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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8267776 | Gaming machine including terminals and playing method thereof A gaming machine includes: a base game; gaming terminals; a bonus game configured to award a bonus payout more rewarding than the payout in the base game; a bonus payout indicator that displays the bonus payout; and paths, respectively corresponding to the gaming te... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8016669 | Gaming machine During a slot machine game, game effects are also displayed on a liquid crystal panel 39d provided in a reel display window unit 39, and thus the liquid crystal panel 39d serves as a new machine component for performing game effect... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7927207 | Game machine having a shutter control for blocking variable displays according to a stop control selection having a stopping order In a gaming machine provided with a function called “super time (ST),” which may change the amount of payout coins, a player moves his sight from a displayed stopping order to a displayed reel during such Super Time (ST) game. In order to prevent fatigue by the ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920302 | Discrimination sensor and discrimination machine A discrimination machine optically senses an object having a surface with a planar structure while scanning the planar structure along the surface. The machine includes a discrimination sensor including optical devices detecting light generated from the planar struc... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7641037 | Bill handling apparatus A bill handling apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention has a bill insertion slot into which a bill is inserted, a bill feeding mechanism for feeding the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot, a sensor for reading the fed bill, and a bill identif... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7616296 | Machine for detecting sheet-like object, and validating machine using the same A validating machine 30 according to the present invention is provided with a validation sensor 2 having a first-side light emitting device 8 and a first-side light receiving device 10 disposed closely to each other and a validation senso... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7607662 | Bill handling apparatus A bill handling apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention has a bill insertion slot into which a bill is inserted, a bill feeding mechanism for feeding the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot in the insertion direction, a bill reading section for... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7562872 | Gaming machine A gaming machine includes a cabinet, a lower liquid crystal display, a manual adjustment mechanism and liquid storage portions. The lower liquid crystal display is attached to the cabinet. The manual adjustment mechanism adjusts an attachment angle of the lower liqu... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7548213 | Game chip 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 availab... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7528998 | Discrimination sensor and discrimination machine A discrimination machine optically senses an object having a surface with a planar structure while scanning the planar structure along the surface. The machine includes a discrimination sensor including optical devices detecting light generated from the planar struc... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7510476 | Gaming machine with a display controller for alternatively executing an effect and displaying a first game or alternatively executing the effect and a second game A gaming machine includes an effect display device for displaying either an effect or a first game thereon, a variable display device arranged behind the effect display device, a game controller for executing the first game utilizing the effect display device and a ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7503505 | Non-contact IC card system and attaching body for non-contact IC card A non-contact IC card can accept a frequency band different from the main receive frequency band of the non-contact IC card. The non-contact IC card has a main antenna supporting a first frequency band and an IC device connected to the main antenna for data transmis... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503446 | Bill handling device There is provided a highly secure bill handling device that can essentially prevent bill removal. The bill handling device according to the invention includes a bill container for storing a bill inserted through a bill insertion slot, an exit through which the bill ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503445 | Bill handling machine and bill storage unit A bill storage unit has a bill storage portion for storing bills and a bill validator which takes in a bill to validate the bill. A feeding device feeds the bill delivered from the bill validator to the bill storage portion along a feeding path. A correcting device ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7497777 | Gaming machine and computer-readable program product In a machine main unit 1, the execution order of actions of all characters is calculated and the calculated execution order is displayed on a screen. The execution order of actions of the characters is calculated based on stored skill parameters and possessed... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7494415 | Gaming machine A gaming machine includes symbol display unit 4 for variably displaying a plurality of symbols, game element acquisition unit 2 for selecting a symbol displayed on the symbol display unit 4 and acquiring a game element based on the selected symb... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7492876 | Remote control terminal A remote control terminal includes an input section which allows selection of predetermined services offered from an information provider managing the services, a transceiver for obtaining a service selected by the input section from the information provider, and di... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7487966 | Bill handling device A bill handling machine according to one embodiment of the invention is provided with a casing having a bill insertion slot provided on a front face of the casing to enable a bill to be inserted therein; a bill feeding device having a feeding belt wound at opposite ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7485039 | Gaming machine A gaming machine comprises a cabinet, a decoration panels disposed on the front of the cabinet, display windows provided on the front of the cabinet, a plurality of rotatary reels, each of which has a plurality of symbols on an outer peripheries thereof, a plurality... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7482772 | Motor stop control device utilizable for gaming machine and gaming machine using the same In the motor stop control device according to the embodiment, a main CPU is provided which executes any one of reel stop control process 1 and the reel stop control process 2 when the stop instruction of a stepping motor occurs. In the reel stop contro... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7479066 | Gaming machine A pinball slot machine includes a board on which a main control circuit for determining an internal lottery of a game with a random number at a predetermined timing is placed, a liquid crystal display for displaying an effect image pertinent to the game, a liquid cr... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7472781 | Bill handling device and control system thereof There is provided a bill handling device in which the size of the device can be reduced by disposing various component members in a limited amount of installation space in a space-efficient manner and efficient bill collection is further realized. The bill handling ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7465228 | Gaming machine having a stop order associated with a prize-winning combination An effect display panel, in which a transparent liquid crystal panel for image effect and a liquid crystal film for an electronic shutter are laminated, is disposed in front of main reels. With an electronic shutter, shielding regions can be set by software. During ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7462798 | Gaming machine A gaming machine having a display that displays a determined screen including a character, during execution of a game, a touch panel sensor, disposed above the display, that is capable of detecting the contact position, the position of the character contacted by a p... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7460079 | Game chip 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 availab... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7441699 | Output terminal, data output system, and data output method 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 rang... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438639 | Gaming machine with column linking feature When stopping all of simulated reels results in magnet symbols belonging to two or more adjacent reels being in a form that the magnet symbols attract each other, the adjacent reels are linked to each other. After that, the reels are variably displayed and stopped w... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437300 | Positional information management system A positional information management system includes a tag attached to an article and having a tag IC storing a tag ID; detectors, each detector having a detector ID and being installed in a hotel, for detecting the tag ID transmitted from the tag IC, the tag ID and ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7422522 | Game monitoring system, game playing table and monitoring method To prevent calculation errors and fraudulent acts and reduce cost by automatic monitoring, a wirelessly communicating game monitoring system includes an identifying information recording device, attached to playing cards or the like, for recording identifying inform... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422095 | Bill handling device and bill accommodating unit It is an object to provide a bill handling device, the control of the entire device of which is simplified. The bill handling device comprises: a bill validator including a bill sensor for discriminating the validity of a bill inserted into a bill insertion slot and... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7404766 | Gaming machine The gaming machine has the game result display means for displaying a result concerning with a game and beneficial state generating means for generating a beneficial state for a player when a specific game result is displayed on the game result display means, wherei... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7379734 | Mobile communication terminal, game server and game program A mobile communication terminal includes a wireless communication device for wireless communication, an image displaying device for displaying an image, and a sound outputting device for outputting sound. The mobile communication terminal generates an execution vari... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377402 | Article transfer device An article transfer device which transfers articles using hanger rods each of which includes helical ridges or helical grooves, wherein the article transfer device can ensure a sufficient number of articles to be suspended without increasing depth of the housing. In... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7366922 | Power control for gaming machine When an alternating-current power is supplied to an ATX power supply, sub power is supplied to a PC board from the ATX power supply. When the sub power is supplied to the PC board, a PWOK signal is output to the ATX power supply by processing performed by a CPU acco... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355660 | Liquid crystal display device and gaming machine A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel unit having a liquid crystal panel; and a support member supporting the liquid crystal panel unit from a back side of the liquid crystal panel unit. A center axis of a viewing angle of the liquid crysta... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351153 | Gaming machine with hinge construction for rotatably supporting door In the slot machine 1, it is provided the hinge construction for rotatably supporting the frame plate 63 of the frame 6 against the door 3, and the hinge construction is basically constructed from: the lower bracket 82 arranged at ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349075 | Machine for detecting sheet-like object, and validating machine using the same A validating machine 30 according to the present invention is provided with a validation sensor 2 having a first-side light emitting device 8 and a first-side light receiving device 10 disposed closely to each other and a validation senso... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7311305 | Roulette device and game control method A roulette device including: a roulette plate having a plurality of marks arranged thereon; a ball which rolls on the roulette plate; a plurality of ball receiving parts which are formed corresponding to the marks in a circumferential direction of the roulette plate... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301481 | Typing practice apparatus, typing practice method, and typing practice program A finger detector is worn on a finger of a player. When a key on a keyboard is pressed down, a pressure sensor of the finger detector sends a pressure detection signal to a PC main body, and the finger used to press down the key is detected based on the signal. When... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287669 | Article transfer device An article transfer device which transfers articles using hanger rods each of which includes helical ridges or helical grooves, wherein the article transfer device can ensure the sufficient number of articles to be suspended even when a depth of a housing is narrowe... | 10/30/2007 |
