Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Kido

Katsuhiro Kido 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: 12087164
    Abstract: A control device includes a communication interface that receives input data from a terminal device of a first member who is a member of a first family staying in a vehicle, the input data indicating a family composition and a family stress for the first family. A processor of the control device searches a database in which data indicating the family composition and the family stress for each of a plurality of families staying in individual vehicles is registered, using the input data received by the communication interface as a search key, selects a second family from the families based on a search result acquired, and causes the communication interface to transmit notification data that notifies the first member of information for establishing a relationship with a second member who is a member of the second family selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yui Sugie, Hikaru Gotoh, Hiroki Kido, Shuichi Sawada, Genshi Kuno, Katsuhiro Ohara
  • Publication number: 20240005727
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved table game system is disclosed herein, which displays visual effects on a play surface. A game system comprising: a table top having a game play area, and a table support for supporting the table top, a dealer station, a display that covers at least a portion of the game play area, a projector assembly, the projector assembly including a projector and a projector mount that mounts the projector to the support frame at a mounting angle, and a processing system connected to the projector and the dealer station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hiromichi IKEDA, Yoshihiro NAGASAKI, Katsuhiro KIDO
  • Patent number: 11798352
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved table game system is disclosed herein, which displays visual effects on a play surface. A game system comprising: a table top having a game play area, and a table support for supporting the table top, a dealer station, a display that covers at least a portion of the game play area, a projector assembly, the projector assembly including a projector and a projector mount that mounts the projector to the support frame at a mounting angle, and a processing system connected to the projector and the dealer station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: INTERBLOCK USA L.C.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Ikeda, Yoshihiro Nagasaki, Katsuhiro Kido
  • Publication number: 20210350654
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved table game system is disclosed herein, which displays visual effects on a play surface. A game system comprising: a table top having a game play area, and a table support for supporting the table top, a dealer station, a display that covers at least a portion of the game play area, a projector assembly, the projector assembly including a projector and a projector mount that mounts the projector to the support frame at a mounting angle, and a processing system connected to the projector and the dealer station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Hiromichi IKEDA, Yoshihiro NAGASAKI, Katsuhiro KIDO
  • Patent number: 11158157
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved roulette gaming system is disclosed herein, which provides visual effects for a roulette wheel, a roulette ball, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Yoichi Kato, Katsuhiro Kido
  • Patent number: 11087586
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved table game system is disclosed herein, which displays visual effects on a play surface. A game system comprising: a table top having a game play area, and a table support for supporting the table top, a dealer station, a display that covers at least a portion of the game play area, a projector assembly, the projector assembly including a projector and a projector mount that mounts the projector to the support frame at a mounting angle, and a processing system connected to the projector and the dealer station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Ikeda, Yoshihiro Nagasaki, Katsuhiro Kido
  • Patent number: 10839652
    Abstract: An improved coin pusher machine includes at least one player station. The at least one player station includes at least one memory device and processor, a pusher field configured to hold a plurality of tokens, a win slot configured to accept tokens that fall from the pusher field, and omitting any lose slot. The at least one player station includes a pusher mechanism configured to move in a reciprocating motion, a token launching mechanism configured to launch tokens onto the pusher field, and a token counter configured to count a number or value of tokens that fall into the win slot. The processor is configured to calculate a total value, including a base win value and a feature win value, of tokens falling into the win slot from the pusher field, and cause an indication associated with a game cycle to be transmitted to an external host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ARUZE GAMING (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Kido
  • Publication number: 20200143624
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved roulette gaming system is disclosed herein, which provides visual effects for a roulette wheel, a roulette ball, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Yoichi KATO, Katsuhiro KIDO
  • Publication number: 20200105087
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved table game system is disclosed herein, which displays visual effects on a play surface. A game system comprising: a table top having a game play area, and a table support for supporting the table top, a dealer station, a display that covers at least a portion of the game play area, a projector assembly, the projector assembly including a projector and a projector mount that mounts the projector to the support frame at a mounting angle, and a processing system connected to the projector and the dealer station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hiromichi IKEDA, Yoshihiro NAGASAKI, Katsuhiro KIDO
  • Patent number: 10573123
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved roulette gaming system is disclosed herein, which provides visual effects for a roulette wheel, a roulette ball, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Aruze Gaming (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Yoichi Kato, Katsuhiro Kido
  • Publication number: 20190206195
    Abstract: An improved coin pusher machine includes at least one player station. The at least one player station includes at least one memory device and processor, a pusher field configured to hold a plurality of tokens, a win slot configured to accept tokens that fall from the pusher field, and omitting any lose slot. The at least one player station includes a pusher mechanism configured to move in a reciprocating motion, a token launching mechanism configured to launch tokens onto the pusher field, and a token counter configured to count a number or value of tokens that fall into the win slot. The processor is configured to calculate a total value, including a base win value and a feature win value, of tokens falling into the win slot from the pusher field, and cause an indication associated with a game cycle to be transmitted to an external host computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Katsuhiro KIDO
  • Publication number: 20190096156
    Abstract: In one aspect, an improved roulette gaming system is disclosed herein, which provides visual effects for a roulette wheel, a roulette ball, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yoichi KATO, Katsuhiro KIDO
  • Patent number: 10186118
    Abstract: A gaming machine of the present invention stores a bet area on which a bet is placed through a gaming terminal and a game value placed as the bet, determines a resulting symbol from a plurality of symbols, rotates the wheel based on an operation of the lever in one of the plurality of gaming terminals, whose lever has been activated, stops the rotation of the wheel so that the pointer points at a symbol arrangement area with the resulting symbol, and awards a payout based on the resulting symbol and the odds set for the bet area in which the bet is placed through the gaming terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: Universal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kido, Hiroki Munakata
  • Patent number: 9786130
    Abstract: A gaming machine of the present invention stores a bet area on which a bet is placed through a gaming terminal and a game value placed as the bet, determines a resulting symbol from a plurality of symbols, rotates the wheel based on an operation of the lever in one of the plurality of gaming terminals, whose lever has been activated, stops the rotation of the wheel so that the pointer points a symbol arrangement area with the resulting symbol, and awards a payout based on the resulting symbol and the odds set for the bet area in which the bet is placed through the gaming terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kido, Hiroki Munakata
  • Patent number: 9786118
    Abstract: A gaming system comprises a control unit quipped with a controller. The control starts the reception of bets from a plurality of stations, displays, on a dealer display, termination order images from the plurality of the stations in accordance with a lapse of a predetermined period of time from the start of the bet reception, and advances the game on the condition that a bet termination order signal is received from an operation input button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kido, Kenta Kitamura
  • Patent number: 9672684
    Abstract: A gaming machine of the present invention stores a bet area on which a bet is placed and a game value placed as the bet in each gaming terminal, rotates and stops the wheel to determine a resulting symbol from the plurality of symbols, awards a payout based on the resulting symbol and the odds set for the bet area on which the bet is placed in the gaming terminal, and then adjusts the payout rate by changing the odds set for the bet areas in the gaming terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kido, Hiroki Munakata
  • Publication number: 20170109960
    Abstract: A gaming machine of the present invention stores a bet area on which a bet is placed through a gaming terminal and a game value placed as the bet, determines a resulting symbol from a plurality of symbols, rotates the wheel based on an operation of the lever in one of the plurality of gaming terminals, whose lever has been activated, stops the rotation of the wheel so that the pointer points a symbol arrangement area with the resulting symbol, and awards a payout based on the resulting symbol and the odds set for the bet area in which the bet is placed through the gaming terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Katsuhiro KIDO, Hiroki MUNAKATA
  • Publication number: 20160343201
    Abstract: A display device data generator configured to generate, based on three-dimensional data, display device data of a game effect image of an object in a three-dimensional space viewed from a view point different from a projector, and a controller configured to cause the projector to emit projection light to generate the game effect image based on projection data and cause a display device to display the game effect image based on the display device data are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuhiro KIDO, Hirofumi TOMITA
  • Publication number: 20160328906
    Abstract: A gaming machine of the present invention stores a bet area on which a bet is placed through a gaming terminal and a game value placed as the bet, determines a resulting symbol from a plurality of symbols, rotates the wheel based on an operation of the lever in one of the plurality of gaming terminals, whose lever has been activated, stops the rotation of the wheel so that the pointer points a symbol arrangement area with the resulting symbol, and awards a payout based on the resulting symbol and the odds set for the bet area in which the bet is placed through the gaming terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuhiro KIDO, Hiroki MUNAKATA
  • Patent number: RE46738
    Abstract: Provided is a gaming machine having a cabinet. Between the back as a back face and the right side face of the sides of the cabinet, the gaming machine has a right end side, which is formed by cutting a plane parallel to the gravitational direction in a manner to join lines spaced at predetermined distances in the individual directions of the back and the right side face from a line of intersection, on which the back and the right side face intersect when extended. The gaming machine also has a left end side between the back and a left side face. Moreover, the right end side and the left end side are symmetric with respect to a plane dividing the cabinet equally to the right and left.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshitomo Sasaki, Akira Shimizu, Katsuhiro Kido, Kenta Kitamura, Hideaki Kishi, Hiroatsu Ike