Patents by Inventor Yoshitomo Sasaki

Yoshitomo Sasaki 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: 20140024432
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a reel for a slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: forming an opening in a reel strip on which a plurality of first symbols are printed; forming a second symbol on an optical sheet by vacuum forming the optical sheet to form a symbol piece, the second symbol including a protrusion and a depression; attaching the symbol piece to the reel strip such that the second symbol is exposed through the opening of the reel strip; and attaching the reel strip to a reel frame for the slot machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventors: Jun HIRATO, Kou KOBAYASHI, Motomichi SATO, Takuto NAKAYAMA, Yoshitomo SASAKI, Satoshi JOKO
  • Publication number: 20120276975
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes: a reel having an outer circumferential surface on which symbols are lined up; a reel driving mechanism which rotates the reel to rearrange the symbols; a magnet which is provided in the reel driving mechanism to change an external magnetic field in accordance with the rotation of the reel; a magnetic force detecting mechanism which detects a magnetic force of the external magnetic field so as to output a magnetic force detection signal; a reel setting unit by which the magnetic force detection signal and arrangement positions of the symbols are associated with one another; and a reel drive control unit which controls the reel driving mechanism so that the symbols are rearranged in a predetermined arrangement based on the magnetic force detection signal and the arrangement positions of the symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicants: Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Tanimura, Noritoshi Kukita, Hiroatsu Ike, Yoshitomo Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8215640
    Abstract: A gaming machine starts a unit game, extracts one set of oscillation pattern data from memory at random when the unit game is started, and performs control to oscillate a playing unit based on the one set of the oscillation pattern data thus extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshitomo Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8152170
    Abstract: A roulette apparatus includes: a roulette wheel having a rolling region where a ball rolls; and a ball reception member provided contiguously to the rolling region to receive the ball. The ball reception member includes: a plurality of reception portions that receives the ball in one of the reception portions; and a plurality of separation walls that separates the reception portions from one another, wherein the ball reception member is formed separately from the roulette wheel and removably attached to the roulette wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yokota, Katsuhiro Kido, Yoshitomo Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8075380
    Abstract: A roulette apparatus includes: a roulette wheel having a rolling region where a ball rolls; and a ball reception member provided contiguously to the rolling region to receive the ball. The ball reception member includes: a plurality of reception portions that receives the ball in one of the reception portions; and a plurality of separation walls that separates the reception portions from one another, wherein the ball reception member is formed separately from the roulette wheel and removably attached to the roulette wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yokota, Katsuhiro Kido, Yoshitomo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20110165948
    Abstract: Provided is a gaming machine having a cabinet. Between the back as a back face and the right side face of the sides of the cabinet, the gaming machine has a right end side, which is formed by cutting a plane parallel to the gravitational direction in a manner to join lines spaced at predetermined distances in the individual directions of the back and the right side face from a line of intersection, on which the back and the right side face intersect when extended. The gaming machine also has a left end side between the back and a left side face. Moreover, the right end side and the left end side are symmetric with respect to a plane dividing the cabinet equally to the right and left.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Sasaki, Akira Shimizu, Katsuhiro Kido, Kenta Kitamura, Hideaki Kishi, Hiroatsu Ike
  • Publication number: 20100059933
    Abstract: A gaming machine starts a unit game, extracts one set of oscillation pattern data from memory at random when the unit game is started, and performs control to oscillate a playing unit based on the one set of the oscillation pattern data thus extracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshitomo SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20080220844
    Abstract: A roulette apparatus includes: a roulette wheel having a rolling region where a ball rolls; and a ball reception member provided contiguously to the rolling region to receive the ball. The ball reception member includes: a plurality of reception portions that receives the ball in one of the reception portions; and a plurality of separation walls that separates the reception portions from one another, wherein the ball reception member is formed separately from the roulette wheel and removably attached to the roulette wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: ARUZE Corp.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yokota, Katsuhiro Kido, Yoshitomo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20080207301
    Abstract: A roulette apparatus includes: a roulette wheel having a rolling region where a ball rolls; and a ball reception member provided contiguously to the rolling region to receive the ball. The ball reception member includes: a plurality of reception portions that receives the ball in one of the reception portions; and a plurality of separation walls that separates the reception portions from one another, wherein the ball reception member is formed separately from the roulette wheel and removably attached to the roulette wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: ARUZE Corp.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yokota, Katsuhiro Kido, Yoshitomo Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7311305
    Abstract: A roulette device including: a roulette plate having a plurality of marks arranged thereon; a ball which rolls on the roulette plate; a plurality of ball receiving parts which are formed corresponding to the marks in a circumferential direction of the roulette plate to receive the ball; a bank passage which is provided on an outer periphery of the ball receiving parts of the roulette plate and on which the ball rolls along a circumferential orbit; a compressor which compresses air; and a first discharge hole which is provided in each ball receiving part and through which the air compressed by the compressor is discharged to the bank passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Aruze Corp.
    Inventors: Masaki Matsuno, Tetsuya Yokota, Yoshitomo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20060170154
    Abstract: A roulette device including: a roulette plate having a plurality of marks arranged thereon; a ball which rolls on the roulette plate; a plurality of ball receiving parts which are formed corresponding to the marks in a circumferential direction of the roulette plate to receive the ball; a bank passage which is provided on an outer periphery of the ball receiving parts of the roulette plate and on which the ball rolls along a circumferential orbit; a compressor which compresses air; and a first discharge hole which is provided in each ball receiving part and through which the air compressed by the compressor is discharged to the bank passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: ARUZE Corp.
    Inventors: Masaki Matsuno, Tetsuya Yokota, Yoshitomo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20060055109
    Abstract: A roulette apparatus includes: a roulette wheel having a rolling region where a ball rolls; and a ball reception member provided contiguously to the rolling region to receive the ball. The ball reception member includes: a plurality of reception portions that receives the ball in one of the reception portions; and a plurality of separation walls that separates the reception portions from one another, wherein the ball reception member is formed separately from the roulette wheel and removably attached to the roulette wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: ARUZE Corp.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yokota, Katsuhiro Kido, Yoshitomo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20050107167
    Abstract: A gaming machine in the present invention having a gaming unit required for playing a game and a game medium receiving device for receiving a game medium required for playing the game, includes a first and a second cabinet which are different in size from each other. The gaming unit is incorporated in the first cabinet, and the game medium receiving device is incorporated in the second cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventor: Yoshitomo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20030234948
    Abstract: A system for managing print data of a print target document has a module recording first print specification data common in the print target document, a module recording second print specification data common in a predetermined portion of the print target document, and a print content recording module recording print contents of the print target document on basis of every predetermined portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Yoshitomo Sasaki
  • Patent number: 6633414
    Abstract: An apparatus has a printer unit, a scanner unit, a front cover that opens upward in the direction of the back surface and forms a transport path of scanner paper discharged by the scanner unit, and mounting members provided on the front cover for detachably mounting the scanner unit in such an attitude that the main scanning direction becomes horizontal. Furthermore, as the need arises, the apparatus may have a scanner paper tray member rotatably connected to the front cover at a location higher than the mounting members for feeding scanner paper to the scanner unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignees: PFU Limited, Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Matsuda, Ryou Iwamoto, Hiroyuki Yashima, Yoshiki Tsutiyama, Yasuhiko Kitagawa, Kazuya Yoshida, Satoshi Ishida, Yasuhiro Abe, Akira Yamada, Makoto Mochizuki, Yoshitomo Sasaki