Patents by Inventor Nobuhito Muto

Nobuhito Muto 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: 6638165
    Abstract: A virtual image/real image superimposing and displaying apparatus for displaying a virtual image and an actual substance includes image display (13) for displaying an image from which a virtual image originates; a half mirror (1g) which forms the virtual image (7) on the basis of the image displayed by the image display (13); a communications section (9) which enables movement of an actual substance 1m from a back side of the virtual image to a front side of the same so as to penetrate therethrough; and a mechanical reel portion (6) having a plurality of spinning drums (6d1, 6d2, and 6d3) which have marks, such as numbers and symbols, printed on a circumferential surface thereof and spin independently of each other. The actual substance 1m is paid out so as to penetrate through a virtual image from its back to front and becomes visible only when the actual substance is moved to the front side of the virtual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Konami Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Uchiyama, Nobuhiro Goto, Ryosuke Toriyama, Shingo Yasuda, Nobuhito Muto
  • Publication number: 20020077172
    Abstract: A virtual image/real image superimposing and displaying apparatus for displaying a virtual image and an actual substance includes image display (13) for displaying an image from which a virtual image originates; a half mirror (1g) which forms the virtual image (7) on the basis of the image displayed by the image display (13); a communications section (9) which enables movement of an actual substance 1m from a back side of the virtual image to a front side of the same so as to penetrate therethrough; and a mechanical reel portion (6) having a plurality of spinning drums (6d1, 6d2, and 6d3) which have marks, such as numbers and symbols, printed on a circumferential surface thereof and spin independently of each other. The actual substance 1m is paid out so as to penetrate through a virtual image from its back to front and becomes visible only when the actual substance is moved to the front side of the virtual image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: KONAMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Uchiyama, Nobuhiro Goto, Ryosuke Toriyama, Shingo Yasuda, Nobuhito Muto