Patents by Inventor Akihiko TOKUE

Akihiko TOKUE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9754460
    Abstract: A game machine includes: game medium release means that releases a plurality of game media to a determination area included in a game space based on an operation input from operation section; detection means that detects the occurrence or non-occurrence of a predetermined event at a plurality of determination points provided in the determination area, the predetermined event occurring due to a released game medium among the plurality of game media; and determination means that performs a win determination process based on the occurrence or non-occurrence of the predetermined event at the plurality of determination points provided in the determination area, the determination means determining that the player has won the game when a plurality of determination points among the plurality of determination points at which the predetermined event has occurred satisfy a winning condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sato, Tetsuo Tokitou, Akihiko Tokue
  • Publication number: 20150018058
    Abstract: A game machine includes: game medium release means that releases a plurality of game media to a determination area included in a game space based on an operation input from operation section; detection means that detects the occurrence or non-occurrence of a predetermined event at a plurality of determination points provided in the determination area, the predetermined event occurring due to a released game medium among the plurality of game media; and determination means that performs a win determination process based on the occurrence or non-occurrence of the predetermined event at the plurality of determination points provided in the determination area, the determination means determining that the player has won the game when a plurality of determination points among the plurality of determination points at which the predetermined event has occurred satisfy a winning condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshinori SATO, Tetsuo TOKITOU, Akihiko TOKUE
  • Patent number: 8899585
    Abstract: A lottery game apparatus includes a distribution section (discharge section) that discharges a ball that has been discharged in response to an operation input performed using an operation section, a plurality of open areas that receive the ball that has fallen from the distribution section, a plurality of lottery sections that implement a lottery using the ball, a moving path that guides the ball that has fallen into a first open area to a first lottery section, a moving path that guides the ball that has fallen into a second open area to a second lottery section, and a moving path that guides the ball that has fallen into a third open area to a third lottery section. The distribution section changes the discharge position or the discharge direction of the ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiko Tokue, Tetsuo Tokitou, Yoshinori Sato
  • Publication number: 20130341862
    Abstract: A lottery game apparatus includes a distribution section (discharge section) that discharges a ball that has been discharged in response to an operation input performed using an operation section, a plurality of open areas that receive the ball that has fallen from the distribution section, a plurality of lottery sections that implement a lottery using the ball, a moving path that guides the ball that has fallen into a first open area to a first lottery section, a moving path that guides the ball that has fallen into a second open area to a second lottery section, and a moving path that guides the ball that has fallen into a third open area to a third lottery section. The distribution section changes the discharge position or the discharge direction of the ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Akihiko TOKUE, Tetsuo TOKITOU, Yoshinori SATO