Konami Gaming Incorporated Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150213671 | GAME MACHINE, CONTROL METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMPUTER USED IN GAME MACHINE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A game machine includes a roulette game unit that selects at least one of pockets each of which is associated with a predetermined privilege by a lottery using motion of a ball, and uses a lottery result of the roulette game unit for provision of the predetermined privilege so that a predetermined privilege associated with a pocket selected by the roulette game unit is provided. And, the game machine stops the provision of the predetermined privilege using the lottery result of the roulette game unit when the roulette game unit satisfies a predetermined stop condition, selects at least one of ball images each of which is associated with the predetermined privilege by an electronic lottery using a video lottery screen, and provides a predetermined privilege associated with a ball image. | 07-30-2015 |
20140206427 | GAME MACHINE, CONTROL METHOD FOR USE IN THE GAME MACHINE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A game machine displays a movie in which at least one object moves in a predetermined area. The game machine includes an attribute management data storage device that stores attribute management data for managing a plurality of types of attributes. And the game machine specifies at least one holes to be assigned with any one of attributes in the predetermined area, select an attribute to be assigned to the hole by lottery from attributes, assigns the attribute selected to the hole, and generates in a game, change corresponding to the attribute assigned to the hole when the object reaches the hole on the movie. | 07-24-2014 |
20140162755 | GAME MACHINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMPUTER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A game machine uses a lottery region having cell columns and symbol columns for providing a game opportunity, causes a special symbol column to appear in it, determines by lottery symbols of the special symbol column, causes the special symbol column containing the symbols obtained by a lottery result to appear and moves and stops the special symbol column so that the symbols of the special symbol column are arranged on the cells to be changed, and determines whether the symbols arranged in a cell group of a determination target form a prize winning pattern based on the symbols arranged by the special symbol column. Further, the game machine moves the special symbol column along each cell so that at least a direction crossing a movement direction of each symbol column is included as a movement direction of the special symbol column. | 06-12-2014 |
20130225256 | GAMING MACHINE - A gaming machine includes a first lottery device which performs a lottery to determine an arrangement of option areas on a lottery field to be presented to a player, and a first presenting device which presents the determined arrangement. A second lottery device performs a lottery to draw a lottery position on the lottery field when the arrangement of each of the option areas has been determined by the first lottery device, and a second presenting device presents a lottery position based on a lottery result by the second lottery device. A dividend control device gives a dividend corresponding to a property of an option area, when the property of the option area is configured to yield the dividend and the option area satisfies a predetermined relationship with the lottery position drawn by the second lottery device. | 08-29-2013 |
20130143639 | GAME MACHINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMPUTER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A game machine uses a lottery region containing the cells, provides a game opportunity that changes symbols on the cells by causing the symbols of a symbol group to appear on the portion of the cells, determines by lottery, at least a portion of the symbols which should constitute the symbol group, causes at least the portion of the symbols constituting the symbol group to appear in the lottery region based on a lottery result so as to change at least the portion of the symbols arranged on the cells by moving the symbol group including the symbol determined by the lottery result on a movement path containing two directions and stopping the symbol group so that at least the portion of the symbols of the symbol group is arranged on the cells, and determines a prize winning based on the symbols arranged on the cells by the symbol group. | 06-06-2013 |
20130143638 | GAME MACHINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMPUTER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A game machine uses a lottery region having cell columns and symbol columns for providing a game opportunity, causes a special symbol column to appear in it, determines by lottery symbols of the special symbol column, causes the special symbol column containing the symbols obtained by a lottery result to appear and moves and stops the special symbol column so that the symbols of the special symbol column are arranged on the cells to be changed, and determines whether the symbols arranged in a cell group of a determination target form a prize winning pattern based on the symbols arranged by the special symbol column. Further, the game machine moves the special symbol column along each cell so that at least a direction crossing a movement direction of each symbol column is included as a movement direction of the special symbol column. | 06-06-2013 |
20130040727 | GAME MACHINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMPUTER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A gaming machine provides a game opportunity in which at least one prize winning can be generated, determines whether or not the prize winning is present in the game opportunity, and provides prize winning advantage when the prize winning is generated based on a result of determination. And the gaming machine determines whether or not a number of prize winnings in a predetermined range is equal to or more than a predetermined number of the prize winnings, and provides favorable condition when the number of the prize winnings is equal to or more than the predetermined number of the prize winnings. | 02-14-2013 |
20120282999 | GAMING MACHINE AND EXTENDED DEVICE CONNECTED THERETO - A gaming machine comprising a external storage device provided with a first game region in which a first game file containing a program and data to realize a first game is stored and a second game region in which a second game file containing a program and data to realize a second game is stored, in which the first game and the second game are selectively played, and an extended device connected to the gaming machine as a physically separate device from the external storage device, wherein the extended device is provided with a determination device that determines whether a predetermined condition is met and a switching device that switches a game played in the gaming machine between the first game and the second game when the predetermined condition is met based on a determination result of the determination device. | 11-08-2012 |
20110263311 | GAMING SYSTEM - In a gaming system that starts, when a predetermined condition is established in a game, a free game mode in which the game is repeatedly executed a predetermined number of times without consuming a playing value, and gives a dividend to a player based on a result of the game in the free game mode, there are provided a collective dividend lottery unit which determines a collective dividend to be collectively given to the player by lottery in exchange for the game executed a specific number of times that is less than the remaining number of times of the game in the free game mode from a dividend range that can be obtained by increasing and decreasing the total amount of the dividend that is anticipated when the game is executed the specific number of times, a selection unit which selects any one of reception of the collective dividend and continuation of the game in the free game mode in response to an instruction from the player, a collective dividend giving unit which gives, when the reception of the collective dividend is selected, the collective dividend determined by the collective dividend lottery unit to the player, and a remaining number of times control unit which decreases the remaining number of times of the game in the free game mode according to the specific number of times in exchange for giving of the collective dividend. | 10-27-2011 |
20110223985 | GAMING MACHINE - In a gaming machine including a symbol region where reels having symbols are arranged in predetermined arrangement, so that the symbols are displayed in an arranged manner in longitudinal and transverse directions, there are provided a reel control unit that independently controls movement and stop of each of the reels, such that the symbols appearing in the symbol region change and a winning determination unit that determines whether the symbols appearing on a valid line set to span the reels form a predetermined winning pattern, when each of the reels is stopped, layers are set in the symbol region, and in the gaming machine, at least one reel is disposed in each layer, a symbol group is provided in at least one specific reel arranged in a specific layer of the layers in such a manner that symbols capable of forming at least portion of the winning pattern are arranged in the symbol group, at least one of the symbols capable of forming at least portion of the winning pattern overlaps the other reel in the other layer different from the specific layer, and that the symbol group move integrally with the specific reel, the symbols that are disposed in the symbol group in the specific reel can be viewed from a player, and when the symbol group is stopped on the valid line, the winning determination unit make the symbols disposed in the symbol group be included in a determination target and determines whether the winning pattern is formed. | 09-15-2011 |
20110223984 | GAMING MACHINE - A gaming machine includes a lottery region defined such that cell columns are arranged to be parallel with each other. Symbols in each symbol column are moved along the cell column at a predetermined game opportunity and are stopped in one cell unit. A determination is performed as to whether a combination of symbols stopped in a determination target cell group forms a prize winning pattern. Reduced cells are defined by equally dividing a cell in a cell column when a predetermined reduction condition is satisfied, reduces symbols corresponding to the reduced cells, recognizes that at least one normal cell and the reduced cells are included in the target cell group, selects the reduced cells included in the target cell group, and determines that a combination of a symbol stopped in the selected reduced cell and the normal cell included in the target cell group forms the prize winning pattern. | 09-15-2011 |
20110117986 | GAMING MACHINE - A gaming machine includes a first lottery device which performs a lottery to determine an arrangement of option areas on a lottery field to be presented to a player, and a first presenting device which presents the determined arrangement. A second lottery device performs a lottery to draw a lottery position on the lottery field when the arrangement of each of the option areas has been determined by the first lottery device, and a second presenting device presents a lottery position based on a lottery result by the second lottery device. A dividend control device gives a dividend corresponding to a property of an option area, when the property of the option area is configured to yield the dividend and the option area satisfies a predetermined relationship with the lottery position drawn by the second lottery device. | 05-19-2011 |
20110070941 | GAMING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A RE-DRAWING GROUP FOR FOLLOWING GAMES - To display a plurality of symbols in a plurality of display regions, upon starting a game, and in a case where trigger symbols are stop displayed in any of the plurality of display regions, to draw for specific display regions where trigger symbols are displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that the symbols are displayed having a predetermined relationship among the symbols in at least game units, and at the same time, to draw for general display regions that have symbols other than the trigger symbol displayed, from a plurality of types of symbols so that arbitrary symbols are independently displayed. | 03-24-2011 |
20100062828 | Gaming machine with bonus game - The present invention is a gaming machine including a wager device for receiving a wager, an initiator for performing a primary game in response to the wager, a processor for implementing a secondary game independently of the primary game, a reel display for indicating outcome of the primary game and winning outcome of the secondary game on a reel and a payout device for awarding a reward according to the winning outcome of secondary game, wherein the initiator works independently of the processor. | 03-11-2010 |
20090111558 | GAMING MACHINE ARRANGING TWO SYMBOL COLUMNS IN THE SAME ORDER - A display unit displays symbols in a plurality of columns, and in particular arranges the symbols in the same order in two or more of the columns. A game controller unit determines an arrangement of symbols at random on a condition that symbols are arranged in the same order and at the same positions in the two or more columns. A display controller unit causes the display unit to spin the two or more columns of symbols from the same position in synchronization with each other, and stop the two or more columns at the same position to display the arrangement of symbols determined by the game controller unit. | 04-30-2009 |
20090054129 | GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SYMBOLS - A gaming machine comprises a display unit that displays video reels using computer graphics. Symbols are moved and stopped on each video reel. A game controller unit selects a type of symbols and an arrangement of symbols at random, and provides a player with an award if a winning combination appears on a payline in the arrangement of symbols and the player has placed a bet on the payline. A display controller unit causes the display unit to move symbols on each video reel, and then stop symbols in the arrangement. The display controller unit further causes the display unit to change a symbol of the selected type to a special symbol while moving symbols. Special symbols appear in a prominent form, e.g., in a background color complementary to a background color of other symbols, or in a metallic color, or in a blinking, flashing, or sparkling pattern. | 02-26-2009 |
20090027330 | DEVICE FOR USING VIRTUAL MOUSE AND GAMING MACHINE - A virtual mouse device is preferably installed in a gaming machine, and serving as an input device. An image sensor unit is laminated on a specific area on a screen of a display unit, and detects fingers or a palm of a player that move on or over the specific area. The virtual mouse controller unit monitors the fingers or palm, and causes a virtual mouse to follow the fingers or palm within the specific area. If the fingers or palm moves out of the specific area, the virtual mouse controller unit then returns the virtual mouse to a default location. An input unit monitors the motion of the virtual mouse, and causes the display unit to move a mouse pointer on the screen depending on the amount and direction of travel of the virtual mouse. | 01-29-2009 |
20090023491 | Multi-station game machine - A multi-station game machine, including at least two stations that are configured to accept player inputs, a wheel having a plurality of sections including symbols, the wheel being configured to rotate, the wheel being disposed so that a front surface of the wheel can be seen from at least two players, and a controller for controlling a first game performed by the wheel and a second game performed on the stations, wherein the wheel is configured to enable at least two players to simultaneously play the first game respectively using the stations, wherein the stations are configured such that the players bet a game value on the symbols via a bet area displayed on a display provided on each of the stations, and wherein the controller triggers the second game based on a win of the first game. | 01-22-2009 |
20090017903 | DEVICE CHECKING ILLUMINATION COLOR AND GAMING MACHINE - In a gaming machine, a reel assembly includes a lighting unit, a lighting driver unit, and a color check unit, as well as a reel and a motor. The lighting unit emits colored rays to a symbol displayed on a visible region on a reel. The lighting driver unit adjusts driving currents for the lighting unit in accordance with a control signal. The color check unit generates an error signal when detecting that the level of any driving current falls outside a predetermined range. A game control unit conducts a game by randomly changing arrangements and colors of the visible symbols. A lighting control unit provides the control signal to the lighting driver unit. If receiving the error signal from the color check unit, the lighting control unit informs the game control unit of an error state of the lighting unit. | 01-15-2009 |
20080287182 | Gaming machine and gaming system - A storage interface unit can exchange player's individual information with an external storage device placed on a gaming machine. An individual information manager unit uses the individual information in player identification or as credits. A game control unit executes a game program and thereby conducts a game. An alarm unit monitors the connection between the storage interface unit and the storage device, or the presence or absence of the storage device on the gaming machine. The alarm unit outputs a warning message or signal indicating that the storage device is still positioned where it can communicate with the storage interface unit. The warning message or signal is outputted, for example, when the game control unit has received from the player the instruction to convert his/her credits into cash or monetary information to be stored in the storage device, or when the player's credits have been reduced to zero. | 11-20-2008 |
20080234044 | GAMING MACHINE HAVING TOUCH PANEL SWITCH - A touch panel switch assembly according to the present invention is installed in a gaming machine, and comprises a base, a moving unit, an elastic member, a display unit, a position sensor, and a mechanical switch unit. The moving unit is supported by the base fixed on the gaming machine, and can move in the direction perpendicular to the surface thereof. The elastic member can exert a restoring force between the base and the moving unit when a player has pushed the moving unit. The display unit is mounted on the base or the moving unit, and visible through the moving unit. The position sensor can detect a position on the moving unit where the player has touched. The mechanical switch unit is mounted between the base and the moving unit, and can be turned on and off depending on the position of the moving unit. | 09-25-2008 |
20080227520 | GAMING MACHINE CHECKING COLOR OF SYMBOL ON REEL - In a gaming machine according to the present invention, a reel assembly includes a lighting unit, a lighting driver unit, and a color check unit, as well as a reel and a motor. The lighting unit emits colored rays to a symbol displayed on a visible region on a reel. The lighting driver unit adjusts driving currents for the lighting unit in accordance with a control signal. The color check unit generates an error signal when detecting that the level of any driving current falls outside a predetermined range. A game control unit conducts a game by randomly changing arrangements and colors of the visible symbols. A lighting control unit provides the control signal to the lighting driver unit. If receiving the error signal from the color check unit, the lighting control unit informs the game control unit of an error state of the lighting unit. | 09-18-2008 |
20080200233 | GAMING SYSTEM MONITORING CLIENT TERMINALS WITH HYBRID REEL ASSEMBLIES - In a thin-client gaming system according to the present invention, a server performs computations for the control over a game on a gaming machine, and hardware thereof including hybrid reel assemblies. Each hybrid reel assembly includes a mechanical reel and electric display devices mounted on the circumferential surface of the reel. The server commands the display devices and motors of the hybrid reel assemblies, and provides image data to the display devices. By using a terminal observer unit, the server estimates the current status of the gaming terminal, and in particular the hybrid reel assemblies. Preferably, when having estimated excessive deviation between the positions of the reels and symbols displayed on the display devices, the terminal observer unit will quickly cause a game process to be stopped and the reels to continuously rotate, and then inform a game system administrator of the error. | 08-21-2008 |