Patents Assigned to Takasago Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5219167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stop control device of a slot gaming machine used for controlling the stop-action of rotary units such as reels in a rotary gaming machine. In the rotary gaming machine, a table for allocating voluntary time length data to each symbol on such rotary units is stored in a memory. It is possible to appoint symbols one by one by operating a symbol appointing circuit and to renew appointed symbols by operating the symbol appointing circuit at each time when the counted values coincide with time length data in the time allocating table. Thus, control is made so that the symbols appointed by the appointing circuit stop at a defined stop line. Under such configuration, any voluntary change of the probability of appearance for a certain combination mode of each symbol can be simply performed by merely changing the contents of the time-allocating table stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Takasago Electric Industry Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Hamano
  • Patent number: 5205555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic gaming machine, in which after a game is executed by betting playing mediums such as tokens, the number of playing mediums to be paid is determined in response to the result of game. The electronic gaming machine includes a plurality of reels, and when the reels stop, one of plural symbols printed around each reel is stopped on a stop line. On the reels, a numerical and a non-numerical symbol are indicated together, and when the reels stop, an internal control unit judges the kind of symbols stopped on the stop line and the content of the numerical values. When the symbols on the stop line are all associated with the numerical values, the control unit substitutes the numerical values into a predetermined operational equation to execute the operation, and thereby determines the number of tokens to be paid in response to the operation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Takasago Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Hamano
  • Patent number: 5169147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stop-control device of a rotary gaming machine used for controlling the stop action of a rotor such as a reel in a rotary gaming machine such as a slot machine. In the rotary gaming machine, a table for allocating the symbol combination mode of the rotors against the combination of codes is stored in memory means. When starting the game, after generating a plurality of any codes from code generating means, stop-control means specifies the symbol combination mode corresponding to the combination of codes generated by the code generating means referring to the memory means, and allocates the symbols to respective rotors which are stopped at a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Takasago Electric Industry, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Hamano
  • Patent number: 5154421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and its apparatus for controlling stop action of the rotary units in a rotary type gaming machine such as a slot machine. According to the method and the apparatus of the present invention, the appearance rate of each symbol of the reel at the stop position can be controlled at will by allotting a voluntarily set weighting to each symbol shown on the rotary unit prior to the execution of a game, and during the game, it can make appear and stop either one of the symbols at the aforementioned stop position with an appearance rate corresponding to the allotted weighting. By means of this, it is made possible to change the payout rate with an extremely simple work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: Takasago Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Hamano
  • Patent number: 5046735
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a symbol assorting gaming machine for playing a poker game on a display screen, in which when playing the symbol assorting game by holding one or more symbols among a predetermined number of symbols displayed and replacing the rest with the other symbols, an optimum holding object is calculated in response to the probability calculation so as to be instructed to the player, thereby an interest of the game is stimulated not only for a proficient but also for a beginner, and the game can be mastered in a short time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: Takasago Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Hamano, Michael Wood, Lee Dunlap, Terry Wilson
  • Patent number: 4931128
    Abstract: An electronic parts processing machine for continuously performing processed like writing information to electronic parts concludes a carrying portion for transferring the electronic parts to be processed, a supplying portion which is disposed upstream to the carrying portion and connects a tray containing many electronic parts in line to the carrying portion and supports the tray, a processing portion which is disposed in the carrying portion and perform predetermined information processing for the electronic parts supplied from the tray, an indicating portion for making a predetermined indication for the electronic parts located downstream or upstream to the processing portion, a collecting portion which is disposed downstream to the carrying portion and connects a tray to the carrying portion and supports the tray to receive processed electronic parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Assignee: Takasago Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Hamano
  • Patent number: 4560161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a card game machine wherein a game player plays a card game such as poker or the like on a CRT image displaying screen while operating keys. For instance, in the conventional poker game machine, only five cards selected in the machine are displayed on the screen, while the present invention modifies this playing method in such a manner that all the cards are displayed in an aligned fashion in a turned-over state. In accordance with the present invention, selection of the cards is performed by the game player himself or herself, and therefore the game becomes more interesting and has the effect of eliminating a feeling of doubtfulness or distinct about the game machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Assignee: Takasago Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Hamano