Patents by Inventor Yuzo Sugano

Yuzo Sugano 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: 6793576
    Abstract: When obstacles inhibiting the progression of a character being operated on a screen with a controller are encountered, obstacle overcoming actions corresponding to the state of the character may be performed with a simple operation. An obstacle overcoming button is determined beforehand in the program. The character has perimeter ranges corresponding to its own speed. In the event that the obstacle object is a building, a perimeter range is also provided to a wall of the obstacle object, for example, and an obstacle overcoming table corresponding to the overlapping relations of the mutual perimeter ranges is created beforehand. In the event the obstacle overcoming button is operated and the perimeter range of the character and the perimeter range of the wall overlap, an action of jumping over the obstacle object, for example, is automatically invoked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tokuro Fujiwara, Yuzo Sugano, Masaya Watanabe, Akira Koike
  • Publication number: 20020115483
    Abstract: When obstacles inhibiting the progression of a character being operated on a screen with a controller are encountered, obstacle overcoming actions corresponding to the state of the character may be performed with a simple operation. An obstacle overcoming button is determined beforehand in the program. The character has perimeter ranges corresponding to its own speed. In the event that the obstacle object is a building, a perimeter range is also provided to a wall of the obstacle object, for example, and an obstacle overcoming table corresponding to the overlapping relations of the mutual perimeter ranges is created beforehand. In the event the obstacle overcoming button is operated and the perimeter range of the character and the perimeter range of the wall overlap, an action of jumping over the obstacle object, for example, is automatically invoked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Tokuro Fujiwara, Yuzo Sugano, Masaya Watanabe, Akira Koike