Patents Assigned to Konami Gaming Incorporated
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Patent number: 8550906Abstract: The game machine and game program of the present invention display, at the start of a game, multiple static symbols by constantly changing to various types of symbols including the wild symbol. The game machine then executes a static display by displaying such changing symbols statically again in each display area and recognizes the arrangements of each static symbol. Then, the game machine visually displays the arrangement of the symbols by which multiple wins are established or the win line related to such arrangements of the symbols, when the pre-determined combinations of symbols, in which at least one wild symbol is included, are arranged so that multiple wins are established. The game machine and game program according to the present invention increases the player's interest and arouses the player's anticipation.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2003Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Konami Gaming IncorporatedInventors: Satoshi Suda, Katsumi Takahashi, Takaaki Inoue, Takayuki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20130225256Abstract: A gaming machine includes a first lottery device which performs a lottery to determine an arrangement of option areas on a lottery field to be presented to a player, and a first presenting device which presents the determined arrangement. A second lottery device performs a lottery to draw a lottery position on the lottery field when the arrangement of each of the option areas has been determined by the first lottery device, and a second presenting device presents a lottery position based on a lottery result by the second lottery device. A dividend control device gives a dividend corresponding to a property of an option area, when the property of the option area is configured to yield the dividend and the option area satisfies a predetermined relationship with the lottery position drawn by the second lottery device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2013Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: Konami Gaming, IncorporatedInventor: Konami Gaming, Incorporated
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Patent number: 8506381Abstract: A gaming machine includes a first lottery device which performs a lottery to determine an arrangement of option areas on a lottery field to be presented to a player, and a first presenting device which presents the determined arrangement. A second lottery device performs a lottery to draw a lottery position on the lottery field when the arrangement of each of the option areas has been determined by the first lottery device, and a second presenting device presents a lottery position based on a lottery result by the second lottery device. A dividend control device gives a dividend corresponding to a property of an option area, when the property of the option area is configured to yield the dividend and the option area satisfies a predetermined relationship with the lottery position drawn by the second lottery device.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2009Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Konami Gaming, IncorporatedInventor: Kazutaka Shiraishi
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Patent number: 8465359Abstract: To display a plurality of symbols in a plurality of display regions, upon starting a game, and in a case where trigger symbols are stop displayed in any of the plurality of display regions, to draw for specific display regions where trigger symbols are displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that the symbols are displayed having a predetermined relationship among the symbols in at least game units, and at the same time, to draw for general display regions that have symbols other than the trigger symbol displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that arbitrary symbols are independently displayed.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Konami Gaming, IncorporatedInventor: Eiji Aida
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Publication number: 20130143639Abstract: A game machine uses a lottery region containing the cells, provides a game opportunity that changes symbols on the cells by causing the symbols of a symbol group to appear on the portion of the cells, determines by lottery, at least a portion of the symbols which should constitute the symbol group, causes at least the portion of the symbols constituting the symbol group to appear in the lottery region based on a lottery result so as to change at least the portion of the symbols arranged on the cells by moving the symbol group including the symbol determined by the lottery result on a movement path containing two directions and stopping the symbol group so that at least the portion of the symbols of the symbol group is arranged on the cells, and determines a prize winning based on the symbols arranged on the cells by the symbol group.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: KONAMI GAMING, INCORPORATEDInventor: KONAMI GAMING, INCORPORATED
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Publication number: 20130143638Abstract: A game machine uses a lottery region having cell columns and symbol columns for providing a game opportunity, causes a special symbol column to appear in it, determines by lottery symbols of the special symbol column, causes the special symbol column containing the symbols obtained by a lottery result to appear and moves and stops the special symbol column so that the symbols of the special symbol column are arranged on the cells to be changed, and determines whether the symbols arranged in a cell group of a determination target form a prize winning pattern based on the symbols arranged by the special symbol column. Further, the game machine moves the special symbol column along each cell so that at least a direction crossing a movement direction of each symbol column is included as a movement direction of the special symbol column.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: KONAMI GAMING, INCORPORATEDInventor: Konami Gaming, Incorporated
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Patent number: 8449376Abstract: To display a plurality of symbols in a plurality of display regions, upon starting a game, and in a case where trigger symbols are stop displayed in any of the plurality of display regions, to draw for specific display regions where trigger symbols are displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that the symbols are displayed having a predetermined relationship among the symbols in at least game units, and at the same time, to draw for general display regions that have symbols other than the trigger symbol displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that arbitrary symbols are independently displayed.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Konami Gaming IncorporatedInventor: Eiji Aida
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Patent number: 8425315Abstract: A gaming machine comprising a external storage device provided with a first game region in which a first game file containing a program and data to realize a first game is stored and a second game region in which a second game file containing a program and data to realize a second game is stored, in which the first game and the second game are selectively played, and an extended device connected to the gaming machine as a physically separate device from the external storage device, wherein the extended device is provided with a determination device that determines whether a predetermined condition is met and a switching device that switches a game played in the gaming machine between the first game and the second game when the predetermined condition is met based on a determination result of the determination device.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Konami Gaming IncorporatedInventor: Kenichi Kamano
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Publication number: 20130040727Abstract: A gaming machine provides a game opportunity in which at least one prize winning can be generated, determines whether or not the prize winning is present in the game opportunity, and provides prize winning advantage when the prize winning is generated based on a result of determination. And the gaming machine determines whether or not a number of prize winnings in a predetermined range is equal to or more than a predetermined number of the prize winnings, and provides favorable condition when the number of the prize winnings is equal to or more than the predetermined number of the prize winnings.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: KONAMI GAMING, INCORPORATEDInventor: Masaya MATSUDA
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Publication number: 20120282999Abstract: A gaming machine comprising a external storage device provided with a first game region in which a first game file containing a program and data to realize a first game is stored and a second game region in which a second game file containing a program and data to realize a second game is stored, in which the first game and the second game are selectively played, and an extended device connected to the gaming machine as a physically separate device from the external storage device, wherein the extended device is provided with a determination device that determines whether a predetermined condition is met and a switching device that switches a game played in the gaming machine between the first game and the second game when the predetermined condition is met based on a determination result of the determination device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: KONAMI GAMING INCORPORATEDInventor: Kenichi KAMANO
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Patent number: 8303401Abstract: A progressive jackpot (PJP) system of the invention increments two types of jackpot values. A PJP controller increments a first jackpot value by a percentage of each bet placed on gaming machines. The increment rate of the first jackpot value is predetermined from a payout percentage of the PJP system. A second jackpot value is incremented at a higher rate than the first jackpot value. Each gaming machine or the PJP controller may increment the second jackpot value. The actual amount of an award for a jackpot corresponds to the second jackpot value. The second jackpot value is reduced at appropriate intervals, even if no jackpot has been won. Preferably, the probability of the reduction of the second jackpot value is adjusted, and thereby, the average difference between the first and second jackpot values at the time a jackpot has been won is adjusted to be zero.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2006Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Konami Gaming, IncorporatedInventor: Toshiyuki Yoshimura
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Patent number: 8303397Abstract: A gaming machine includes a lottery region defined such that cell columns are arranged to be parallel with each other. Symbols in each symbol column are moved along the cell column at a predetermined game opportunity and are stopped in one cell unit. A determination is performed as to whether a combination of symbols stopped in a determination target cell group forms a prize winning pattern. Reduced cells are defined by equally dividing a cell in a cell column when a predetermined reduction condition is satisfied, reduces symbols corresponding to the reduced cells, recognizes that at least one normal cell and the reduced cells are included in the target cell group, selects the reduced cells included in the target cell group, and determines that a combination of a symbol stopped in the selected reduced cell and the normal cell included in the target cell group forms the prize winning pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Konami Gaming, IncorporatedInventor: Hayato Mizue
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Patent number: 8287359Abstract: A display unit displays symbols in a plurality of columns, and in particular arranges the symbols in the same order in two or more of the columns. A game controller unit determines an arrangement of symbols at random on a condition that symbols are arranged in the same order and at the same positions in the two or more columns. A display controller unit causes the display unit to spin the two or more columns of symbols from the same position in synchronization with each other, and stop the two or more columns at the same position to display the arrangement of symbols determined by the game controller unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Konami Gaming, IncorporatedInventor: Dalsuke Nakamura
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Patent number: 8235796Abstract: A gaming apparatus and a method of operating the same are disclosed. The gaming apparatus comprises a display configured to display a plurality of reel images and a processor operatively coupled to the display. The processor is operable to determine an arrangement of symbols for each of the reel images before starting each of games, by selecting symbols to be set on symbol stop positions of the reel image from discrete symbol candidates based on selection probabilities associated with the discrete symbol candidates respectively. The processor is also operable to control the display to display the reel images based on the determined arrangement of symbols in response to operation of a player.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Konami Gaming, IncorporatedInventor: Daisuke Nakamura
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Patent number: 8210932Abstract: A gaming system starts a free game mode when a predetermined condition is established in a game wherein the game is repeatedly executed a predetermined number of times without consuming a playing value, and gives a dividend to a player based on a result in the free game mode. The gaming system comprises a collective dividend lottery unit which determines a collective dividend in exchange for the game executed a specific number of times, a selection unit which selects any one of (a) reception of the collective dividend and (b) continuation of the game in the free game mode in response to the player's instruction, a collective dividend giving unit which gives the collective dividend to the player, and a remaining number of times control unit which decreases the remaining number of times of the game in the free game mode in exchange for giving the collective dividend.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2010Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Konami Gaming, IncorporatedInventor: Kazutaka Shiraishi
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Publication number: 20110263311Abstract: In a gaming system that starts, when a predetermined condition is established in a game, a free game mode in which the game is repeatedly executed a predetermined number of times without consuming a playing value, and gives a dividend to a player based on a result of the game in the free game mode, there are provided a collective dividend lottery unit which determines a collective dividend to be collectively given to the player by lottery in exchange for the game executed a specific number of times that is less than the remaining number of times of the game in the free game mode from a dividend range that can be obtained by increasing and decreasing the total amount of the dividend that is anticipated when the game is executed the specific number of times, a selection unit which selects any one of reception of the collective dividend and continuation of the game in the free game mode in response to an instruction from the player, a collective dividend giving unit which gives, when the reception of the collectType: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: KONAMI GAMING, INCORPORATEDInventor: Kazutaka Shiraishi
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Publication number: 20110223985Abstract: In a gaming machine including a symbol region where reels having symbols are arranged in predetermined arrangement, so that the symbols are displayed in an arranged manner in longitudinal and transverse directions, there are provided a reel control unit that independently controls movement and stop of each of the reels, such that the symbols appearing in the symbol region change and a winning determination unit that determines whether the symbols appearing on a valid line set to span the reels form a predetermined winning pattern, when each of the reels is stopped, layers are set in the symbol region, and in the gaming machine, at least one reel is disposed in each layer, a symbol group is provided in at least one specific reel arranged in a specific layer of the layers in such a manner that symbols capable of forming at least portion of the winning pattern are arranged in the symbol group, at least one of the symbols capable of forming at least portion of the winning pattern overlaps the other reel in the otType: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: KONAMI GAMING, INCORPORATEDInventor: Hayato Mizue
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Publication number: 20110223984Abstract: A gaming machine includes a lottery region defined such that cell columns are arranged to be parallel with each other. Symbols in each symbol column are moved along the cell column at a predetermined game opportunity and are stopped in one cell unit. A determination is performed as to whether a combination of symbols stopped in a determination target cell group forms a prize winning pattern. Reduced cells are defined by equally dividing a cell in a cell column when a predetermined reduction condition is satisfied, reduces symbols corresponding to the reduced cells, recognizes that at least one normal cell and the reduced cells are included in the target cell group, selects the reduced cells included in the target cell group, and determines that a combination of a symbol stopped in the selected reduced cell and the normal cell included in the target cell group forms the prize winning pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: KONAMI GAMING, INCORPORATEDInventor: Hayato Mizue
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Publication number: 20110117986Abstract: A gaming machine includes a first lottery device which performs a lottery to determine an arrangement of option areas on a lottery field to be presented to a player, and a first presenting device which presents the determined arrangement. A second lottery device performs a lottery to draw a lottery position on the lottery field when the arrangement of each of the option areas has been determined by the first lottery device, and a second presenting device presents a lottery position based on a lottery result by the second lottery device. A dividend control device gives a dividend corresponding to a property of an option area, when the property of the option area is configured to yield the dividend and the option area satisfies a predetermined relationship with the lottery position drawn by the second lottery device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2009Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: Konami Gaming, IncorporatedInventor: Kazutaka Shiraishi
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Publication number: 20110070941Abstract: To display a plurality of symbols in a plurality of display regions, upon starting a game, and in a case where trigger symbols are stop displayed in any of the plurality of display regions, to draw for specific display regions where trigger symbols are displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that the symbols are displayed having a predetermined relationship among the symbols in at least game units, and at the same time, to draw for general display regions that have symbols other than the trigger symbol displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that arbitrary symbols are independently displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: Konami Gaming IncorporatedInventor: Eiji Aida