Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro NAGASAKI

Yoshihiro NAGASAKI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240005727
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved table game system is disclosed herein, which displays visual effects on a play surface. A game system comprising: a table top having a game play area, and a table support for supporting the table top, a dealer station, a display that covers at least a portion of the game play area, a projector assembly, the projector assembly including a projector and a projector mount that mounts the projector to the support frame at a mounting angle, and a processing system connected to the projector and the dealer station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hiromichi IKEDA, Yoshihiro NAGASAKI, Katsuhiro KIDO
  • Patent number: 11798352
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved table game system is disclosed herein, which displays visual effects on a play surface. A game system comprising: a table top having a game play area, and a table support for supporting the table top, a dealer station, a display that covers at least a portion of the game play area, a projector assembly, the projector assembly including a projector and a projector mount that mounts the projector to the support frame at a mounting angle, and a processing system connected to the projector and the dealer station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: INTERBLOCK USA L.C.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Ikeda, Yoshihiro Nagasaki, Katsuhiro Kido
  • Publication number: 20210350654
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved table game system is disclosed herein, which displays visual effects on a play surface. A game system comprising: a table top having a game play area, and a table support for supporting the table top, a dealer station, a display that covers at least a portion of the game play area, a projector assembly, the projector assembly including a projector and a projector mount that mounts the projector to the support frame at a mounting angle, and a processing system connected to the projector and the dealer station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Hiromichi IKEDA, Yoshihiro NAGASAKI, Katsuhiro KIDO
  • Patent number: 11087586
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved table game system is disclosed herein, which displays visual effects on a play surface. A game system comprising: a table top having a game play area, and a table support for supporting the table top, a dealer station, a display that covers at least a portion of the game play area, a projector assembly, the projector assembly including a projector and a projector mount that mounts the projector to the support frame at a mounting angle, and a processing system connected to the projector and the dealer station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Ikeda, Yoshihiro Nagasaki, Katsuhiro Kido
  • Publication number: 20200105087
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved table game system is disclosed herein, which displays visual effects on a play surface. A game system comprising: a table top having a game play area, and a table support for supporting the table top, a dealer station, a display that covers at least a portion of the game play area, a projector assembly, the projector assembly including a projector and a projector mount that mounts the projector to the support frame at a mounting angle, and a processing system connected to the projector and the dealer station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hiromichi IKEDA, Yoshihiro NAGASAKI, Katsuhiro KIDO
  • Patent number: 10290181
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reception device, which comprises an operation device which is used to perform a variety of operations, a camera device which is used to take dynamic images for the peripheral area of the operation device, and a control device analyzing the action of the personage presented in the peripheral area according to the dynamic images of the peripheral area taken by the camera device and performing a control to cause the operation device to perform the operation corresponding to the analysis result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Junpei Sato, Yoshihiro Nagasaki, Satoshi Joko
  • Patent number: 10275982
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reception device, which comprises an operation device performing a variety of operations, an obstacle checking device checking the obstacle in the monitoring area which includes the motion range of the operation device, and a control device simulating the operation path of the operation device in advance before the operation device performs an action and during the process of performing the action, and if there is an obstacle in the simulated operation path, a control is performed to cause the operation device to perform the operation corresponding to the abnormal state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Junpei Sato, Yoshihiro Nagasaki, Satoshi Joko
  • Patent number: 10192399
    Abstract: The present invention provides an operation device, which comprises a face-formed-body which forms a shape of face by the translucent resin, a light emitting device which is configured inside of the face-formed-body and is able to project the light with a variety of color switchably to any area of the face-formed-body, and a light emitting control device which controls the light emitting device and causes it to select the color of the light and the irradiation area of the face-formed-body according to the different situation and project the light of the selected color into the selected irradiation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Junpei Sato, Yoshihiro Nagasaki, Satoshi Joko
  • Patent number: 10068424
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reception device, which comprises an operation device which is used to perform a variety of operations, a camera device which is used to take dynamic images for the operation area of the operation device, and a control device determining whether there is an abnormal state in the operation area according to the dynamic images taken by the camera device, and if it is determined that there is an abnormal state, performing a control to cause the operation device to perform an operation corresponding to the abnormal state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Junpei Sato, Yoshihiro Nagasaki, Satoshi Joko
  • Publication number: 20170326443
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming machine which comprises a roulette wheel causing a roulette ball to contact a guiding wall and perform a circling motion under an action of a centrifugal force, and then the roulette ball drops toward the central part when the centrifugal force weakens and is stopped at a certain pocket, a delivering device which delivers the roulette ball and causes the roulette ball to perform a circling motion in the roulette wheel, and a roulette ball holding device including a holding component which is used to hold the roulette ball removably at a delivering position, and the delivering position is a position where the roulette ball is delivered by the delivering device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Junpei SATO, Yoshihiro Nagasaki, Satoshi Joko
  • Publication number: 20170330415
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reception device, which comprises an operation device which is used to perform a variety of operations, a camera device which is used to take dynamic images for the operation area of the operation device, and a control device determining whether there is an abnormal state in the operation area according to the dynamic images taken by the camera device, and if it is determined that there is an abnormal state, performing a control to cause the operation device to perform an operation corresponding to the abnormal state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Junpei SATO, Yoshihiro NAGASAKI, Satoshi JOKO
  • Publication number: 20170330407
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reception device, which comprises an operation device which is used to perform a variety of operations, a camera device which is used to take dynamic images for the peripheral area of the operation device, and a control device analyzing the action of the personage presented in the peripheral area according to the dynamic images of the peripheral area taken by the camera device and performing a control to cause the operation device to perform the operation corresponding to the analysis result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Junpei SATO, Yoshihiro NAGASAKI, Satoshi JOKO
  • Publication number: 20170330413
    Abstract: The utterance recognition device 5 comprises camera devices 511 and 512 taking dynamic images including the corners of mouth of respective personage for a plurality of personages, a microphone device 513 acquiring a voice of an utterance of the respective personages, a main unit 101 determining a personage who performs an utterance from the plurality of personages according to a motion of the corners of mouth of respective personage taken by the camera devices 511 and 512 when the microphone device 513 acquires a voice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Junpei SATO, Yoshihiro NAGASAKI, Satoshi JOKO
  • Publication number: 20170330410
    Abstract: The present invention provides an operation device, which comprises a face-formed-body which forms a shape of face by the translucent resin, a light emitting device which is configured inside of the face-formed-body and is able to project the light with a variety of color switchably to any area of the face-formed-body, and a light emitting control device which controls the light emitting device and causes it to select the color of the light and the irradiation area of the face-formed-body according to the different situation and project the light of the selected color into the selected irradiation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Junpei SATO, Yoshihiro Nagasaki, Satoshi Joko
  • Publication number: 20170330406
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reception device, which comprises an operation device performing a variety of operations, an obstacle checking device checking the obstacle in the monitoring area which includes the motion range of the operation device, and a control device simulating the operation path of the operation device in advance before the operation device performs an action and during the process of performing the action, and if there is an obstacle in the simulated operation path, a control is performed to cause the operation device to perform the operation corresponding to the abnormal state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Junpei SATO, Yoshihiro NAGASAKI, Satoshi JOKO
  • Publication number: 20170092075
    Abstract: A dealer substitute device 1 includes: a right arm 12 and a left arm 13 configured to move a first handling portion 14, with which a gaming tool 2 used in a game is handled, so as to position the first handling portion 14 at a predetermined position in a three-dimensional space; and a trunk 11 which supports the right arm 12 and the left arm 13 and is configured to perform effect operation to a player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshinao USUKI, Satoshi JOKO, Yoshihiro NAGASAKI