Patents by Inventor Taku HAMASAKI

Taku HAMASAKI 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: 11266904
    Abstract: At least one memory device of a game system stores a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: set, on a touch panel, a reception area for receiving a direction designation operation; move, in accordance with a movement of a touch position on the touch panel, an operation position in a direction corresponding to a moving direction of the touch position by a distance longer than a moving distance of the touch position; acquire a designated direction based on a direction from a reference position corresponding to the reception area to the operation position; and execute game processing based on the designated direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nakamura, Yugo Kishino, Yuji Fujishiro, Kenta Ogawa, Hideki Yanagihara, Kei Masuda, Junichi Taya, Hideto Nishiyama, Taku Hamasaki
  • Patent number: 10857461
    Abstract: At least one processor of a game control device is configured to: acquire a movement direction of the touch position, when a touch position moves under a state in which a touch panel is being touched; execute first game processing based on the movement direction; detect that the movement direction has changed to any movement direction having an angle of a predetermined angle or more with respect to a movement direction acquired at a predetermined timing; and execute second game processing based on one of the movement direction before the change and the movement direction after the change, when the change in the movement direction is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nakamura, Yuji Fujishiro, Kenta Ogawa, Yugo Kishino, Kei Masuda, Junichi Taya, Hideto Nishiyama, Taku Hamasaki
  • Patent number: 10773154
    Abstract: At least one processor of a game control device is configured to: display an object on a display region, in a game in which the object is moved in accordance with an operation of a user on a touch panel; set a first region of the display region as an operation region; move the object based on the operation of the user on the operation region; and change the operation region to a second region, in which the object is prevented from being arranged at an edge portion of the second region, in a predetermined game situation, which is one of a situation in which at least a part of the object is outside the first region and a situation in which the object is arranged at an edge portion of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nakamura, Yuji Fujishiro, Kenta Ogawa, Yugo Kishino, Kei Masuda, Junichi Taya, Hideto Nishiyama, Taku Hamasaki
  • Publication number: 20200038746
    Abstract: At least one memory device of a game system stores a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: set, on a touch panel, a reception area for receiving a direction designation operation; move, in accordance with a movement of a touch position on the touch panel, an operation position in a direction corresponding to a moving direction of the touch position by a distance longer than a moving distance of the touch position; acquire a designated direction based on a direction from a reference position corresponding to the reception area to the operation position; and execute game processing based on the designated direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki NAKAMURA, Yugo KISHINO, Yuji FUJISHIRO, Kenta OGAWA, Hideki YANAGIHARA, Kei MASUDA, Junichi TAYA, Hideto NISHIYAMA, Taku HAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190262700
    Abstract: At least one processor of a game control device is configured to: display an object on a display region, in a game in which the object is moved in accordance with an operation of a user on a touch panel; set a first region of the display region as an operation region; move the object based on the operation of the user on the operation region; and change the operation region to a second region, in which the object is prevented from being arranged at an edge portion of the second region, in a predetermined game situation, which is one of a situation in which at least a part of the object is outside the first region and a situation in which the object is arranged at an edge portion of the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Masaki NAKAMURA, Yuji FUJISHIRO, Kenta OGAWA, Yugo KISHINO, Kei MASUDA, Junichi TAYA, Hideto NISHIYAMA, Taku HAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190262709
    Abstract: At least one processor of a game control device is configured to: acquire a movement direction of the touch position, when a touch position moves under a state in which a touch panel is being touched; execute first game processing based on the movement direction; detect that the movement direction has changed to any movement direction having an angle of a predetermined angle or more with respect to a movement direction acquired at a predetermined timing; and execute second game processing based on one of the movement direction before the change and the movement direction after the change, when the change in the movement direction is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Masaki NAKAMURA, Yuji FUJISHIRO, Kenta OGAWA, Yugo KISHINO, Kei MASUDA, Junichi TAYA, Hideto NISHIYAMA, Taku HAMASAKI