Patents by Inventor Satoshi Suda

Satoshi Suda 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: 8905837
    Abstract: A gaming machine and method are provided which provide a video slot game to a player. The video slot game includes a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. The grid has a plurality of rows and columns. The machine and method display a base instance of the video slot game and in response to occurrence of a triggering event, the base instance of the video slot game is split and a plurality of sub-instances of the video slot game are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Suda
  • Publication number: 20140274292
    Abstract: A gaming machine is described herein. The gaming machine includes a display device for displaying a game and a controller connected to the display device. The game includes a plurality of reels, each reel having a reel strip including a plurality of symbol positions and a plurality of game symbols displayed in each of the symbol positions in a predetermined order. The controller is configured to determine an outcome of the primary game, responsively spin and stop the reels to display the outcome of the primary game, and provide a first award to the player based on the primary game outcome. The controller detects if a triggering graphic is being displayed with the primary game outcome and is associated with at least one reel, modifies a reel feature of a reel strip associated with the reel, and generates an outcome of a secondary game including the modified reel strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Suda
  • Publication number: 20140221079
    Abstract: A method of allowing a player to play a gaming machine is described herein. The method includes the steps of displaying a game including a plurality of reels including a reel strip having a plurality of normal symbols positions and a plurality of special symbol positions. The method includes randomly generating a first outcome of a game, responsively awarding a first award to the player based on the first game outcome, and determining if a triggering condition occurs in the first game outcome, wherein the triggering condition including a plurality of adjacent special symbol positions being displayed in at least one reel within the display area. The method includes randomly selecting a special symbol and replacing the symbols being displayed in each adjacent special symbol position with the selected special symbol to generate a subsequent second game outcome including the selected special symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: KONAMI GAMING, INC.
    Inventors: Keith Rucker, Satoshi Suda
  • Publication number: 20140221078
    Abstract: A gaming machine and method are provided which provide a video slot game to a player. The video slot game includes a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. The grid has a plurality of rows and columns. The machine and method display a base instance of the video slot game and in response to occurrence of a triggering event, the base instance of the video slot game is split and a plurality of sub-instances of the video slot game are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Suda
  • Publication number: 20140187311
    Abstract: The present invention is a gaming machine including a display, which shows a plurality of cells indicating a plurality of symbols, and a controller, which selects a cell in a cell-selecting stage provided between a primary game and a secondary game on the display, controls the plurality of symbols in the secondary game and gives a predetermined function to the selected cell in the secondary game and where the selected cells or columns can change position on display during game play but the quantity of selected cells remain fixed for all free spin games of a secondary game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi SUDA, Daisuke NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8734225
    Abstract: A gaming machine and method are provided which provide a video slot game to a player. The video slot game includes a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. The grid has a plurality of rows and columns. The machine and method display a base instance of the video slot game and in response to occurrence of a triggering event, the base instance of the video slot game is split and a plurality of sub-instances of the video slot game are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Suda
  • Patent number: 8672745
    Abstract: The present invention is a gaming machine including a display, which shows a plurality of cells indicating a plurality of symbols, and a controller, which selects a cell in a cell-selecting stage provided between a primary game and a secondary game on the display, controls the plurality of symbols in the secondary game and gives a predetermined function to the selected cell in the secondary game and where the selected cells or columns can change position on display during game play but the quantity of selected cells remain fixed for all free spin games of a secondary game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Suda, Daisuke Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20140018021
    Abstract: There is provided a signal processing apparatus including an oscillating unit having a division ratio of an integer that performs oscillation at a predetermined oscillation frequency, a frequency transforming unit that transforms a frequency of a signal of a processing target using a signal of the oscillation frequency obtained by the oscillation of the oscillating unit, and a correcting unit that corrects an error of the frequency of the signal of the processing target transformed by the frequency transforming unit based on an error of the oscillation frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Satoshi Suda, Hideki Yokoshima, Yoshihisa Takaike
  • Publication number: 20130337885
    Abstract: The game machine and game program of the present invention display, at the start of a game, multiple static symbols by constantly changing to various types of symbols including the wild symbol. The game machine then executes a static display by displaying such changing symbols statically again in each display area and recognizes the arrangements of each static symbol. Then, the game machine visually displays the arrangement of the symbols by which multiple wins are established or the win line related to such arrangements of the symbols, when the pre-determined combinations of symbols, in which at least one wild symbol is included, are arranged so that multiple wins are established. The game machine and game program according to the present invention increases the player's interest and arouses the player's anticipation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Suda, Katsumi Takahashi, Takaaki Inoue, Takayuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130267301
    Abstract: A gaming machine and method are provided which provide a video slot game to a player. The video slot game includes a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. The grid has a plurality of rows and columns. The machine and method display a first instance of the video slot game and in response to occurrence of a triggering event, video slot game is split and second and third instances of the video slot game are displayed and played.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Satoshi Suda
  • Patent number: 8550906
    Abstract: The game machine and game program of the present invention display, at the start of a game, multiple static symbols by constantly changing to various types of symbols including the wild symbol. The game machine then executes a static display by displaying such changing symbols statically again in each display area and recognizes the arrangements of each static symbol. Then, the game machine visually displays the arrangement of the symbols by which multiple wins are established or the win line related to such arrangements of the symbols, when the pre-determined combinations of symbols, in which at least one wild symbol is included, are arranged so that multiple wins are established. The game machine and game program according to the present invention increases the player's interest and arouses the player's anticipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Gaming Incorporated
    Inventors: Satoshi Suda, Katsumi Takahashi, Takaaki Inoue, Takayuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130244757
    Abstract: A gaming machine and method are provided which provide a video slot game to a player. The video slot game includes a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. The grid has a plurality of rows and columns. The machine and method display a base instance of the video slot game and in response to occurrence of a triggering event, the base instance of the video slot game is split and a plurality of sub-instances of the video slot game are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Suda
  • Patent number: 8500543
    Abstract: A gaming machine and method are provided which provide a video slot game to a player. The video slot game includes a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. The grid has a plurality of rows and columns. The machine and method display a base instance of the video slot game and in response to occurrence of a triggering event, the base instance of the video slot game is split and a plurality of sub-instances of the video slot game are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Suda
  • Patent number: 8485885
    Abstract: A gaming machine and method are provided which provide a video slot game to a player. The video slot game includes a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. The grid has a plurality of rows and columns. The machine and method display a first instance of the video slot game and in response to occurrence of a triggering event, video slot game is split and second and third instances of the video slot game are displayed and played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Suda
  • Publication number: 20130065804
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oil composition comprising a lubricating base oil, and an alkylene oxide adduct of a hydroxy acid having a hydrophile-lipophile index of 8 to 15, wherein the oil composition is used for cutting/grinding processing by minimal quantity lubrication system. Further, the present invention provides a cutting/grinding processing method by minimal quantity lubrication system, comprising a step of supplying the oil composition of the present invention in the form of mist together with a compressed fluid to processing sites of a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Shibata, Norio Sembongi, Masanori Ibi, Satoshi Suda
  • Patent number: 8299006
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil, a compressor oil composition, a hydraulic oil composition, a metalworking oil composition, a heat treating oil composition, a lubricating oil composition for machine tools and a lubricating oil composition which comprise a lubricating oil base oil having % CA of not more than 2, % CP/% CN of not less than 6 and an iodine value of not more than 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Tagawa, Yuji Shimomura, Ken Sawada, Katsuya Takigawa, Toshio Yoshida, Shinichi Mitsumoto, Eiji Akiyama, Junichi Shibata, Satoshi Suda, Hideo Yokota, Masahiro Hata, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Hajime Nakao, Shozaburo Konishi
  • Publication number: 20120258785
    Abstract: The present invention is a gaming machine including a display, which shows a plurality of cells indicating a plurality of symbols, and a controller, which selects a cell in a cell-selecting stage provided between a primary game and a secondary game on the display, controls the plurality of symbols in the secondary game and gives a predetermined function to the selected cell in the secondary game and where the selected cells or columns can change position on display during game play but the quantity of selected cells remain fixed for all free spin games of a secondary game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi SUDA, Daisuke NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8257158
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gaming machine which has a display screen or physical reel mechanism and one or a plurality of types of features provided on said display screen, wherein said one or more features are activated when an extra bet wager is made separately of the initial wager amount, and can be adjusted independently. Also, the gaming machine of the present invention has one or more bonus games, and a player can change a bet amount at any time during the course of said bonus game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Suda
  • Patent number: 8247360
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil, a compressor oil composition, a hydraulic oil composition, a metalworking oil composition, a heat treating oil composition, a lubricating oil composition for machine tools and a lubricating oil composition which comprise a lubricating oil base oil having % CA of not more than 2, % CP/% CN of not less than 6 and an iodine value of not more than 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Tagawa, Yuji Shimomura, Ken Sawada, Katsuya Takigawa, Toshio Yoshida, Shinichi Mitsumoto, Eiji Akiyama, Junichi Shibata, Satoshi Suda, Hideo Yokota, Masahiro Hata, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Hajime Nakao, Shozaburo Konishi
  • Patent number: 8240235
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of minimal quantity lubrication cutting and grinding that can improve cutting and grinding properties and extend the life of tools. The minimal quantity lubrication cutting and grinding method of the present invention comprises supplying a compressed fluid containing 0.1 to 15 percent by volume of oxygen together with a cutting and grinding oil (particularly preferably an oil composition comprising an ester) to processing spots of a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Suda, Masahiro Hata, Masanori Ibi, Ichiro Inasaki, Toshiaki Wakabayashi