Patents by Inventor Makiko Otomi

Makiko Otomi 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).

  • Information input and output device and game machine using information input and output device
    Patent number: 7703684
    Abstract: An information input and output device for communicating information with an information recording unit of a card, includes a card support unit that includes a card support surface for sliding the card while supporting the card from one surface side, a card end unit that includes a card end surface provided to protrude from the card support surface, and an input and output executing unit that is positioned to face the information recording unit of the card when the card is slid on the card support surface while abutting the card against the card end surface, and that executes at least one of reading of the information from the information recording unit and writing of the information to the information recording unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Inubushi, Koki Atobe, Makiko Otomi, Shuho Nishimura, Takahiko Daijo, Shigehito Mukasa
  • NETWORK GAME SYSTEM, NETWORK GAME SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, GAME MACHINE, GAME MACHINE CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20090118010
    Abstract: To provide a network game system for sharing, among a plurality of game machines, the positions and postures of objects associated with the game machines, while suppressing an increase in traffic in the communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ashida, Shintaro Osato, Hajime Wakuda, Takahiko Shimada, Keigo Fukushima, Hiroyuki Esaka, Tsuyoshi Okino, Ken Shimomura, Makiko Otomi, Kenichi Yata, Shuho Nishimura, Tomoyuki Fumino
  • Information input and output device and game machine using information input and output device
    Publication number: 20070080222
    Abstract: An information input and output device for communicating information with an information recording unit of a card, includes a card support unit that includes a card support surface for sliding the card while supporting the card from one surface side, a card end unit that includes a card end surface provided to protrude from the card support surface, and an input and output executing unit that is positioned to face the information recording unit of the card when the card is slid on the card support surface while abutting the card against the card end surface, and that executes at least one of reading of the information from the information recording unit and writing of the information to the information recording unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2004
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takashi Inubushi, Koki Atobe, Makiko Otomi, Shuho Nishimura, Takahiko Daijo, Shigehito Mukasa
  • Operating apparatus for game machine
    Patent number: D444786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makiko Otomi, Eiji Yokoi, Masatoshi Mukai
  • Game machine
    Patent number: D446251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makiko Otomi, Eita Kada, Shingo Onkoshi
  • Game machine
    Patent number: D446824
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Muraki, Makiko Otomi, Toru Takeda, Toshifumi Suzuki
  • Game machine
    Patent number: D460492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Muraki, Makiko Otomi, Toru Takeda, Toshifumi Suzuki
  • Gymnastic apparatus
    Patent number: D494645
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Konami Sports Life Corporation
    Inventors: Makiko Otomi, Hiroyuki Muraki, Hirofumi Nagao, Takuya Nakano
  • Game machine
    Patent number: D410255
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makiko Otomi, Toshifumi Suzuki
  • Game machine
    Patent number: D412536
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makiko Otomi, Kojiro Minami, Hirofumi Fujimoto
  • Game machine
    Patent number: D425570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makiko Otomi, Koichi Nishio, Hirofumi Nagao
  • Game machine
    Patent number: D435271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Muraki, Makiko Otomi, Toru Takeda, Toshifumi Suzuki