Patents by Inventor Takayuki Hirauchi

Takayuki Hirauchi 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: 20070123332
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming machine. The main control circuit of the gaming machine carries out a stop control for stopping “Red 7” constituting a symbol combination corresponding to the bonus at the symbol stop position, on condition that “Replay” constituting a symbol combination corresponding to Replay is not allowed to be stopped at a symbol position predetermined for each of the symbol display areas, when Replay and bonus are determined as an internal winning combination. In addition, the sub-control circuit determines the effect information to be effected in the liquid crystal panel, based on whether the main control circuit determines Replay as an internal winning combination, and controls the liquid crystal panel based on the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventors: Takaaki Hishinuma, Takayuki Hirauchi, Yousuke Kamada
  • Publication number: 20070123342
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming machine. The gaming machine comprises a RT game-number counter for storing the information of the number (200 times, 100 times, 50 times, etc.) of unit games provided to correspond to each of the plural symbol combinations, on condition that all of RT1, RT2 and RT3 corresponding to each of “Bell-Bell-Red 7,” “Bell-Bell-Blue 7” and “Bell-Bell-BAR” are determined, on condition of the detection of one start operation carried out by the start switch 6S, by the main control circuit 71 and one of the symbol combinations is displayed by the symbol display areas 21L, 21C, 21R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventors: Takaaki Hishinuma, Takayuki Hirauchi, Yousuke Kamada
  • Publication number: 20070123331
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming machine. In case that a combination of symbols corresponding to RT has been stopped on the activated line in the reel display window frame, the gaming machine of the invention plunges the player into a BB carryover state and pays out a medal in accordance with the combination of symbols corresponding to RT to the player, until a combination of symbols corresponding to BB is stopped on the activated line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventors: Takaaki Hishinuma, Takayuki Hirauchi, Yousuke Kamada
  • Publication number: 20070123349
    Abstract: There is provided a gaming machine that can enhance the enjoyment of game playing from an expectation for a predetermined winning combination being won. The gaming machine includes a sub-control circuit that controls an effect on a liquid crystal panel. On the condition that a symbol composition corresponding to “BELL-REPLAY-REPLAY” is displayed on an activated line, and that the internal-lottery table is switched, the sub-control circuit switches effect information, which is used for presenting an effect in the liquid crystal panel, from information regarding an effect display of an ordinary screen to information regarding an effect display where a hero character dominates an enemy character. Further, an internal-lottery table, which is used in case a corresponding flag is “OFF”, includes information of a first numerical range, which corresponds to “BB”, and information of a second numerical range, which corresponds to “BELL REPLAY” and contains the whole or a part of the first numerical range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventors: Takaaki Hishinuma, Takayuki Hirauchi, Yousuke Kamada
  • Publication number: 20070123330
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming machine 1. The gaming machine 1 comprises a liquid crystal display unit 2b for notifying the information about the timing at which a player should conduct the stop operation, and an image control MICOM 81 for determining whether the stop operation is carried out at the timing at which a player should conduct the stop operation, and updating a value of point, on condition that it is determined that the stop operation is continuously carried out at the corresponding timing. The image control MICOM 81 carries out a game over 100 times, in which the internal winning combination determined by the main control means 71 corresponds to the effect data determined by the effect mode determining means by one-to-one, on condition that the value of point is ?50?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventors: Takaaki Hishinuma, Takayuki Hirauchi, Yousuke Kamada, Yasutaka Kuroda, Masanobu Shibata, Akihiro Yokota, Muneki Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20070099691
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming machine. According to the gaming machine, a main control circuit of the gaming machine awards a payout to a player when a combination of symbols predetermined is displayed along a center line, which the payout being different from a payout to be awarded to the player when the combination of symbols predetermined is displayed by a display line different from the center line. A liquid crystal display unit clearly informs the payout to be awarded to be the player when the combination of symbols predetermined is displayed along the center line, and gives a hint as to the payout to be awarded to the player when the combination of symbols predetermined is displayed along the display line different from the center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventors: Takaaki Hishinuma, Takayuki Hirauchi, Yousuke Kamada, Yasutaka Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20070099692
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming machine. The gaming machine 1 comprises a main control circuit 71, which starts an operation of replay time, on condition that a combination of symbols consisting of at least two types of symbols is displayed by a combination of symbol display areas connected by an activated line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventors: Takaaki Hishinuma, Takayuki Hirauchi, Yousuke Kamada, Yasutaka Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20070004497
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gaming machine. The gaming machine comprises a main control circuit for determining a combination corresponding to a numerical range including a random number value sampled by a random number lottery, based on a probability sortition table, as an internal winning combination. The probability sortition table includes the information of a first numerical range corresponding to RB, the information of a second numerical range included in the first numerical range and corresponding to Small Win of White 7, and the information of a third numerical range including a part of the numerical range constituting the first numerical range and corresponding to Small Win of Cherry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuo Okada, Takaaki Hishinuma, Kensuke Kondo, Takayuki Hirauchi, Yousuke Kamada, Makoto Hirosawa, Tomohiro Nakata, Kiyotaka Morishima