Patents by Inventor Takayoshi Fukano

Takayoshi Fukano 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).

  • Game device, method of controlling game device, and information recording medium
    Patent number: 8303408
    Abstract: Provided is a game device which allows a user to designate even a position within a region that is not being displayed on a game screen within a game space as an action target position for a game character. If it is judged that a screen coordinate value according to a user's operation obtained by a screen coordinate value acquisition unit (80) is a screen coordinate value outside the game screen, a second action target position acquisition unit (86) acquires a position outside a display subject region on the game screen within a game space as the action target position for the game character. The second action target position acquisition unit (86) stores a condition related to the screen coordinate value in association with each of a plurality of action target position candidates set outside the display subject region within the game space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Chosogabe, Takayoshi Fukano
  • GAME DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING GAME DEVICE, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20100113147
    Abstract: Provided is a game device which allows a user to designate even a position within a region that is not being displayed on a game screen within a game space as an action target position for a game character. If it is judged that a screen coordinate value according to a user's operation obtained by a screen coordinate value acquisition unit (80) is a screen coordinate value outside the game screen, a second action target position acquisition unit (86) acquires a position outside a display subject region on the game screen within a game space as the action target position for the game character. The second action target position acquisition unit (86) stores a condition related to the screen coordinate value in association with each of a plurality of action target position candidates set outside the display subject region within the game space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Chosogabe, Takayoshi Fukano