Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Kosaka

Toshihiko Kosaka 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: 8029351
    Abstract: As a result of lottery using the roulette device 3, if the ball 27 enters in the bonus pocket 24 among the pockets formed on the wheel 22, the special bonus game using the WIN lamp 11 occurs and all credits betted to each station 4 in the present game are paid out (S15) to one station 4 which is determined based on the lottery (S123) by the server control CPU 81 that winning is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kosaka, Junichi Kogo, Kazumasa Yoshizawa, Yoichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20080081683
    Abstract: A gaming environment in which an award is provided based on the marks shown on the cards distributed to the player and the dealer respectively is described. Especially a gaming environment the betted amount betted by the player is pooled when the player plays to a draw with the dealer, the pooled amount is paid out to the player in later game when a predetermined condition is met is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: ARUZE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko KOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20080026828
    Abstract: A baccarat gaming apparatus includes one or more bet receiving devices and a processor. Each of the one or more bet receiving devices receives a bet made by a player on any of objects. The processor calculates a difference in total amount of bets made on the respective objects which are received by the bet receiving devices, and starts a game when the difference is equal to or smaller than a predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: ARUZE CORP.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20070298864
    Abstract: A gaming environment without reels is described. When a game is started in response to a bet being operated, symbols to be displayed on symbol display areas of symbol display portion are determined based on random number values and symbol lottery table. The determined symbols may be displayed on the symbol display areas at once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: ARUZE CORP.
    Inventor: Toshihiko KOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20070082731
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes: a first game unit that performs a first game process for providing a first game to a first group of players; and a second game unit that performs a second game process for providing a second game to a second player. The second game process includes: allowing the second player to bet on any one of players from among the first group of players; and paying out a first part of a second award to the second player based on the bet amount in accordance with a result of the first game, the second award being divided into the first part and a second part. The first game process further includes paying out the second part of the second award to the players of the first game on which the second player bet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Masaki Matsuno, Junpei Sato, Toshihiko Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20070060262
    Abstract: As a result of lottery using the roulette device 3, if the ball 27 enters in the bonus pocket 24 among the pockets formed on the wheel 22, the special bonus game using the WIN lamp 11 occurs and all credits betted to each station 4 in the present game are paid out (S15) to one station 4 which is determined based on the lottery (S123) by the server control CPU 81 that winning is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: ARUZE CORP.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kosaka, Junichi Kogo, Kazumasa Yoshizawa, Yoichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20050266910
    Abstract: The preset invention provides a gaming machine which allows a player to enjoy himself/herself with a new game in accordance with effects and rules which have neither been used nor known heretofore. The game machine includes a display unit which is capable of displaying a predetermined game mode using plural kinds of blocks on a screen; a display control unit which allows the display unit to display the game mode in which when the plural kinds of blocks are displayed in a stacked manner within a predetermined region of the screen and the blocks which are arranged next to each other turn out to be the same kind, the blocks which are arranged next to each other are eliminated; and payout means which awards the predetermined number of game mediums to a player in accordance with the number of blocks which are eliminated on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: Aruze Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nagano, Toshihiko Kosaka