Patents by Inventor Taku Izumizawa

Taku Izumizawa 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 apparatus, storage medium and computer program
    Patent number: 6982717
    Abstract: A game apparatus, a storage medium and a computer program, capable of easily and effectively reducing strange images caused by a restriction of a resolution or a refresh rate of a display unit of the game apparatus. The game apparatus comprises: an image generation section (250) for generating a space image of an object space, viewed from a virtual camera; a blurring section (250) for blurring an object first image of a predetermined object (10) of objects in the object space, according to a distance from a predetermined position to the predetermined object in the object space, to generate a blurred object second image; and an execution section (210) for executing a predetermined game by displaying the space image including the blurred object second image on a display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Namco Ltd.
    Inventors: Yozo Sakagami, Taku Izumizawa, Kiyotake Fujii
  • Game apparatus, storage medium and computer program
    Publication number: 20040166933
    Abstract: A game apparatus, a storage medium and a computer program, capable of easily and effectively reducing strange images caused by a restriction of a resolution or a refresh rate of a display unit of the game apparatus. The game apparatus comprises: an image generation section (250) for generating a space image of an object space, viewed from a virtual camera; a blurring section (250) for blurring an object first image of a predetermined object (10) of objects in the object space, according to a distance from a predetermined position to the predetermined object in the object space, to generate a blurred object second image; and an execution section (210) for executing a predetermined game by displaying the space image including the blurred object second image on a display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Yozo Sakagami, Taku Izumizawa, Kiyotake Fujii
  • Game apparatus, storage medium and computer program
    Publication number: 20010041619
    Abstract: A game apparatus, a storage medium and a computer program, capable of easily and effectively reducing strange images caused by a restriction of a resolution or a refresh rate of a display unit of the game apparatus. The game apparatus comprises: an image generation section (250) for generating a space image of an object space, viewed from a virtual camera; a blurring section (250) for blurring an object first image of a predetermined object (10) of objects in the object space, according to a distance from a predetermined position to the predetermined object in the object space, to generate a blurred object second image; and an execution section (210) for executing a predetermined game by displaying the space image including the blurred object second image on a display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Applicant: Namco, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yozo Sakagami, Taku Izumizawa, Kiyotake Fujii