Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Alab Inc.

Hajime Takahama

Hiroki Honda

Masayuki Araki

Yasuyuki Nagatomo

Masahiko Kami

Kazutaka Kubota

Yusuke Kitakaze

Tadanobu Otaki

Jiro Hotta

Keina Kanisawa

Koji Makino

Tatsuya Sugawara

Yuuki Harano

A device is provided with a multicore microprocessor unit () capable of inter-processor communication, storage () for storing a file describing device configuration information, and a device interface (). Threads of the microprocessor unit are separated: a first processor core drives the OS, and meanwhile, a second processor core drives the device driver for controlling the device interface. While sharing the device configuration information by inter-processor communication, a notification driver interface for notifying the operating system kernel of configuration information on the basis of the device configuration information is loaded and the second processor core controls the device connected to the device interface by reading a scenario sequence file into the notification driver.

Device proxy and control method

[Problem] To detect touch coordinates, without detection errors and without using a special pen, on a substrate such as a touch panel. [Solution] This coordinate detection method comprises: calculating a ratio between the short-term average (STA) and long-term average (LTA) of output signals from at least three vibration detectors installed apart from each other at predetermined distances on a substrate which has a uniform thickness and is made from a homogeneous material that allows the propagation speeds of oscillating waves to be constant; calculating, as arrival times, the times at which the STA/LTA ratio of the three vibration detectors by oscillating waves generated by touching the substrate exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and calculating touch position coordinates on the basis of each of the arrival times, the propagation speed of the oscillating waves, and the distances at which the three vibration detectors are spaced apart from each other.

Coordinate detection device and coordinate detection method

[Problem to be Solved] To register a device driver in the kernel of an operating system by means of a method simpler than conventional methods. [Solution] The device driver is registered in an operating system kernel using a notification driver, which is provided with a driver interface for notifying the operating system kernel of device setting information, and a scenario sequence file, in which device setting information is described which includes device parameters, including configuration structure information about the device, and an execution script for determining the operations of the device. By loading the scenario sequence file into the notification driver, the device driver is registered in the operating system kernel by means of the device interface.

Device driver registration device and device driver registration method using same

There is provided a game system which is capable of differentiating depending on the payment method of a play fee. The game system where it is possible to pay a game play fee by selecting one payment method from a plurality of payment methods, determines the payment method which the play fee has been paid by (S), and controls the game in such a way that modification is generated depending on the payment method, on the basis of the determination result (S-S).

Game system and computer readable information storage medium storing a computer program therefor

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Tokyo, Japan

Hajime Takahama