Patents by Inventor Erika TURCHI

Erika TURCHI 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).

  • Gaming machine
    Patent number: 9898899
    Abstract: Probability of prize occurrence is easily controlled without provision of a blank between symbols on a reel. A gaming machine comprises: a lower image display panel configured to variably display a plurality of symbol arrays with a plurality of symbols including normal symbols and specific symbols more advantageous than the normal symbols, and then display a game result by rearranging the symbols in a symbol display region containing a matrix of cells; bet buttons capable of receiving a bet; and a controller configured to run a normal game which rearranges symbols on the symbol display device on condition that a bet is placed, the controller is configured to modify the symbols arrayed in the plurality of symbol arrays, so that the ratios of the specific symbols to the total number of the symbols in all the symbol arrays increases with an increase in the bet amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: Universal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
    Inventors: Keiichi Kojima, Hiroshi Takahashi, Tetsuya Yokota, Yukinori Inamura, Takeshi Narita, Yuji Miyagawa, Takuto Nakayama, Atsuya Takano, Erika Turchi, Toshihiko Honda, Keisuke Kajino
  • GAMING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20160042614
    Abstract: Probability of prize occurrence is easily controlled without provision of a blank between symbols on a reel. A gaming machine comprises: a lower image display panel configured to variably display a plurality of symbol arrays with a plurality of symbols including normal symbols and specific symbols more advantageous than the normal symbols, and then display a game result by rearranging the symbols in a symbol display region containing a matrix of cells; bet buttons capable of receiving a bet; and a controller configured to run a normal game which rearranges symbols on the symbol display device on condition that a bet is placed, the controller is configured to modify the symbols arrayed in the plurality of symbol arrays, so that the ratios of the specific symbols to the total number of the symbols in all the symbol arrays increases with an increase in the bet amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Keiichi KOJIMA, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Tetsuya YOKOTA, Yukinori INAMURA, Takeshi NARITA, Yuji MIYAGAWA, Takuto NAKAYAMA, Atsuya TAKANO, Erika TURCHI, Toshihiko HONDA, Keisuke KAJINO