CPC Subgroup
A63F 13/426 involving on-screen location information, e.g. screen coordinates of an area at which the player is aiming with a light gun
Full Title
Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions > Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment > by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle > involving on-screen location information, e.g. screen coordinates of an area at which the player is aiming with a light gun
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A63, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NETEASE 4,324
- TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 3,255
- SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT JP 2,643
- TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY CN 2,353
- UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS US 2,005
- KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION US 1,883
- ACUSHNET COMPANY US 1,495
- MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 1,272
- NINTENDO COMPANY JP 1,260
- SONY CORPORATION JP 1,169