Patents by Inventor Yoshinari Mitani

Yoshinari Mitani 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).

  • Gaming machine with a predetermined number of symbols scrolled for display prior to wild symbol and having a predetermined background color and control method thereof
    Patent number: 9569914
    Abstract: A slot machine includes a display on which symbols are rearranged in partitioned regions arranged in a matrix pattern including a plurality of columns and rows. The display includes a plurality of display windows corresponding to the respective columns for each unit game. In each of the display windows, for each slot game, executed is video display in which a symbol array having a plurality of symbols arranged therein is scrolled in an arrangement direction of the symbols. By this video display, the symbols arranged in the partitioned regions are rearranged in the slot game. When a feature game trigger is established during the slot game, an additional “WILD” symbol is inserted into the symbol array. The symbols in each symbol array have background images, respectively. The background images of a predetermined number of consecutive symbols immediately upstream of the “WILD” symbol are displayed in a predetermined color, and the background images of the other symbols are displayed in a normal color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ryohei Kono, Yoshinari Mitani, Toshiaki Ohkubo, Shigeki Hayashi, Hiroki Abe, Takanori Sakata
  • GAMING MACHINE WITH A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF SYMBOLS SCROLLED FOR DISPLAY PRIOR TO WILD SYMBOL AND HAVING A PREDETERMINED BACKGROUND COLOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100093424
    Abstract: A slot machine includes a display on which symbols are rearranged in partitioned regions arranged in a matrix pattern including a plurality of columns and rows. The display includes a plurality of display windows corresponding to the respective columns for each unit game. In each of the display windows, for each slot game, executed is video display in which a symbol array having a plurality of symbols arranged therein is scrolled in an arrangement direction of the symbols. By this video display, the symbols arranged in the partitioned regions are rearranged in the slot game. When a feature game trigger is established during the slot game, an additional “WILD” symbol is inserted into the symbol array. The symbols in each symbol array have background images, respectively. The background images of a predetermined number of consecutive symbols immediately upstream of the “WILD” symbol are displayed in a predetermined color, and the background images of the other symbols are displayed in a normal color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryohei KONO, Yoshinari Mitani, Toshiaki Ohkubo, Shigeki Hayashi, Hiroki Abe, Takanori Sakata