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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D611548 | Display unit for game machine | 03/09/2010 |
| D605231 | Game machine | 12/01/2009 |
| 7613180 | Media communication apparatus and media communication method There is provided a media communication apparatus including an automatic selection unit which automatically selects a telecommunications carrier by preset criteria on the address of a speech terminal serving as a communication destination input at the time of call o... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7612517 | Stepping motor controller and gaming machine A stepping motor controller includes: a pulse frequency adjustment circuit that receives a command pulse having a first frequency from an external controller that outputs the command pulse in accordance with an interrupt process performed periodically by the externa... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7051977 | Aircraft wheel support mechanism An aircraft wheel support mechanism capable of reducing the impact to the tire at the time of landing and capable of reducing the impact to the tire at the time of the wheel colliding with an obstacle lying on the runway. The mechanism has a suspension mechanism for... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7520812 | 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... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7507153 | Mahjong game system and mahjong ranking list display method In a mahjong game system constituted by a mahjong game machine and an information processing device, the information processing device comprises: game data reception means for receiving game data; game data storage means; ranking criterion setting means for setting ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7479061 | Gaming machine A gaming machine includes: a variable display means for producing variable display of a plurality of symbols; a front display means being provided in front of the variable display means for enabling a player to see symbols on the variable display means through the f... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7445547 | Gaming apparatus and gaming apparatus control method A slot machine 10 comprises a display 20 having 3 rows by X columns (X being an integer of 5 or greater) of display regions, and a controller 50. Controller 50, in the event that bonus symbols 70, 71, and 72 are displayed in... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445210 | Gaming machine To provide a gaming machine wherein a glass plate holding frame is attached so as to be capable of rotating around one side of a frame of a main body of the gaming machine as a rotating axis and the glass plate holding frame holds a glass plate detachably via a hold... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7404767 | Gaming machine having a main display and a magnified sub display The gaming machine is constituted of a main body including a main display on which a game image is displayed and a sub display on which a portion of the game image is displayed in an enlarged manner, an aiming controller being configured to be movable over the main ... | 07/29/2008 |
| D573201 | Slot machine | 07/15/2008 |
| D573200 | Slot machine | 07/15/2008 |
| 7390259 | Gaming apparatus including a variable display, a backlight, a reflecting cover to directly illuminate game symbols, and a controller to control the varying of the variable display The gaming apparatus of the present invention comprises a variable display unit configured to variably display a plurality of symbols, a front side display unit located in front of the variable display unit and configured to enable viewing of the symbols displayed b... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389126 | Cellular phone which adds exchange header accessing information based upon country number stored in an IC and position information The present invention provides cellular phone in which a plurality of mounting parts for IC cards in which the country number of the contracting country and the own-station telephone number are stored are disposed, the cellular phone comprising position information ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7329181 | Gaming machine with multilayered liquid crystal display for displaying images based on a priority order The gaming machine has the game result display means including the reels (3L, 3C, 3R), the liquid crystal display device (31) arranged at a more front side than a display area of the reels (3L, 3C, 3R) when seen from ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326118 | Gaming machine, trading card and game system A gaming machine uses a trading card 20. The trading card 20 stores character data concerning a character and has a surface printed with a detail of the character data. A trading card handling device 60 writes changed character data into the tra... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322884 | Gaming machine having a variable display The gaming machine has the game result display means including the reels (3L, 3C, 3R) and the liquid crystal display device (31) arranged at a more front side than a display area of the reels (3L, 3C, 3R), and the liq... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309288 | Computer-readable program stored in a memory for implementing a game There is provided a gaming machine which enhances interest in the entire game by diversifying the contents of the game, such as an RPG, and enables players to play a game adjusted to the individual players. When an object for ring customization is determined to be a... | 12/18/2007 |
| D553197 | Slot machine | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281976 | Gaming machine A gaming machine comprises a game board 3 formed from a light-transparent member; a projecting device 42 for projecting a game medium onto the game board; a plurality of entrances 10 adapted to receive the game medium projected onto the game boa... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7258612 | Game facility monitoring system and game facility A system providing greatly improved monitoring against wrong or fraudulent acts. A game facility monitoring system includes game machines or game-related devices provided with detectors that detect the state of a device and the operation of the device resulting from... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7234697 | Gaming machine A gaming machine disclosed includes a rotary reel having a plurality of symbols on an outer periphery thereof, a group of sheet members disposed in front of the rotary reel, the sheet members being laminated each other and each having an opening, a liquid crystal pa... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223174 | Program for implementing a game and gaming machine A conventional game program involves the risk of the player losing interest in the game. A computer-readable program product which enables a beginner player to sufficiently enjoy interest in a game is provided. A character to be subjected to ring customization is se... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219893 | Gaming machine A gaming machine includes a liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal panel and a light guiding plate placed at the rear of the liquid crystal panel and formed with a light deflection pattern for guiding light emitted from illumination means into the liquid cry... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220181 | Gaming machine having transparent LCD in front of variable display device, the LCD having a light-guiding plate and a reflective plate 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... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207883 | Gaming machine The gaming machine comprises: backup means (96) capable of storing information concerning with a game substantially at the same time as the gaming machine is powered off; backup restoration means (97) for restoring the gaming machine in a state that th... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7172507 | Card game monitoring system, card game table and monitoring method To reduce monitoring staff and reduce cost by automating monitoring, a card game monitoring system includes a wirelessly communicating, identifying information recording device embedded in a card for recording information for identifying itself; identifying informat... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169048 | Gaming machine capable of conducting demonstration display The gaming machine comprises: game result display means for displaying a game result thereon; the main control circuit 41 for generating a beneficial state for a player when a specific game result is displayed on the game result display means; and the sub-con... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159865 | Gaming apparatus A gaming apparatus including a variable display unit configured to variably display a plurality of symbols, a front side display unit located in front of the variable display unit and configured to enable viewing of the symbols displayed by the variable display unit... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7114653 | IC card and card reader An IC card according to the present invention is configured to be communicable with a card reader by receiving a high-frequency signal transmitted from the card reader through an antenna unit provided on an IC card body, rectifying the high-frequency signal to gener... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7097560 | Gaming apparatus with a variable display unit and concealing unit to temporarily conceal the variable display unit The gaming apparatus of the present invention comprises a variable display unit configured to variably display a plurality of symbols, a front side display unit located in front of the variable display unit and configured to enable viewing of the symbols displayed b... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090581 | Point management system and server A point management system has a game terminal mounted to a vehicle, a server including a point memory for storing user ID and the number of points, which are associated with one another, an authenticator for authenticating user ID inputted via the game terminal usin... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7066813 | Gaming machine with progressive story In a gaming machine (1) comprising a variable display device (5a to 5c) for variably displaying a plurality of kinds of symbols necessary for gaming, a starting device (20) for starting variable display of the symbols, and a... | 06/27/2006 |
| D521074 | Game machine | 05/16/2006 |
| D520068 | Game machine | 05/02/2006 |
| D519162 | Game machine | 04/18/2006 |
| 7019475 | Motor stop control device for gaming machine and gaming machine provided with the motor stop control device The present invention can accurately stop a reel at a target position and, at the same time, can offer a wide variety of reel stop process. A motor stop control device includes a stepping motor 70 having two pair of excitation phases as a drive source of a re... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004381 | Cash dispensing machine A cash dispensing machine includes a validation unit 13 for validating cash inserted through an insertion slot 8, a detachable storage unit 30 for storing cash validated by the validation unit 13, communication means provided in each of t... | 02/28/2006 |
