Patents Assigned to Konami Australia Pty Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20140342799
    Abstract: A method of gaming on a gaming machine; said gaming machine including a game display area in which the number of displayed game elements in a vertical direction is greater than the number of game elements in a horizontal direction; said method including triggering of at least one border differentiating regions of said game elements; said border or borders indicating to a player of a game on said gaming machine the winning of a prize.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Konami Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew DEITZ, Gregory DUFFY
  • Publication number: 20120094740
    Abstract: A gaming machine for executing a game displaying a matrix of symbol containing elements having a plurality of rows and columns; at least one column of the matrix comprising a portion of a simulated rotatable reel of a plurality of the symbol containing elements; the simulated rotatable reel comprising sections of symbol containing elements displaying a plurality of symbols; the simulated rotatable reel including at least one section in which a consecutive run of two or more of the symbol containing elements is populated by a first identical symbol so that, the first identical symbol being used for a first play of the game, a second identical symbol being randomly selected, the first identical symbol being replaced by the second identical symbol in the consecutive run of two or more of the symbol containing elements, the second identical symbol being used for a second play of the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: KONAMI AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
    Inventor: Osamu Yoshimi
  • Patent number: 8096869
    Abstract: A gaming machine arranged to display a matrix of symbol containing elements; each column of said matrix comprising a portion of a simulated rotatable reel of said symbol containing elements; and wherein each of said symbol containing elements of at least one consecutive run of said symbol containing elements of at least one said reel is caused to display an identical symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Konami Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Yoshimi
  • Patent number: 7878903
    Abstract: A gaming device and a method displaying symbols on a gaming device. The gaming device displays a plurality of reels of spinning symbols. Selected ones of the spinning symbols are highlighted or otherwise enhanced when shown in the display to the person playing the gaming device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Konami Australia Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Edward Chan
  • Publication number: 20100331072
    Abstract: A gaming machine with a bonus feature; said bonus feature comprising a subsidiary game played in combination with a main game played on said machine; said subsidiary game displayed as at least one additional simulated bonus game reel appearing in a primary display of said machine; characterized in that said at least one additional simulated bonus game reel appears during said play of said main game, and wherein scatter symbols appearing in a result of a said main game may be combined with at least one scatter symbol appearing on a said additional simulated bonus game reel; a combination of said scatter symbols determining a prize winning outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Konami Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Glenn Wiryadi
  • Patent number: 7850520
    Abstract: A bonus feature for a gaming machine in which additional graphic features are caused to be displayed as overlays of the graphic imagery of a base game; said graphic imagery of said base game comprising symbols arranged in a first matrix of symbol containing elements, wherein columns of said first matrix are visible portions of a rotatable set of inner reels; said additional graphic features comprising symbols in selected elements of a second matrix of elements, wherein columns of said second matrix of elements are visible portions of a rotatable set of outer reels; and wherein predetermined arrangements of said additional graphic features trigger at least one bonus feature game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Konami Australia Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Yoshimi
  • Publication number: 20100173694
    Abstract: A gaming machine provided with an outcome arrangement of games wherein any play of said machine initiates play of at least two separately displayed games of chance; said at least two games of chance played simultaneously within a single game sequence on said gaming machine; said at least two games of chance separately displayed on a single display screen of said gaming machine, and wherein an outcome of one of said at least two games of chance may be combined with at least an outcome of a second said game of chance to award a bonus feature to a player of said gaming machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Konami Australia Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Ichiro Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20100173693
    Abstract: A gaming machine including a display for display of symbols; said machine causing said symbols to be displayed in an array of fields; said array of fields in the form of substantially vertically aligned fields and substantially horizontally aligned fields; said symbols selected from a pool of n symbols for populating said array of fields according to the following steps: a. random selection of a first symbol from said pool of n symbols, b. repeating said random selection i times so as to select i+1 symbols from said pool of symbols where n?i+1, c. populating at random at least one column of said array of fields with said i+1 symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Konami Australia Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Gerard Crosby
  • Patent number: 7690984
    Abstract: A gaming machine arranged to display a symbol in each element of a matrix of elements; each column of elements of said matrix of elements comprising a portion of a simulated rotatable reel and wherein at an occurrence of a trigger event at end of play of a main game; (a) said main game is completed and any prize is awarded, (b) at least one feature game may be awarded wherein each said rotatable reel is caused to be spun and brought to rest to display elements of said matrix in a first stage; said first stage displaying symbols in elements of at least one said column and uniform imagery in elements of each remaining said column; said feature game then progressing to a further stage wherein elements with said uniform imagery are populated by symbols of said elements of said at least one column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Konami Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Toan Tran, Ichiro Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20080045300
    Abstract: A gaming machine for the playing of a game of chance wherein an outcome of said game of chance is determined by a predefined one of a plurality of payline patterns of indicia displayed on a display means by a game control module; said payline patterns formed of a selection of elements of a matrix of columns and rows and wherein the number of said elements forming any one payline pattern is greater than the number of columns of said matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: KONAMI AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD.
    Inventors: Jason Quayle, Gerard Crosby, Toshiaki Shimizu, Osamu Yoshimi
  • Publication number: 20050079911
    Abstract: A jackpot controller (10) including computing and display means (13, 14, 15) linked to an array of gaming consoles (12), the consoles (12) arranged to display selected first game features wherein randomized events are caused to award a prize if a predefined event occurs, the controller being characterized in that it is arranged to provide a second game feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: Konami Australia Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Koji Nakatsu
  • Patent number: RE44801
    Abstract: A bonus feature for a gaming machine in which additional graphic features are caused to be displayed as overlays of the graphic imagery of a base game; said graphic imagery of said base game comprising symbols arranged in a first matrix of symbol containing elements, wherein columns of said first matrix are visible portions of a rotatable set of inner reels; said additional graphic features comprising symbols in selected elements of a second matrix of elements, wherein columns of said second matrix of elements are visible portions of a rotatable set of outer reels; and wherein predetermined arrangements of said additional graphic features trigger at least one bonus feature game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Konami Australia Pty, Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Yoshimi