Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Shinyu

Tetsuo Shinyu 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: 7413514
    Abstract: The invention provides an image processing unit for a shooting game in which suitable images can be displayed according to a given situation, and in which more exciting and easy-to-manipulate images are displayed. Coordinate values for objects in three-dimensional virtual space are established on the basis of prerecorded object shape data, view point positions are established on the basis of distances x1 and x2 from predetermined objects defined in three-dimensional virtual space (for example, the positions are lower when the distance is shorter, and higher when the distance is longer), the coordinate values established as described above are received, and the coordinate values are converted to a visual field coordinate system as seen from the view points established in the manner described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Saikawa, Shinichi Ogasawara, Hirotsugu Kobayashi, Tetsuo Shinyu, Yuji Sugimori
  • Patent number: 7057613
    Abstract: An image processing unit includes a shape memory in which object shape data are prerecorded, a processing component which establishes coordinate values for objects in a three-dimensional virtual space based on the shape data in the shape memory, a conversion component which receives the coordinate values from the processing component and converts the coordinate values to a visual field coordinate system based on a prescribed view point, a view point establishment component which establishes a position of the view point based on the situation between an object in the three-dimensional virtual space serving as a predetermined reference and being virtually defined in the three-dimensional virtual space without any input by a user, and which sends the position to the conversion component, and an imaging component which adds a predetermined texture to a shape data of the visual field coordinate system converted by the conversion component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Saikawa, Shinichi Ogasawara, Hirotsugu Kobayashi, Tetsuo Shinyu, Yuji Sugimori
  • Publication number: 20060017726
    Abstract: The invention provides an image processing unit for a shooting game in which suitable images can be displayed according to a given situation, and in which more exciting and easy-to-manipulate images are displayed. Coordinate values for objects in three-dimensional virtual space are established on the basis of prerecorded object shape data, view point positions are established on the basis of distances x1 and x2 from predetermined objects defined in three-dimensional virtual space (for example, the positions are lower when the distance is shorter, and higher when the distance is longer), the coordinate values established as described above are received, and the coordinate values are converted to a visual field coordinate system as seen from the view points established in the manner described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Saikawa, Shinichi Ogasawara, Hirotsugu Kobayashi, Tetsuo Shinyu, Yuji Sugimori
  • Publication number: 20030160783
    Abstract: The invention provides an image processing unit for a shooting game in which suitable images can be displayed according to a given situation, and in which more exciting and easy-to-manipulate images are displayed. Coordinate values for objects in three-dimensional virtual space are established on the basis of prerecorded object shape data, view point positions are established on the basis of distances x1 and x2 from predetermined objects defined in three-dimensional virtual space (for example, the positions are lower when the distance is shorter, and higher when the distance is longer), the coordinate values established as described above are received, and the coordinate values are converted to a visual field coordinate system as seen from the view points established in the manner described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA ENTERPRISES, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Saikawa, Shinichi Ogasawara, Hirotsugu Kobayashi, Tetsuo Shinyu, Yuji Sugimori
  • Patent number: 6509896
    Abstract: The invention provides an image processing unit for a shooting game in which suitable images can be displayed according to a given situation, and in which more exciting and easy-to-manipulate images are displayed. Coordinate values for objects in three-dimensional virtual space are established on the basis of prerecorded object shape data, view point positions are established on the basis of distances x1 and x2 from predetermined objects defined in; three-dimensional virtual space (for example, the positions are lower when the distance is shorter, and higher when the distance is longer), the coordinate values established as described above are received, and the coordinate values are converted to a visual field coordinate system as seen from the view points established in the manner described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Saikawa, Shinichi Ogasawara, Hirotsugu Kobayashi, Tetsuo Shinyu, Yuji Sugimori