Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Konami Corporation

Shinji Morimitsu

Takeshi Tanaka

Yasuhiko Mori

Liang Jeff Chen

Juan Dai

Taketoshi Yoshida

Kazuhide Oigo

Yuji Ogaito

Eric Matthew Bell

William Arthur Steward Buxton

A user interface suited for use on mobile devices for entering characters which may require one or more modifiers is disclosed. The interface may be implemented utilizing a touch screen interface on which a user engages the interface, is provided feedback, and removes the user's touch to enter a character. The interface presents a series of main, supplemental and modifier keys. Touching an interface button or main key presents a series of 'petals' or supplemental keys emanating from the main key. Each petal or supplemental key may in turn present one or more sub petals or modifier keys emanating from the supplemental key. Each petal or sub-petal may represent another character or a modifier action. The characters and/or actions on the supplemental keys and modifier keys provide options for characters or modifiers which are dependent or related to the main input key.

User character input interface with modifier support

Systems, methods, and computer media for selecting characters through touchscreen input are provided. A user selection of a first character, such as a Japanese kana character, displayed on a touchscreen is received. A plurality of additional characters syllabically related to the first character are identified. A presentation order of the plurality of additional characters is identified. In response to receiving the user selection of the first character, at least a first and a second additional character from the plurality of syllabically related additional characters are displayed. The first additional character is displayed adjacent to the first character, and the second additional character is displayed adjacent to the first additional character. The displayed first and second additional characters are selectable by a user touch input.

Touchscreen japanese character selection through sliding input

A first image producing program perspectively transforms each polygon in a virtual space onto a plane on the basis of a view position in order to produce a first image, and a second image producing program deteriorates a quality of the first image to produce the second image having the same size as the first image. A synthetic image producing program produces a display image with combination of the first and second images by applying semi-transparentizing processing to at least one of both first and second images so that each polygon of the first image can be displayed around a depth position of a gaze position and each polygon of the second image can be displayed as the polygon approaches at least one side of both front and rear sides concerning the gaze point.

Game software and game machine

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Tokyo, Japan

Shinji Morimitsu