Patents Assigned to Universal Entertainment Corporation
  • Patent number: 10319190
    Abstract: Provided is a game system which performs control so as to allow a previously set donation amount to be donated when a user performs a cashing-out operation. A donation management server 40 stores settings related to donations made by a user in a donation setting information table 421 and when the user performs the cashing-out operation on a slot machine 1010, performs control so as to donate a donation amount selected by the user from among donation amount candidates set by the above-mentioned settings made by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10319188
    Abstract: Provided is a game system which performs control so as to allow a donation to be made by using a value (points) other than a value which a user can directly obtain as an outcome of a game. A donation management server 40 stores settings related to donations made by the user in a donation setting information table 421 and for example, when the user performs a cashing-out operation on a slot machine 1010, performs control so as to automatically make the donation by subtracting points corresponding to a specified donation amount from points stored so as to be associated with a user card based on the above-mentioned settings made by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10311672
    Abstract: The progress of a game while a change in gaming media placed in a betting area of a gaming table is left uncollected is prevented. A gaming table system includes a gaming table including a betting area in which gaming media are placed and an antenna member configured to read a value of the gaming media placed in the betting area by wireless communication and a control unit configured to execute a scanning process of obtaining the total value of the gaming media in the betting area by controlling the antenna member. The control unit fixes a first bet amount by executing the scanning process at a timing to fix the bet and fixes a second bet amount by executing the scanning process again at a predetermined timing, and the control unit repeats the scanning process until these amounts become identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsuke Yamaguchi, Koichi Matsumoto, Yoshiyuki Kanno, Masaya Kato
  • Patent number: 10289827
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information display device which may simply display a defined information to improve the convenience. The information display device is able to read the member card having the member identification code, and access the member management server storing the plurality of information associated with the user, and display the plurality of information associated with the user. In the member management server, the plurality of information associated with the user is distinguished to be information not requiring to be authenticated and information requiring to be authenticated respectively and then is stored. The information display device acquires the information not requiring to be authenticated from the member management server according to the member identification code under the condition of reading the member card, and directly display the acquired information not requiring to be authenticated without being authenticated by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Shigehiko Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10290177
    Abstract: To facilitate visual confirmation of the displayed content on a topper display device T211, from a direction in which the displayed content is visible, a gaming machine comprises: a gaming machine main body configured to run a game; a topper display device T211, which is provided on the gaming machine main body and configured to display game related content; and an illumination mechanism T3 provided to the topper display device T211 and configured to emit illumination light to all four directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Jun Hirato, Hayato Matsunaga, Gou Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10290181
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reception device, which comprises an operation device which is used to perform a variety of operations, a camera device which is used to take dynamic images for the peripheral area of the operation device, and a control device analyzing the action of the personage presented in the peripheral area according to the dynamic images of the peripheral area taken by the camera device and performing a control to cause the operation device to perform the operation corresponding to the analysis result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Junpei Sato, Yoshihiro Nagasaki, Satoshi Joko
  • Patent number: 10290180
    Abstract: Provided is a game information analysis system which is operable to analyze player attributes and gaming machine attributes based on operation data of gaming machines and to conduct a matching analysis on the player attributes and the machine attributes. An analysis server 2012 of the game information analysis system 2001 receives game information from each slot machine 2014; obtains the player attributes and the machine attributes based on the game information; and conducts matching between a player and a gaming machine in response to an instruction issued by a user, thereby displaying correspondence relationship between the player attributes and the gaming machine attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10282939
    Abstract: Provided is a game table apparatus which allows a player to easily recognize the history of outcomes of games. First display information corresponding to winning or losing of a game is read out from a memory and is displayed on a display; when as a result of conducting a plurality of games, predetermined bias with respect to winning or losing in the plurality of games has occurred and a number of times at which the predetermined bias has occurred is determined to have reached a predetermined threshold value, second display information is read out from the memory; the first display information corresponding to the winning or losing in the plurality of games is changed to the second display information; and the second display information is displayed on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Yamaguchi, Kouichi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10275986
    Abstract: Provided is a game system which performs control so as to automatically donate a fraction, which is less than a minimum unit required for playing one game, from a balance of a user card based on settings made by a user. A donation management server 40 stores settings related to donations made by the user in a donation setting information table 421 and for example, when the user performs a cashing-out operation on a slot machine 1010, performs control so as to automatically make the donation by subtracting the fraction from the card balance based on the above-mentioned settings made by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10275990
    Abstract: Provided is a game system which performs control so as to conduct a ranking display of each user based on an amount of a donation made by the each user. A donation management server 40 stores a donation amount when a donation is made by a user operation, determines user ranking based on the amount of the donation made by the each user, and prepares display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10275989
    Abstract: Provided is a game system which performs control so as to allow a donation amount to be collected from a payout obtained in a game upon the occurrence of said payout, a percentage of the payout to be donated being previously set by the user. A donation management server 40 stores settings related to donations made by the user in a donation setting information table 421 and upon the occurrence of the payout, performs control so as to automatically donate a fixed percentage of the payout based on the above-mentioned settings made by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10275982
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reception device, which comprises an operation device performing a variety of operations, an obstacle checking device checking the obstacle in the monitoring area which includes the motion range of the operation device, and a control device simulating the operation path of the operation device in advance before the operation device performs an action and during the process of performing the action, and if there is an obstacle in the simulated operation path, a control is performed to cause the operation device to perform the operation corresponding to the abnormal state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Junpei Sato, Yoshihiro Nagasaki, Satoshi Joko
  • Patent number: 10275987
    Abstract: Provided is a game system which performs control so as to allow a predetermined profit to be provided for a user by a game facility or the like in accordance with an amount of a donation made by said user. A donation management server 40 performs controls so as to provide points in accordance with the donation amount for the user when the donation is made by a user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10262249
    Abstract: Provided is a contactless information medium that achieves reduction in initial failure at the time of manufacture and obtains stable quality. A contactless information medium 1 includes a plurality of substrates 2a to 2d in a stacked state, an electric conductor 4, and an IC chip 5. The electric conductor 4 is integrally provided on each of the substrates 2a to 2d, and has a pre-formed conductive pattern 3. The IC chip 5 is mounted on any one of the substrates 2a to 2d, and is connected to the electric conductor 4. The conductive pattern 3 partially includes spiral patterns 31a to 31d formed in a spiral shape. The spiral patterns 31a to 31d are arranged at different positions among the substrates 2a to 2d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki Emori
  • Patent number: 10258868
    Abstract: Provided is a game table which allows maintenance to be facilitated. The game table includes: a game board having arranged thereon antennas for reading identification information stored in game chips through wireless communication; and a game board mounting table top having mounted thereon the game board so as to allow the game board to be opened and closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Shinsuke Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10242533
    Abstract: A gaming machine having a display that displays a determined screen including a character, during execution of a game, a touch panel sensor, disposed above the display, that is capable of detecting the contact position, the position of the character contacted by a player, and a CPU that determines the contact position of the character as well as the contact mode, and that displays an image on the display, that is changed based on the result of this determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Okada, Hirobumi Toyoda
  • Patent number: 10204480
    Abstract: A gaming environment, in which a new gaming machine and gaming system in which entertainment aspect of the game may be enhanced, is described. Especially a gaming environment, in which a slot game (the first game) corresponding to a first game program 33a in the RAM 33 is progressed by the main CPU 32 of the slot machine 210 in the gaming system 220, when the payout rate of the slot machine 210 is greater or equal to a predetermined value, a second game program which is different from the first game program 33a is downloaded from the game server 200 by the communication process unit 211 of the slot machine 210, the second game is progressed by the main CPU 32 via executing the second game program, is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 10201753
    Abstract: A gaming machine of the present invention operates such that when a plurality of positions are inputted, positional information is generated based on the plurality of positions and sign information, indicative of a sign passing across the plurality of positions, is generated based on the positional information upon which comparison is made between sign information, indicative of the signs passing across the plurality of positions, and preliminarily stored sign data to discriminate a correlation between the sign information and the sign data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumasa Yoshizawa, Junichi Kogo
  • Patent number: 10192399
    Abstract: The present invention provides an operation device, which comprises a face-formed-body which forms a shape of face by the translucent resin, a light emitting device which is configured inside of the face-formed-body and is able to project the light with a variety of color switchably to any area of the face-formed-body, and a light emitting control device which controls the light emitting device and causes it to select the color of the light and the irradiation area of the face-formed-body according to the different situation and project the light of the selected color into the selected irradiation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Junpei Sato, Yoshihiro Nagasaki, Satoshi Joko
  • Patent number: 10186118
    Abstract: A gaming machine of the present invention stores a bet area on which a bet is placed through a gaming terminal and a game value placed as the bet, determines a resulting symbol from a plurality of symbols, rotates the wheel based on an operation of the lever in one of the plurality of gaming terminals, whose lever has been activated, stops the rotation of the wheel so that the pointer points at a symbol arrangement area with the resulting symbol, and awards a payout based on the resulting symbol and the odds set for the bet area in which the bet is placed through the gaming terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: Universal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kido, Hiroki Munakata