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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172229 | Card game device, card data reader, card game control method, recording medium, program, and card A card game system, including a plurality of terminal apparatuses, a card data reading unit for detecting unique data of each of cards when an operator arranges and manipulates a set of cards selected by the operator on a flat surface of the panel on the terminal ap... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8118656 | Game device A roulette-shaped big monopoly unit 12 is disposed at the center of a casing 10, and a triangular pointer 14 for pointing a partition of the annular board 13 is disposed at the summit of the big monopoly unit 12. The players playin... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8105142 | Game device, communication game system, and recorded medium The following types of processing are provided in the present invention. 1) Projection processing in which a shadow projected onto the ground of a flying object flying through a virtual space is prevented from becoming too small. 2) Viewpoint moving processing in wh... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8075407 | Ranking determination system and program, and recording medium storing the program A ranking determination system is provided which can make all the game participants ranking-conscious and eager to play again, even if it is a widely popular game played by a large number of people. In the system wherein results of a game played in multiple game mac... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8062123 | Game system A game system is disclosed that comprises a server system and a game parlor connected to the server system through a network, the server system forming and retaining a unit price schedule data that set a unit price for a predetermined unit time, the game parlor incl... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062112 | Game information processing apparatus and game control program In processing new damage, when a character passes a first devastating flame and drops into a next devastating flame, damage of the latter devastating flame is deemed first damage, and the “game continuity ability value” is exempted from decrement. If the charact... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057304 | Game machine To provide a game machine capable of recording a play score for a team constituted of self and partners in a portable recording medium separately for each team, and executing team-specific game processing by using recorded data regarding the team. Comprising ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8020869 | Card game device, card data reader, card game control method, recording medium, program, and card A game apparatus includes a game execution unit, casing, card arrangement panel, luminator that illuminates the panel, sensor unit that receives light from the panel and generates image data, and recognition unit to separate data of each card, and detect positions o... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7980950 | Game machine and method with changing game field A game control program includes a coordinates receiving step for receiving coordinates in a virtual apace, coordinates being input by a player, a course generating step for generating a course according to the coordinates input by the player, along which course a ch... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7950998 | Billing management system for game machine A collective system for billing management of each game machine installed in shops or the like via communication network. A limit is set to the usable number, while the game machine is ensured continuous use as long as it is properly used and the billing is carried ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948449 | Display control program executed in game machine In a game machine, image display not giving the player a feeling of oddness or disadvantage during game progress even if a non-display at a physical distance is present between different display screen areas. The game machine executes program for controlling image d... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7934992 | Gaming machine, game system, its program, and recording medium A game machine which uses play items such as cards and which enables the player to play a game seriously and to concentrate in the game so as to win over the opponent is provided according to the present invention. The game machine controls the progress of a ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931534 | Control program for action game A control program for an action game according to the present invention in which one of a plurality of characters moving in a game space is selected to be an attack target, in response to an operation of a game player, comprises: a selectable candidate object judgin... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7857317 | Game machine and game method A game machine is provided with a target, a CRT, a card reader and a cash-box on a front face. A player inserts his own ID card into the card reader. The CRT displays information concerning a game and has a function of a game display when a game adopting darts is ex... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7850525 | Mechanism of generating a sound radar image in a video game device An aspect of the present invention includes processes for detecting an event input, inputted as an operation signal, and determining sound characteristic information and sound effects corresponding to the event input, obtaining a first sound source position coordina... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7814081 | Method of reducing communication charge when using an application program on a portable terminal A server is connected via a network to a plurality of information terminals in which predetermined application programs are executed. When the predetermined application programs are executed, the information terminals notify the server of member identifiers that ide... | 10/12/2010 |
| RE41414 | Virtual image generation apparatus and method A virtual image generation apparatus comprising shape data memory for storing shape data pertaining to obstacles and the like, position data specifier for specifying position data for the subjects, overlap determiner for determining, on the basis of shape data and p... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7742047 | Image processing program and image processing system using same By means of an image drawing program stored in a storage medium readable by an image processing system, the corresponding image processing system and the corresponding image drawing method, shadows are drawn for a plurality of characters, without imposing a large lo... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7716053 | Information transmission method and information transmission system in which content is varied in process of information transmission A system and method for transmitting messages among terminals with increasing uncertainty. According to one embodiment, players in a game exchange text messages via wireless computing devices. A first player selects from among a menu of fixed phrases and inserts wor... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7713126 | Video game control program and video game device In a video game device which performs a video game wherein a game character or unit moves through a plurality of paths including a plurality of branch points according to an instruction of a player, a first movement control unit displays branch-direction indications... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7680660 | Voice analysis device, voice analysis method and voice analysis program A voice analysis method and device are provided whereby processing can be performed in real time and an indefinitely large number of speakers can be coped with. A computer-executable method of voice analysis is for detecting boundaries of phonemes from input voice, ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7654534 | Prize-winning game machine and apparatus for grasping an object The prize arrangement is limited in many conventional prize-winning game machines, in which the usable area is only the floor. In a crane game machine of the present invention for grasping a prize, an object grasping system (grasping arms) grasping a prize is suspen... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7643654 | Image processing apparatus, distant view image display method, and distant view image display program An image processing apparatus is disclosed that displays a three-dimensional map including displays of a road and a three-dimensional building on a display unit. The image processing apparatus includes a managing unit that divides bearings into a predetermined numbe... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7637817 | Information processing device, game device, image generation method, and game image generation method Provided is technology enabling the generation of images of high realistic sensation upon accurately reflecting the operator's behavior. The information processing device has a controller to be used for inputting an operational instruction, and having a function of ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7635131 | Prize acquiring game apparatus The prize acquiring game apparatus has operation unit that is operated by a player, a prize storage section that stores a plurality of prizes therein, prize acquiring that acquires the prizes, an outlet that is provided into the prize storage section and from which ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7630833 | Map display device and map display method In a map display device, a viewing angle for a three-dimensional road map can be changed horizontally on a screen so that the three-dimensional road map is generated at a standard viewing angle (45°) up to a wide viewing angle (90°). At this time, the viewing angl... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7620686 | Control method for network system A plurality of information processing systems 10 are connected to a network 90. One of the information processing systems 10 photographs a part of a virtual space shared by the plurality of information processing systems 10. Information o... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7614954 | Game image display control program, game device, and recoding medium A game image display control program in which a range that is in a visual field can match a radar visual field display. The program displays a video picture captured from a first visual point position in a virtual three-dimensional space as a main screen of game on ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7607982 | Game machine and method of controlling image display of the game device A billiard game machine is used for playing a billiard game. A player operates a dummy cue (19) to thrust a cue ball object displayed on the screen (9a) of a display (9) disposed at a position corresponding to a back part of a dummy billi... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607975 | Bet control method for race game When a racing form speculating a race is selected, a bet is automatically made on a speculated possible finish place. A racing form speculated information indication region K1 is provided on the right side of a speculation indication region H5. A specu... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7594662 | Gift acquisition game device A prize-capturing game apparatus 10 comprises a prize storage portion 14 in which a prize 18 is stored. A drop inlet 26 for dropping the prize 18 gripped by a movable body 24 is disposed on the prize storage portion 14 | 09/29/2009 |
| 7583264 | Apparatus and program for image generation An image processing program creates a gradation of a sharp edge shadow and a gradation of subtle colors. The program causes a computer to perform a step in which a diffuse reflection from a first and second object and a shadow of the first object on the second objec... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7582018 | Game control method The present invention relates to a control method for controlling gate data of a game in which a plurality of players take part. Before the start of the game, game data is copied form the memory region of each player and stored in a prescribed game memory region, ba... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7559841 | Pose detection method, video game apparatus, pose detection program, and computer-readable medium containing computer program A technique is disclosed for detecting a pose of a player in a video game using an input image supplied by a camera. The technique involves calculating a frame difference and/or background difference of an image of a predetermined region of an image captured by the ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7556197 | Card stack reader, card thereof, card case, method for manufacturing card, game machine using the same, computer-readable storage medium on which game program is recorded Embodiments describe a card stack reader having an imaging unit which reads an image from a peripheral side portion of a stack of cards, each card having a read code along a peripheral side edge thereof, the read code indentifying the card, and a code recognizing un... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7540805 | Game device, game control method, program and storage medium The game device comprises display means for displaying game images, operation means operated by game players, and control means for controlling a game. On the game device, a competition game which is played by a plurality of game players is made to win and lose. The... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7537217 | Article acquisition game apparatus An article acquisition game apparatus includes a storage unit storing articles, and an article transferring unit enabling a player to hold the articles in the storage unit and transfer the articles to a predetermined transfer position when the player operates an ope... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7515989 | Goods sales management system and goods sales management method A goods sales management system has a plurality of goods vending machines 1provided with containers for storing a plurality of goods and a vending machine management apparatus 80 connected to each of the plurality of the goods vending machines via a co... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7485041 | Program for projecting an image onto a character in a game, game machine incorporating the program, and storage medium having the program stored thereon A program for pasting a predetermined image onto a character of a game in a game machine. The program enables a user to create an image consisting of two-dimensional coordinates and to arrange the image created. The program includes the ability to project the image ... | 02/03/2009 |
| D585945 | Controller for game device | 02/03/2009 |
