Patents by Inventor Daisuke Nakamura

Daisuke Nakamura 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).

  • Under covers for vehicle body
    Patent number: 8814251
    Abstract: Under covers for a vehicle body are attached to a lower surface of the vehicle body in such a manner that, as seen in a direction of travel of a vehicle, the under covers are arranged at positions in front of rear wheels and in at least a rear half of a lower surface of the vehicle body. Recessed grooves are formed in pairs in a surface of an under cover body that faces a road surface, and are arranged so as face each other across a widthwise center of the vehicle, and gradually approach closer to each other as they extend rearward in the direction of travel of the vehicle. Rear ends of these grooves are located between the left and right rear wheels and are directed to the widthwise center of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shohei Matsuyama, Daisuke Nakamura
  • Communication game system, game apparatus, server, storage medium storing a program, and game control method
    Patent number: 8795083
    Abstract: A communication game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses which are able to wirelessly communicate with each other. Each game apparatus registers identifying information of an opponent obtained by a short-distance wireless communication or by user's manual input in a friend list. Thereafter, the game apparatus connects to the Internet, and inquiries whether it is possible to communicate with an opponent in the friend list over the network. If it is possible to communicate, the game apparatus obtains an address of the opponent to make a network communication. Even if a user makes a short distance wireless communication with a friend to exchange and register the identifying information or registers the friend by hand and then is parted from the friend, the user can safely communicate with the friend across the network without being exposed to unknown players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Sasaki, Yosuke Hatayama, Daisuke Nakamura, Yoshitaka Shirota, Masaru Mitsuyoshi, Yutaka Takehisa, Katsuya Eguchi
  • GAME MACHINE, CONTROL METHOD FOR USE IN THE GAME MACHINE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20140206427
    Abstract: A game machine displays a movie in which at least one object moves in a predetermined area. The game machine includes an attribute management data storage device that stores attribute management data for managing a plurality of types of attributes. And the game machine specifies at least one holes to be assigned with any one of attributes in the predetermined area, select an attribute to be assigned to the hole by lottery from attributes, assigns the attribute selected to the hole, and generates in a game, change corresponding to the attribute assigned to the hole when the object reaches the hole on the movie.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: KONAMI GAMING, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakamura, Kenji Nagata
  • GAMING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20140187311
    Abstract: The present invention is a gaming machine including a display, which shows a plurality of cells indicating a plurality of symbols, and a controller, which selects a cell in a cell-selecting stage provided between a primary game and a secondary game on the display, controls the plurality of symbols in the secondary game and gives a predetermined function to the selected cell in the secondary game and where the selected cells or columns can change position on display during game play but the quantity of selected cells remain fixed for all free spin games of a secondary game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi SUDA, Daisuke NAKAMURA
  • GAMING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20140187310
    Abstract: A gaming machine has a symbol display region composed of cell columns, where cells are continuously disposed in each cell column. Symbols are displayed on each cell column in such a manner that one or more symbols correspond to one of the cells. The gaming machine comprises: a symbol movement control unit that makes each symbol column move along each cell column where a symbol is changed in turn according to an alignment order of the symbols, and makes each symbol column stop; a prize winning determination unit; and a dividend generation unit. The symbol movement control unit comprises: a symbol check unit that determines whether a symbol reaching a filtering position is a specific symbol; and a specific symbol control unit that generates a specific change different from a change to be generated according to the alignment order when the specific symbol reaches the filtering position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: KONAMI GAMING, INC.
    Inventor: Daisuke Nakamura
  • GAME MACHINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMPUTER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20140162755
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Konami Gaming Incorporated
    Inventor: Daisuke Nakamura
  • Gaming machine arranging two symbol columns in the same order
    Patent number: 8715059
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Konami Gaming Incorporated
    Inventor: Daisuke Nakamura
  • Gaming machine
    Patent number: 8708810
    Abstract: A gaming machine has a symbol display region composed of cell columns, where cells are continuously disposed in each cell column. Symbols are displayed on each cell column in such a manner that one or more symbols correspond to one of the cells. The gaming machine comprises: a symbol movement control unit that makes each symbol column move along each cell column where a symbol is changed in turn according to an alignment order of the symbols, and makes each symbol column stop; a prize winning determination unit; and a dividend generation unit. The symbol movement control unit comprises: a symbol check unit that determines whether a symbol reaching a filtering position is a specific symbol; and a specific symbol control unit that generates a specific change different from a change to be generated according to the alignment order when the specific symbol reaches the filtering position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Incorporated
    Inventor: Daisuke Nakamura
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140079461
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a conveyance unit. The image forming unit forms an image on a print medium. The conveyance unit has a belt member to convey the print medium in a state in which an end of the print medium in a width direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the print medium is placed outside an end of the belt member in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuzoh Obata, Makoto KIKURA, Kazuyoshi MATSUMOTO, Kazuyoshi KONDO, Gaku HOSONO, Yoshinori UCHINO, Norikazu YANASE, Daisuke NAKAMURA
  • Gaming machine
    Patent number: 8672745
    Abstract: The present invention is a gaming machine including a display, which shows a plurality of cells indicating a plurality of symbols, and a controller, which selects a cell in a cell-selecting stage provided between a primary game and a secondary game on the display, controls the plurality of symbols in the secondary game and gives a predetermined function to the selected cell in the secondary game and where the selected cells or columns can change position on display during game play but the quantity of selected cells remain fixed for all free spin games of a secondary game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Suda, Daisuke Nakamura
  • GAME MACHINE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMPUTER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USED THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20140066172
    Abstract: A game machine includes a display device that displays a game screen in which virtual reels formed by symbols are arranged so as to correspond one-to-one to cells as symbol stop positions. And, a game machine determines the symbol to stop in each cell through drawing, and controls a movement to change the symbol and a stop of the movement for each virtual reel based on a drawing result. Furthermore, a game machine determines a number of specific symbols that stop in the cells, and controls a movement of each virtual reel, which causes the specific symbols to appear in the cells, as one virtual reel group and a stop of the movement in units of virtual reel group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakamura, Hidetomo Yamashita, Hayato Mizue, Hiromitsu Negishi
  • VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140031166
    Abstract: A vessel propulsion apparatus includes a prime mover, a drive shaft, a pinion, a rear gear, a propeller shaft, a front bearing, a cylindrical front housing, and a cylindrical rear housing. The front housing surrounds the front bearing about a propeller axis and supports the rear gear via the front bearing in a manner rotatable about the propeller axis. The rear housing is disposed behind the front housing. The front housing surrounds the propeller shaft about the propeller axis and supports the propeller shaft at a position more rearward than the rear gear in a manner rotatable about the propeller axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke NAKAMURA, Yoshihito FUKUOKA
  • VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140031164
    Abstract: A vessel propulsion apparatus includes a prime mover, a propeller shaft, a planetary gear train, a lower case, a cylindrical housing, and a fixing member. The planetary gear train is disposed on a propeller axis. The propeller shaft and the planetary gear train are housed in the lower case. The housing surrounds the propeller shaft about the propeller axis inside the lower case. The housing supports a sun gear such that the sun gear is not rotatable with respect to the housing. The fixing member is fixed to both the lower case and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihito FUKUOKA, Daisuke NAKAMURA
  • DAMPER UNIT FOR VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS, PROPELLER FOR VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS, AND VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140023503
    Abstract: A damper unit includes a first damper arranged to transmit a torque around a rotation axis transmitted from an input member side to an output member side, an intermediate member arranged to transmit a torque around the rotation axis transmitted from the first damper to the output member side, and a second damper arranged to transmit a torque around the rotation axis transmitted from the intermediate member to the output member side, wherein at least a portion of the second damper is disposed on a straight line that passes through the first damper and is parallel or substantially parallel to the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Daisuke NAKAMURA, Tiharu MASUDA, Youhei KUROKI
  • Game machine, method of controlling computer, and storage medium
    Patent number: 8628402
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Incorporated
    Inventor: Daisuke Nakamura
  • SENSOR
    Publication number: 20130307094
    Abstract: A sensor includes a circuit board, a wiring connection layer, a sensor element, and a conductive post. The circuit board has a first electrode. The wiring connection layer has second and third electrodes. The second electrode is connected to the first electrode. The sensor element has a fourth electrode. The conductive post connects the third electrode electrically with the fourth electrode. This sensor can be driven efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigehiro Yoshiuchi, Takashi Imanaka, Takami Ishida, Satoshi Ohuchi, Hideo Ohkoshi, Katsuya Morinaka, Daisuke Nakamura, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • GAMING MACHINE AND METHODS OF ALLOWING A PLAYER TO PLAY GAMING MACHINES HAVING SYNCHRONIZED SYMBOLS
    Publication number: 20130296018
    Abstract: A gaming machine for allowing a player to play a game is described herein. The gaming machine includes a display device and a game controller for displaying a game on the display device. The game includes a plurality of reels having a plurality of symbol positions and a plurality of game symbols displayed in each of the symbol positions in a predetermined order. The game controller allows a player to make a wager on the game and responsively displays the game on the display device. The game controller randomly determines an outcome of the game, responsively spins and stops the reels to display the outcome including at least two reels having the same symbols being displayed in the same symbol positions, and awards an award to the player as a function of the outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Eiji Aida, Daisuke Nakamura
  • GAMING MACHINE AND METHODS OF ALLOWING A PLAYER TO PLAY GAMING MACHINES HAVING SYNCHRONIZED SYMBOLS
    Publication number: 20130296019
    Abstract: A gaming machine for providing a game to a player is described herein. The gaming machine includes a display device for displaying the game and a game controller. The game includes a plurality of reels having a predetermined number of elements, wherein each element has an associated symbol from a set of symbols and at least one reel has a run of consecutive elements. The game controller initiates an instance of the game, responsively displays the game on the display device, randomly determines an outcome of the game, and responsively spins and stops the reels to display the outcome. The outcome includes at least two reels having the same symbols being displayed in the same symbol positions. The game controller displays each one of the at least two reels having a run of consecutive elements, and populates the run of consecutive elements with an identical symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Eiji Aida, Daisuke Nakamura, Osamu Yoshimi
  • Gaming machine arranging two symbol columns in the same order
    Patent number: 8574060
    Abstract: The present invention may be gaming machine, including a mechanical reel which is configured with a plurality of rotatable reels, each reel indicating indicia on a circumferential surface of the reel, a display which shows a part of the circumferential surface and a controller which stops two reels to indicate the same kinds of indicia with the same arrangement on the circumferential surface of each of the two reels shown on the display, the two reels being installed contrastively to a vertical axis dividing a plurality of the rotatable reels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Incorporated
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakamura, Arata Sugiyama, Scott Delekta
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING RECORDING HEAD AND HEAD TANK
    Publication number: 20130286061
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a recording head, a head tank, a displacement member, an air release unit, a main tank, a liquid feed device, a body-side detector, and a supply controller. The supply controller controls a normal filling operation to start feeding liquid from the main tank to the head tank without opening the air release unit when a consumption amount of the liquid in the head tank is a threshold amount or greater, and stop feeding the liquid from the main tank to the head tank when the body-side detector detects an arrival of the displacement member at a normal fill position. When the body-side detector detects the displacement member at a start of the normal filling operation, the supply controller corrects the normal fill position to a position at which the liquid feed device can feed the liquid to the head tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Nakamura