Patents by Inventor Masumi Fujisawa

Masumi Fujisawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20120108315
    Abstract: A gaming machine is provided which is capable of causing a player's eye to smoothly move from a main game to a rendering when the rendering is started. When a predetermined number or more of predetermined symbols are displayed on a first display as a result of a first game, a first control signal for displaying on the first display a dice image in a mode of rolling of the dice for determining progress of a second game that is different from the first game is output from a controller to the first display, as triggered by detection of an operation of an operating device by a player. After a first predetermined period of time has elapsed after output of the first control signal has been started, a second control signal for display control to display a dice image in a dice rolling mode on the second display is output from the controller to the second display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicants: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC., UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji ENOKIDO, Shintaro OKAZAWA, Masumi FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20110177861
    Abstract: A gaming machine according to the present invention variably displays a plurality of symbols wherein a speed of the variable display of the plurality of symbols while executing a free game is different from a speed of variable display of the plurality of symbols while executing a basic game. In this manner, it is possible to impart a sense of expectation for free game to a player without separately preparing any effect video image such as a video image showing a process of adding WILD symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicants: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
    Inventors: TATSUYA TERANISHI, Masumi Fujisawa, Masahiro Yoshida, Masahiko Konishi, Yuka Hotta
  • Publication number: 20100304837
    Abstract: A gaming machine according to the present invention variably displays a plurality of symbols wherein a speed of the variable display of the plurality of symbols while executing a free game is different from a speed of variable display of the plurality of symbols while executing a basic game. In this manner, it is possible to impart a sense of expectation for free game to a player without separately preparing any effect video image such as a video image showing a process of adding WILD symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicants: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya TERANISHI, Masumi Fujisawa, Masahiro Yoshida, Masahiko Konishi, Yuka Hotta