Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kuwana

Hiroyuki Kuwana 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: 11373504
    Abstract: An immersive head-mounted display (IHMD) can present primary present primary content on one or more displays; receive first alert content from a first electronic appliance; determine, based on a first alert level of the first alert content, whether to pause rendering of the primary content and present the first alert content within a period of time the rendering of the primary content is paused, or to continue the rendering of the primary content and present the first alert content overlaying the primary content within a period of time the rendering of the primary content continues; and in response to a determination that the alert level is high, pause the rendering of the primary content and present the first alert content within the period of time the rendering of the primary content is paused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kuwana
  • Publication number: 20200051418
    Abstract: An immersive head-mounted display (IHMD) can present primary present primary content on one or more displays; receive first alert content from a first electronic appliance; determine, based on a first alert level of the first alert content, whether to pause rendering of the primary content and present the first alert content within a period of time the rendering of the primary content is paused, or to continue the rendering of the primary content and present the first alert content overlaying the primary content within a period of time the rendering of the primary content continues; and in response to a determination that the alert level is high, pause the rendering of the primary content and present the first alert content within the period of time the rendering of the primary content is paused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KUWANA
  • Patent number: 10482749
    Abstract: An immersive head-mounted display (IHMD) system includes a control device communicatively coupled to one or more electronic appliances and operable to receive data indicative of alert data generated by the one or more electronic appliances. The system also includes an IHMD that is communicatively coupled to the control device. The IHMD includes a hardware data receiving component operable to receive the data indicative of alert data and a processing unit having one or more hardware processors communicatively coupled to the hardware data receiving component. The IHMD also includes a display device coupled to the processing unit, the display device operable to generate a graphical user interface featuring primary content and alert content, wherein the alert content identifies the one or more electronic appliances that generated the alert data and information describing the alert data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kuwana
  • Publication number: 20180197395
    Abstract: An immersive head-mounted display (IHMD) system includes a control device communicatively coupled to one or more electronic appliances and operable to receive data indicative of alert data generated by the one or more electronic appliances. The system also includes an IHMD that is communicatively coupled to the control device. The IHMD includes a hardware data receiving component operable to receive the data indicative of alert data and a processing unit having one or more hardware processors communicatively coupled to the hardware data receiving component. The IHMD also includes a display device coupled to the processing unit, the display device operable to generate a graphical user interface featuring primary content and alert content, wherein the alert content identifies the one or more electronic appliances that generated the alert data and information describing the alert data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kuwana
  • Patent number: 8192282
    Abstract: A gaming apparatus of the present invention comprises: a display; a speaker; a memory; and a controller programmed to execute the processing of reading the dealer image data and the game image data from the memory according to the progress of the game, reading the background image data from the memory, displaying to the display a display image based on display image data, after generating the display image data by superimposing the read dealer image data and the read game image data on the read background image data, and outputting from the speaker the background sound based on the background sound data, after reading the background sound data corresponding to the read background image data from the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kuwana
  • Publication number: 20090239647
    Abstract: A slot machine according to the present invention includes a display device having a first display region for displaying a symbol, a second display region for displaying a payout symbol, and a third display region for displaying a magnification symbol; a memory for memorizing two tables, one for storing identification data of the payout symbol and payout data corresponding to the payout symbol, and the other for storing identification data of the magnification symbol and magnification data corresponding to the magnification symbol; and a controller for controlling the display device and the memory. The controller randomly rearranges the symbol, the payout symbol, and the magnification symbol in the first, the second, and the third display regions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KUWANA
  • Publication number: 20090233711
    Abstract: A gaming apparatus of the present invention comprises: a display; a speaker; a memory; and a controller programmed to execute the processing of reading the dealer image data and the game image data from the memory according to the progress of the game, reading the background image data from the memory, displaying to the display a display image based on display image data, after generating the display image data by superimposing the read dealer image data and the read game image data on the read background image data, and outputting from the speaker the background sound based on the background sound data, after reading the background sound data corresponding to the read background image data from the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KUWANA
  • Patent number: 7285050
    Abstract: In a gaming system provided with a plurality of terminals operable by the respective plurality of the players; and a gaming server communicating with the plurality of the terminals, the gaming server comprises a controller executing a computer program and controlling the plurality of the terminals, the controller generates a special interval for stopping a progress of the game in a special mode, and the controller generates a dummy interval in a normal mode during the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Aruze Corp.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kuwana
  • Publication number: 20040147325
    Abstract: In a gaming system provided with a plurality of terminals operable by the respective plurality of the players; and a gaming server communicating with the plurality of the terminals, the gaming server comprises a controller executing a computer program and controlling the plurality of the terminals, the controller generates a special interval for stopping a progress of the game in a special mode, and the controller generates a dummy interval in a normal mode during the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kuwana