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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167694 | Message output device, wherein the message has a life duration A battle situation detection unit (205) detects progress status of a battle controlled by a battle control unit (204) and winning and losing statuses of friend and enemy sides. An audio data acquisition unit (209) acquires audio data specified b... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8147305 | Attacking a virtual enemy by corresponding input to output sound A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU executes a game process. When a player character encounters an enemy character in a game world, a battle screen is displayed on a monitor. On the battle screen, an input pattern is displayed, and background music (BGM) is... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8109817 | Game system, game system control method and information storage medium To provide a game system that enables a degree of difficulty of an occurrence of a predetermined game event to be changed depending on a degree of proficiency of a player in a game in which the predetermined event is made to occur when a controller is operated accor... | 02/07/2012 |
| 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 |
| 8012007 | Video game processing apparatus, method and computer program product of processing video game A video game, in which a player character operated by a player fights against an enemy character and one character wins by lowering a life parameter for the other character by means of an attack to a battle impossible value at which the other character cannot fight,... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7997968 | Gaming device and method A gaming device includes several changeable prize displays with each changeable prize display sequentially displaying several different prizes. A moveable indicator can move relative to the changeable prize displays and selectively indicate at least one of the prize... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7963834 | Game device, game advancing method, program, and recording medium A game apparatus executes a game in which a player character and an enemy character fight against each other. The game apparatus includes an attack determiner that determines whether the player character has an attack turn. When the attack determiner determines that... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7887403 | Method and system for controlling a game involving battles In a game system, a PC control unit controls an attack on an enemy character by a player's character. An enemy character control unit controls an attack on the player's character by the enemy character. An MP management unit stores, in an MP storage, a current value... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7857691 | Entertainment system and method of operation thereof An entertainment system (1) comprises a gaming server (2), a player station (3) operable by a player to display a simulation of a multi-stage accumulator game having a boxing theme, and a communication network (4) providing communication ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7666079 | Video game processing apparatus, a method and a computer readable medium that stores a program for processing a video game Specification of an attack for a player character is received by means of an attack specifying operation of the player. A direct attack reaction is determined in the case where it is determined that the attack hits an enemy character A. The direct attack reaction in... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7645192 | Game machine, game control method, program, its distributing device, and information storage medium The present invention provides a game device with which a moving direction and an attack direction of a game character can be easily inputted. The invention provides a game device 10 that executes game processing relating to a game character holding attack me... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7591721 | Video game that imposes penalty for violation of rule A rule (applied to a battle) is set according to a stage of the progress of a game every time the stage of the game advances. When a battle is started, either a player character or an enemy character that can execute an action is determined. When it is decided that ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7435170 | Game processing method, game apparatus, game program, and storage media for same Game processing apparatus executes a game in which a player character in a virtual space defeats an enemy through operation of a controller by the player. Through operation of an attack button of a controller, branch technique of a ninja is employed to display branc... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7412348 | Storage medium storing a game program, game apparatus, and game controlling method A game system includes a game apparatus and a controller. The controller is furnished with an acceleration sensor for detecting accelerations in at least two axis directions. Game processing corresponding to the kind of an acceleration input by means of the controll... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7374480 | Game performing method, storage medium, game apparatus, data signal and program A method for adding a new game performance to a game wherein players enjoy operating own registered characters by inputting own accounts. The game performing method for performing a predetermined game wherein a plurality of players operates own registered characters... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371177 | Multiply interconnectable environmentally interactive character simulation module method and system A simulated character module and method of operation are presented. The simulated character module includes a processor, a display operably coupled to the processor and a communication device operably coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to control ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371164 | Boxing game system A boxing game system (10) includes a game machine (12) and a globe-type inputting apparatus (34). A game player holds a main body (40) of the inputting apparatus, and swings the inputting apparatus in such a manner as to actually play box... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367887 | Game apparatus, storage medium, and computer program that adjust level of game difficulty A game apparatus, a storage medium and a computer program, suitable to games that can be experienced by a player using an entire body to play a game. The game apparatus comprises: a storage section for storing a predetermined assigned movement for a player; an assig... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7335105 | Soccer game apparatus A soccer game apparatus includes a game processor, and the game processor allows at least a character of a soccer ball to be displayed on a television monitor screen. An signal outputting device is attached to a player's leg, and when the player moves the leg, an ac... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331856 | Game apparatus, input device used in game apparatus and storage medium A video monitor 13 is provided on the front surface of a game apparatus casing 2. An operation panel 11 is provided immediately below the video monitor 13. Light detection units 15 for detecting a position provided on both side of ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333710 | Display including a light source for illuminating input/output terminals A display includes a casing, a terminal module, and a light source. The terminal module is mounted on an exterior of the casing, and includes a terminal unit. The light source is mounted on the casing and the terminal module, and serves to illuminate the terminal un... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322889 | Game for moving an object on a screen in response to movement of an operation article Since a cursor displayed on a screen of a television monitor moves in conjunction with a motion of an operation article operated by a player, intuitive operation can be possible so that the player can play a game easily. A mermaid displayed on the screen follows the... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318772 | Game program and game machine with an obtained character attributes block arrangement Game program is comprised of a procedure for setting a block arrangement space 20 having a plurality of block locations 20a so as to correspond to each character, a procedure for instructing to insert a skill block 21 corresponding to a s... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7309280 | Gaming machine, server, and program with image of real player A gaming machine, with which a plurality of players play a game against each other, is provided so as to enable the players to perform realistic tactical interactions with each other. In a player-versus-player type gaming machine, a plurality of players including a ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7292151 | Human movement measurement system A system for measuring the position of transponders for testing and training a user to manipulate the position of the transponders while being guided by interactive and sensory feedback through a bidirectional communication link to a processing system for the purpos... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285047 | Method and system for real-time rendering within a gaming environment A method and system for real-time rendering within a gaming environment. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a method of rendering a local participant within an interactive gaming environment. The method begins by capturing a plurality of... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275992 | Mobile gaming The present invention concerns an electronic gaming system configured to provide for end-user control of an on-screen gaining character, the system comprising means for generating an on-screen graphical element comprising first and second markers which are arranged ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275986 | Method for performing game, information storage medium, game device, data signal and program A game performing method for making a computer device execute a predetermined game by generating a first object and a second object as seen from a virtual camera, has: judging whether there is a hit between the first object and the second object; judging whether a p... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7217192 | Game machine and game system A game apparatus that has a game machine for advancing a game according to a program and a mobile unit moving based on information data from the game machine. Further, a game system for a game player to play a game using a controller and a toy, comprising a storage ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7203911 | Altering a display on a viewing device based upon a user proximity to the viewing device A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture altering a displayed image presented to a user on a viewing device using the proximity of the user to the viewing device to determine how the displayed image is to be presented. The viewing device includes a plurality ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198568 | Game machine and game program for changing the movement of one character based on the movement of another character An image processing mechanism of a game apparatus includes a first motion control mechanism and a second motion control mechanism. The first motion control mechanism controls the motion of a first character appearing in a game space in response to an operation perfo... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7179171 | Fish breeding toy for cellular telephones A cellular telephone breeding toy includes a memory storing genetic traits of corresponding breedable virtual fish. The memory also stores sets of image templates, there being at least one genetic trait associated with each image template. A keypad is used to select... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7137891 | Game playing system with assignable attack icons A video game player can easily target and attack one or more enemies in a video game environment. The player may quickly designate an enemy on a display screen as a target and associate the enemy with a controller button on a video game controller. When the game pla... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131907 | System and method for superimposing an image on another image in a video game An image processing device which places a display object within a virtually-defined three-dimensional space, creates a picture of the display object viewed from a virtual viewpoint with the image processing device, and displays the picture on a display. The image pr... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128651 | Card game for displaying images based on sound recognition Provides a game machine with exceptional interactivity capable of ascertaining players' psychological states from player's voices and actions. It is a game device for executing a prescribed game program in response to information input by players. Comprises a device... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7120873 | Summarization of sumo video content Summarization of video content, including sumo, may be achieved by identifying a plurality of segments of a video based upon an event that is characterized by a start time of sumo and an end time. One appropriate start time of an event may be sumo wrestlers'initial ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7090576 | Personalized behavior of computer controlled avatars in a virtual reality environment Racing-based computer games typically include a mode in which one or more human players can compete against one or more computer-controlled opponents. For example, a human player may drive a virtual race car against a computer-controlled virtual race car purported t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7084888 | Orientation detection marker, orientation detection device and video game device The invention provides an orientation detection marker having a simple structure and capable of providing information enabling the remote measurement of the orientation of a controller. Light source unit 13 (orientation detection marker) provides so-called bi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7070500 | Musical player-motion sensing game system In a game system 1, instruction marks corresponding to sounds constituting part of a music number are displayed on a monitor 3, and a game player plays a game by operating a signal generating device 5 by at least one of a hitting motion and a sw... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066817 | Video game with a specific point of view selection device based on a parameter Game scenes are flexibly switched to different points of view selected according to character status and game progress, thereby preventing a loss of interest in the game. A specified hit count HPX and threshold value T1 are compared, and if HPX>T1, con... | 06/27/2006 |
