Patents by Inventor Hiroki Munakata

Hiroki Munakata 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).

  • Publication number: 20240112550
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved gaming table, such as a craps table, is disclosed herein, which combines electronic displays and wagering interfaces with traditional craps tables having physical, simulated or virtualized dice and allowing players to physically throw the dice or simulate/virtualize a throw of the dice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Eric PERSSON, Kenji ENOKIDO, Hiroki MUNAKATA, Aaron HUANG, Motoya NAKAMURA, Kenji HAMAO
  • Patent number: 11887441
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved gaming table, such as a craps table, is disclosed herein, which combines electronic displays and wagering interfaces with traditional craps tables having physical dice and allowing players to physically throw the dice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: INTERBLOCK D.O.O.
    Inventors: Eric Persson, Kenji Enokido, Hiroki Munakata, Aaron Huang, Motoya Nakamura, Kenji Hamao
  • Publication number: 20220392314
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved gaming table, such as a craps table, is disclosed herein, which combines electronic displays and wagering interfaces with traditional craps tables having physical dice and allowing players to physically throw the dice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Eric PERSSON, Kenji ENOKIDO, Hiroki MUNAKATA, Aaron HUANG, Motoya NAKAMURA, Kenji HAMAO
  • Patent number: 11423745
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved gaming table, such as a craps table, is disclosed herein, which combines electronic displays and wagering interfaces with traditional craps tables having physical dice and allowing players to physically throw the dice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Persson, Kenji Enokido, Hiroki Munakata, Aaron Huang, Motoya Nakamura, Kenji Hamao
  • Publication number: 20210150862
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved gaming table, such as a craps table, is disclosed herein, which combines electronic displays and wagering interfaces with traditional craps tables having physical dice and allowing players to physically throw the dice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Eric PERSSON, Kenji ENOKIDO, Hiroki MUNAKATA, Aaron HUANG, Motoya NAKAMURA, Kenji HAMAO
  • Patent number: 10922927
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved gaming table, such as a craps table, is disclosed herein, which combines electronic displays and wagering interfaces with traditional craps tables having physical dice and allowing players to physically throw the dice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: ARUZE GAMING (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Eric Persson, Kenji Enokido, Hiroki Munakata, Aaron Huang, Motoya Nakamura, Kenji Hamao
  • Publication number: 20200066106
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved gaming table, such as a craps table, is disclosed herein, which combines electronic displays and wagering interfaces with traditional craps tables having physical dice and allowing players to physically throw the dice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Eric PERSSON, Kenji ENOKIDO, Hiroki MUNAKATA, Aaron HUANG, Motoya NAKAMURA, Kenji HAMAO
  • Patent number: 10540853
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved gaming table, such as a craps table, is disclosed herein, which combines electronic displays and wagering interfaces with traditional craps tables having physical dice and allowing players to physically throw the dice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Aruze Gaming (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Eric Persson, Kenji Enokido, Hiroki Munakata, Aaron Huang, Motoya Nakamura, Kenji Hamao
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10121323
    Abstract: A gaming machine comprises a terminal device which runs a game, and a storage device which stores a point value generated in games run in the terminal device and a game play count. The gaming machine stores, in a game play count storage area, a total game play count incremented in each game; accumulatively stores a portion of a total point value in a first storage area; accumulatively stores the remaining portion of the total point value in a second storage area of the storage device; adds the point value stored in the first storage area to the point value stored in the second storage area, when the total game play count reaches a certain value; and awards a benefit to the terminal device, when a total point value stored in the second storage area reaches a certain value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Munakata, Tatsuya Teranishi, Kensaku Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20180315276
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved gaming table, such as a craps table, is disclosed herein, which combines electronic displays and wagering interfaces with traditional craps tables having physical dice and allowing players to physically throw the dice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Eric PERSSON, Kenji Enokido, Hiroki MUNAKATA, Aaron HUANG, Motoya NAKAMURA, Kenji Hamao
  • Publication number: 20180082521
    Abstract: A gaming machine in which, in relation to repetitive game play, the monotony of the game involving the selection of an option is resolved is provided. When a predetermined condition is satisfied in a game run in a gaming machine, a selection game is executed so that one of options is selected and a benefit corresponding to the selected option is awarded. In the selection game, a process of displaying benefits associated with the respective options along with the options, a process of hiding the benefits associated with the respective options, a process of performing a display effect of shuffling the options, and a process of displaying the benefit corresponding to the selected option are executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroki MUNAKATA, Bungo MATSUMURA, Yoshikatsu MITSUISHI
  • Publication number: 20170330419
    Abstract: A gaming machine comprises a terminal device which runs a game, and a storage device which stores a point value generated in games run in the terminal device and a game play count. The gaming machine stores, in a game play count storage area, a total game play count incremented in each game; accumulatively stores a portion of a total point value in a first storage area; accumulatively stores the remaining portion of the total point value in a second storage area of the storage device; adds the point value stored in the first storage area to the point value stored in the second storage area, when the total game play count reaches a certain value; and awards a benefit to the terminal device, when a total point value stored in the second storage area reaches a certain value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroki MUNAKATA, Tatsuya TERANISHI, Kensaku YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9786130
    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 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: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kido, Hiroki Munakata
  • Patent number: 9672684
    Abstract: A gaming machine of the present invention stores a bet area on which a bet is placed and a game value placed as the bet in each gaming terminal, rotates and stops the wheel to determine a resulting symbol from the plurality of symbols, awards a payout based on the resulting symbol and the odds set for the bet area on which the bet is placed in the gaming terminal, and then adjusts the payout rate by changing the odds set for the bet areas in the gaming terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kido, Hiroki Munakata
  • Publication number: 20170109960
    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 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: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Katsuhiro KIDO, Hiroki MUNAKATA
  • Patent number: 9607478
    Abstract: A plurality of gaming terminals provided in a parallel manner, a plurality of upper displays which are provided in a parallel manner independently from the gaming terminals and form a single common effect display screen, a plurality of display controllers controlling image display on the respective upper displays, and a center controller controlling the display controllers are provided. The center controller controls the display controllers so that the upper displays perform image display as one common effect display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: Universal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Munakata, Kenta Sugano, Daisyun Okamoto, Masumi Fujisawa, Takehisa Itagaki
  • Patent number: 9576421
    Abstract: A plurality of gaming terminals each having a terminal display on which a plurality of symbols are provided, a plurality of upper displays forming a single common effect display screen which is constituted by gaming terminal areas corresponding to the respective gaming terminals, and a center controller are provided. When the common game starts, the center controller displays a common game start effect image on a common effect display screen and transmits a common game start effect image display command to the gaming terminals so that the common game start effect image divided for respective gaming terminal areas is displayed on the terminal display of each of the gaming terminals corresponding to the gaming terminal areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: Universal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Munakata, Kenta Sugano, Daisyun Okamoto, Masumi Fujisawa, Takehisa Itagaki
  • Patent number: 9520027
    Abstract: In a gaming machine, a display displays a jackpot challenge for providing a progressive payout. A controller executes each round of a game, determines an event to be performed in each round, determines whether a determined event belongs to predetermined events capable of providing any one icon of a plurality of icons, performs the determined event and determine a result of a performed event, obtains an icon of the performed event when the performed event belongs to the predetermined events and the result of the performed event is to award the icon of the performed event to a player, triggers the jackpot challenge when the plurality of icons are obtained, and executes the jackpot challenge to determine whether to award the progressive payout to the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Masumi Fujisawa, Hiroki Munakata, Kenji Enokido, Takehisa Itagaki, Masaya Honda, Daisyun Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20160335853
    Abstract: A gaming machine executes the processes of: accepting the selection of a condition required to start a normal game from plural start conditions by an input device; incrementing the number of game play in a counter corresponding to a selected start condition, at the start of the normal game; awarding a benefit based on the result of the normal game displayed on a display device and the selected start condition; determining whether the number of game play in the counter reaches a threshold game play count, and awarding the right to run the free game for a predetermined number of times when the number of game play reaches the threshold game play count; and in the free game, based on the result of the free game displayed on the display device and the start condition corresponding to the counter reaching the threshold game play count, awarding the benefit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jun HIRATO, Hiroki MUNAKATA, Hiroki NAKAMURA, Ken YOSHIKAWA