Patents by Inventor Yukari Shibata

Yukari Shibata 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: 6254479
    Abstract: In a game machine which comprises a roulette part for rotating an indicating mark along an outside of a play field, the indicating mark is stopped in accordance with a signal from a stop switch. If the indicating mark is stopped in a center position of a prize area which is indicated with a chance gage, a payment of medals as a reward is allowed. If the indicating mark is stopped in a position which is included in the prize area but don't coincide with the center position, a process of a lottery with a random number is carried out and a gage volume of a level gage is changed in the basis of the random number. An additional chance of a payment of medals is given corresponding to a position in which the indicating mark is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Genichiro Okitani, Ryosuke Toriyama, Takaaki Ishii, Yukari Shibata, Yukio Ozaki