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| [[ | | MVS [[System ROM]] functions (game-specific parameters, play time stats and time keeping, etc.) | ||
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| USA [https://www.google.com/patents/USD373149 #D373149] | | USA [https://www.google.com/patents/USD373149 #D373149] | ||
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| 1992/05/19 | | 1992/05/19 | ||
| Explains the MVS (as it relates to having multiple games in one machine); uses a MV25TA-0 as the example cabinet. | | Explains the MVS (as it relates to having multiple games in one machine, note the 8 slots); uses a MV25TA-0 as the example cabinet. | ||
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| Europe [https://www.google.com/patents/EP0431723A2 #0431723 A2] | | Europe [https://www.google.com/patents/EP0431723A2 #0431723 A2] | ||
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| 1998/04/06 | | 1998/04/06 | ||
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| Possible portable device linkup with MVS/AES/CD systems | | Possible portable device linkup with MVS/AES/CD systems. | ||
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| Europe [https://www.google.com/patents/EP0883019A1 #0883019 A1] <br/> USA [[https://www.google.com/patents/US6226455 #6226455]] | |||
| ''Shooting apparatus'' | |||
| [[Kenta Fujimoto]], [[Kazukuni Hiraoka]], [[Hamao Horiguchi]], [[Kouichi Ishimoto]], [[Hiroaki Kimura]], [[Shigekazu Matsumoto]] | |||
| 1997/02/18 | |||
| 1998/12/09 | |||
| [[Neo Print]] cab description. | |||
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| USA [[https://patents.google.com/patent/US6055000A #US6055000A]] | |||
| ''Storage memory for images'' | |||
| [[Satoshi Okada]] | |||
| 1998/05/28 (priority) | |||
| 2000/04/25 | |||
| An image storage memory apparatus comprises a first memory for separating an image of M by N pixels into a plurality of blocks, generating H pieces of sets making coded notation of the mutually different m by n kinds of colors into each set component ... | |||
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Using a search SNK Corporation, SNK has 26 patents and patent applications registered. All are applied in Japan and few granted with US patent number. | |||
TODO: It would be interested to list them all with a time axis with 4 dates of Priority, Filling, Publication and Grant. (Many of them aren't related to the NeoGeo). | |||
[[Category:Base system]] | [[Category:Base system]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:04, 27 March 2018
| Patent ID | Title | Inventor(s) | Filing Date | Publication Date | Description |
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| USA #5940068 | Display controlling apparatus and control method thereof | Yoshihiko Hasegawa, Takashi Yamatani | 1996/02/14 | 1999/08/17 | NeoGeo video hardware, VRAM layout, methods for creating sprite effects with the scaling functions (used in World Heroes 2). |
| USA #5643083 | Control device for game operation state data | Yoshihiko Hasegawa | 1995/04/10 | 1997/07/01 | MVS System ROM functions (game-specific parameters, play time stats and time keeping, etc.) |
| USA #D373149 | Pad controller attachment for a CD ROM video game player | Eikichi Kawasaki | 1994/12/08 | 1996/08/27 | Design patent for Neo-Geo CD controller. |
| USA #D375765 | Joystick attachment for a CD ROM video game player | Eikichi Kawasaki | 1994/12/08 | 1996/11/19 | Design patent for Neo-Geo CD joystick. |
| Europe #0429160A2 | Memory cartridge for use with TV game machine | Yoshihiko Hasegawa | 1990/03/06 | 1991/05/29 | (simplified) AES cartridge overview |
| USA #5114157 | Game machine having plural display panel units and plural memory cartridges | Toshihiko Kita | 1990/06/11 | 1992/05/19 | Explains the MVS (as it relates to having multiple games in one machine, note the 8 slots); uses a MV25TA-0 as the example cabinet. |
| Europe #0431723 A2 | TV game machine | Yoshihiko Hasegawa | 1990/04/20 | 1991/06/12 | AES/Home system overview |
| Europe #0997172 A1 | Game system, game device, and game method | Yoshinori Matsumoto, Takashi Nishiyama | 1998/04/06 | 2000/05/03 | Possible portable device linkup with MVS/AES/CD systems. |
| Europe #0883019 A1 USA [#6226455] |
Shooting apparatus | Kenta Fujimoto, Kazukuni Hiraoka, Hamao Horiguchi, Kouichi Ishimoto, Hiroaki Kimura, Shigekazu Matsumoto | 1997/02/18 | 1998/12/09 | Neo Print cab description. |
| USA [#US6055000A] | Storage memory for images | Satoshi Okada | 1998/05/28 (priority) | 2000/04/25 | An image storage memory apparatus comprises a first memory for separating an image of M by N pixels into a plurality of blocks, generating H pieces of sets making coded notation of the mutually different m by n kinds of colors into each set component ... |
Using a search SNK Corporation, SNK has 26 patents and patent applications registered. All are applied in Japan and few granted with US patent number.
TODO: It would be interested to list them all with a time axis with 4 dates of Priority, Filling, Publication and Grant. (Many of them aren't related to the NeoGeo).