Patents by Inventor Hiroto Nakamoto

Hiroto Nakamoto 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: 8696442
    Abstract: In a game system which is provided with a monitor which displays a screen according to progress of a game, a touch panel which is operated by a player according to the progress of a game, a storage device which stores operation history data of the player who operates the touch panel, and a control unit, the control unit determines an attribute of the player based on the operation history data and controls setting of a game based on the determined attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Okuaki, Hiroto Nakamoto, Ryu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8414388
    Abstract: A game system includes: a jackpot drawing apparatus for performing a payout process for paying out to a winning player at least part of an amount indicated by payout amount data when the drawing unit determines winning of the jackpot award; and a notification processing apparatus for performing, when performing the jackpot award winning notification process for notifying the player who has won the jackpot award, of winning of the jackpot award, prior to issuing the same, an advance notification process for issuing an advance notification to the effect that a player who plays by using each game apparatus belonging to a predetermined group configured by two or more game apparatuses including the game apparatus with which the player who wins the jackpot award plays is notified that the player who plays by using either game apparatus belonging to the predetermined group wins the jackpot award.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Goto, Kazuhiro Kusuda, Takashi Uchiyama, Masato Okuaki, Hiroto Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20130072287
    Abstract: In a game system which is provided with a monitor which displays a screen according to progress of a game, a touch panel which is operated by a player according to the progress of a game, a storage device which stores operation history data of the player who operates the touch panel, and a control unit, the control unit determines an attribute of the player based on the operation history data and controls setting of a game based on the determined attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato OKUAKI, Hiroto NAKAMOTO, Ryu SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20130072291
    Abstract: In a game machine which is provided with an input interface having a configuration in which a game field on which a game progresses according to movement of medals, a monitor, and a touch panel superimposed on the monitor are combined, and a control unit, the control unit causes a digital medal associated with the medal to be displayed on the monitor, causes the digital medal to be associated with the player's touch operation, causes the digital medal to operate according to a predetermined operation condition, applies an operation associated with an operation of the digital medal to the medal, and selects the operation condition according to a predetermined selection condition from among a plurality of candidates of the operation condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryu SASAKI, Masato OKUAKI, Hiroto NAKAMOTO, Atsushi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20110312408
    Abstract: It is a subject to provide new game attractiveness for enjoying a drawing performed in a drawing machine that is shared by a plurality of game apparatuses by a plurality of players playing at these game apparatuses. A common drawing condition count value is counted according to progress results of independent games respectively controlled by game progress control units of the game apparatuses, a drawing for deciding whether a predetermined award is won is performed based on the common drawing condition count value satisfying a predetermined drawing start condition, and payout processing units of the game apparatuses pay out a predetermined amount of payout objects if the predetermined award has been won.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Okuaki, Hiroto Nakamoto, Junichi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110306406
    Abstract: It is an object to appropriately obtain an effect aimed at by changing the amount of payout objects to be paid out through specific control according to the bet amount of a game play that has produced a predetermined progress result regarding a start condition for specific control. A specific control start condition count value is counted according to a progress result of a game controlled by a game progress control unit, an accumulated amount of bet objects bet in a game when the count value was counted is stored, specific control is started based on the count value satisfying a predetermined specific control start condition, and payout objects of an amount according to the stored accumulated amount of bet objects are paid out in accordance with the specific control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masato Okuaki, Yosuke Sasaki, Hiroto Nakamoto, Atsushi Inoue, Takashi Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20100222137
    Abstract: In order for a player to develop a sense of great expectation that the player him/herself may win a jackpot award, a game system includes: a jackpot drawing apparatus for performing a payout process for paying out to the winning player a payout target having at least a part of an amount indicated by payout amount data that is obtained by reading it out from a storage unit when the drawing unit determines winning of the jackpot award, and for cumulatively increasing an amount indicated by the payout amount data stored in the storage unit when a predetermined payout amount increasing condition is satisfied; and a notification processing apparatus for performing, when performing the jackpot award winning notification process for notifying the player who has won the jackpot award, of winning of the jackpot award, prior to issuing the same, an advance notification process for issuing an advance notification to the effect that a player who plays by using each game apparatus belonging to a predetermined group config
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Goto, Kazuhiro Kusuda, Takashi Uchiyama, Masato Okuaki, Hiroto Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20100167804
    Abstract: A game machine of the present invention is a medal game machine where a lottery is performed at a satellite unit as a physical lottery system and when obtained numbers form a line on a bingo card, which is realized as an establishment of bingo. Medals are paid out directly or indirectly to a player. Wherein one privilege to be given to a player at the moment of establishment of bingo is selected in accordance with a control state of a payout rate of medals from a plurality of privileges each of which is connected with the payout of medals to a player and by which the affections given to the payout rate of medals are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Okuaki, Toru Omoto, Hiroto Nakamoto, Junichi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20090318207
    Abstract: A medal as the first game medium and a ball as the second game medium are supplied to a play field section based on the player's operation, a basic game is executed in association with the operation of the medal, and while a dividend depending on the game result of the basic game is imparted to the player, a chance for obtaining dividend is imparted to the player, when the ball is ejected from the play field section due to the operation of the ball linked with the operation of medal, the number of the balls as the game media existing in the game field section is detected, and a privilege tied to delivery of dividend is imparted depending on a decrease of the number of the balls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Okuaki, Hiroto Nakamoto, Toru Omoto, Junichi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20070296146
    Abstract: A play field includes a token table adapted to mount a plurality of tokens on an upper face thereof, and a groove adapted to receive a token fallen from the token table. A moving table is moving along the upper face of the token table in such a direction that the tokens on the token tables are pushed toward the groove. A token supplier is operable to supply a token to a player in a case where a token pushed by the moving table is fallen from the token table to the groove. A first game executer is operable to execute a first game with one of a plurality of first operation modes. A second game executer is operable to execute a second game with one of a plurality of second operation modes. An operation mode switcher is operable to switch the one of the first operation modes to another one and to switch the one of the second operation modes to another one, when a prescribed mode switching requirement is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Omoto, Masato Okuaki, Hiroto Nakamoto