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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2003
Applicants:
Takeshi Goden, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeyuki Iwase, Yokohama, JP;
Kimio Tsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F009/21 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To provide an image processing device, image processing method, and data processing method for a game device providing novel game features. In a multiple-player game devicecomprising mutually coupled input mechanisms, it is possible for a game to be played by fewer people than the aforementioned number of players, by using a portion of the input mechanisms, the coupling of the input mechanisms other than the input mechanisms used by the fewer number of players being disengaged in cases where a game is played by a fewer number of players.