Patents by Inventor Makiko Sakurai

Makiko Sakurai 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).

  • Prize placement section for prize game apparatus, and prize game apparatus
    Patent number: 9216345
    Abstract: A prize placement section includes a first plate-like member having a side on which a prize is placed, and a frame member that supports the first plate-like member, the frame member including a frame-side attachment section that is adapted to removably attach the frame member to an apparatus-side attachment section provided in a game space, and the frame-side attachment section being positioned so that the frame member can be attached to the apparatus-side attachment section from above when the first plate-like member is not supported by the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Shiino, Makiko Sakurai, Shigeharu Goto, Akihiro Ohi
  • Game apparatus
    Patent number: 9120008
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a prize support section that supports a prize, a prize moving section that moves the prize supported by the prize support section by making a movement and a motion, a prize outlet that allows a player to remove the prize, and a prize guiding space that guides the prize toward the prize outlet. The game apparatus further includes a control section that controls the movement and the motion of the prize moving section based on operation information, and controls a motion force of the prize moving section based on motion force information, and a motion force change section that changes the motion force information based on a position of the prize moving section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: BANDAI NAMCO GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Shiino, Kouji Sasajima, Makiko Sakurai
  • GAME APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120056381
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a prize support section that supports a prize, a prize moving section that moves the prize supported by the prize support section by making a movement and a motion, a prize outlet that allows a player to remove the prize, and a prize guiding space that guides the prize toward the prize outlet. The game apparatus further includes a control section that controls the movement and the motion of the prize moving section based on operation information, and controls a motion force of the prize moving section based on motion force information, and a motion force change section that changes the motion force information based on a position of the prize moving section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Shiino, Kouji Sasajima, Makiko Sakurai
  • PRIZE PLACEMENT SECTION FOR PRIZE GAME APPARATUS, AND PRIZE GAME APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120025469
    Abstract: A prize placement section includes a first plate-like member having a side on which a prize is placed, and a frame member that supports the first plate-like member, the frame member including a frame-side attachment section that is adapted to removably attach the frame member to an apparatus-side attachment section provided in a game space, and the frame-side attachment section being positioned so that the frame member can be attached to the apparatus-side attachment section from above when the first plate-like member is not supported by the frame member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Shiino, Makiko Sakurai, Shigeharu Goto, Akihiro Ohi