Patents by Inventor Tatsuto Yabe

Tatsuto Yabe 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).

  • Movement control device, control method for a movement control device, and non-transitory information storage medium
    Patent number: 8823647
    Abstract: A movement restriction unit restricts a movement of a movement subject within a display screen or a virtual space in a case where a numerical value indicating a magnitude of a displacement between a position of a hand or the like of a user and a reference position or a reference direction is smaller than the first reference value. A first movement control unit moves the movement subject at a first speed in a case where the above-mentioned numerical value is equal to or larger than the first reference value and smaller than a second reference value that is larger than the first reference value. A second movement control unit moves the movement subject at a second speed that is faster than the first speed in a case where the above-mentioned numerical value is equal to or larger than the second reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Tarama, Tatsuto Yabe, Takenobu Fujishima
  • MOVEMENT CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A MOVEMENT CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20130194175
    Abstract: A movement restriction unit restricts a movement of a movement subject within a display screen or a virtual space in a case where a numerical value indicating a magnitude of a displacement between a position of a hand or the like of a user and a reference position or a reference direction is smaller than the first reference value. A first movement control unit moves the movement subject at a first speed in a case where the above-mentioned numerical value is equal to or larger than the first reference value and smaller than a second reference value that is larger than the first reference value. A second movement control unit moves the movement subject at a second speed that is faster than the first speed in a case where the above-mentioned numerical value is equal to or larger than the second reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki TARAMA, Tatsuto YABE, Takenobu FUJISHIMA
  • Game device, game region expansion and contraction method, game program and information storage medium
    Patent number: 6932699
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a game that makes it possible to freely establish a region by expanding or contracting various regions relating to a game with a simple operation. If a closed region for expansion or contraction is moved to a position adjacent to an already established expansion or contraction object region, and an expansion operation performed in a state where a boundary of the closed region for expansion or contraction and a boundary of the object region, the closed region for expansion or contraction is added to the original object region to enlarge the area of the object region. Thus, the boundary displayed overlapping on the object region and the closed region for expansion or contraction are removed, and a single linked boundary is formed on the new object region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhisa Ueda, Tatsuto Yabe, Isao Matsuoka, Tadaaki Tsunashima
  • Game device, game region expansion and contraction method, game program and information storage medium
    Publication number: 20050107146
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a game that makes it possible to freely establish a region by expanding or contracting various regions relating to a game with a simple operation. If a closed region for expansion or contraction is moved to a position adjacent to an already established expansion or contraction object region, and an expansion operation performed in a state where a boundary of the closed region for expansion or contraction and a boundary of the object region, the closed region for expansion or contraction is added to the original object region to enlarge the area of the object region. Thus, the boundary displayed overlapping on the object region and the closed region for expansion or contraction are removed, and a single linked boundary is formed on the new object region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Mitsuhisa Ueda, Tatsuto Yabe, Isao Matsuoka, Tadaaki Tsunashima
  • Game device, game region expansion and contraction method, game program and information storage medium
    Publication number: 20020173351
    Abstract: To make it possible to freely establish a region by expanding or contracting various regions relating to a game with a simple operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Applicant: KONAMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhisa Ueda, Tatsuto Yabe, Isao Matsuoka, Tadaaki Tsunashima