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable recording medium has stored thereon instructions to be executed on a computer providing terminal devices with a battle game in which users each operate a unit. The instructions cause the computer to perform the steps of: determining a unit parameter of each of a plurality of units, group information being associated with each unit and indicating a group, among a plurality of groups, to which the unit belongs; deploying the units on a field, divided into regions, in the battle game; varying the unit parameter of a first unit on the field based on the group information associated with the first unit and the group information associated with a second unit on the field, the second unit having a predetermined positional relationship with the first unit; and conducting a battle between the first unit and other units using the varied unit parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Nariaki WADA, Akira USAMI, Asuka KAWAMURA, Shuichi KURA, Taichi WAKABAYASHI, Taishun KO, Totaro NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11491405
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable recording medium has stored thereon instructions to be executed on a computer providing terminal devices with a battle game in which users each operate a unit. The instructions cause the computer to perform the steps of: determining a unit parameter of each of a plurality of units, group information being associated with each unit and indicating a group, among a plurality of groups, to which the unit belongs; deploying the units on a field, divided into regions, in the battle game; varying the unit parameter of a first unit on the field based on the group information associated with the first unit and the group information associated with a second unit on the field, the second unit having a predetermined positional relationship with the first unit; and conducting a battle between the first unit and other units using the varied unit parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Nariaki Wada, Akira Usami, Asuka Kawamura, Shuichi Kura, Taichi Wakabayashi, Taishun Ko, Totaro Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20210178277
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable recording medium has stored thereon instructions to be executed on a computer providing terminal devices with a battle game in which users each operate a unit. The instructions cause the computer to perform the steps of: determining a unit parameter of each of a plurality of units, group information being associated with each unit and indicating a group, among a plurality of groups, to which the unit belongs; deploying the units on a field, divided into regions, in the battle game; varying the unit parameter of a first unit on the field based on the group information associated with the first unit and the group information associated with a second unit on the field, the second unit having a predetermined positional relationship with the first unit; and conducting a battle between the first unit and other units using the varied unit parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Nariaki WADA, Akira USAMI, Asuka KAWAMURA, Shuichi KURA, Taichi WAKABAYASHI, Taishun KO, Totaro NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10967280
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable recording medium has stored thereon instructions to be executed on a computer providing terminal devices with a battle game in which users each operate a unit. The instructions cause the computer to perform the steps of: determining a unit parameter of each of a plurality of units, group information being associated with each unit and indicating a group, among a plurality of groups, to which the unit belongs; deploying the units on a field, divided into regions, in the battle game; varying the unit parameter of a first unit on the field based on the group information associated with the first unit and the group information associated with a second unit on the field, the second unit having a predetermined positional relationship with the first unit; and conducting a battle between the first unit and other units using the varied unit parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Nariaki Wada, Akira Usami, Asuka Kawamura, Shuichi Kura, Taichi Wakabayashi, Taishun Ko, Totaro Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20190275433
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable recording medium has stored thereon instructions to be executed on a computer providing terminal devices with a battle game in which users each operate a unit. The instructions cause the computer to perform the steps of: determining a unit parameter of each of a plurality of units, group information being associated with each unit and indicating a group, among a plurality of groups, to which the unit belongs; deploying the units on a field, divided into regions, in the battle game; varying the unit parameter of a first unit on the field based on the group information associated with the first unit and the group information associated with a second unit on the field, the second unit having a predetermined positional relationship with the first unit; and conducting a battle between the first unit and other units using the varied unit parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Nariaki WADA, Akira USAMI, Asuka KAWAMURA, Shuichi KURA, Taichi WAKABAYASHI, Taishun KO, Totaro NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10343073
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable recording medium has stored thereon instructions to be executed on a computer providing terminal devices (12) with a battle game in which users each operate a unit. The instructions cause the computer to perform the steps of: determining a unit parameter of each of a plurality of units, group information being associated with each unit and indicating a group, among a plurality of groups, to which the unit belongs; deploying the units on a field (23), divided into regions, in the battle game; varying the unit parameter of a first unit on the field based on the group information associated with the first unit and the group information associated with a second unit on the field (23), the second unit having a predetermined positional relationship with the first unit; and conducting a battle between the first unit and other units using the varied unit parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Nariaki Wada, Akira Usami, Asuka Kawamura, Shuichi Kura, Taichi Wakabayashi, Taishun Ko, Totaro Nakashima
  • Patent number: 10335689
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable recording medium has stored thereon instructions to be executed on a computer providing terminal devices with a battle game in which users each operate a unit. The instructions cause the computer to perform the steps of: determining a unit parameter of each of a plurality of units, group information being associated with each unit and indicating a group, among a plurality of groups, to which the unit belongs; deploying the units on a field, divided into regions, in the battle game; varying the unit parameter of a first unit on the field based on the group information associated with the first unit and the group information associated with a second unit on the field, the second unit having a predetermined positional relationship with the first unit; and conducting a battle between the first unit and other units using the varied unit parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Nariaki Wada, Akira Usami, Asuka Kawamura, Shuichi Kura, Taichi Wakabayashi, Taishun Ko, Totaro Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20170203216
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable recording medium has stored thereon instructions to be executed on a computer providing terminal devices with a battle game in which users each operate a unit. The instructions cause the computer to perform the steps of: determining a unit parameter of each of a plurality of units, group information being associated with each unit and indicating a group, among a plurality of groups, to which the unit belongs; deploying the units on a field, divided into regions, in the battle game; varying the unit parameter of a first unit on the field based on the group information associated with the first unit and the group information associated with a second unit on the field, the second unit having a predetermined positional relationship with the first unit; and conducting a battle between the first unit and other units using the varied unit parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Nariaki WADA, Akira USAMI, Asuka KAWAMURA, Shuichi KURA, Taichi WAKABAYASHI, Taishun KO, Totaro NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150182864
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable recording medium has stored thereon instructions to be executed on a computer providing terminal devices (12) with a battle game in which users each operate a unit. The instructions cause the computer to perform the steps of: determining a unit parameter of each of a plurality of units, group information being associated with each unit and indicating a group, among a plurality of groups, to which the unit belongs; deploying the units on a field (23), divided into regions, in the battle game; varying the unit parameter of a first unit on the field based on the group information associated with the first unit and the group information associated with a second unit on the field (23), the second unit having a predetermined positional relationship with the first unit; and conducting a battle between the first unit and other units using the varied unit parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Nariaki WADA, Akira USAMI, Asuka KAWAMURA, Shuichi KURA, Taichi WAKABAYASHI, Taishun KO, Totaro NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 8292711
    Abstract: There is provided a moving picture processing device (100) that has a display unit (120), a main processor (150), a display control unit (160), and a main memory (180). Using an overall-moving-picture data item stored in the main memory (180), the display control unit (160) and the display unit (120) play the overall moving picture (AM1), whereby a plurality of sectional moving pictures (SM11 to SM14) is displayed. In other words, displaying one moving picture enables a plurality of moving pictures to be displayed. Therefore, by using the moving picture processing device (100), it is possible to simultaneously display more moving pictures than those determined depending on the device's capacity to play moving pictures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuichi Kura
  • Publication number: 20120220366
    Abstract: Disclosed is a game system which is capable of matching the replay range with the replay fee, even when the replay range is set to a portion of the played range. A game system allows a user to play the game in the predetermined range when an initial fee is collected from the user, and sets the play fee necessary for playing the game in the replay range according to the setting of the replay range. After the game is over in the predetermined range, the replay process is performed for allowing the user to play the game in the replay range, on the condition that the set play fee is collected from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Takayama, Hiroshi Fukuda, Tsuyoshi Okino, Yuma Takafuji, Takashi Ito, Shuichi Kura, Ryo Mahara, Kenichiro Shioda, Shinnosuke Miki, Kohei Kawauchi, Eiichi Yoshioka, Masahiro Saito, Noriaki Nis Nishimura, Ayumi Ishizawa
  • Publication number: 20100048274
    Abstract: The present invention provides a game system (1) having plural game terminals (10) and a server device (40). In each game terminal (10), processor (150) asks a quiz question, receives an answer, and generates quiz result data indicating a quiz question ID of the quiz question and whether the answer to the question was correct, for transmission to the server device (40). Server device (40) has stored therein, for each quiz question, calculation mandatory data. Processor (410) of the server device receives quiz result data from each game terminal (10) to update the calculation mandatory data, calculates an accuracy rate using the latest calculation mandatory data, and transmits to each game terminal (10) a do-not-ask list indicating a quiz question ID of a quiz question for which the accuracy rate is outside an adequate range determined in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Shuichi Kura, Yohei Marufuji
  • Publication number: 20100041455
    Abstract: The present invention provides a game terminal (10). Game terminal (10) has a processor (150) and a terminal storage device (160). Stored in terminal storage device (160) for each quiz question is keyword group data representing a keyword group including plural keywords. Processor (150) uses a computer program P1 stored in terminal storage device (160), to perform a process (SC3) of dynamically specifying one search keyword, a process (SC5) of selecting plural quiz questions for which keyword group data representing a keyword group that includes the specified search keyword is stored in terminal storage device (160), and a process (SB4A, SD6A) of giving a player the selected plural quiz questions in one quiz game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Shuichi Kura, Yohei Marufuji
  • Publication number: 20100029354
    Abstract: There is provided a moving picture processing device (100) that has a display unit (120), a main processor (150), a display control unit (160), and a main memory (180). Using an overall-moving-picture data item stored in the main memory (180), the display control unit (160) and the display unit (120) play the overall moving picture (AM1), whereby a plurality of sectional moving pictures (SM11 to SM14) is displayed. In other words, displaying one moving picture enables a plurality of moving pictures to be displayed. Therefore, by using the moving picture processing device (100), it is possible to simultaneously display more moving pictures than those determined depending on the device's capacity to play moving pictures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventor: Shuichi Kura