Patents by Inventor Yuichi Hiruta

Yuichi Hiruta 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).

  • Game device which recognizes and replaces a substitution object participating in a competition game in a virtual space
    Patent number: 9089776
    Abstract: A game device including: a substituted-for character recognizing unit which recognizes a character to become a substitution object by bringing a finger 107 into contact with the character; a substituted-for character determination unit which determines the recognized character to be a substituted-for character by causing the recognized character to be moved to a substituted-for character determination region (an edge of a monitor 3a); and a candidate character list display unit which displays a candidate character list 109 on an image display unit based on the determination of the substituted-for character, wherein after determining a character who enters the game by bringing the finger 107 into contact with a character on the candidate list, the entering character is displayed on the image display unit in place of the substituted-for character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yamaoka, Hironobu Mori, Shuichi Myogan, Yuichi Hiruta
  • GAME DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20130225292
    Abstract: A game device including: a substituted-for character recognizing unit which recognizes a character to become a substitution object by bringing a finger 107 into contact with the character; a substituted-for character determination unit which determines the recognized character to be a substituted-for character by causing the recognized character to be moved to a substituted-for character determination region (an edge of a monitor 3a); and a candidate character list display unit which displays a candidate character list 109 on an image display unit based on the determination of the substituted-for character, wherein after determining a character who enters the game by bringing the finger 107 into contact with a character on the candidate list, the entering character is displayed on the image display unit in place of the substituted-for character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yamaoka, Hironobu Mori, Shuichi Myogan, Yuichi Hiruta