Patents by Inventor Yoji Shinkawa

Yoji Shinkawa 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: 8259116
    Abstract: In an image creating device (201) for creating an image viewably showing the distribution of an environment parameter of the environment around a character in a virtual space, a parameter acquiring unit (202) acquires an environment parameter of the environment around a character in each direction from the character, a reference curve setting unit (203) sets a reference curve surrounding the character, a trajectory point setting unit (204) sets a trajectory point in a position moved in a predetermined direction from each reference point in the reference curve by an amount of move associated with the value of the environment parameter at the reference point acquired in the direction from the character toward the reference point, and an image creating unit (205) creates an image showing the trajectory curve passing through the set trajectory points and the character viewed from the point of view placed in the virtual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Shinkawa, Takahiro Omori, Shuyo Murata, Hiroaki Yoshiike
  • Patent number: 8212839
    Abstract: In an image creating device (201) for creating an image viewably showing the distribution of environment parameters in a virtual space, a parameter acquiring unit (202) acquires environment parameters at a predetermined plurality of places in a virtual space, and an image creating unit (203) creates an image based on the acquired environment parameter. The image creating unit (203) creates, for each of the predetermined plurality of places in the virtual space, an image showing a graphic drawn at a position within the image, the position being associated with the place and associated with the environment at the place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yoshiike, Shuyo Murata, Yoji Shinkawa, Takahiro Omori
  • Publication number: 20090278850
    Abstract: In an image creating device (201) for creating an image viewably showing the distribution of an environment parameter of the environment around a character in a virtual space, a parameter acquiring unit (202) acquires an environment parameter of the environment around a character in each direction from the character, a reference curve setting unit (203) sets a reference curve surrounding the character, a trajectory point setting unit (204) sets a trajectory point in a position moved in a predetermined direction from each reference point in the reference curve by an amount of move associated with the value of the environment parameter at the reference point acquired in the direction from the character toward the reference point, and an image creating unit (205) creates an image showing the trajectory curve passing through the set trajectory points and the character viewed from the point of view placed in the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Konami Digital Enterainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Shinkawa, Takahiro Omori, Shuyo Murata, Hiroaki Yoshiike
  • Publication number: 20090102860
    Abstract: In an image creating device (201) for creating an image viewably showing the distribution of environment parameters in a virtual space, a parameter acquiring unit (202) acquires environment parameters at a predetermined plurality of places in a virtual space, and an image creating unit (203) creates an image based on the acquired environment parameter. The image creating unit (203) creates, for each of the predetermined plurality of places in the virtual space, an image showing a graphic drawn at a position within the image, the position being associated with the place and associated with the environment at the place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yoshiike, Shuyo Murata, Yoji Shinkawa, Takahiro Imori