Patents by Inventor Takeharu Kijima

Takeharu Kijima 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: 20240157249
    Abstract: The present invention can provide a game system and the like that improves the interest of the game in playing a plurality of people by adjusting difficulty of a game with maintaining game enjoyment based on the timing of operation inputs, and providing the production for livening up a battle performed by a plurality of players. The game system S of the present embodiment performs an evaluation process of an evaluation for each player based on an operation input timing and a given relationship between a mark object for determining operation input timing and an operation timing object; moves, in a second direction that is a direction opposite to the first direction, the corresponding operating-system object formation area in accordance with the evaluation of the evaluation process; and set at least a part of the operating-system object formation area to the non-display range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Yuji IIZUKA, Takehito SASAOKA, Takeharu KIJIMA, Hiroumi ENDO
  • Patent number: 8197342
    Abstract: A game system accepts a position designation operation performed for an operation area OA as a first input operation, and performs game calculations. In this game system, a disturbance area DA is set in the operation area OA when a given disturbance condition has been satisfied. A position designation operation performed for the disturbance area DA is not accepted as a first input operation. The disturbance area DA is canceled when a given cancellation condition has been satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
    Inventors: Takeharu Kijima, Maki Ono, Satoshi Imashiro
  • Publication number: 20080261691
    Abstract: A game system accepts a position designation operation performed for an operation area OA as a first input operation, and performs game calculations. In this game system, a disturbance area DA is set in the operation area OA when a given disturbance condition has been satisfied. A position designation operation performed for the disturbance area DA is not accepted as a first input operation. The disturbance area DA is canceled when a given cancellation condition has been satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Takeharu Kijima, Maki Ono, Satoshi Imashiro