Patents by Inventor Toshimi Koyama

Toshimi Koyama 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: 7460079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technology of recognizing and reading each game chip although game chips are stacked. The present invention is a game chip storing data readable by a reader/writer having an antenna which emits an electromagnetic wave and available in a stack of game chips, and includes: an IC device for communicating data at a request from the reader/writer, an antenna coil which is connected to the IC device, gets into electromagnetic coupling with an antenna of the reader/writer, can provide electric power to the IC device, is configured to enter a resonant state through an electromagnetic wave, and can transfer data to the reader/writer by load modulation, and a booster coil for configuring a resonant circuit by electromagnetic coupling through an electromagnetic wave from the reader/writer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignees: Aruze Corp., Seta Corp., Minerva Corp.
    Inventors: Toshimi Koyama, Nobuyuki Nonaka, Jituo Migita
  • Patent number: 7441699
    Abstract: An output terminal has an electronic data item receiving unit, an identification code receiving unit, a determination unit, and an output unit. The electronic data item receiving unit receives an electronic data item. When a person exists within a predetermined range from the output terminal, the identification code receiving unit receives an identification code concerning the person. The determination unit determines whether the identification code received by the identification code receiving unit is authentic or not. When the determination unit determines that the identification code is authentic, the output unit outputs the electronic data item received by the electronic data item receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignees: Aruze Corp., Seta Corp.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nonaka, Toshimi Koyama
  • Publication number: 20080231420
    Abstract: A data reader can read data regardless of the position of a radio IC tag. The data reader reads data at a separate position from a radio IC tag provided with a storage unit storing data and a communicating antenna for transmitting the data stored in the storage unit, and includes a reader/writer for generating a modulated signal by modulating a carrier wave and a plurality of antenna units for transmitting radio waves for a read for communicating data with a storage medium by radiating the modulated signal into the air. The reader/writer includes a phase adjustment circuit for changing the phase of a carrier wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicants: ARUZE CORP., SETA CORP.
    Inventors: Toshimi KOYAMA, Nobuyuki NONAKA, Norio KOTERA
  • Publication number: 20060289627
    Abstract: An output terminal has an electronic data item receiving unit, an identification code receiving unit, a determination unit, and an output unit. The electronic data item receiving unit receives an electronic data item. When a person exists within a predetermined range from the output terminal, the identification code receiving unit receives an identification code concerning the person. The determination unit determines whether the identification code received by the identification code receiving unit is authentic or not. When the determination unit determines that the identification code is authentic, the output unit outputs the electronic data item received by the electronic data item receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicants: Aruze Corporation, Seta Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nonaka, Toshimi Koyama
  • Publication number: 20060289626
    Abstract: A server comprises an electronic data item receiving unit, an identification code receiving unit, an identification code storing unit, and an electronic data item transmitting unit. The electronic data item receiving unit receives an electronic data item. When a person exists within a predetermined range from an output terminal, the identification code receiving unit receives a first identification code concerning any one of the person and a device used by the person and a second identification code for identifying the output terminal. The identification code storing unit stores therein the first and second identification codes received by the identification code receiving unit, in association with each other. The electronic data item transmitting unit transmits the electronic data item received by the electronic data item receiving unit to a corresponding output terminal based on the first and second identification codes stored in the identification code storing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicants: Aruze Corporation, Seta Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nonaka, Toshimi Koyama
  • Publication number: 20060287079
    Abstract: A player authentication device includes specific information storage units configured to store gaming machine specifying information to specify the gaming machine itself, an imaging unit configured to image a player, a player face image data generation unit configured to extract a face area or a specific portion of the player based on an imaging result of the imaging unit to generate player face image data, and an output unit configured to output the generated player face image data and the gaming machine specifying information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nonaka, Toshimi Koyama
  • Publication number: 20060266844
    Abstract: There is provided a game card including an IC device and an antenna that do not reduce uniformity of thickness of the card due to the IC device and the antenna. The game card stores authentication information readable by a reader/writer that emits electromagnetic waves, and includes an IC device for transmitting and receiving data according to a request from the reader/writer, an intermediate member having a space for housing the IC device, and an antenna provided by printing on the intermediate member with conductive ink and connected to the IC device. A front surface member and a rear surface member are joined to opposite sides of the intermediate member by bonding or the like to form the game card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicants: Aruze Corp., Seta Corp.
    Inventors: Toshimi Koyama, Nobuyuki Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20060243811
    Abstract: This invention has as its object to allow a-non-contact IC card to accept a frequency band different from the main receive frequency band of the non-contact IC card. The invention has a non-contact IC card which has a main antenna supporting a first frequency band and an IC device connected to the main antenna to perform data transmission and reception processing and an attaching body detachably attached to the non-contact IC card which has a sub-antenna supporting a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. When the attaching body is attached to the non-contact IC card, the sub-antenna can be capacitively coupled to the main antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicants: Aruze Corp., Seta Corp.
    Inventors: Toshimi Koyama, Nobuyuki Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20060223639
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technology of recognizing and reading each game chip although game chips are stacked. The present invention is a game chip storing data readable by a reader/writer having an antenna which emits an electromagnetic wave and available in a stack of game chips, and includes: an IC device for communicating data at a request from the reader/writer; an antenna electrode connected to the IC device, and configured such that the antenna electrode can enter a resonant state with an antenna of the reader/writer through an electromagnetic wave; and a reflection member for reflecting an electromagnetic wave reflected from the antenna of the reader/writer toward upper game chips in the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicants: Aruze Corp., Seta Corp., MINERVA Corp.
    Inventors: Toshimi Koyama, Nobuyuki Nonaka, Jituo Migita
  • Publication number: 20060219797
    Abstract: There is provided a game card including an IC device and an antenna that is difficult to notice even if the card is torn to discard. The game card stores authentication information readable by a reader/writer that emits electromagnetic waves, and includes an IC device for transmitting and receiving data according to a request from the reader/writer, an intermediate member having a space for housing the IC device, and an antenna provided by printing on the intermediate member with conductive ink and connected to the IC device. A front surface member and a rear surface member are joined to opposite sides of the intermediate member by bonding or the like to form the game card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicants: Aruze Corp., Seta Corp.
    Inventors: Toshimi Koyama, Nobuyuki Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20060223638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technology of recognizing and reading each game chip although game chips are stacked. The present invention is a game chip storing data readable by a reader/writer having an antenna which emits an electromagnetic wave and available in a stack of game chips, and includes: an IC device for communicating data at a request from the reader/writer, an antenna coil which is connected to the IC device, gets into electromagnetic coupling with an antenna of the reader/writer, can provide electric power to the IC device, is configured to enter a resonant state through an electromagnetic wave, and can transfer data to the reader/writer by load modulation, and a booster coil for configuring a resonant circuit by electromagnetic coupling through an electromagnetic wave from the reader/writer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicants: Aruze Corp., Seta Corp., MINERVA Corp.
    Inventors: Toshimi Koyama, Nobuyuki Nonaka, Jituo Migita
  • Publication number: 20060154731
    Abstract: A game chip transmits information in response to an inquiry from a reader/writer. The game chip comprises an IC device, an antenna coil unit, a first ring and a second ring. The IC device constitutes an electromagnetic induction coupling circuit with the reader/writer and stores information. The antenna coil unit is connected to the IC device and generates an induced current by a magnetic flux emitted from the reader/writer to supply power to the IC device when the inquiry is received. The first ring induces the magnetic flux emitted from the reader/writer in one of directions of moving away from and approaching the reader/writer. The second ring induces the magnetic flux induced by the first ring in the other of the directions of moving away from and approaching the reader/writer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicants: Aruze Corp., Seta Corp., MINERVA Corp.
    Inventors: Toshimi Koyama, Nobuyuki Nonaka, Jituo Migita