Patents by Inventor Genichiro Okitani

Genichiro Okitani 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).

  • Patent number: 9522327
    Abstract: A game system has plural game devices and a storage device that stores attribute information and location information of a pet in association with a player ID. Each game device obtains a player ID of a player who plays at the game device, and obtains attribute information corresponding to location information identifying a game device identified by the obtained player ID, and controls a game to cause the game device to display a pet according to the obtained attribute information. In a case in which location information stored in association with a player ID of a first player who plays at a first game device is changed to that which identifies a second game device identified by a player ID of a second player, the first game device does not display a pet of the first player, but the second game device displays the pet of the first player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kusuda, Takashi Uchiyama, Shogo Azuma, Shinya Ito, Norifumi Kawai, Genichiro Okitani
  • Publication number: 20130137515
    Abstract: A game system has plural game devices and a storage device that stores attribute information and location information of a pet in association with a player ID. Each game device obtains a player ID of a player who plays at the game device, and obtains attribute information corresponding to location information identifying a game device identified by the obtained player ID, and controls a game to cause the game device to display a pet according to the obtained attribute information. In a case in which location information stored in association with a player ID of a first player who plays at a first game device is changed to that which identifies a second game device identified by a player ID of a second player, the first game device does not display a pet of the first player, but the second game device displays the pet of the first player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kusuda, Takashi Uchiyama, Shogo Azuma, Shinya Ito, Norifumi Kawai, Genichiro Okitani
  • Publication number: 20090005149
    Abstract: A game machine comprises a physical lottery system and a control unit, the physical lottery system imparting a physical motion to a ball on a bingo stage having a plurality of winning prize pockets corresponded to at least one option respectively, and determining a selected option depending on which of the winning prize pockets the ball has been taken in; the control unit executing a predetermined game in association with the lottery result by the physical lottery system and delivering to a player amusement value of the amount depending on the game result, wherein a probability to select each option is calculated based on the lottery result within a predetermined sampling period, and in reference to the calculated probabilities the payout rate of amusement value in the game is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Okuaki, Toru Omoto, Genichiro Okitani, Shingo Ishii
  • Patent number: 6254479
    Abstract: In a game machine which comprises a roulette part for rotating an indicating mark along an outside of a play field, the indicating mark is stopped in accordance with a signal from a stop switch. If the indicating mark is stopped in a center position of a prize area which is indicated with a chance gage, a payment of medals as a reward is allowed. If the indicating mark is stopped in a position which is included in the prize area but don't coincide with the center position, a process of a lottery with a random number is carried out and a gage volume of a level gage is changed in the basis of the random number. An additional chance of a payment of medals is given corresponding to a position in which the indicating mark is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Genichiro Okitani, Ryosuke Toriyama, Takaaki Ishii, Yukari Shibata, Yukio Ozaki
  • Patent number: 5706927
    Abstract: A token discriminating device includes: a rolling member having two guide walls and a bottom for defining a rolling passage in which a token is rolled; and a smaller unacceptable token discriminating portion having: a cut-away portion formed in one of the two guide walls; a deflective wall provided in an upper portion of the cut-away portion to define a discriminating opening, a discriminating distance between the bottom and a lower end of the deflective wall being smaller than the diameter of an acceptable token, the deflective wall being bent outward of the rolling passage; a deflector provided on the other guide wall at a position facing the discriminating opening for deflecting a rolling token to the discriminating opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Genichiro Okitani, Takashi Kumabe, Norio Tone, Takashi Hamano