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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187094 | Game program In the game program, a computer 100 is operated as means for moving a game character in a game field, based on an input signal inputted from an operation unit 114 and outputting the motions to display means 110. The game program comprises the pr... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187095 | Universal game console controller A universal game console controller that has an LCD presenting, depending on what type of game console a user has input, a controller key layout for a first type of game console or a controller key layout for a second type of game console. ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182341 | Character control device, character control method, recording medium, and program A formation information storage unit (240) stores formation information regulating a formation which characters should form. A character control unit (250) turns off assessment of contact between allies when the characters are to formate and, based on ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177639 | Controlling an interactive story through manipulation of simulated character mental state In various embodiments, methods and systems are provided for simulating the effect of mental state on character behavior in an interactive story environment. One method embodiment includes facilitating manipulation of a simulated mental state model of a character in... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177640 | Game system Disclosed is a novel game system, comprising a computer device; a game platform to communicate with the computer; and at least one game control module to detect environment data and to transfer the environment data to the game platform. In the present invention, the... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172680 | Information processing system for capturing operations, transferring data and performing remote operations An information processing system includes an input section that inputs movement information of an object on which a user performed an operation in an operation environment, and an output section that holds another object in a remote site remote from the operation en... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167720 | Method, apparatus, medium and system using a correction angle calculated based on a calculated angle change and a previous correction angle A game apparatus includes a controller provided with an acceleration sensor for detecting accelerations on at least two axes orthogonal to each other. When playing a game, the controller is given a rotating operation so as to rotate around an axis orthogonal to the ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167721 | Program for object movement stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and object movement game apparatus Initially, a move target object is set from a plurality of objects. Next, a movement direction of the set move target object is decided. Next, for the decided movement direction, it is determined whether or not a rotation movement condition or a flip-over movement c... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162754 | Game device, notification method, non-transitory information recording medium and program for informing displacement of game controller mat A process control unit (306) controls a music reproduction unit (309) to output a music sound, while controlling a request content creation unit (305) to present content of a motion requested to the player. At the same time, the process control ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157650 | Systems and methods for casino gaming haptics Systems, methods, and products for self-contained casino gaming haptics are disclosed. For example, one disclosed system for casino gaming haptics includes a touch-sensitive input device configured to sense a contact from a user; an actuator coupled to the touch-sen... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152640 | Information processing apparatus and computer readable storage medium A player can change the direction of the right hand of a character object, or extend and retract the right arm of the character object, by changing the direction of the core unit 70. The player can change the direction of the left hand of the character object... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147331 | Video game program, video game device, and video game method A video game player can control the movement of a moving object in a video game during a moving object dispatch operation by a character, thereby allowing the video game player to experience nervousness and a sense of realism when causing the character to dispatch t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142285 | Game system and game program medium A game system is composed by connecting a game apparatus with a monitor and a percussion type controller. A game player beats a first beating operation surface or a second beating operation surface to input an operation signal from the controller to the game apparat... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8128498 | Configure offline player behavior within a persistent world game A mechanism is provided for configuring offline player behavior within a persistent world game. A player agent for an offline player includes an event monitor that monitors for events that occur in a persistent virtual world maintained by a game server. When a game ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128499 | Game device, game control method, and information storage medium There is provided a game device capable of provoking a competing mood between players in a music game. In order to show each of a first and a second player the timing when a game operation is to be performed, reference arrow marks (46, 48) and a special timin... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123616 | Methods and apparatus for limiting access to games using biometric data In a method of facilitating the playing of a game via a gaming apparatus, a wager may be received via a value input device. Biometric data associated with a game play selection of a game may be received, and whether to permit the game play selection may be determine... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112226 | Telephone or other portable device with inertial sensor At least one inertial sensor is configured to sense movement of a telephone (or other portable device such as a personal digital assistant, portable computer, portable game device, portable audio player, or portable video player). Information derived at least in par... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105164 | Computer game controllers A controller means for playing a compuler game where the player may brace themselves using handlebars, other means which may be grasped, and/or pedals and move a support means on which the player may sit, stand, or be supported, on a bearing means to input control s... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8096880 | Systems and methods for reducing jitter associated with a control device An example system and method is provided for filtering input values associated with movement of a hand-held control device. A current input value is compared with an average input value and, based on the comparing, an output value is generated in a range between the... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096881 | Storage medium storing game program and game apparatus Output data varying depending on a motion of an input device itself is obtained and stored into a memory. From the stored output data history, successive extremums of values indicated by the output data are detected. An interval between times when the output data in... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8088004 | System and method for implementing environmentally-sensitive simulations on a data processing system A system and method for implementing environmentally-sensitive simulations on a data processing system. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an ambient temperature associated with a player's location is provided to an environmental module. The enviro... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083589 | Capture and utilization of real-world data for use in gaming systems such as video games A portable sensor unit for capturing motion and/or other data may be securely mounted on objects such as a user's limb, a vehicle, or other items. The sensor unit may then collect motion and/or other data from the object to which it is affixed, and may provide this ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8033914 | Game apparatus, storage medium storing a game program, and game control method A game apparatus includes an LCD and is provided a touch panel in relation to the LCD. The LCD displays a game screen for making a player character hit a ball. For example, when touch-on is performed on the LCD (touch panel), the stance and shot power of the player ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8002635 | Apparatus and method of impact emulation for video games An impact emulator that provides impact effects to a player of a video game system is provided. The video game system has a magnetic field generator that is able to produce magnetic field to generate a force on a magnet on a remote controller. The amount of magnetic... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7988557 | Method for playing games using brain waves The method is for playing a game by providing each player with a sensor for measuring brain wave frequencies of the players. The player moves a unit on a playing area in an x-direction toward the player when the brain wave frequency of the player is at a first frequ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7980952 | Storage medium having information processing program stored thereon and information processing apparatus Acceleration data is repeatedly acquired, and an acceleration vector having a magnitude and a direction of an acceleration represented by the acceleration data is sequentially accumulated so as to calculate an accumulation vector. A following vector which follows, a... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7980951 | Storage medium having game program stored thereon and game apparatus First acceleration data representing an acceleration applied in a first direction of the input device and second acceleration data representing an acceleration applied in a second direction of the input device different from the first direction are obtained based on... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976386 | Mesh network game controller with voice transmission, search capability, motion detection, and/or position detection Systems and methods are disclosed having a mesh network such as a ZigBee mesh network, a game controller coupled to the mesh network; and a display device coupled to the mesh network. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976385 | Game controller with sensitivity adjustment The disclosure relates to a game controller in electrical communication with a video game system adapted to display a video game. The game controller includes at least one control device adapted for substantially uninterrupted control of an aspect of the video game,... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972211 | Pattern codes used for interactive control of computer applications Methods for determining input to be supplied to a computer program are provided. One of the methods include processing a first video frame having a pattern code before light is applied to the pattern code. The first video frame defines a first characteristic of the ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963849 | Input arrangement for video game terminal A durable input arrangement for a video game terminal uses a joystick controller protected by a player actuating a control assembly. This assembly protects the joystick controller from abusive forces that would otherwise render the controller inoperative. ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7946920 | Countertop video game terminal The video game terminal uses a center pedestal and two column members either side of the center pedestal for supporting a touch screen. The center pedestal holds the working components of the terminal including the CPU and payment acceptors. The center pedestal supp... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945547 | Communication apparatus and method for controlling communication According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus communicates with both a controller device and a control object device. The communication apparatus includes a first provide section that provides file configuration information conforming to a file system forma... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942743 | Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program A game apparatus includes two LCDs, a touch panel is provided in association with the one LCD. On the touch panel, an operation button corresponding to each player character is set. A setting of the operation button is changed according to an operation state (freque... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7909698 | Input device, input determination method, game system, game system control method, program, and information storage medium With a game system, a timing fetch section fetches an input-timing for input data determined to be valid by an input-determination section, and an evaluation section compares the fetched input-timing and a reference-timing, and evaluates an operation with an operati... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7901290 | Table game A table game includes a lower level (2) providing a surface on which a plurality of player pieces (21) can move, an upper level (1) providing a surface on which a game is played and including a plurality of slots, a plurality of player pieces ex... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7883415 | Method and apparatus for adjusting a view of a scene being displayed according to tracked head motion A method for processing interactive user control with a scene of a video clip is provided. The method initiates with identifying a head of a user that is to interact with the scene of the video clip. Then, the identified head of the user is tracked during display of... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7874918 | Game unit with motion and orientation sensing controller An electronic game apparatus for providing a game activity on a monitor device. The electronic game apparatus may include a contacting member and a signal-emitting member that are each adapted to be manipulated by a user. The signal-emitting member may include a kin... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874917 | Methods and systems for enabling depth and direction detection when interfacing with a computer program A method for detecting direction when interfacing with a computer program is provided. The method includes capturing an image presented in front of an image capture device. The image capture device has a capture location in a coordinate space. When a person is captu... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7854656 | Game apparatus and storage medium having game program stored thereon Operation information which is output in accordance with a motion of an input device is sequentially obtained. First behavior information representing a state of an object after a first time period, which is a part of a recognition period, is set in accordance with ... | 12/21/2010 |
