Patents by Inventor Kazuaki UTSUNOMIYA

Kazuaki UTSUNOMIYA 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: 20230368603
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming machine that can maintain a sense of expectation of a player and continue a game. The gaming machine includes a display including a scroll area where a video reel including a plurality of main symbols is scrolled, the main symbols are rearranged after the scrolling, and a game result of a unit game is displayed and a non-scroll area where the video reel is not scrolled, a sub-symbol different from the main symbols being displayed in the non-scroll area and moving from the non-scroll area to the scroll area, a memory that stores information concerning the main symbols and information concerning the sub-symbol, and a controller that controls display of the main symbols and the sub-symbol on the display, the controller determining display content of the sub-symbol based on at least one probability mode among a plurality of probability modes respectively associated with probabilities different from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SAMMY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaya YONEDA, Jun NISHIOKA, Yusuke HASHIMOTO, Hiroyuki ITO, Kazuaki UTSUNOMIYA, Teppei HIGASHI, Shinya OHTANI, Taiji SUGAI
  • Publication number: 20220392316
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming machine that can maintain expectation in a game in which a prize is selectively granted to a player and continue the game. The gaming machine includes a display that displays a video reel having a plurality of symbols including a predetermined symbol and a plurality of cells, to each of which a prize is allocated and a controller that executes a base game in which a bet is necessary and the plurality of symbols are rearranged after scrolling of the video reel, when the predetermined symbol is rearranged in the base game, displays content of a prize of a cell in which the content of the prize is not displayed, when contents of prizes of all of the plurality of cells are displayed, selects one cell from the plurality of cells by lottery, and, when content of a prize allocated to the one cell is a transition to a bonus game more advantageous than the base game, transitions the base game to the bonus game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Sammy Corporation
    Inventors: Takaya YONEDA, Shinya OHTANI, Yusuke HASHIMOTO, Teppei HIGASHI, Taiji SUGAI, Jun NISHIOKA, Kazuaki UTSUNOMIYA, Hiroyuki ITO, Masaaki KOJIMA, Shota TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220157124
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming machine that can allow active participation in a game without loss of interest even in the midst of a free game. The present invention includes: an operation reception device that receives an operation by a player; a display that scrolls a video reel on which a plurality of symbols are aligned, and then display a game result by rearranging the plurality of symbols; and a controller that executes a base game and a plurality of chance games that require betting, and a plurality of free games that require no betting. The controller executes, during execution of a free game, a skill game in which a video reel being scrolled is stopped in accordance with an operation by a player on the operation reception device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: SAMMY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaya YONEDA, Shinya OHTANI, Yusuke HASHIMOTO, Teppei HIGASHI, Taiji SUGAI, Jun NISHIOKA, Kazuaki UTSUNOMIYA, Hiroyuki ITO
  • Publication number: 20220157125
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming machine that can achieve a balance between a profit given to a player and a profit of a gaming facility. The gaming machine is provided with: a display that displays a game result by scrolling a video reel including a plurality of symbols and then rearranging the plurality of symbols; and a controller that executes a base game and a plurality of chance games that require betting, and a plurality of free games that require no betting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: SAMMY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaya YONEDA, Shinya OHTANI, Yusuke HASHIMOTO, Teppei HIGASHI, Taiji SUGAI, Jun NISHIOKA, Kazuaki UTSUNOMIYA, Hiroyuki ITO