Patents by Inventor Suguru Suematsu

Suguru Suematsu 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).

  • Computer-readable recording medium, method, and electronic device that modify a display position of a plurality of characters on an interface
    Patent number: 10758816
    Abstract: A device that displays, on a touch panel display configured to receive a touch input, an interface for an electronic game, the interface including a plurality of characters each corresponding to one of a plurality of attributes; continuously modifies a display position of each of the plurality of characters on the interface; determines whether positions of a path of a touch input continuously received at the touch panel display are within a predetermined range of positions of each of a first plurality of characters displayed on the interface; associates the first plurality of characters in response to detecting that the positions of the continuously received touch input are within the predetermined ranges; and generates a predetermined effect within the electronic game based on the associated first plurality of characters upon determining that the touch input is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Takahisa Wada, Suguru Suematsu
  • PROGRAM, CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180264354
    Abstract: A device that displays, on a touch panel display configured to receive a touch input, an interface for an electronic game, the interface including a plurality of characters each corresponding to one of a plurality of attributes; continuously modifies a display position of each of the plurality of characters on the interface; determines whether positions of a path of a touch input continuously received at the touch panel display are within a predetermined range of positions of each of a first plurality of characters displayed on the interface; associates the first plurality of characters in response to detecting that the positions of the continuously received touch input are within the predetermined ranges; and generates a predetermined effect within the electronic game based on the associated first plurality of characters upon determining that the touch input is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Takahisa Wada, Suguru Suematsu