Patents by Inventor Yaku Hiranabe
Yaku Hiranabe 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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Publication number: 20130331170Abstract: An aspect of the invention provides a game machine including: a second game chance control device that generates at least one game chance that is allowed to establish a predetermined winning condition in a game within a predetermined range provided to a player in exchange for a game value; a symbol arrangement control device that determines types of symbols to be arranged on a predetermined area on a game screen with a predetermined positional relationship according to the generation of the game chance; and a first winning determining device that determines whether the winning condition is established based on the types and the arrangement of the symbols arranged on the predetermined area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd.Inventors: Yosuke Sasaki, Shinichi Ishii, Makoto Ando, Yaku Hiranabe, Tomoaki Hirai, Emiko Miyaji
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Publication number: 20130324246Abstract: There is provided a game machine comprising: a game machine main body provided with a field where a game is played on an upper surface side thereof; and a plurality of monitors each being configured by using a flat panel display, and presenting information relating to the game to a player, wherein the game machine is provided: a support structure supporting each of the monitors above the field; and a connection device connecting each of the monitors with the support structure, and the connection device is provided with a monitor drive mechanism that moves the plurality of monitors so that a direction of display surface of each of the monitors is changed by force from a predetermined drive source.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuo Ishimaru, Yaku Hiranabe, Misao Yamanaka, Takashi Sakuma, Makoto Ando
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Patent number: 8382585Abstract: A game machine having a control unit as a first game chance control device generating a game chance achieving at least one winning combination in winning combinations whose achievement probability varies in a game within a predetermined range provided to the player in exchange for medals, a dividend value control device setting a correspondence relationship between the winning combinations and the dividend values for the player, a dividend display control device displaying an odds display section where the winning combinations are related with the dividend values on a monitor according to the correspondence relationship set by the dividend value control device, a dividend creating device generating the dividend for the player corresponding to the achieved winning combination according to the correspondence relationship set by the dividend value control device when any winning combination is achieved, and a condition determining device determining whether a predetermined dividend change condition is establisheType: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yosuke Sasaki, Shinichi Ishii, Makoto Ando, Yaku Hiranabe, Tomoaki Hirai, Emiko Miyaji
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Patent number: 8292746Abstract: A game system for reliably realizing synchronization of timings at which a common event in a plurality of game machines start. The game system includes a plan management server that measures lapse of system time common in the game system and with the time measurement, updates plan information indicative of remaining time until the system time reaches a process start stage at which a process for the common event starts. Each of the game machines includes an obtaining device to obtain the plan information from the plan management server, a stage determining device to determine whether the system time has reached the process start stage or not on the basis of laps of time of the system time measured in the game machine, and a process executing device to start a process for the common event when it is determined that the system time has reached the process start stage.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Tomaru, Takuya Ando, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Yaku Hiranabe
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Publication number: 20120149455Abstract: An aspect of the invention provides a game machine including: a second game chance control device that generates at least one game chance that is allowed to establish a predetermined winning condition in a game within a predetermined range provided to a player in exchange for a game value; a symbol arrangement control device that determines types of symbols to be arranged on a predetermined area on a game screen with a predetermined positional relationship according to the generation of the game chance; and a first winning determining device that determines whether the winning condition is established based on the types and the arrangement of the symbols arranged on the predetermined area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yosuke Sasaki, Shinichi Ishii, Makoto Ando, Yaku Hiranabe, Tomoaki Hirai, Emiko Miyaji
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Publication number: 20100261535Abstract: A game system for reliably realizing synchronization of timings at which a common event in a plurality of game machines start. The game system includes a plan management server that measures lapse of system time common in the game system and with the time measurement, updates plan information indicative of remaining time until the system time reaches a process start stage at which a process for the common event starts. Each of the game machines includes an obtaining device to obtain the plan information from the plan management server, a stage determining device to determine whether the system time has reached the process start stage or not on the basis of laps of time of the system time measured in the game machine, and a process executing device to start a process for the common event when it is determined that the system time has reached the process start stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2008Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Tomaru, Takuya Ando, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Yaku Hiranabe
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Publication number: 20100113132Abstract: A game machine having a control unit as a first game chance control device generating a game chance achieving at least one winning combination in winning combinations whose achievement probability varies in a game within a predetermined range provided to the player in exchange for medals, a dividend value control device setting a correspondence relationship between the winning combinations and the dividend values for the player, a dividend display control device displaying an odds display section where the winning combinations are related with the dividend values on a monitor according to the correspondence relationship set by the dividend value control device, a dividend creating device generating the dividend for the player corresponding to the achieved winning combination according to the correspondence relationship set by the dividend value control device when any winning combination is achieved, and a condition determining device determining whether a predetermined dividend change condition is establisheType: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO. LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Sasaki, Shinichi Ishii, Makoto Ando, Yaku Hiranabe, Tomoaki Hirai, Emiko Miyaji