Patents by Inventor Kazuo Okada
Kazuo Okada 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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Patent number: 8766408Abstract: A packaged semiconductor device is manufactured by a simplified manufacturing process, and is reduced in cost, in thickness and in size. A device component and a pad electrode connected with the device component are formed on a semiconductor substrate. A supporter is bonded to a top surface of the semiconductor substrate through an adhesive layer. Then, there is formed a protection layer that has an opening at a location corresponding to the pad electrode and covers a side surface and a back surface of the semiconductor substrate. A conductive terminal is formed on the pad electrode at the location corresponding to the opening formed in the protection layer. No wiring layer or conductive terminal is formed on the back surface of the semiconductor substrate. A conductive terminal is formed on a periphery of the supporter outside of and next to the side surface of the semiconductor substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2007Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCInventors: Takashi Noma, Shigeki Otsuka, Yuichi Morita, Kazuo Okada, Hiroshi Yamada, Katsuhiko Kitagawa, Noboru Okubo, Shinzo Ishibe, Hiroyuki Shinogi
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Publication number: 20140141880Abstract: A gaming machine includes a control lever gripped by a player, a display configured to display an effect image, and a controller programmed to execute a predetermined process. The control lever includes a rotation axis, a reel handle configured to rotate the rotation axis, a rotation sensor configured to detect the number of rotation of the rotation axis, and a rotation resistance imparting unit configured to impart resistance to the rotation axis such that the torque increases in accordance with the rotational speed in one direction of the rotation axis. In accordance with the game status of the game, the controller causes the rotation sensor to detect the number of rotation of the rotation axis which is rotated as the reel handle of the control lever is rotated, and changes the content of the effect image displayed on the display in accordance with the detected number of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Inventors: Hiroki MUNAKATA, Gou MIYAMOTO, Daisyun OKAMOTO, Kensaku YOSHIKAWA, Kazuo OKADA
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Patent number: 8727889Abstract: A game playing information integration system is provided which is capable of objectively performing selection and/or settings according to preference of a player, and is capable of effectively making entry into market, based on a result of logical analysis of a gaming machine invoking demands of a player and a manger in gaming facility in a well-balanced manner. The system includes a plurality of gaming machine units and a server connected to enable communication with each of the gaming machine units. Each of the gaming machine units includes player identification information reading means, number-of-consumptions data output means, and number-of-payouts data output means. Gaming machine unit identification information is individually assigned to each of the gaming machine units.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Universal Entertainment CorporationInventor: Kazuo Okada
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Patent number: 8721447Abstract: With a game delivery server, a gaming system and a controlling method for a game delivery server of the present invention, a list of games to be played by a player at a gaming machine can be determined at the game delivery server. Therefore, an administrator of the game delivery server can determine a list of games appropriate for the player. For example, if a player is Japanese, games familiar to Japanese can be listed.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2007Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Aruze Gaming America, Inc.Inventor: Kazuo Okada
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Publication number: 20140094251Abstract: Provided is a slot machine which prevents two continuous symbols from coming to be continuous even by conducting a rewriting process. In a case where the one part of the symbol columns is stopped and displayed in the display frame of a symbol display area 4, when a continuous symbol (CHANCE symbol 403) stopped displayed in the display frame of the symbol display area 4 is present in an upstream direction of the scrolling display outside of the display frame of the symbol display area 4, conducted is a delay process in which the rewriting process is conducted for a portion of the symbol column which is present upstream of a position P1 of the continuous symbol (CHANCE symbol 403) in the scrolling display being present in the upstream direction of the scrolling display outside of the display frame of the symbol display area 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicants: Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Masumi FUJISAWA, Kenta KITAMURA, Kensaku YOSHIKAWA, Kazuo OKADA
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Publication number: 20140094252Abstract: Provided is a slot machine capable of reducing unfairness which may result between a player who has made an investment and a player who has not made an investment and allowing a player to proceed with a game by making an investment in expectation of a jackpot at ease. Each money amount which is constant is accumulated independently of a number of bets each time betting is conducted, and upon winning a jackpot, a money amount calculated by multiplying a money amount accumulated until then by a multiplying factor based on the number of bets is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicants: Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Yoichi KATO, Hiroaki KASHIMA, Naoya SHIRAI, Masumi FUJISAWA, Hiroki NAKAMURA, Takeshi AOKI, Kazuo OKADA
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Publication number: 20140094253Abstract: To provide a gaming machine which holds a player's attention until symbols are rearranged by reel actions. The operation of the scroll of symbols of a first scroll line is changed under a condition that predetermined symbols are arranged on a pay line in a state where symbols of at least one first scroll line among a plurality of scroll lines are scrolled and symbols of remaining second scroll lines are stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicants: Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Jun HIRATO, Motomichi SATO, Kenta KITAMURA, Kazuo OKADA
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Publication number: 20140094250Abstract: On the slot machine, a slot game including a base game and free games is caused to proceed on a display. On the base game reel strips, on all of a plurality of reels, symbols whose each kind is the same, other than feature symbols and wild symbols, are arranged in succession. On the free game reel strips, on all of a plurality of reels, symbols whose each kind is the same, other than the feature symbols and the wild symbols, are arranged in succession and in addition thereto, only in a case of top symbols whose payout multiplying factor is the highest, the top symbols whose number is larger than a number of top symbols displayed on the base game reel strips are arranged in succession.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicants: Aruze Gaming America. Inc., Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Yukinori INAMURA, Yoichi KATO, Kazuo OKADA
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Publication number: 20140094247Abstract: A map symbol to be substituted with another symbol is included in a symbol set for a game. When two or more map symbols are included in a symbol arrangement, symbols in a subset of the symbol set are scrolled on display blocks occupied by the map blocks in a simultaneous manner. Each of the map symbols is substituted with another symbol in the subset, thereby forming a finalized symbol arrangement. A payout process is performed based on the finalized symbol arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicants: Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Hiromoto YAMAUCHI, Kazuo OKADA
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Publication number: 20140094258Abstract: On the slot machine, a slot game including a base game and free games is caused to proceed on a display. On the base game reel strips, on all of a plurality of reels, symbols whose each kind is the same, other than feature symbols and wild symbols, are arranged in succession. On the free game reel strips, on all of a plurality of reels, symbols whose each kind is the same, other than the feature symbols and the wild symbols, are arranged in succession and in addition thereto, only in a case of top symbols whose payout multiplying factor is the highest, the top symbols whose number is larger than a number of top symbols displayed on the base game reel strips are arranged in succession.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicants: Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Yukinori INAMURA, Yoichi Kato, Kazuo Okada
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Publication number: 20140094254Abstract: Provided is a gaming machine which does not bore the player through reel actions until completion of rearrangement of symbols. Under the condition where predetermined symbols are aligned on a payline when the symbols of a first scroll line of at least one of a plurality of scroll lines are being scrolled and symbols on the remaining second scroll lines are stopped, the gaming machine changes scrolling motion of symbols of the first scroll line.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicants: Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Masumi FUJISAWA, Kenta KITAMURA, Susumu MIO, Hidekazu SUZUKI, Kazuo OKADA
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Publication number: 20140087817Abstract: In a gaming machine, a speaker outputs music at a predetermined time when it is determined that a result of a game satisfies a predetermined condition. A memory stores a program corresponding to a data sheet including a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns The plurality of columns include a reel field being predefined to be associated with the reels and including a command for controlling the reels and a trigger field including a triggering condition for executing a command of a corresponding row in synchronization with the music. A controller determines the result of the game. Each time any one of a plurality of triggering conditions for a plurality of rows is satisfied, the controller controls the reels according to a command of a row having the satisfied triggering condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Aruze Gaming (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Kazuo Okada, Kenta Kitamura, Masumi Fujisawa, Ryosuke Takahashi, Tatsuya Teranishi
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Publication number: 20140087812Abstract: A game is executed in a normal round, in a first-type free round, and in a second-type free round. The normal round is executed with a first symbol set including a plurality of symbols. The first-type free round is executed with a second symbol set that includes at least one first symbol in addition to the symbols in the first symbol set. The second-type free round is executed with a third symbol set that includes at least one second symbol in addition to the symbols in the first symbol set, the at least one second symbol being different from the at least one first symbol.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicants: Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Yoichi KATO, Hiroki NAKAMURA, Masumi FUJISAWA, Kazuo OKADA
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Publication number: 20140087816Abstract: A controller of a gaming machine executes a normal round of a game to spin reels of a first display, and triggers a chance round of the game when a result of the normal round satisfies a predetermined condition. The controller displays a wheel and a plurality of touch areas on a second display, and the wheel includes a plurality of areas, each of the plurality of areas corresponding to a number of free rounds. When any one of the touch areas is touched and slid by a player, the controller spinning the wheel in a direction corresponding to the slid touch area, and randomly determines a number of free rounds. The controller stops the wheel at a position of an area that corresponds to the determined number of free rounds among the plurality of areas, and provides free rounds having the determined number.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicants: Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Kenta KITAMURA, Masumi Fujisawa, Tatsuya Teranishi, Takeshi Kada, Kazuo Okada
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Publication number: 20140066164Abstract: A method of generating data for controlling an operation of a gaming machine is provided. The gaming machine includes a reel, a first driver for driving the reel, a rendering device, and a second driver for driving the rendering device. A data sheet including a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns is provided. Columns include a trigger field, a reel field being predefined to be associated with the first driver, and an effect field being predefined to be associated with the second driver. When a first command for controlling the first driver is input to in the reel field of the first set of rows, and at least one second command for controlling the second driver is input to the effect field of the first set of rows, the second command is executed in synchronization with the first command.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: Aruze Gaming (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Kazuo OKADA, Kenta Kitamura, Hiroatsu Ike, Yuki Terada, Toshihiko Miyazaki
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Patent number: 8651943Abstract: A gaming machine for changing a payout ratio through technical intervention of a player is provided. The gaming machine comprises: a display arranging a plurality of symbols; and a control section executing a first game rearranging the plurality of symbols with a preset payout ratio, and awarding a payout to a player on the basis of a result of the first game, and executing a payout ratio increasing game that increases the payout ratio and is only executable when predetermined conditions are satisfied, and awarding a payout to the player on the basis of a result of the payout ratio increasing game, wherein the control section executes the payout ratio increasing game, in which the preset payout ratio changes in a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignees: Universal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.Inventor: Kazuo Okada
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Patent number: 8653612Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a smaller semiconductor device of which the manufacturing process is simplified and the manufacturing cost is reduced. Furthermore, an object of the invention is to provide a semiconductor device having a cavity. A device element 3 is formed on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate 4, and a sealing body 1 is attached to the semiconductor substrate 4 with an adhesive layer 6 being interposed therebetween. A main surface (a back surface) of the sealing body 1 which faces the semiconductor substrate 4 is curved inward, and there is a given space (a cavity 2) between the sealing body 1 and the semiconductor substrate 4. Since the back surface of the sealing body 1 is curved, the sealing body 1 is used as a planoconcave lens (a reverse direction) as well as a sealing member for the device element 3.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2007Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignees: SANYO Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCInventors: Kazuo Okada, Katsuhiko Kitagawa, Hiroshi Yamada
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Patent number: 8651954Abstract: A gaming terminal according to the present invention comprises: a first memory capable of storing game history data for a player; a network interface for communicating with a server which stores a plurality of types of game software; a second memory which stores game software downloaded from the server through the network interface; and a controller, the controller storing, in the first memory, the game history data acquired according to an input from outside, downloading game software corresponding to the game history data stored in the first memory from the server through the network interface, when the game software corresponding to the game history data stored in the first memory is different from the game software stored in the second memory, storing the downloaded game software in the second memory, and executing a game based on the game software stored in the second memory.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2007Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Aruze Gaming America, Inc.Inventor: Kazuo Okada
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Patent number: 8647193Abstract: A server is provided with an input device with which an input for selecting a minimum bet unit out of a plurality of minimum bet units can be made. Minimum bet unit information indicative of the selected minimum bet information is transmitted to a gaming machine. On receiving the minimum bet unit information, the minimum bet unit in the gaming machine having received the minimum bet unit information is changed to the minimum bet unit selected in the server.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignees: Universal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.Inventor: Kazuo Okada
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Patent number: 8647190Abstract: A data converter for gaming machines includes a read out unit that reads out credit information of a gaming machine recorded on a ticket, a data conversion unit that converts the credit information that has been read out into a data format suitable for an electronic medium, and a writing unit that writes the credit information with the converted data format to the electronic medium. A credit management system includes the converter and a data management unit that manages credit information, including credit identifying data and credit data that represents value of credit.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2006Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Universal Entertainment CorporationInventor: Kazuo Okada