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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079906 | Game machine and game system A game machine is connected to an information management device performing the collection and management of information for the game machine and including a display device on which specified play contents are displayed. The game machine comprises a first display (lo... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8012020 | Game device, game control, method, information recording medium and program In a game device (301) for showing a past operation history to a player in comparison with the current operation status, a first moving unit (303) moves a first object in a virtual space based on a moving instruction input received by an input receivin... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8012021 | Gaming machine having a molded curved display Gaming machines having video depictions of one or more mechanical reels projected onto a curved display are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the gaming machine includes a curved transparent material having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a radius of curv... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007362 | Method of displaying multiple kinds of independently processed display data A terminal apparatus executes different kinds of network games provided by a server group. The user of the terminal apparatus can register other users who become acquainted with the user through network games in a friend list provided for each user. While the termin... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7993200 | Game device, control method of game device, and information storage medium To provide a game device that allows a user to relatively easily judge a time at which a length of a gauge becomes a length with which desired processing is executed. A first gauge control unit (72) controls the gauge to expand or contract according to contin... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7632185 | Portable projection gaming system A handheld projection gaming system includes a projection gaming device having a control portion and a projector portion, and an external user input device. The control portion is configured to be held in a handheld position, and includes control devices configured ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7594853 | Control apparatus and method for games and others There is provided a control apparatus for a game or the like, that is capable of automatically carrying out a game or simulation starting/terminating process according to operations performed necessarily in executing the game or simulation. Controllers are mounted o... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7485041 | Program for projecting an image onto a character in a game, game machine incorporating the program, and storage medium having the program stored thereon A program for pasting a predetermined image onto a character of a game in a game machine. The program enables a user to create an image consisting of two-dimensional coordinates and to arrange the image created. The program includes the ability to project the image ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7381135 | Display method, display apparatus for game machine, and game machine A display method is provided which can let a player continue a game without fatigue or boredom. In the display method, a moving image Gt1 is projection displayed on a predetermined area in the game portion of a game machine from the rear thereof, and a still ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380791 | Gaming machine using controllable LEDs for reel strip illumination A backlight for a reel assembly is disclosed comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs). An array of red, green, and blue diodes are positioned behind a translucent reel strip to backlight three adjacent symbols on a reel strip. The LEDs are individually... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7355740 | Card making device, card making method and recording medium thereof A card making device allowing easy procurement of a character card desired by the user. When specified conditions are satisfied during a game, character data for a specified character are extracted from a character data storage means by a character data extraction m... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341520 | Moving three-dimensional display for a gaming machine A gaming apparatus may include a primary display unit, a value input device, a first controller coupled to the primary display unit and the value input device, a microprocessor and associated memory, and a second display unit. The secondary display unit may include ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338372 | Reconfigurable gaming machine A gaming machine has at least one video screen, but preferably three. One screen displays a primary game and the other two screens preferably display pay tables, a secondary game, or artwork related to the primary and/or secondary game. The content of the video scre... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331886 | Sliding arrow stabilizer An improved arrow and sliding stabilizer therefor are provided. The sliding stabilizer is used for stabilizing arrow flight, instead of fixed or glued tail feathers, vanes or other fletching. The invention improves current projectile technology with reduced assembly... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322889 | Game for moving an object on a screen in response to movement of an operation article Since a cursor displayed on a screen of a television monitor moves in conjunction with a motion of an operation article operated by a player, intuitive operation can be possible so that the player can play a game easily. A mermaid displayed on the screen follows the... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316617 | Game system and storage medium having stored thereon game program A first game image of a displayed region of a game space which contains all player characters is created, and a second image is created by zooming in, when a player has performed a specific operation on an operation means, on a surrounding region of a player charact... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7306521 | Gaming machine, server, and program with virtual player A gaming machine, with which a plurality of players play a game against each other, is provided so as to enable the players to perform realistic tactical interactions with each other. In such player-versus-player type gaming machine, a virtual player is prepared in ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300345 | Method and computer-readable medium for deploying characters in a game An object of the present invention is to deploy soccer players in optimum positions in a soccer game. As means for achieving this object, a base position and ability parameters of player characters are stored in memory as attribute data. Player character/formation s... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294060 | Interactive device An interactive device includes a base unit and at least one interchangeable cartridge. The base unit comprises a transparent pressure-sensitive touchscreen overlying the cartridge and a microphone. The cartridge comprises a scroll having a plurality of image frames ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285047 | Method and system for real-time rendering within a gaming environment A method and system for real-time rendering within a gaming environment. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a method of rendering a local participant within an interactive gaming environment. The method begins by capturing a plurality of... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278920 | Theater-based gaming system enabling a multi-player game throughout a system of the theaters A multiple player game for more than one player at more than one location may be created by enabling input to and control of a gaming environment by a first player at a first location, receiving a gaming dataset related to the input to and control of the gaming envi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275993 | Game machine and monitor system A camera picks-up an image external of a game machine and outputs image pick-up data Dv. A display control part controls the camera to pick-up an image and outputs the image pick-up data DV to an external device. In this case, a display device for displaying an imag... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7265370 | Sensing light A method and apparatus senses light reflected off of a surface of an object at angles with respect to incident light. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258613 | Gaming device having changed or generated player stimuli A gaming device having at least one changed or generated player stimulus and a method of changing or generating at least one player stimulus of a gaming device are disclosed for enhancing a player's interest, excitement, length of play, and enjoyment of the gaming d... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7236301 | Polarized light valve A projection system for making an object appear and disappear to an observer on cue. The system remotely activates a reflective axis and a transmissive axis within a polarized window for making an object on cue appear and disappear. In one aspect, this system contai... | 06/26/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7212205 | Curved surface image processing apparatus and curved surface image processing method A curved surface image processing apparatus 100 according to the present invention that can render an object at higher speed and in higher quality by performing image processing using NURBS data includes: a data input unit 101 for receiving NURBS data;... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7199794 | Picture processing device, picture processing method, and game device and storage medium using the same The present invention provides a picture processing device capable of realizing the detailed shape and pattern of a display object which is far away from a viewpoint and which attracts a game player's attention. For example, a display object (or player) in a soccer ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7121945 | Combined representation display method A combined representation display method is provided in which a main display and a representation display are combined whereby various combination displays with enormous representation effects and great funs are made possible. The combined representation disp... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118480 | Method, apparatus, storage medium and program for generating image data of virtual space A method for generating image data of a virtual space viewed from a predetermined view point, comprises: determining a boundary of a predetermined plane area in the virtual space; providing a line object having one boundary line portion which is at least one portion... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7101283 | Game machine and information storage medium A game machine is disclosed in which a visual point position is automatically changed after an elapse of a fixed time if an object exists between a player character and a visual point position as the player character is seen from the visual point position in a three... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7077751 | Portable and stationary game machine system A game system including a stationary game machine requiring an external power supply, such as a coin-operable business-use game machine or a home game machine, and a portable game machine having an internal power supply. Game programs for raising game characters are... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7048631 | Gaming device having a game with a functional refractive light display The present invention relates to a gaming device having a refractive light display. The gaming device includes a housing, a refractive light display including at least one refractive surface, and a processor for controlling the refractive light display to indicate a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7033275 | Game device, game processing method and recording medium having a program recorded thereon An object of this invention is to provide a game device that can add much to the production of the game. The invention is a game device for displaying a game image which expresses a virtual three-dimensional space, which is characterized in that it displays the firs... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030837 | Auxiliary display unit for a computer system A host computer is provided with a main display unit and an auxiliary display unit. The host computer can free up screen space on the main display screen by routing certain types of display information to the auxiliary display unit for display. Display information c... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6999094 | Game device, game processing method and information recording medium Smooth, stable and high quality game image is provided by accurately pre-reading background data required for image processing each time. The game device therefore reads background data required for a game that displays a condition of a moving vehicle within a virtu... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6949024 | Image processing apparatus for a game, method and program for image processing for a game, and computer-readable medium This image processing device for games is a device whereby a prescribed number of models (characters) are setup in virtual space, these models are controlled such that they move in prescribed directions in the virtual space, and images of this virtual space from a v... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6926606 | Gaming machine A gaming machine includes at least one reel to be rotated. A reel belt is attached onto an outer circumferential face of the reel. The reel belt includes a half mirror layer, and a print layer on which at least one symbol is printed. The print layer is placed behind... | 08/09/2005 |
