Patents by Inventor Kensaku Yoshida

Kensaku Yoshida 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: 11164427
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a pusher configured to reciprocate forward and backward on a surface of a table, the pusher including a first surface that is an upper surface of the pusher; a feeder configured to feed a game object that is rollable regardless of an orientation of the game object, onto the first surface; and a suppressor provided on at least one of the pusher and the table and configured to suppress an amount of movement of the game object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: KONAMI AMUSEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norifumi Kawai, Kenji Gennozono, Ken Sasaki, Takahiro Yoshino, Etsushi Takahashi, Shinya Suga, Kensaku Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11058941
    Abstract: A game apparatus provides a game using three-dimensional game objects rollable regardless of their orientation, and includes a circulating mechanism configured to circulate the three-dimensional game objects. The circulating mechanism includes: a conveyor device configured to transport the three-dimensional game objects from a first position to a second position higher than the first position; a first path configured to move the three-dimensional game objects from the second position to a third position lower than the second position; a supply path for supply of a part of the three-dimensional game objects to a game object utilizer that uses the supplied three-dimensional game objects in the game, the part entering the supply path at a position between the second position and the third position; and a second path configured to move a part of the three-dimensional game objects not entering the supply path, to the first position lower than the third position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: KONAMI AMUSEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Sasaki, Kenji Gennozono, Takahiro Yoshino, Hitoshi Arisawa, Etsushi Takahashi, Kensaku Yoshida, Norifumi Kawai
  • Patent number: 10825305
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes: a moving image acquirer configured to acquire a movement image of an operation result generation device that generates an operation result used in a game; a movable display device having a transformable display surface; a game related information acquirer configured to acquire game related information including at least one of information on the operation result generation device and information on the game; and a form determiner configured to determine a form of the display surface based on the game related information, and the movable display device displays the movement image acquired by the moving image acquirer in the form determined by the form determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norifumi Kawai, Shinya Suga, Fumitaka Takeyama, Kazuyasu Ogura, Kensaku Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200188773
    Abstract: A game apparatus provides a game using three-dimensional game objects rollable regardless of their orientation, and includes a circulating mechanism configured to circulate the three-dimensional game objects. The circulating mechanism includes: a conveyor device configured to transport the three-dimensional game objects from a first position to a second position higher than the first position; a first path configured to move the three-dimensional game objects from the second position to a third position lower than the second position; a supply path for supply of a part of the three-dimensional game objects to a game object utilizer that uses the supplied three-dimensional game objects in the game, the part entering the supply path at a position between the second position and the third position; and a second path configured to move a part of the three-dimensional game objects not entering the supply path, to the first position lower than the third position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: KONAMI AMUSEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Sasaki, Kenji Gennozono, Takahiro Yoshino, Hitoshi Arisawa, Etsushi Takahashi, Kensaku Yoshida, Norifumi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20200193781
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a pusher configured to reciprocate forward and backward on a surface of a table, the pusher including a first surface that is an upper surface of the pusher; a feeder configured to feed a game object that is rollable regardless of an orientation of the game object, onto the first surface; and a suppressor provided on at least one of the pusher and the table and configured to suppress an amount of movement of the game object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: KONAMI AMUSEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norifumi KAWAI, Kenji GENNOZONO, Ken SASAKI, Takahiro YOSHINO, Etsushi TAKAHASHI, Shinya SUGA, Kensaku YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10537786
    Abstract: A lottery device includes: a drawing body having medium entrance units which are provided along a circumferential direction thereof, and into each of which a game medium can enter; a driving mechanism driving the drawing body in the circumferential direction; a dividing device dividing a periphery of a path of the medium entrance units, in which path the medium entrance units travel, into lottery segments in the circumferential direction; a medium introduction mechanism introducing the game medium individually into each lottery segment; an entrance unit detection device detecting a medium entrance unit into which the game medium has entered; a displacement amount detection device detecting an amount of displacement in the circumferential direction; and a lottery segment distinguishing device distinguishing from which of the lottery segments the game medium has entered into the medium entrance unit based on a result of detection by the displacement amount detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Azuma, Kensaku Yoshida, Toshihiro Kusano, Kazuo Tsubota
  • Patent number: 10249130
    Abstract: A game machine comprises a physical lottery mechanism including a plurality of lottery portions, wherein an image display device having a transmissive screen through which each lottery portion can be seen is arranged on each of the front and back of the lottery mechanism; games different from each other are simultaneously performed so as to make a difference between a lottery portion to be used in a game for one side of the lottery mechanism and a lottery portion to be used in a game for the other side of the lottery mechanism, and display of the image display device is controlled so that a lottery state of a lottery portion being used in a game is seen through the transmissive region of the screen, while a lottery state of a lottery portion not being used in the game is less visible or invisible in the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryu Sasaki, Takashi Sakuma, Kensaku Yoshida, Yoshihiro Ando
  • Publication number: 20180345125
    Abstract: A lottery device includes: a drawing body having medium entrance units which are provided along a circumferential direction thereof, and into each of which a game medium can enter; a driving mechanism driving the drawing body in the circumferential direction; a dividing device dividing a periphery of a path of the medium entrance units, in which path the medium entrance units travel, into lottery segments in the circumferential direction; a medium introduction mechanism introducing the game medium individually into each lottery segment; an entrance unit detection device detecting a medium entrance unit into which the game medium has entered; a displacement amount detection device detecting an amount of displacement in the circumferential direction; and a lottery segment distinguishing device distinguishing from which of the lottery segments the game medium has entered into the medium entrance unit based on a result of detection by the displacement amount detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo AZUMA, Kensaku YOSHIDA, Toshihiro KUSANO, Kazuo TSUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20180225931
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes: a moving image acquirer configured to acquire a movement image of an operation result generation device that generates an operation result used in a game; a movable display device having a transformable display surface; a game related information acquirer configured to acquire game related information including at least one of information on the operation result generation device and information on the game; and a form determiner configured to determine a form of the display surface based on the game related information, and the movable display device displays the movement image acquired by the moving image acquirer in the form determined by the form determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norifumi KAWAI, Shinya SUGA, Fumitaka TAKEYAMA, Kazuyasu OGURA, Kensaku YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170358170
    Abstract: A drawing game system includes a drawing device, a drawing reward granting device, an association device, and an association reward granting device. The drawing device may be configured to draw for one or more players a choice from among two or more choices. The drawing reward granting device may be configured to grant the one or more players with a drawing reward, based at least in part on the choice drawn by the drawing device. The association device may be configured to associate the one or more players with the choice drawn by the drawing device. The association reward granting device may be configured to grant the one or more players with an association reward, in case that after the choice was associated by the association device, the choice has been drawn by the drawing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya ITO, Kensaku YOSHIDA, Fumihito OGUCHI, Fumitaka TAKEYAMA, Junichi SASA, Ken SASAKI, Hiroshi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170178445
    Abstract: A game machine comprises a physical lottery mechanism including a plurality of lottery portions, wherein an image display device having a transmissive screen through which each lottery portion can be seen is arranged on each of the front and back of the lottery mechanism; games different from each other are simultaneously performed so as to make a difference between a lottery portion to be used in a game for one side of the lottery mechanism and a lottery portion to be used in a game for the other side of the lottery mechanism, and display of the image display device is controlled so that a lottery state of a lottery portion being used in a game is seen through the transmissive region of the screen, while a lottery state of a lottery portion not being used in the game is less visible or invisible in the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Ryu Sasaki, Takashi Sakuma, Kensaku Yoshida, Yoshihiro Ando
  • Publication number: 20130123000
    Abstract: A game apparatus has an operation unit and a radio communication unit for performing radio communication with the outside and a connection unit that establishes a connection with an external terminal device via the radio communication unit, and stores the number of credits in association with a player ID obtained and also stores this player ID in association with a terminal ID of the external terminal device for which the connection has been established by the connection unit. Also, the game apparatus controls a first game that advances based on an operation of the operation unit while consuming credit corresponding to a player ID and a second game that advances while consuming credit corresponding to a player ID that is associated with the terminal ID of the external terminal device for which the connection has been established by the connection unit so that the first game and the second game advance simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kusuda, Takashi Uchiyama, Shogo Azuma, Shinya Ito, Hirokatsu Yamaguchi, Hiroki Nakasato, Kensaku Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8370356
    Abstract: A music search device, a music search method, a music search program, and a recording medium having the music search program recorded on it are provided. There is included a memory means for relating a music to a characteristic of the music and memorizing the music and the characteristics; a reproduction means for reproducing the music; a process means for processing the characteristic of the music thus reproduced by the reproduction means based on an instruction of a manipulation input; a characteristic detection means for detecting the characteristic of the music thus processed; and a search means for searching the music thus memorized by the memory means based on the characteristic of the music thus detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Keitaro Sugawara, Kensaku Yoshida, Takuya Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20110007904
    Abstract: A corrective measurement part of a processing control part 119A measures an aspect of specific sound field correction processing performed on an acoustic signal received from a specific external device. Based on this measurement result, settings for cancellation of specific sound field correction processing performed on that acoustic signal are made for a correction cancellation part 310. Furthermore, an aspect of appropriate sound field processing corresponding to the actual sound field space is acquired by an appropriate correction acquisition part of the processing control part 119A. Based on the result acquired in this manner, settings for performing appropriate sound field correction processing upon a signal SND are made for a correction processing part 330. Thus, whichever one of acoustic signals received by a reception processing part 111 is selected, an output acoustic signal can be supplied to speaker units in after appropriate sound field correction processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Tomoda, Keitaro Sugawara, Kensaku Yoshida, Takaichi Sano, Momotoshi Furunobu
  • Publication number: 20090228475
    Abstract: There is provided a music search device, a music search method, a music search program, and a recording medium having the music search program recorded on it, which enable to search a song other than that is currently reproduced while the user himself or herself processes the song that is currently reproduced and confirms a degree of process with his or her own ears. There is included a memory means for relating a music to a characteristic of the music and memorizing the music and the characteristics; a reproduction means for reproducing the music; a process means for processing the characteristic of the music thus reproduced by the reproduction means based on an instruction of a manipulation input; a characteristic detection means for detecting the characteristic of the music thus processed; and a search means for searching the music thus memorized by the memory means based on the characteristic of the music thus detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keitaro Sugawara, Kensaku Yoshida, Takuya Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20080037794
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an acoustic system which, when producing a sound from pillow speakers, can provide a natural feeling, without bringing about any incongruity to a listener. The acoustic system is provided with a low pass filter for extracting a low frequency component of a reproduction signal outputted from a signal source and supplying the extracted signal to pillow speakers, and a high pass filter for extracting a high frequency component of the reproduction signal and supplying the extracted signal to a normal position speaker, thereby fixing a sound emitted from the pillow speakers and a sound emitted from the normal position speaker on the normal position speaker side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keitaro Sugawara, Hideyuki Yusa, Atsushi Makino, Shinichi Sato, Kensaku Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7058183
    Abstract: The object of this invention is to obtain the optimum music level by separately and independently performing the sound correction for the high-frequency range and low-frequency range according to the noise level. The invention comprises: a memory unit in which high-frequency-correction-level information, corresponding to the vehicle speed and music level, and low-frequency-correction-level information, corresponding to the low-frequency noise/music level ratio, are stored; a high-frequency-correction-level-information-acquisition unit that obtains high-frequency-correction-level information based on the vehicle speed and music level; and a low-frequency-correction-level-information-acquisition unit that obtains low-frequency-correction-level information based on the low-frequency noise/music level ratio; and it corrects the sound by a sound-quality-adjustment unit based on the high-frequency-correction-level information and low-frequency-correction-level information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Hasegawa, Akira Iwasaki, Kensaku Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20040151328
    Abstract: The object of this invention is to obtain the optimum music level by separately and independently performing the sound correction for the high-frequency range and low-frequency range according to the noise level. The invention comprises: a memory unit in which high-frequency-correction-level information, corresponding to the vehicle speed and music level, and low-frequency-correction-level information, corresponding to the low-frequency noise/music level ratio, are stored; a high-frequency-correction-level-information-acquisition unit that obtains high-frequency-correction-level information based on the vehicle speed and music level; and a low-frequency-correction-level-information-acquisition unit that obtains low-frequency-correction-level information based on the low-frequency noise/music level ratio; and it corrects the sound by a sound-quality-adjustment unit based on the high-frequency-correction-level information and low-frequency-correction-level information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Hasegawa, Akira Iwasaki, Kensaku Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20040134711
    Abstract: A cutout portion is formed in the vicinity of a speaker (vibration generating source) on an attaching plate. The cutout portion is arranged in an arc shape to be concentric around the speaker. Preferably, the cutout portion is filled with a filler, and a fold-back portion folded to the rearside is given at an edge of the cutout portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshikazu Yoshimi, Kensaku Yoshida