Patents by Inventor Kengo Takeda

Kengo Takeda 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: 10535222
    Abstract: [Object] To provide avoidance of a situation in which a player becomes addicted to a game. [Solution] An information providing system includes: a storage device that stores game information with respect to each player; an announcement device operable to announce information; and an information processing device communicable with the announcement device. Upon determination that the game information associated with the player exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the information processing device transmits predetermined instruction information to the announcement device. The announcement device announces information for guiding the player not to play a game, based on the predetermined instruction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Publication number: 20190391517
    Abstract: A fixing device is for fixing a developing agent image to a recording sheet by electrostatically spraying a charged fixing solution toward the developing agent image on the sheet. The fixing device includes a container portion, a plurality of nozzles, and a potential difference generating portion. The container portion is configured to store therein the fixing solution. The plurality of nozzles is in communication with the container portion and configured to spray the fixing solution toward the developing agent image. The potential difference generating portion is configured to generate a potential difference between the fixing solution stored in the plurality of nozzles and the recording sheet conveyed at a position separated from the plurality of nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yutaka Kakigahara, Kengo Takeda, Jun Mihara, Satoshi Murata, Shinya Yamamoto, Tomoaki Hattori, Kumiko Sakaguchi, Takayuki Higuchi, Tatsuya Ezaka, Emi Shimizu, Kentaro Murayama
  • Patent number: 10509351
    Abstract: A fixing device is for fixing a developing agent image to a recording sheet by electrostatically spraying a charged fixing solution toward the developing agent image on the sheet. The fixing device includes a container portion, a plurality of nozzles, and a potential difference generating portion. The container portion is configured to store therein the fixing solution. The plurality of nozzles is in communication with the container portion and configured to spray the fixing solution toward the developing agent image. The potential difference generating portion is configured to generate a potential difference between the fixing solution stored in the plurality of nozzles and the recording sheet conveyed at a position separated from the plurality of nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Kakigahara, Kengo Takeda, Jun Mihara, Satoshi Murata, Shinya Yamamoto, Tomoaki Hattori, Kumiko Sakaguchi, Takayuki Higuchi, Tatsuya Ezaka, Emi Shimizu, Kentaro Murayama
  • Patent number: 10490023
    Abstract: An object is to achieve appropriate imaging of a fraud person. An imaging system includes: a gaming machine provided in a facility and including an imager; an imaging device provided in the facility and operable to image the gaming machine; and an information processing device communicable with the gaming machine and the imaging device. The imager images a person existing in front of the gaming machine. Upon obtaining information concerning a fraud in the gaming machine, the information processing device instructs the imaging device to perform imaging under a predefined imaging condition that covers surroundings of the gaming machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10482707
    Abstract: Provided is a game information analysis system which is operable to analyze player attributes and gaming machine attributes based on operation data of gaming machines and to conduct a matching analysis on the player attributes and the machine attributes. An analysis server 2012 of the game information analysis system 2001 receives game information from each slot machine 2014; obtains the player attributes and the machine attributes based on the game information; and conducts matching between a player and a gaming machine in response to an instruction issued by a user, thereby displaying correspondence relationship between the player attributes and the gaming machine attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10407748
    Abstract: A high-carbon steel sheet has a chemical composition represented by, in mass %, C: 0.60% to 0.90%, Mn: 0.30% to 1.50%, and Cr: 0.20% to 1.00%, and others, and has a structure represented by a concentration of Mn contained in cementite: 2% or more and 8% or less, a concentration of Cr contained in cementite: 2% or more and 8% or less, an average grain diameter of ferrite: 10 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less, an average particle diameter of cementite: 0.3 ?m or more and 1.5 ?m or less, and a spheroidized ratio of cementite: 85% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Takeda, Toshimasa Tomokiyo, Yasushi Tsukano, Takashi Aramaki
  • Publication number: 20190271063
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of steel sheet for hot stamping use which is excellent in part strength after hot stamping and delayed fracture resistance comprised of large C content high strength steel sheet in which effective hydrogen traps are formed in the steel material. The steel sheet of the present invention solves this problem by forming Fe—Mn-based composite oxides in the steel sheet and trapping hydrogen at the interfaces of the composite oxides and matrix steel and in the voids around the composite oxides. Specifically, it provides steel sheet for hot stamping use which is comprised of chemical ingredients which contain, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.02% or less, Mn: 0.1 to 3%, S: 0.02% or less, P: 0.03% or less, Al: 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.01% or less, N: 0.01% or less, one or both of Cr and Mo in a total of 0.005 to 1%, and O: 0.003 to 0.03% and which have a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and which contains average diameter 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa KUSUMI, Yuji OGAWA, Masayuki ABE, Hidekuni MURAKAMI, Kengo TAKEDA, Jun MAKI
  • Publication number: 20190251793
    Abstract: Provided is a game system which performs control so as to allow a previously set donation amount to be donated when a user performs a cashing-out operation. A donation management server 40 stores settings related to donations made by a user in a donation setting information table 421 and when the user performs the cashing-out operation on a slot machine 1010, performs control so as to donate a donation amount selected by the user from among donation amount candidates set by the above-mentioned settings made by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Kengo TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 10344360
    Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of steel sheet for hot stamping use which is excellent in part strength after hot stamping and delayed fracture resistance comprised of large C content high strength steel sheet in which effective hydrogen traps are formed in the steel material. The steel sheet of the present invention solves this problem by forming Fe—Mn-based composite oxides in the steel sheet and trapping hydrogen at the interfaces of the composite oxides and matrix steel and in the voids around the composite oxides. Specifically, it provides steel sheet for hot stamping use which is comprised of chemical ingredients which contain, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.02% or less, Mn: 0.1 to 3%, S: 0.02% or less, P: 0.03% or less, Al: 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.01% or less, N: 0.01% or less, one or both of Cr and Mo in a total of 0.005 to 1%, and O: 0.003 to 0.03% and which have a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and which contains average diameter 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Kusumi, Yuji Ogawa, Masayuki Abe, Hidekuni Murakami, Kengo Takeda, Jun Maki
  • Patent number: 10319190
    Abstract: Provided is a game system which performs control so as to allow a previously set donation amount to be donated when a user performs a cashing-out operation. A donation management server 40 stores settings related to donations made by a user in a donation setting information table 421 and when the user performs the cashing-out operation on a slot machine 1010, performs control so as to donate a donation amount selected by the user from among donation amount candidates set by the above-mentioned settings made by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10319188
    Abstract: Provided is a game system which performs control so as to allow a donation to be made by using a value (points) other than a value which a user can directly obtain as an outcome of a game. A donation management server 40 stores settings related to donations made by the user in a donation setting information table 421 and for example, when the user performs a cashing-out operation on a slot machine 1010, performs control so as to automatically make the donation by subtracting points corresponding to a specified donation amount from points stored so as to be associated with a user card based on the above-mentioned settings made by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10319189
    Abstract: Provided is a game system which performs control so as to change a rank promotion condition in accordance with an amount of a donation made by a user. A donation management server 40 performs controls so as to change the rank promotion condition for said user in accordance with the donation amount when the donation is made by a user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10290180
    Abstract: Provided is a game information analysis system which is operable to analyze player attributes and gaming machine attributes based on operation data of gaming machines and to conduct a matching analysis on the player attributes and the machine attributes. An analysis server 2012 of the game information analysis system 2001 receives game information from each slot machine 2014; obtains the player attributes and the machine attributes based on the game information; and conducts matching between a player and a gaming machine in response to an instruction issued by a user, thereby displaying correspondence relationship between the player attributes and the gaming machine attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10275987
    Abstract: Provided is a game system which performs control so as to allow a predetermined profit to be provided for a user by a game facility or the like in accordance with an amount of a donation made by said user. A donation management server 40 performs controls so as to provide points in accordance with the donation amount for the user when the donation is made by a user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10275986
    Abstract: Provided is a game system which performs control so as to automatically donate a fraction, which is less than a minimum unit required for playing one game, from a balance of a user card based on settings made by a user. A donation management server 40 stores settings related to donations made by the user in a donation setting information table 421 and for example, when the user performs a cashing-out operation on a slot machine 1010, performs control so as to automatically make the donation by subtracting the fraction from the card balance based on the above-mentioned settings made by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10275990
    Abstract: Provided is a game system which performs control so as to conduct a ranking display of each user based on an amount of a donation made by the each user. A donation management server 40 stores a donation amount when a donation is made by a user operation, determines user ranking based on the amount of the donation made by the each user, and prepares display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10275989
    Abstract: Provided is a game system which performs control so as to allow a donation amount to be collected from a payout obtained in a game upon the occurrence of said payout, a percentage of the payout to be donated being previously set by the user. A donation management server 40 stores settings related to donations made by the user in a donation setting information table 421 and upon the occurrence of the payout, performs control so as to automatically donate a fixed percentage of the payout based on the above-mentioned settings made by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10134231
    Abstract: It is made possible to detect abnormality caused on a gaming machine. An analysis system includes: a storage device for storing a bet amount and a payout amount which are transmitted from a gaming machine; and an information processing device being operable to calculate a winning ratio based on the bet amount and the payout amount which are stored in the storage device, and the information processing device detects that abnormality has been caused on the gaming machine, when a winning ratio after increasing the bet amount is greater than or equal to a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10134230
    Abstract: The present application provides a game playing information integration system which is capable of objectively performing selection and/or settings according to preference of a player, particularly fixed customers, and thereby capable of effectively introducing a gaming machine to invoke demands of players as users and managers of gaming facilities in a well-balanced manner from a result obtained by logically analyzing the gaming machine. (a) Game playing period at one time of each player in gaming machine unit, (b) change in balance over time of player in a game playing period, (c) operation time of the gaming machine unit, and (d) data relating to profit of a shop side by the gaming machine are generated, the degree of satisfaction of player is computed based on (a) and (b), and the degree of satisfaction of a shop side is computed based on (c) and (d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: Universal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuo Okada, Kengo Takeda
  • Patent number: 10113220
    Abstract: A high strength hot dipped galvanized steel sheet is provided. By controlling the amount of addition of Ti instead of the addition of Nb or B, it is possible to obtain an effect of retarding recrystallization and grain growth even if annealing by a continuous annealing process in a temperature range of the general annealing temperature of 720° C. to a temperature of the lower of 800° C. or Ac3 temperature. By controlling the rolling and heat treatment conditions, it is possible to control the ferrite phase rate, grain size of the low temperature transformed phases, ratio of average values of the nano hardnesses of the ferrite phase and low temperature transformed phases, and fluctuations of hardnesses of the low temperature transformed phases in a composite structure steel of ferrite and low temperature transformed phases and obtain a high strength hot dipped galvanized steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Takeda, Kazuhisa Kusumi, Haruhiko Eguchi, Jun Hirowatari, Shintarou Fujii