Patents by Inventor Kouichi Matsumoto

Kouichi Matsumoto 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: 9734481
    Abstract: The present application provides a system which determines, when the same data is read for a predetermined consecutive number of times from the chip placed in the bet area, that reading of the bet area is successful, while determines, when the same data is not read for a predetermined consecutive number of times, that reading of the bet area is unsuccessful, and terminates a reading process for the bet area when it is determined by the determination unit that reading of the bet area is successful, or performs a reading process for the bet area when it is determined by the determination unit that reading of the bet area is unsuccessful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Emori, Shinsuke Yamaguchi, Toru Sugawara, Kouichi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9652735
    Abstract: The present application provides a system which includes a registration unit which reads data from the chip located within the communication range at a first timing via the antenna, and registers the data in the database, an updating unit which reads data from the chip located within the communication range at a second timing which occurs later than the first timing via the antenna, and updates the database based on the data read, a determination unit which reads data from the chip located within the communication range at a third timing occurring later than the first timing via the antenna, and determines whether or not data of a chip other than the chip read is registered in the database, and a communication unit which, when it is determined by the determination unit that data of a chip other than the chip read is registered in the database, communicates individually with each chip other than the chip read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Emori, Shinsuke Yamaguchi, Toru Sugawara, Kouichi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9636982
    Abstract: A rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle comprises a storage compartment for storing an openable roof and a back window portion, a deck cover provided to cover over the storage compartment, the deck cover comprising a pair of right-and-left cover side wall portions which are provided to be spaced apart from each other in a vehicle width direction and stand upward and a header portion which is provided to interconnect respective upper ends of the cover side wall portions at a position close to, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the roof, a cover opening/closing mechanism provided to move the deck cover upward, and a pair of right-and-left front-lower regulation structures provided to regulate positions of respective lower portions of the cover side wall portions relative to the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Senoo, Kouichi Matsumoto, Takashi Niseki, Masaki Oda
  • Patent number: 9636977
    Abstract: There are provided an openable roof capable of covering over a passenger cabin, a back window provided in back of the openable roof to be apart from a rear end of the openable roof which is in a state in which the openable roof covers over the passenger cabin, a link mechanism connecting the openable roof and the back window to a vehicle body such that the openable roof and the back window swing relative to the vehicle body, a storage room provided in back of the passenger cabin to store the openable roof and the back window, and a shielding member to shield a gap between the openable roof and the back window which are in a state in which the openable roof and the back window cover over the passenger cabin. This shielding member is provided not to be storable in the storage room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Matsumoto, Takashi Senoo, Masaki Oda
  • Patent number: 9623736
    Abstract: An openable roof includes an expandable and retractable awning frame, and an awning cloth for covering the outside of the awning frame. The awning frame is provided with an awning bow which supports the awning cloth when the awning frame is expanded. The awning bow includes a pair of left and right leg portions extending in up and down directions, and an upper side portion which connects between upper ends of the leg portions in a vehicle width direction. Each of the leg portions of the awning bow is formed with two or more bent parts. At least one pair of the bent parts on each of the leg portions are configured such that moments generated in the awning bow due to a tensile force exerted from the awning cloth when the openable roof is in an expanded state act in such directions as to cancel out each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Matsumoto, Eisuke Kuramoto, Tomohiro Komaji, Motonori Horii
  • Patent number: 9566849
    Abstract: There is provided a deck lid provided to move so as to cover an opening portion of a roof storage room in a roof closed state in which an openable roof covers over a passenger cabin and in a roof open state in which a portion of the openable roof is stored in the roof storage room and to open the opening portion of the roof storage room in a transitional state between the roof closed state and the roof open state. This deck lid comprises a base portion, a pair of right-and-left protrusion portions which are integrally formed at both end portions, in a vehicle width direction, of the base portion, protrude upward relative to the base portion, and extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and a connecting portion which interconnects respective upper portions of the pair of protrusion portions in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Matsumoto, Takashi Senoo, Masaki Oda
  • Patent number: 9493060
    Abstract: A holding device to hold an openable roof when the openable roof is stored is provided at a front portion of a storage partition. There is provided a changing member to change a hook having an open position from its open position to its pre-lock position by being pressed down by the hook taking the open position when the openable roof is operated for storage in the storage partition. The changing member is provided adjacently to the holding device. Thereby, a rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle which can surely change the hook from its open position to its pre-lock position can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Komaji, Kouichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20160267743
    Abstract: A gaming table device which can determine frauds precisely and human errors is provided. A plurality of antennas for reading medium identification information of the game medium disposed on a game table through a wireless communication are disposed at locations spaced away from each other, and when a first antenna of the plurality of antennas is selected, a second antenna spaced at a predetermined distance from the first antenna of the plurality of antennas is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuki EMORI, Toru SUGAWARA, Kouichi MATSUMOTO, Shinsuke YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160236559
    Abstract: A rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle comprises a storage compartment for storing an openable roof and a back window portion, a deck cover provided to cover over the storage compartment, the deck cover comprising a pair of right-and-left cover side wall portions which are provided to be spaced apart from each other in a vehicle width direction and stand upward and a header portion which is provided to interconnect respective upper ends of the cover side wall portions at a position close to, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the roof, a cover opening/closing mechanism provided to move the deck cover upward, and a pair of right-and-left front-lower regulation structures provided to regulate positions of respective lower portions of the cover side wall portions relative to the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi SENOO, Kouichi MATSUMOTO, Takashi NISEKI, Masaki ODA
  • Patent number: 9378615
    Abstract: A gaming table device which can determine frauds precisely and human errors is provided. A plurality of antennas for reading medium identification information of the game medium disposed on a game table through a wireless communication are disposed at locations spaced away from each other, and when a first antenna of the plurality of antennas is selected, a second antenna spaced at a predetermined distance from the first antenna of the plurality of antennas is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Emori, Toru Sugawara, Kouichi Matsumoto, Shinsuke Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20160180633
    Abstract: Provided is a game table apparatus which allows a player to easily recognize the history of outcomes of games. First display information corresponding to winning or losing of a game is read out from a memory and is displayed on a display; when as a result of conducting a plurality of games, predetermined bias with respect to winning or losing in the plurality of games has occurred and a number of times at which the predetermined bias has occurred is determined to have reached a predetermined threshold value, second display information is read out from the memory; the first display information corresponding to the winning or losing in the plurality of games is changed to the second display information; and the second display information is displayed on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Shinsuke YAMAGUCHI, Kouichi MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160089965
    Abstract: There is provided a deck lid provided to move so as to cover an opening portion of a roof storage room in a roof closed state in which an openable roof covers over a passenger cabin and in a roof open state in which a portion of the openable roof is stored in the roof storage room and to open the opening portion of the roof storage room in a transitional state between the roof closed state and the roof open state. This deck lid comprises a base portion, a pair of right-and-left protrusion portions which are integrally formed at both end portions, in a vehicle width direction, of the base portion, protrude upward relative to the base portion, and extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and a connecting portion which interconnects respective upper portions of the pair of protrusion portions in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi MATSUMOTO, Takashi SENOO, Masaki ODA
  • Publication number: 20160089966
    Abstract: There are provided an openable roof capable of covering over a passenger cabin, a back window provided in back of the openable roof to be apart from a rear end of the openable roof which is in a state in which the openable roof covers over the passenger cabin, a link mechanism connecting the openable roof and the back window to a vehicle body such that the openable roof and the back window swing relative to the vehicle body, a storage room provided in back of the passenger cabin to store the openable roof and the back window, and a shielding member to shield a gap between the openable roof and the back window which are in a state in which the openable roof and the back window cover over the passenger cabin. This shielding member is provided not to be storable in the storage room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi MATSUMOTO, Takashi SENOO, Masaki ODA
  • Publication number: 20160083878
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fabric that is less likely to generate crackling static electricity when worn, less likely to get wrinkled after being washed, and has highly durable warmth retention and wear comfortability, and a garment manufactured using the same. The fabric of the present invention is a fabric comprising a viscose rayon fiber in an amount of more than 30% by weight and less than 40% by weight, a cation-dyeable polyester fiber in an amount of more than 30% by weight and less than 40% by weight, a polyacrylic synthetic fiber in an amount of more than 25% by weight and less than 30% by weight, and a polyurethane elastic fiber in an amount of more than 5% by weight and less than 10% by weight, wherein the fabric has a friction-charged electrostatic potential of 1500 V or less and wash-and-wear properties, as determined according to Method 124 in AATCC after being laundered five times in accordance with Method 103 in JIS L0217, of grade 3 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kouichi MATSUMOTO, Jiro TABATA, Kazuyuki ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20160059681
    Abstract: An openable roof includes an expandable and retractable awning frame, and an awning cloth for covering the outside of the awning frame. The awning frame is provided with an awning bow which supports the awning cloth when the awning frame is expanded. The awning bow includes a pair of left and right leg portions extending in up and down directions, and an upper side portion which connects between upper ends of the leg portions in a vehicle width direction. Each of the leg portions of the awning bow is formed with two or more bent parts. At least one pair of the bent parts on each of the leg portions are configured such that moments generated in the awning bow due to a tensile force exerted from the awning cloth when the openable roof is in an expanded state act in such directions as to cancel out each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi MATSUMOTO, Eisuke KURAMOTO, Tomohiro KOMAJI, Motonori HORII
  • Publication number: 20160059683
    Abstract: A holding device to hold an openable roof when the openable roof is stored is provided at a front portion of a storage partition. There is provided a changing member to change a hook having an open position from its open position to its pre-lock position by being pressed down by the hook taking the open position when the openable roof is operated for storage in the storage partition. The changing member is provided adjacently to the holding device. Thereby, a rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle which can surely change the hook from its open position to its pre-lock position can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro KOMAJI, Kouichi MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 9211784
    Abstract: A slide member to lock a roof member stored in a storage space by its rearward sliding and unlock the roof member by its forward sliding is provided. An operational member to rotate around a first rotational axis includes an operational portion to be operated from an inside of a vehicle compartment. A slide member slides longitudinally when a middle member rotates around a second rotational axis. The middle member is linked with the operational member such that it rotates in an opposite direction to a rotational direction of the operational member. The second rotational axis is located at a lower level than the first rotational axis such that the slide member slides forward to an unlock position when the middle member rotates according to an upward rotation of the operational portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Komaji, Kouichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20150199642
    Abstract: The present application provides a system which includes a registration unit which reads data from the chip located within the communication range at a first timing via the antenna, and registers the data in the database, an updating unit which reads data from the chip located within the communication range at a second timing which occurs later than the first timing via the antenna, and updates the database based on the data read, a determination unit which reads data from the chip located within the communication range at a third timing occurring later than the first timing via the antenna, and determines whether or not data of a chip other than the chip read is registered in the database, and a communication unit which, when it is determined by the determination unit that data of a chip other than the chip read is registered in the database, communicates individually with each chip other than the chip read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuki EMORI, Shinsuke YAMAGUCHI, Toru SUGAWARA, Kouichi MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150197142
    Abstract: A slide member to lock a roof member stored in a storage space by its rearward sliding and unlock the roof member by its forward sliding is provided. An operational member to rotate around a first rotational axis includes an operational portion to be operated from an inside of a vehicle compartment. A slide member slides longitudinally when a middle member rotates around a second rotational axis. The middle member is linked with the operational member such that it rotates in an opposite direction to a rotational direction of the operational member. The second rotational axis is located at a lower level than the first rotational axis such that the slide member slides forward to an unlock position when the middle member rotates according to an upward rotation of the operational portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro KOMAJI, Kouichi MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150194017
    Abstract: The present application provides a system which determines, when the same data is read for a predetermined consecutive number of times from the chip placed in the bet area, that reading of the bet area is successful, while determines, when the same data is not read for a predetermined consecutive number of times, that reading of the bet area is unsuccessful, and terminates a reading process for the bet area when it is determined by the determination unit that reading of the bet area is successful, or performs a reading process for the bet area when it is determined by the determination unit that reading of the bet area is unsuccessful
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuki EMORI, Shinsuke Yamaguchi, Toru Sugawara, Kouichi Matsumoto