Patents by Inventor Hideko AOKI

Hideko AOKI 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: 9792777
    Abstract: Symbols to be rearranged on the lower image display panel are randomly selected. When the combination of the rearranged symbols results in the establishment of a bonus trigger, how many BONUS symbols are included in the combination of the symbols is counted. Random determination based on a free game number random determination table is executed for a number of times corresponding to the counted number of the BONUS symbols. The randomly-determined total number of times of execution of the free game is awarded as the number of times of execution of the free game. Furthermore, when the number of the BONUS symbols including the combination of the symbols resulting in the establishment of the bonus game trigger is 15, the right to execute the free game 50 times is awarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Masumi Fujisawa, Hideko Aoki, Toshitaka Suzuki, Hiromoto Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9747756
    Abstract: As a normal game, symbols to be rearranged on a lower image display panel 141 are randomly determined, and the determined symbols are rearranged. When the combination of the rearranged symbols achieves bonus trigger, how many bonus symbol 167 is included in the symbols achieving the bonus trigger is included is determined. For the number of times corresponding the determined number of the bonus symbol 167, random determination is executed based on the bonus game number random determination table 192. The total sum of the numbers of times of execution of the free game having been awarded is awarded as the number of times of execution of the free game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiromoto Yamauchi, Hiroki Nakamura, Masumi Fujisawa, Hideko Aoki, Toshitaka Suzuki, Takehisa Itagaki, Yoichi Kato, Yukihiro Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20150254926
    Abstract: Provided is a gaming machine capable of avoiding monotonousness upon executing free games in a bonus game and realizing a variety of game patterns. When a free game trigger is established, the gaming machine controls a game to shift from a basic game to the free games. In the free games, when as a result of the rearrangement of randomly determined symbols, four consecutive special symbols are rearranged in symbol display regions 4 which correspond to any of video reels 3a to 3e and at least one special symbol whose kind is the same is rearranged on a video reel 3 which is different from said video reel 3, scrolling in an upward direction or a downward direction is further conducted, and four consecutive special symbols are rearranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Takehisa ITAGAKI, Yuji Miyagawa, Yoichi Kato, Hideko Aoki
  • Publication number: 20140335932
    Abstract: Symbols to be rearranged on the lower image display panel 141 are randomly selected. When the combination of the rearranged symbols results in the establishment of a bonus trigger, how many BONUS symbols 167 are included in the combination of the symbols is counted. Random determination based on a free game number random determination table 192 is executed for a number of times corresponding to the counted number of the BONUS symbols. The randomly-determined total number of times of execution of the free game is awarded as the number of times of execution of the free game. Furthermore, when the number of the BONUS symbols 167 including the combination of the symbols resulting in the establishment of the bonus game trigger is 15, the right to execute the free game 50 times is awarded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicants: Universal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
    Inventors: Masumi Fujisawa, Hideko Aoki, Toshitaka Suzuki, Hiromoto Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20140323201
    Abstract: As a normal game, symbols to be rearranged on a lower image display panel 141 are randomly determined, and the determined symbols are rearranged. When the combination of the rearranged symbols achieves bonus trigger, how many bonus symbol 167 is included in the symbols achieving the bonus trigger is included is determined. For the number of times corresponding the determined number of the bonus symbol 167, random determination is executed based on the bonus game number random determination table 192. The total sum of the numbers of times of execution of the free game having been awarded is awarded as the number of times of execution of the free game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: Universal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiromoto YAMAUCHI, Hiroki NAKAMURA, Masumi FUJISAWA, Hideko AOKI, Toshitaka SUZUKI, Takehisa ITAGAKI, Yoichi KATO, Yukihiro KAWAKAMI