Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Nagoshi

Toshihiro Nagoshi 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).

  • System and method for superimposing an image on another image in a video game
    Patent number: 7131907
    Abstract: An image processing device which places a display object within a virtually-defined three-dimensional space, creates a picture of the display object viewed from a virtual viewpoint with the image processing device, and displays the picture on a display. The image processing device comprises a display body setting element for setting a plurality of display bodies within said three-dimensional space; a display body disposal element for overlappingly disposing one of the plurality of display bodies within the display object, a display body image setting element for setting an image of the display object such that the one of the plurality of display bodies housed within the display object becomes visible, and a display body movement mode reflection element for making at least one movement mode of the one of the plurality of display bodies reflect a movement mode of the display object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega
    Inventors: Toshiaki Miida, Katsuyasu Ando, Mamoru Sugihara, Toshihiro Nagoshi, Jun-ichi Yamada, Hisashi Endo
  • Game device, picture data forming method and medium
    Patent number: 6917371
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide special effects which will make a video game more realistic. When a virtual light source exists in a three-dimensional virtual space, if a light from the light source extends toward a camera, a flare is generated on a screen because of incidence of the ray of light into a camera lens, thereby forming a dazzling picture in accordance with the state of backlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Takuji Masuda, Koki Koiwa, Takayuki Kazama, Ryo Ikawa
  • Game device, picture data forming method and medium
    Patent number: 6767286
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide special effects which will make a video game more realistic. When a virtual light source exists in a three-dimensional virtual space, if a light from the light source extends toward a camera, a flare is generated on a screen because of incidence of the ray of light into a camera lens, thereby forming a dazzling picture in accordance with the state of backlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Takuji Masuda, Koki Koiwa, Takayuki Kazama, Ryo Ikawa
  • Image display control method, apparatus thereof, recording media on which the image display control is recorded, and game device
    Publication number: 20030112233
    Abstract: A text 220, which needs to be displayed constantly, is displayed on the floor/wall 206C in the background image 202. This text (number) 220, as shown in FIG. 5, is structured of an aggregate of a plurality of plate polygons 222. Each of these plate polygons can be subject to gradation in accordance with the camera viewpoint, and, as a result, is displayed in a state of being three-dimensional with concavities and convexities against the floor/wall 206C as illustrated in FIG. 4. These plate polygons 222 cannot become the counterstroke face of the ball 212, and the floor/wall 206C is judged as a plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Toshiaki Miida, Katsuyasu Ando, Mamoru Sugihara, Toshihiro Nagoshi, Jun-Ichi Yamada, Hisashi Endo
  • Game device, picture data and flare forming method
    Patent number: 6234901
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide special effects which will make a video game more realistic. When a virtual light source exists in a three-dimensional virtual space, if a light from the light source extends toward a camera, a flare is generated on a screen because of incidence of the ray of light into a camera lens, thereby forming a dazzling picture in accordance with the state of backlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises
    Inventors: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Takuji Masuda, Koki Koiwa, Takayuki Kazama, Ryo Ikawa