Patents by Inventor Masanori Suganuma

Masanori Suganuma 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: 7278915
    Abstract: A game machine includes a first display and a second display. The first display displays an image of a first game. The first game provides a plurality of symbols in either a moving condition or a stopping condition, and provides a state being advantageous to a player in the case that a predetermined pattern of the symbols is constituted when the plurality of symbols are stopped. The second display displays an image of a second game which is different from the first game. The first game and the second game proceed simultaneously The image of the first game and the image of the second game are concurrently displayed in the first display and the second display respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Konami Gaming Incorporated
    Inventor: Masanori Suganuma
  • Patent number: 7121945
    Abstract: A combined representation display method is provided in which a main display and a representation display are combined whereby various combination displays with enormous representation effects and great funs are made possible. The combined representation display method according to the invention is a combined representation display method for a display screen 1G which has a main display section 25e1 and a representation display section 25e, and the representation display section 25e shows combined representation in combination with main displays 26an, 26bn, 26cn of the main display section 25e1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Suganuma, Hayato Mizue
  • Patent number: 6893345
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image mutual transfer and succession method between a virtual image and a real image capable of performing the smooth transfer between the display of a virtual image of a real item and the display of a real image, realizing the successful combination of the reality of the real item and the fantasy of the real image, and enabling a rich representation. The image mutual transfer and succession method between a virtual image and a real image according to the present invention performs take-over control of mutual images by structuring the real image of the display to be apparently identical to the virtual image, displaying the real image on the display in synchronization with the dimming of illumination to the real item when displaying the real image, and brightening the illumination to the real item in synchronization with the stoppage of the real image display on the display device when displaying the virtual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Motegi, Masatoshi Satoh, Nobuyasu Tamura, Kosaku Noda, Misao Yamanaka, Masanori Suganuma, Hayato Mizue
  • Patent number: 6817946
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device which can provide both a slot game having realism and a colorful and rich display by mechanical reels. A superimposed display device according to the present invention comprises an image display section disposed in a position to face a player side, mechanical reels disposed on a line which intersects another line connecting the image display section and the player side, a lighting section for illuminating the mechanical reels, a half mirror which is inclined in a plane including a region where the above lines intersect, in which virtual images of designs on peripheries of the mechanical reels are shown in the same plane to a player, and images are shown by superimposing in the entire region or a part of the region of the virtual image display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Motegi, Masatoshi Satoh, Nobuyasu Tamura, Kosaku Noda, Misao Yamanaka, Masanori Suganuma, Hayato Mizue
  • Patent number: 6811273
    Abstract: At least one transparent plate member has a first main surface facing to the inside of a gaming machine, a second main surface facing to the outside of the gaming machine, and side surfaces connecting the first main surface and the second main surface. At least one illuminator emits a colored light beam, so as to be incident on at least one of the side surfaces. At least one light director is provided in the plate member to direct the incident colored light beam toward the outside of the gaming machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Satoh, Misao Yamanaka, Masanori Suganuma
  • Publication number: 20040062025
    Abstract: At least one transparent plate member has a first main surface facing to the inside of a gaming machine, a second main surface facing to the outside of the gaming machine, and side surfaces connecting the first main surface and the second main surface. At least one illuminator emits a colored light beam, so as to be incident on at least one of the side surfaces. At least one light director is provided in the plate member to direct the incident colored light beam toward the outside of the gaming machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: KONAMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Satoh, Misao Yamanaka, Masanori Suganuma
  • Publication number: 20040014525
    Abstract: A game machine includes a first display and a second display. The first display displays an image of a first game. The first game provides a plurality of symbols in either a moving condition or a stopping condition, and provides a state being advantageous to a player in the case that a predetermined pattern of the symbols is constituted when the plurality of symbols are stopped. The second display displays an image of a second game which is different from the first game. The first game and the second game proceed simultaneously The image of the first game and the image of the second game are concurrently displayed in the first display and the second display respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: KONAMI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Suganuma
  • Publication number: 20030130034
    Abstract: A combined representation display method is provided in which a main display and a representation display are combined whereby various combination displays with enormous representation effects and great funs are made possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Suganuma, Hayato Mizue
  • Publication number: 20030119577
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device which can provide both a slot game having realism and a colorful and rich display by mechanical reels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Motegi, Masatoshi Satoh, Nobuyasu Tamura, Kosaku Noda, Misao Yamanaka, Masanori Suganuma, Hayato Mizue
  • Publication number: 20030107530
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image mutual transfer and succession method between a virtual image and a real image capable of performing the smooth transfer between the display of a virtual image of a real item and the display of a real image, realizing the successful combination of the reality of the real item and the fantasy of the real image, and enabling a rich representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Satoshi Motegi, Masatoshi Satoh, Nobuyasu Tamura, Kosaku Noda, Misao Yamanaka, Masanori Suganuma, Hayato Mizue
  • Publication number: 20030094760
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a game machine which is capable of successfully combining a game having the realism of a mechanical reel and a display having colorful and rich expressions, which can be set up in an narrow area, and which yields high profitability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Satoshi Motegi, Masatoshi Satoh, Nobuyasu Tamura, Kosaku Noda, Misao Yamanaka, Masanori Suganuma, Hayato Mizue
  • Publication number: 20020198041
    Abstract: In a slot machine in which each of a plurality of reel sections are cyclically moved in a predetermined direction, and a reward corresponding to a number of bet token per a selected pay line is paid out when a predetermined symbol combination is arranged on at least one selected pay line, a selector selects either a number of selected pay line or a number of bet token per a selected pay line as a setting object. A display device displays the number of selected pay line and the number of bet token. A setting provider updates a number of the setting object by incrementing or decrementing manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: KONAMI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Suganuma
  • Patent number: 6080061
    Abstract: A video game machine has a mechanism extracting balls, a display unit having a display area which displays a matrix composed of boxes, and a CPU. The CPU implements a function enabling the player to appoint a ball type in terms of color and number to boxes of a second line of the matrix. A function is provided for automatically displaying, in the first and third lines of the matrix, ball marks correlated to the ball marks displayed in the second line, such that the color sequences of the ball marks in the first and third lines are the same as that in the second line and such that numerals greater and smaller by one than a numeral in a box of the second line appear in the third and the first lines in each column of the matrix. Further provided is a function for determining whether or not the numeral of the extracted ball coincides with the numeral of any ball mark on the display and a function for changing the mode of display of the box having the coincident numeral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Watanabe, Masanori Suganuma, Yoshihito Kato, Takashi Yamaguchi, So Takeyama, Hayato Mizue
  • Patent number: 5897419
    Abstract: A moving model device for use in a racing game machine having a racing field, the moving model device includes a base member provided with a rollable body rollable over the racing field, an animal model body disposed above the base member and a rotary shaft provided between the base member and the animal model. The rotary shaft is rotatable with the rollable body. The animal model body is provided with a motion conversion mechanism which converts a rotary motion of the rotary shaft into a reciprocating motion and an oscillating mechanism which swings the foreleg and hind leg members in accordance with the converted reciprocating motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Suganuma
  • Patent number: 5888138
    Abstract: A movable model object which resembles a racehorse has a model supported on a base having wheels that run on a field of a horse racing game apparatus. The model includes front and rear legs as movable elements and a power transmitting mechanism for transmitting rotation of the wheels to the front and rear legs. The power transmitting mechanism includes an endless belt for transmitting the rotation of the wheels to a rotatable shaft rotatably supported on a fixed frame of the model to move the front and rear legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Suganuma
  • Patent number: 5857910
    Abstract: A game machine has an input section through which a player inputs various instructions necessary for the play. The input section also displays various kinds of game information and performs computation of the score. The machine also has a mechanical section which includes a tank having a transparent wall and filled with water, a plurality of balls suspended in the water, a central tubular structure for creating a central upward flow of water, a liquid supply portion including a nozzle under the tubular structure, and an information reading unit disposed in a peripheral region of the tank through which the balls fall down due to, for example, difference in the specific gravity between the ball and the water. A rotary guide rail is disposed in the peripheral region so as to catch the falling balls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Watanabe, Masanori Suganuma, Yoshihito Kato, Takashi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 5690197
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a power supply member having: a first conductive plate electrically connected with one of positive and negative terminals of a power source; a second conductive plate electrically connected with the other terminal; a first insulating layer provided between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate; a second insulating layer provided on an outside surface of the second conductive plate; a plurality of supply electrode members attached on an outside surface of the second insulating layer, the plurality of supply electrode members being spaced from one another, one supply electrode member being electrically connected with the first conductive plate, another supply electrode member adjacent to the one supply electrode member being electrically connected with the second conductive plate; a plurality of current collecting electrode members provided in a movable object which is movable on a specified plane, one of at least two current collecting electrode members being
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Suganuma, Kazuhito Matsuura, Kohji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 5195779
    Abstract: A motor vehicle body structure has a pair of side frames each comprising a core layer having opposite surfaces and a pair of outer skin layers covering the opposite surfaces, a motor vehicle component, and joints disposed between the side frames and the motor vehicle component, for joining the motor vehicle component to the side frames through surface-to-surface contact therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadatoshi Aoyama, Suguru Yoshida, Masanori Suganuma, Takashi Chirifu