Patents by Inventor Takeyasu Yamamoto

Takeyasu Yamamoto 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: 7011582
    Abstract: A game apparatus for causing a player's character controlled by a player to fight against an enemy character within a predetermined game space. The game apparatus includes a storage section for storing data of items held by the respective characters, an item computing section and a character reviving section for reviving a defeated character within the game space under a predetermined condition. The item computing section selects prize items from items held by the defeated character in accordance with a predetermined rule and displays the prize items on a display means. The item computing section adds the prize items to items held by a character who acquires said prize item, subtracts the prize items from items held by the defeated character in accordance with a predetermined rule, and updating the data of items in the storage section according to the results of addition and subtraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: NAMCO Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeyasu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6582230
    Abstract: There is provided a game apparatus which can display an advice data appropriate to the sate of game development and player's operation so that the player can master a high-level and complicated game while playing the game. The game apparatus has a control section through which the player plays the game and a game computing section for computing the game and displaying a game image on a display, based on an operation signal from the control section. The game computing section computes and outputs advice data depending on the state of game on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Namco, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Aoshima, Takeyasu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6335731
    Abstract: An image photographed by a CCD camera is captured, and this captured image is mapped onto a marker object. The perspective of the captured image is modified in accordance with whether the marker object is far away or near. When the marker object is far away, the perspective is modified to give the impression that it is nearer to the viewer than its actual position. The perspective is modified by varying the scaling factor S of the marker object. When the marker object is behind an obscuring object, an image is generated to make it appear as if the marker object is in front of the marker object. The marker object can be made to appear as if in front of the obscuring object, by increasing the priority that is assigned to the marker object for hidden-surface removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Namco, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeyasu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6241524
    Abstract: There is provided a game apparatus which can display an advice data appropriate to the sate of game development and player's operation so that the player can master a high-level and complicated game while playing the game. The game apparatus has a control section through which the player plays the game and a game computing section for computing the game and displaying a game image on a display, based on an operation signal from the control section. The game computing section computes and outputs advice data depending on the state of game on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Namco, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Aoshima, Takeyasu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6206783
    Abstract: A game system allows a player to move a character within a game space while the player manipulates a shooting device. The game system comprises a mobile mount that can be moved at least in the forward and backward, and rightward and leftward directions, and a gun rotatably mounted on the mount. The game system is responsive to the movement of the mobile mount for moving a character object in the forward and backward, and rightward and leftward directions within the game space, changing the facing direction of the character object depending on the rotational movement of the gun, and displaying a game image representing these actions on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Namco Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyasu Yamamoto, Masaki Uchida
  • Patent number: D395464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Namco, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shiibashi, Takeshi Fujikawa, Takeyasu Yamamoto, Toru Yano