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).

  • Publication number: 20080051189
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes a display and a game controller. The display displays thereon a symbol display area in which one of kinds of symbols is arranged, and a symbol display frame made up of symbol display areas. The game controller performs: moving a character that moves within the symbol display frame, in a state where symbols are displayed in the respective symbol display areas included in the symbol display frame; determining one symbol display area in which the character will be stopped, from the symbol display areas included in the symbol display frame; and determining an award given to a player based on a combination of symbols corresponding to symbol display areas in each of which the character is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: ARUZE CORP.
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Kido
  • Publication number: 20080051182
    Abstract: A slot machine of the present invention includes: a slot machine comprising: a display capable of displaying a plurality of objects moving in a predetermined direction, and an area a contact determination of which with each of the plurality of the objects is executed; and a controller, the controller displaying the plurality of the objects and the area to the display, the plurality of the objects displayed in a mode of moving in the predetermined direction, executing a contact determination between each of the plurality of the objects and the area, and providing an award according to the object having come into contact with the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventor: Katsuhiro KIDO
  • Publication number: 20060094493
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Kido
  • Publication number: 20060055109
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: ARUZE Corp.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yokota, Katsuhiro Kido, Yoshitomo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20050101385
    Abstract: A gaming system and a gaming machine, in which a player of a first game can participate in a second game having different game contents without moving between gaming machines. In the gaming system and the gaming machine, a first gaming machine is provided with a second display different from for the first game and connected communicatively with a second gaming machine, and has functions: to transmit/receive information on the second game controlled by the second gaming machine; and to allow the player to perform the second game in the second display on the basis of the information of the second game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: ARUZE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Kido