Patents by Inventor Kaoru Kuroiwa

Kaoru Kuroiwa 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: 7740540
    Abstract: A gaming machine, having a display unit that displays a game image for use in a game, including: an image data storage unit that stores common image data that is common to user countries in which the gaming machine is used and individual image data that differ from user country to user country; and a position changing unit that changes the display position of the game image displayed on the display unit, on a per user country basis, using the common image data and the individual image data, stored in the image data storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori Inamura, Hiroshi Ito, Hideaki Iwamoto, Kaoru Kuroiwa, Keiki Inoue, Sakiko Kojima, Akira Osawa
  • Publication number: 20050277461
    Abstract: A gaming machine, having a display unit that displays a game image for use in a game, including: an image data storage unit that stores common image data that is common to a plurality of user countries in which to use the gaming machine and individual image data that differ from user country to user country; and a position changing unit that changes the display position of the game image displayed on the display unit, on a per user country basis, using the common image data and the individual image data, stored in the image data storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventors: Yukinori Inamura, Hiroshi Ito, Hideaki Iwamoto, Kaoru Kuroiwa, Keiki Inoue, Sakiko Kojima, Akira Osawa
  • Publication number: 20050187007
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes: a display device; a first game controller that performs a first game in which a plurality of symbols are stopped after being variably displayed on the display device and a winning combination is determined based on an arrangement of the stopped symbols; and a second game controller that performs a second game on the display device when a predetermined arrangement is aligned at the first game, the second game of a pinball game in which a flipper image is moved as being operated by a player to flip a ball image moving within a predetermined display region, wherein the second game controller determines a number of the ball image to be displayed on the display region in response to the stopped symbol or to the arrangement of the stopped symbols at the first game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventor: Kaoru Kuroiwa
  • Publication number: 20040242298
    Abstract: A gaming machine, a server, and a program, which can make a player enjoy a game are provided. In a game where a plurality of cards are dealt to the player, the player can be made to enjoy the game by a method of display of the dealing of cards using this gaming machine. The above-mentioned display method can also be controlled according to combinations formed of the plurality of cards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Yukinori Inamura, Kaoru Kuroiwa