Patents by Inventor Tancred Dyke-Wells

Tancred Dyke-Wells 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).

  • Storage medium having game program stored therein and game apparatus
    Patent number: 7585224
    Abstract: A game apparatus selects one of a plurality of characters as a selected character. The game apparatus also sets a position of a virtual camera in accordance with the position of the selected character and thus causes a display apparatus to display an image of a game space, and also causes the display apparatus to display a cursor for designating a predetermined position in the game space. When a predetermined operation by the player is performed in the state where one of the non-selected characters is designated by the cursor, the game apparatus sets the non-selected character designated by the cursor as a newly selected character. When the selected character is changed in a first change step, the position of the virtual camera is moved in accordance with the position of the newly selected character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tancred Dyke-Wells
  • Storage medium having game program stored therein and game apparatus
    Publication number: 20060246968
    Abstract: A game apparatus selects one of a plurality of characters as a selected character. The game apparatus also sets a position of a virtual camera in accordance with the position of the selected character and thus causes a display apparatus to display an image of a game space, and also causes the display apparatus to display a cursor for designating a predetermined position in the game space. When a predetermined operation by the player is performed in the state where one of the non-selected characters is designated by the cursor, the game apparatus sets the non-selected character designated by the cursor as a newly selected character. When the selected character is changed in a first change step, the position of the virtual camera is moved in accordance with the position of the newly selected character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tancred Dyke-Wells