Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Kido
Katsuhiro Kido 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).
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Publication number: 20120208621Abstract: A display device having bet areas where a plurality of bet objects are displayed and a unit bet buttons where a plurality of bet amounts are displayed and a touch panel which is provided on the front surface side of the display device to be able to receive a touch input from the outside and detect a touched position of the touch input are included. When the touched position of the touch input corresponds to any bet amounts in the unit bet buttons, a bet amount is determined based on this touched position. When the touched position of the touch input continuously moves at least in the bet areas, betting on each bet object on the moving path among the bet objects in the bet areas is received with the bet amount determined using the unit bet button.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicants: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC., Universal Entertainment CorporationInventor: Katsuhiro KIDO
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Patent number: 8210923Abstract: A dice gaming machine executes a dice game using a plurality of dice. Gaming values are bet with respect to bet areas making up a betting board. Each bet area is associated with a winning condition based on the spots on the dice and a payout magnification ratio. The prize in the dice game is determined based on the amount of gaming values bet on a bet area whose winning condition is satisfied, and a payout magnification ratio. Once acceptance of bets is ended, the dice gaming machine carries out a lottery. The dice gaming machine changes the payout magnification ratio for the bet area(s) based on the lottery result. Changing of the payout magnification ratio is adopted in the terminal(s) constituting the dice gaming machine.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Katsuhiro Kido, Kenta Kitamura
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Patent number: 8187091Abstract: A gaming machine displays a bet start instructional image on a dealer used display, displays a bet end instructional image in response to a predetermined lapse of time after receiving a bet start instruction signal from a touch panel, and controls an oscillation motor to cause a playing board to oscillate after receiving a bet end instruction signal from the touch panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Aruze Gaming America, Inc.Inventor: Katsuhiro Kido
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Publication number: 20120115563Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicants: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC., UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhiro KIDO, Hiroki MUNAKATA
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Publication number: 20120115562Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicants: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC., UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhiro KIDO, Hiroki MUNAKATA
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Patent number: 8152170Abstract: A roulette apparatus includes: a roulette wheel having a rolling region where a ball rolls; and a ball reception member provided contiguously to the rolling region to receive the ball. The ball reception member includes: a plurality of reception portions that receives the ball in one of the reception portions; and a plurality of separation walls that separates the reception portions from one another, wherein the ball reception member is formed separately from the roulette wheel and removably attached to the roulette wheel.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Yokota, Katsuhiro Kido, Yoshitomo Sasaki
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Patent number: 8075380Abstract: A roulette apparatus includes: a roulette wheel having a rolling region where a ball rolls; and a ball reception member provided contiguously to the rolling region to receive the ball. The ball reception member includes: a plurality of reception portions that receives the ball in one of the reception portions; and a plurality of separation walls that separates the reception portions from one another, wherein the ball reception member is formed separately from the roulette wheel and removably attached to the roulette wheel.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Yokota, Katsuhiro Kido, Yoshitomo Sasaki
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Publication number: 20110201400Abstract: A gaming system comprises a control unit quipped with a controller. The control starts the reception of bets from a plurality of stations, displays, on a dealer display, termination order images from the plurality of the stations in accordance with a lapse of a predetermined period of time from the start of the bet reception, and advances the game on the condition that a bet termination order signal is received from an operation input button.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2009Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Katsuhiro Kido, Kenta Kitamura
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Publication number: 20110165948Abstract: Provided is a gaming machine having a cabinet. Between the back as a back face and the right side face of the sides of the cabinet, the gaming machine has a right end side, which is formed by cutting a plane parallel to the gravitational direction in a manner to join lines spaced at predetermined distances in the individual directions of the back and the right side face from a line of intersection, on which the back and the right side face intersect when extended. The gaming machine also has a left end side between the back and a left side face. Moreover, the right end side and the left end side are symmetric with respect to a plane dividing the cabinet equally to the right and left.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Yoshitomo Sasaki, Akira Shimizu, Katsuhiro Kido, Kenta Kitamura, Hideaki Kishi, Hiroatsu Ike
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Publication number: 20100301557Abstract: It is possible to arrange a plurality of wheel pins 281 on an inclined face 28 formed so as to follow an outer circumferential direction of a plurality of pockets 23 formed in a roulette device 2. These wheel pins 281 include threaded holes 282 and insertion pins 283, and match positions of through holes 284 formed in the inclined face 28 and the threaded holes 282, and are fastened with screws 286 inserted from a back surface side of the inclined face 28 to be detachable. In addition, concave portions 285 formed according to a distance between the threaded holes 282 and the insertion pins 283 in the wheel pins 281 are formed in the inclined face 28, and the insertion pins 283 are inserted and cause a direction of the wheel pins 281 to be fixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicants: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.Inventor: Katsuhiro KIDO
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Publication number: 20100304827Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing a gaming system that can allow a game to be advanced even by an inexperienced dealer. CPU counts a time by a timer as upon triggering at a predetermined timing, on a time axis on which the roulette game is advanced based on control of the roulette game control unit and displays on dealer-used display an instructional image stored to be associated with a timing data, in response to a time counted by the timer matching a time indicated by timing data stored in ROM.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicants: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.Inventor: Katsuhiro Kido
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Publication number: 20100304844Abstract: The range of game strategies for a player in a roulette game is broadened by providing a bet region corresponding to a new bet rate. A CPU displays a plurality of bet regions, as well as displays a third bet region corresponding to a third numerical range that is smaller than a first numerical range corresponding to a first bet range among a plurality of bet regions, and that is larger than a second numerical range corresponding to a second bet region among the plurality of bet regions. Next, a bet is accepted for a bet region thus displayed, and in a case where it is determined that an award is to be granted for the bet region thus accepted, payout data corresponding to the bet region is extracted from ROM, and the award according to the payout data thus extracted is granted.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicants: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.Inventor: Katsuhiro KIDO
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Publication number: 20100301556Abstract: A roulette game device is provided that allows a ball revolving on the roulette wheel to be easily observed from players and spectators around the roulette game device, and can facilitate betting for a player. An outer circumferential wall 29 of an inclined face 28, which is formed so as to extend from pockets 23 of a roulette device in an outer circumferential direction, includes a guide portion 291 that is provided at an upper portion thereof so as to protrude towards inside of the inclined face 28, in which a length that the guide portion 291 protrudes towards the inside of the inclined face 28 is shorter than a length of a radius r of the ball 11, which is thrown onto the roulette wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicants: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.Inventor: Katsuhiro KIDO
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Publication number: 20100291989Abstract: A roulette gaming machine includes a plurality of satellites, each of which allows a player to play a lotto-type roulette game while executing a usual roulette game simultaneously. In the lotto-type roulette game, a set of winning numbers for the given number of roulette games is predicted at a time by a player at a satellite, and award is calculated when the given number of roulette games has been executed. The progress of the lotto-type roulette game is controlled with respect to each of the plurality of satellites. When a new player participates in the lotto-type roulette game, the maximum waiting time for the new player equals the time required for one roulette game to be executed. Thus, the reduction of the waiting time can be achieved with respect to a new participant in the lotto-type roulette game.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: Aruze Gaming America, Inc.Inventor: Katsuhiro KIDO
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Patent number: 7740535Abstract: A roulette gaming machine includes: a roulette wheel on which marks are placed; a lottery unit for drawing a win mark; a bet area display unit for displaying a bet areas formed based on the same marks as the marks placed on the roulette wheel; a selection unit for selecting a bet area displayed on the bet area display unit; a bet unit for betting a game value on the bet area; a history storage unit for storing a lottery results as history data; a search condition selection unit for selecting a search condition concerning the win frequency of each mark; a search unit for searching the history data; and a conditional bet unit for betting a game value on the bet area corresponding to a search result of the search unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2005Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Universal Entertainment CorporationInventor: Katsuhiro Kido
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Publication number: 20100124966Abstract: A roulette game device is configured to make prediction of a game result difficult by making timing at which a bet operation ends variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2009Publication date: May 20, 2010Applicant: Aruze Gaming America, Inc.Inventor: Katsuhiro KIDO
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Publication number: 20100069142Abstract: The dice gaming machine accepts a bet on a bet area and a bet on an intermediate area between/among a plurality of bet areas. After ending the bet acceptance, it starts rolling dice. After the rolling of the dice has been stopped, the dice gaming machine identifies a winning bet area based on the dice rolling result. A payout amount for each terminal is calculated based on the identified winning bet area, the bet area or the intermediate area on which the bet is accepted, and a payout magnification ratio set for the bet area or the intermediate area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: ARUZE CORP.Inventor: Katsuhiro KIDO
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Publication number: 20100062861Abstract: A gaming machine 1 includes: a cabinet 2; a top door 3 that is openable and closable, and disposed on an upper portion T of the cabinet 2; and a main display 31 that is disposed on the top door 3 and performs display related to a game. In addition, the cabinet 2 has a main housing portion 22 that houses a control unit 61 and a sub housing portion 21 that is provided between the top door 3 and the main housing portion 22. In the sub housing portion 21, a relay portion (211) that relays a connection of the main display 3 and a control unit 61.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: Aruze Gaming America , Inc.Inventor: Katsuhiro KIDO
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Publication number: 20100062851Abstract: A gaming machine displays a bet start instructional image on a dealer used display, displays a bet end instructional image in response to a predetermined lapse of time after receiving a bet start instruction signal from a touch panel, and controls an oscillation motor to cause a playing board to oscillate after receiving a bet end instruction signal from the touch panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: Aruze Gaming America, Inc.Inventor: Katsuhiro Kido
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Publication number: 20100056257Abstract: A dice gaming machine executes a dice game using a plurality of dice. Gaming values are bet with respect to bet areas making up a betting board. Each bet area is associated with a winning condition based on the spots on the dice and a payout magnification ratio. The prize in the dice game is determined based on the amount of gaming values bet on a bet area whose winning condition is satisfied, and a payout magnification ratio. Once acceptance of bets is ended, the dice gaming machine carries out a lottery. The dice gaming machine changes the payout magnification ratio for the bet area(s) based on the lottery result. Changing of the payout magnification ratio is adopted in the terminal(s) constituting the dice gaming machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: ARUZE CORP.Inventors: Katsuhiro KIDO, Kenta KITAMURA