Patents by Inventor Masato Okuaki
Masato Okuaki 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).
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Patent number: 8696442Abstract: In a game system which is provided with a monitor which displays a screen according to progress of a game, a touch panel which is operated by a player according to the progress of a game, a storage device which stores operation history data of the player who operates the touch panel, and a control unit, the control unit determines an attribute of the player based on the operation history data and controls setting of a game based on the determined attribute.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Okuaki, Hiroto Nakamoto, Ryu Sasaki
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Patent number: 8646777Abstract: It is an object to prevent the occurrence of a situation that a drawing rolling object never enters into a drawing pocket. The mechanical drawing machine which, by rolling a drawing rolling object on a rolling surface, performs a drawing depending on which of a plurality of drawing pockets opened on the rolling surface the drawing rolling object enters into, includes a rolling surface moving unit for moving the rolling surface, and a speed control unit which changes a moving speed the rolling surface while a drawing rolling object is rolling on the rolling surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Konami Gaming Inc.Inventor: Masato Okuaki
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Patent number: 8529340Abstract: In order to prevent a situation where a winner for a jackpot award is consequently concentrated on a player who plays by using a particular game apparatus, the game system includes a jackpot drawing apparatus wherein when a drawing unit determines winning of the jackpot award, the drawing unit carries out the jackpot drawing by carrying out a group drawing to determine whether one winning group is selected or neither group is selected according to a predetermined group drawing condition, from previously determined two or more groups each configured by two or more game apparatuses, and by carrying out, when the winning group is selected by the group drawing, a winner drawing carried out for determining whether the player who wins the jackpot award is selected or neither player is selected, from the players who play by using the two or more game apparatuses belonging to the winning group.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2008Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuhiro Goto, Kazuhiro Kusuda, Masato Okuaki, Takashi Uchiyama
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Publication number: 20130134672Abstract: A ball lottery apparatus include a discharger adapted for discharging individually multiple lottery balls, a lottery field including multiple holes in which the discharged lottery balls can enter, a host controller for executing various controls, a retrieval mechanism adapted for retrieving the lottery balls. When a bingo game is played, the host controller can set the ball lottery apparatus to a normal mode in which an input time point at which each of the lottery balls discharged from the discharger is input to the lottery field depends on a predetermined rule, and to a dealer mode in which the input time point depends on human action.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Okuaki, Takashi Uchiyama, Makoto Nakano, Shogo Azuma, Norifumi Kawai
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Publication number: 20130099443Abstract: A game apparatus (100) includes a medal slot mechanism (30), control device (10), and display (40). The medal slot mechanism (30) includes a rail (33) that can guide a medal (M) inserted from an insertion slot (31) to a first ejection slot (32) connecting to a field (F), a second ejection slot (52) that ejects the inserted medal (M) to a collector (H), a selector (34) that selects an exit of the medal (M), and a detector (35) that detects the medal (M) passing through a predetermined position in the rail (33) between the insertion slot (31) and the selector (34).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Okuaki, Shinya Suga
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Patent number: 8414388Abstract: A game system includes: a jackpot drawing apparatus for performing a payout process for paying out to a winning player at least part of an amount indicated by payout amount data when the drawing unit determines winning of the jackpot award; and a notification processing apparatus for performing, when performing the jackpot award winning notification process for notifying the player who has won the jackpot award, of winning of the jackpot award, prior to issuing the same, an advance notification process for issuing an advance notification to the effect that a player who plays by using each game apparatus belonging to a predetermined group configured by two or more game apparatuses including the game apparatus with which the player who wins the jackpot award plays is notified that the player who plays by using either game apparatus belonging to the predetermined group wins the jackpot award.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2008Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuhiro Goto, Kazuhiro Kusuda, Takashi Uchiyama, Masato Okuaki, Hiroto Nakamoto
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Publication number: 20130072291Abstract: In a game machine which is provided with an input interface having a configuration in which a game field on which a game progresses according to movement of medals, a monitor, and a touch panel superimposed on the monitor are combined, and a control unit, the control unit causes a digital medal associated with the medal to be displayed on the monitor, causes the digital medal to be associated with the player's touch operation, causes the digital medal to operate according to a predetermined operation condition, applies an operation associated with an operation of the digital medal to the medal, and selects the operation condition according to a predetermined selection condition from among a plurality of candidates of the operation condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryu SASAKI, Masato OKUAKI, Hiroto NAKAMOTO, Atsushi INOUE
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Publication number: 20130072287Abstract: In a game system which is provided with a monitor which displays a screen according to progress of a game, a touch panel which is operated by a player according to the progress of a game, a storage device which stores operation history data of the player who operates the touch panel, and a control unit, the control unit determines an attribute of the player based on the operation history data and controls setting of a game based on the determined attribute.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato OKUAKI, Hiroto NAKAMOTO, Ryu SASAKI
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Patent number: 8317599Abstract: A system comprises: a receiving unit for receiving information of a user; a first notifying unit for notifying the user of a first challenge in a first game apparatus a first output unit for outputting first clear information when a progress result of a game controlled by the first game apparatus becomes the first result relating to the first challenge; a second notifying unit for notifying the user of a second challenge in a second game apparatus; a second output unit for outputting second clear information when a progress result of a game controlled by the second game apparatus becomes the second result relating to the second challenge; and a processing unit for performing predetermined process for determining whether a predetermined process condition is satisfied, and for performing, when the predetermined process condition is satisfied, predetermined process that is not performed when the predetermined process condition is not satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2008Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuhiro Goto, Takashi Uchiyama, Kazuhiro Kusuda, Hiroshi Tomaru, Masato Okuaki
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Patent number: 8308552Abstract: The present invention is to be capable of inhibiting the occurrence of an instance where the enjoyment of a player who plays with the game apparatus by the total event is decreased when a single total event is carried out among two or more game apparatuses. The present game system includes: two or more game apparatuses, each of which comprises a game progress control unit for performing game progress control; and an event processing apparatus for performing a process for carrying out a single total event at the same timing by the plurality of game apparatuses. The event processing apparatus and each game apparatus are connected in a manner to enable communication.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2008Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuhiro Goto, Kazuhiro Kusuda, Masato Okuaki, Takashi Uchiyama
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Patent number: 8292728Abstract: The present invention is to be capable of carrying out an unusual performance beyond type of machine. The present game apparatus includes: two or more types of game apparatuses having hardware configurations different from each other, each of the game apparatuses including a performance unit for carrying out a performance visually and audibly appealing to a player, and a game progress control unit for controlling game progress and performing game performance control according to the game progress by controlling the performance unit; and a total performance processing apparatus for executing a process for carrying out a total performance in the two or more types of game apparatuses by using the performance unit provided in each of the two or more types of game apparatuses. The total performance processing apparatus and the two or more types of game apparatuses are connected and capable of communicating with each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuhiro Goto, Kazuhiro Kusuda, Masato Okuaki, Takashi Uchiyama
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Patent number: 8262452Abstract: It is possible to select plural types of drawing games in accordance with a condition and to provide a game player with the selected drawing games.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2007Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd.Inventors: Masato Okuaki, Hitoshi Arisawa
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Patent number: 8226463Abstract: It is possible to select plural types of drawing games in accordance with a condition and to provide a game player with the selected drawing games.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2007Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd.Inventors: Masato Okuaki, Junichi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 8157636Abstract: A game system, and arcade game apparatus and management apparatus constituting the same are disclosed. In the game system, each game apparatus change at the same timing to a second mode in which a jackpot drawing is carried out in a state that a jackpot prize winning probability is high. When the jackpot prize is awarded during the second mode, a winning notice is sent to a management apparatus via communication network. The management apparatus transmits second mode end information to all the game apparatus when the number of game apparatus sending the winning notice reaches a predetermined number. After that, the game apparatus operating in the second mode changes to a first mode in which the jackpot drawing is carried out in a state that the winning probability of the jackpot prize is low.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masato Okuaki
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Publication number: 20110312408Abstract: It is a subject to provide new game attractiveness for enjoying a drawing performed in a drawing machine that is shared by a plurality of game apparatuses by a plurality of players playing at these game apparatuses. A common drawing condition count value is counted according to progress results of independent games respectively controlled by game progress control units of the game apparatuses, a drawing for deciding whether a predetermined award is won is performed based on the common drawing condition count value satisfying a predetermined drawing start condition, and payout processing units of the game apparatuses pay out a predetermined amount of payout objects if the predetermined award has been won.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2010Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Okuaki, Hiroto Nakamoto, Junichi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20110306406Abstract: It is an object to appropriately obtain an effect aimed at by changing the amount of payout objects to be paid out through specific control according to the bet amount of a game play that has produced a predetermined progress result regarding a start condition for specific control. A specific control start condition count value is counted according to a progress result of a game controlled by a game progress control unit, an accumulated amount of bet objects bet in a game when the count value was counted is stored, specific control is started based on the count value satisfying a predetermined specific control start condition, and payout objects of an amount according to the stored accumulated amount of bet objects are paid out in accordance with the specific control.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2010Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTDInventors: Masato Okuaki, Yosuke Sasaki, Hiroto Nakamoto, Atsushi Inoue, Takashi Uchiyama
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Publication number: 20110210509Abstract: It is an object to prevent the occurrence of a situation that a drawing rolling object never enters into a drawing pocket. The mechanical drawing machine which, by rolling a drawing rolling object on a rolling surface, performs a drawing depending on which of a plurality of drawing pockets opened on the rolling surface the drawing rolling object enters into, includes a rolling surface moving unit for moving the rolling surface, and a speed control unit which changes a moving speed the rolling surface while a drawing rolling object is rolling on the rolling surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2009Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: c/o Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masato Okuaki
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Publication number: 20100273559Abstract: To give a player who plays a certain game apparatus less frequently an increased opportunity that the player plays selectively with the game apparatus. Provided is a benefit-imparting condition deciding apparatus which, when a player corresponding to identification information received by an identification information receiving unit is decided to satisfy a predetermined benefit-imparting condition, outputs clear information in a state of being associated with the identification information on the player and also notifies the player of game apparatus designating information for designating a benefit-imparting game apparatus, and where the identification information is received after receipt of the clear information, a benefit-imparting process is performed for imparting the player a benefit according to the clear information associated with the same identification information as the received identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2008Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuhiro Goto, Kazuhiro Kusuda, Masato Okuaki, Takashi Uchiyama
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Publication number: 20100240441Abstract: The present invention is to be capable of increasing an opportunity for a user to start playing a game apparatus that the user does not often play so as to allow a large number of users to know enjoyment of that game apparatus. The present game system includes two or more game apparatuses, each of which comprises a game progress control unit for controlling progress of a game of which content differs from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2008Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventors: Nobuhiro Goto, Takashi Uchiyama, Kazuhiro Kusuda, Hiroshi Tomaru, Masato Okuaki
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Publication number: 20100230895Abstract: The present invention provides a token-operated game machine capable of increasing players who continuously play without stopping playing the game even when the foreign shape object falls into the token dropping groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2007Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masato Okuaki