Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Shinoda

Tetsuya Shinoda 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: 11090554
    Abstract: A simulation system includes a processor including hardware. The processor performs an information acquisition process of acquiring user information including at least one of position information, direction information, and posture information of a user, a virtual space setting process of setting a virtual space, a moving body process of moving a user character corresponding to the user in the virtual space, a game process that is a process for a game in the virtual space, and a display process of generating an image in the virtual space as a display image to be displayed for the user. In the game process, the processor determines whether the user has made an item acquisition motion based on the user information, and upon determination that the user has made the item acquisition motion, performs a process of causing the user character to acquire an item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shinoda, Masahiro Kimoto
  • Publication number: 20200108308
    Abstract: A simulation system includes a processor including hardware. The processor performs an information acquisition process of acquiring user information including at least one of position information, direction information, and posture information of a user, a virtual space setting process of setting a virtual space, a moving body process of moving a user character corresponding to the user in the virtual space, a game process that is a process for a game in the virtual space, and a display process of generating an image in the virtual space as a display image to be displayed for the user. In the game process, the processor determines whether the user has made an item acquisition motion based on the user information, and upon determination that the user has made the item acquisition motion, performs a process of causing the user character to acquire an item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsuya SHINODA, Masahiro KIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9579563
    Abstract: A game system can implements a multiplayer game. The game system includes: a union event processing section that disposes a united object in an object space instead of player objects respectively operated by a plurality of players when a union event has occurred, and sets the plurality of players to a cooperative play state; an individual play processing section that controls the player objects respectively operated by the plurality of players based on input information input by each of the plurality of players; and a cooperative play processing section that controls the united object based on the input information input by the plurality of players, the union event processing section determining a relative advantage of positions of the player objects respectively operated by the plurality of players before occurrence of the union event, and determining a placement position of the united object based on determination results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20140221062
    Abstract: A game system can implements a multiplayer game. The game system includes: a union event processing section that disposes a united object in an object space instead of player objects respectively operated by a plurality of players when a union event has occurred, and sets the plurality of players to a cooperative play state; an individual play processing section that controls the player objects respectively operated by the plurality of players based on input information input by each of the plurality of players; and a cooperative play processing section that controls the united object based on the input information input by the plurality of players, the union event processing section determining a relative advantage of positions of the player objects respectively operated by the plurality of players before occurrence of the union event, and determining a placement position of the united object based on determination results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Tetsuya SHINODA
  • Patent number: 8786543
    Abstract: An image generation system including: an image generation section which generates an image; a path recognition section which performs recognition processing of a path of an input by a user, based on input information of the input from an input section which allows the user to input an arbitrary shape; and a size information generation section, wherein the image generation section generates a path image indicating the path based on the input information and a production image in accordance with the size of the path based on the size information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shinoda, Takeshi Ono
  • Patent number: 7918729
    Abstract: An image generation system includes a display control section which controls display of images displayed in a touch panel display and a display, a movement control section which controls movement of a moving object, a game calculation section which performs processing of calculating a game parameter which changes as a result of game play using the moving object, and a movement permission condition determination section which determines whether or not a condition for permitting movement of the moving object from a game field G1 to a game field G2 has been satisfied based on the game parameter which changes as a result of game play in the game field G1. The movement control section performs control of moving the moving object from the game field G1 to the game field G2 when the movement permission condition has been satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shinoda, Takeshi Ono, Hideo Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20060202982
    Abstract: An image generation system including: an image generation section which generates an image; a path recognition section which performs recognition processing of a path of an input by a user, based on input information of the input from an input section which allows the user to input an arbitrary shape; and a size information generation section, wherein the image generation section generates a path image indicating the path based on the input information and a production image in accordance with the size of the path based on the size information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shinoda, Takeshi Ono
  • Publication number: 20060073862
    Abstract: An image generation system includes a display control section which controls display of images displayed in a touch panel display and a display, a movement control section which controls movement of a moving object, a game calculation section which performs processing of calculating a game parameter which changes as a result of game play using the moving object, and a movement permission condition determination section which determines whether or not a condition for permitting movement of the moving object from a game field G1 to a game field G2 has been satisfied based on the game parameter which changes as a result of game play in the game field G1. The movement control section performs control of moving the moving object from the game field G1 to the game field G2 when the movement permission condition has been satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: NAMCO LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shinoda, Takeshi Ono, Hideo Yoshizawa