Patents by Inventor Yukio Kotoyori

Yukio Kotoyori 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: 4367876
    Abstract: A pinball game machine is provided with a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) visual display unit for indicating simultaneously scores in digital display corresponding to each of the players who are playing at one time. A player-related total score operated by a micro-computer is indicated on the screen of the CRT visual display unit in digital display. Upon using the CRT visual display unit, total scores, each of them corresponding to each of a plurality of players, may be simultaneously indicated. In this display, the score indication of the player who is up is performed using large digits so as to enable players to distinguish it easily from the scores of the other players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1983
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Universal
    Inventor: Yukio Kotoyori