Patents by Inventor Takuro Eika

Takuro Eika 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: 20260065361
    Abstract: A system (1) includes: a listing medium information acquisition section (111) that acquires, from a listing user, information indicating a listing medium; a bid price information acquisition section (112) that acquires information indicating a bid price of a bid user; an immediate decision condition acquisition section (115) that acquires an immediate decision condition; a status information acquisition section (116) that acquires status information pertaining to an auction; an immediate decision instruction information acquisition section (117) that acquires immediate decision instruction information; an immediate decision management section (118) that, in a case where the status information has specific content, executes, on the basis of the immediate decision instruction information, the bid which satisfies the immediate decision condition; and a successful bid user determination section (119) that determines the bid user as a successful bid user on the basis of the bid which satisfies the immediate decisi
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro EIKA, Akira SAKAI
  • Patent number: 10016686
    Abstract: A game control device includes: an acquirer configured to acquire user access information for a user of a game; a calculator configured to calculate a number of users accessing the game during a period of time or a number of users accessing the game at a greater frequency than a given value, based on the user access information acquired by the acquirer; and a display controller configured to display a larger region in a game image visible by a game-playing user, as the number of users calculated by the calculator increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Eika, Takayuki Takahara
  • Publication number: 20150238856
    Abstract: A game control device includes: an acquirer configured to acquire user access information for a user of a game; a calculator configured to calculate a number of users accessing the game during a period of time or a number of users accessing the game at a greater frequency than a given value, based on the user access information acquired by the acquirer; and a display controller configured to display a larger region in a game image visible by a game-playing user, as the number of users calculated by the calculator increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Takuro Eika, Takayuki Takahara
  • Patent number: 7601055
    Abstract: There is provided a game apparatus for moving a moving object on a road in a virtual world and changing influence received by the moving object from the road based on movement history, wherein an input reception unit receives operational input from a player, a storage unit stores position and velocity of the moving object and road condition, a calculation unit calculates the acceleration of the moving object based on the received operational input, a stored current position of the moving object, and the road condition at this position, an update unit updates the stored position and velocity of the moving object in accordance with the calculated acceleration and updates the stored road condition in accordance with a change in at least one of position, velocity, and acceleration of the moving object, and a display unit displays at least one of the stored position and velocity of the moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuro Eika
  • Publication number: 20040235543
    Abstract: There is provided a game apparatus for moving a moving object on a road in a virtual world and changing influence received by the moving object from the road based on movement history, wherein an input reception unit receives operational input from a player, a storage unit stores position and velocity of the moving object and road condition, a calculation unit calculates the acceleration of the moving object based on the received operational input, a stored current position of the moving object, and the road condition at this position, an update unit updates the stored position and velocity of the moving object in accordance with the calculated acceleration and updates the stored road condition in accordance with a change in at least one of position, velocity, and acceleration of the moving object, and a display unit displays at least one of the stored position and velocity of the moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventor: Takuro Eika