Patents by Inventor Taizo Higaki

Taizo Higaki 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: 6004208
    Abstract: A slot machine comprising display means (110) having a display screen provided on a plane opposed to a player, display control means (401) for controlling the display means (110) so as to display a still condition and a game play condition for each display window, start instruction means (108) for accepting a game play start instruction and instructing the display control means to start operation, stop instruction means (109) for accepting an instruction for stopping symbol change for each display window and instructing the display control means to stop operation, and game control means (403) for controlling game progress, wherein the improvement comprises storage means (904) for storing a plurality of symbol patterns and outputting the stored data to the display means based on read address specification, and background storage means (905) for storing backgrounds to be displayed on the display means, the display control (401) means issuing an output instruction to the storage means and the background storage
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken
    Inventors: Takatoshi Takemoto, Kazunari Kawashima, Taizo Higaki
  • Patent number: 5655965
    Abstract: A slot machine comprising display means (110) having a display surface provided on a plane opposed to a player, display control means (401) for controlling the display means (110) so as to display a still condition and a game play condition for each display window, start instruction means (108) for accepting a game play start instruction and instructing the display control means to start operation, stop instruction means (109) for accepting an instruction for stopping symbol change for each display window and instructing the display control means (401) to stop operation, and game control means (403) for controlling game progress, wherein the improvement comprises storage means for storing a plurality of symbol patterns and a plurality of flow condition patterns for providing a seemingly flowing condition in a state in which the symbol patterns move, the display control means (401) for alternating the pattern read from the storage means between the symbol and flow condition patterns in response to the game pro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken
    Inventors: Takatoshi Takemoto, Kazunari Kawashima, Taizo Higaki