baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2007511353-A (JP)
Title: 金属加工用途における天然スルホン酸ナトリウムの乳化剤ブレンド代替物
IPC: C09K23/00
Filed: 2004-11-12
Abstract: 以下のカップリング反応生成物の塩と組み合わせた合成アルキルアレーンスルホン酸塩：（Ａ）（Ｉ）少なくとも１個のヒドロカルビル置換基を有し、ヒドロカルビル置換基は、平均して、約２０個〜約５００個の炭素原子を有する高分子量ポリカルボン酸アシル化剤；（Ｂ）（Ｉ）必要に応じて、少なくとも１個のヒドロカルビル置換基を有し、ヒドロカルビル置換基は、平均して、約６個〜約１９個の炭素原子を有する少なくとも１種の低分子量ポリカルボン酸アシル化剤、これらは、（Ｃ）以下を有する少なくとも１種の化合物により、共にカップリングされる：（ｉ）２個以上の第一級アミノ基、（ｉｉ）２個以上の第二級アミノ基、（ｉｉｉ）少なくとも１個の第一級アミノ基および少なくとも１個の第二級アミノ基、（ｉｖ）少なくとも２個のヒドロキシル基、または（ｖ）少なくとも１個の第一級または第二級アミノ基と少なくとも１個のヒドロキシル基。
Patent JP-2007513963-A (JP)
Title: インターフェロン耐性腫瘍の処置のための方法および組成物
IPC: A61K9/00
Filed: 2004-12-10
Abstract: 本発明は、インターフェロン種をコードする組換えベクターの使用によって、インターフェロン耐性腫瘍を処置するための方法を提供する。特に、組換えベクターによって提供されるインターフェロン種が、組換え産生されたインターフェロンタンパク質に関連しない特性を有することが、注目される。本発明は、インターフェロンをコードする組換えベクターを使用して、インターフェロン耐性腫瘍の処置において有用な組成物を、さらに提供する。
Patent JP-2007519877-A (JP)
Title: 板型熱伝達装置及びその製造方法
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2004-12-14
Abstract: 本発明は、一端が熱源に接触し他端が熱放出部に接触した状態で、熱源から発生した熱を水平方向に熱放出部に伝達する装置であって、熱源から熱を吸収しながら蒸発し熱放出部で熱を放出しながら凝縮する冷媒が収容された熱伝導性板型ケースと、板型ケースの内部に設けられ、ワイヤーが上下交互に交差して製織された粗いメッシュと細かいメッシュとが上下に接して積層された構造を有するメッシュ集合体とを含み、粗いメッシュは、冷媒の蒸発により生じた蒸気が、ワイヤーの交差地点からワイヤーの進行方向に沿って流動可能であり、断面積が相異なる主方向及び副方向の蒸気拡散流路を提供し、断面積が相対的に大きい主方向の蒸気拡散流路が熱伝達方向と平行であり、細かいメッシュは、ワイヤーの交差地点からワイヤーの進行方向に沿って液体流動流路を提供する。 【選択図】図２
Patent JP-2007514743-A (JP)
Title: 創傷における細菌の増殖を阻害する物質を含む創傷ケア製品
IPC: A61L15/20
Filed: 2004-12-16
Abstract: 本発明は、創傷における細菌増殖を阻害する物質を含む創傷ケア製品を提供する。本発明は、上記物質がキシリトールであるという事実に特徴がある。本発明はまた、創傷ケア製品におけるキシリトールの使用に関する。本発明はまた、創傷における細菌に対して増殖阻害効果を有する組成物を作製するためのキシリトールの使用に関する。本発明はさらに、キシリトールを含む創傷ケア製品を製造するための方法に関する。本発明はさらに、創傷において細菌の増殖を阻害するための物質を含む硬膏形態の創傷包帯を提供し、この物質は、キシリトールである。
Patent JP-2007515336-A (JP)
Title: 四輪駆動自動車の駆動装置
IPC: B60K5/04
Filed: 2004-12-20
Abstract: 主要駆動車軸(5、6、23、24、45、46)と二次駆動車軸(11、12、26、27、51、52)を有する四輪駆動自動車であって、制限スリップタイプの少なくとも一つの二次駆動車軸継手(13、30、53、61、62)が車両用エンジン(3、20、40)と二次駆動車軸との間の動力伝達系に設けられる。制限スリップタイプの主要駆動車軸継手(14、31、54)が主要駆動車軸(5、6、23、24、45、46)に設けられる。
Patent JP-2007514504-A (JP)
Title: 再充電可能な歯科用硬化灯
IPC: A61C13/15
Filed: 2004-11-15
Abstract: 歯科用光硬化装置（１００）は、光硬化性合成物を硬化させるように構成されており、再充電可能な電源を含む。光硬化装置（１００）は、歯科用ハンドピース保持トレーに接続された再充電ドッキングステーション（２２０）によって受け取られ、これによって再充電されるように構成されている。再充電ドッキングステーション（２２０）は、歯科用ハンドピースホルダ（３００）の形態をとることができる。光硬化装置（１００）は、前記ドッキングステーション（２２０）の中に配置されたときに電気接触によって再充電される。
Patent JP-2007517124-A (JP)
Title: ポリエステル成形用組成物及びその製造方法
IPC: C08L67/00
Filed: 2004-12-29
Abstract: 新規方法で、多官能性カルボキシ反応性物質と化学的に反応する酸末端基の増加した変性ポリエステルを含んでなる新規なポリエステル樹脂組成物が生成する。得られるポリエステルは向上した耐薬品性及び／又は改善された溶融粘度を有する。変性ポリエステルとポリカーボネートとのブレンドを製造することができ、このブレンドは改良された耐薬品性及び／又は溶融粘度を特徴とする。 【選択図】    なし
Patent JP-2007517647-A (JP)
IPC: B05B14/00
Filed: 2005-01-05
Abstract: A high-frequency spray device is provided that is suitable for applying a coating fluid onto a substrate. The spray device can include an atomizing arrangement, a movable substrate holder, a gas supply, and one or more temperature control elements. The atomizing arrangement can include a resonance body which may have a trumpet-like shape and which can be excited to produce high-frequency vibrations that may provide a spray mist jet of the coating fluid. The spray device can further include a field arrangement capable of generating an electric and/or magnetic field in the region containing the substrate which may influence the deposition of the spray mist jet on the substrate. The spray device may also include a suction arrangement that can affect the shape of the spray jet mist and/or withdraw a portion of the spray jet mist.
Patent JP-2007528532-A (JP)
IPC: B60T17/18
Filed: 2005-01-13
Abstract: A method is disclosed of producing a system architecture comprising a plurality of electrical devices connected to each other, said system preferably comprising a fault tolerant system, the method including:  a) identifying a set of undesirable events and ascribing to each of said undesirable events an indicator of their severity; b) associating where possible each said undesirable event with one or more actuators of said system architecture; c) developing a functional specification of an initial architecture proposed for implementation of said system architecture, said functional specification of said initial architecture including dataflow for and between components thereof, said components comprising for example sensors or actuators; d) refining on said functional specification the fault tolerance requirements associated with the severity of each said undesirable event and issuing refined fault tolerance requirements of said functional specification; e) producing replicates in said functional specification together with attached indicators of independence of said replicates, said indicators reflecting said refined fault tolerance requirements; f) defining a hardware structure for said system architecture, e.g. a series of electronic control units connected to each other by networks; g) mapping of said functional specification onto said hardware structure; and h) verifying automatically that said indicators of independence are preserved during mapping.  <IMAGE>
Patent JP-2007522652-A (JP)
Title: 干渉技術を使用して目標を光学的にトラッキングする方法及びシステム
IPC: G06F3/033
Filed: 2005-01-12
Abstract: 光ビーム(280)から入射光ビーム(284)と基準光ビーム(282)を生成するための光学素子(260)を含む、光学位置トラッキングシステム(200)。更に、光学位置トラッキングシステム(200)は、或る角度範囲(290)にわたって入射光ビームを掃引し、目標(205)によって入射光ビーム(284)の反射を引き起こすための光ビームステアリングデバイス(230)を更に含む。入射光ビーム(284)の反射(286)は、基準光ビーム(282)と干渉し、干渉光ビーム(250)を形成するように導かれる。更に、光学位置トラッキングシステム(200)は、入射光ビーム(284)の角度値、及び、干渉光ビーム(250)を使用し、干渉技術を使用して目標(205)の位置を判定することができる。この角度値は、反射(286)に依存する。光ビーム(280)が複数の波長を有する場合、それらの波長が同時に存在することにより、すなわち、複数の波長を有する期間の存在により、目標(205)の絶対位置を判定することができる。光ビーム(280)が単一の波長しか持たない場合、目標(205)の相対位置を判定することができる。
Patent JP-2007519458-A (JP)
Title: 緩和させる注入器容器が備えられている針無し注射器
IPC: A61M5/31
Filed: 2005-01-11
Abstract: 本発明は、液体の有効成分を注射するための針無しの注射器に関する。本発明の注射器は、可動な密閉部により閉じられ、中に注射される液体が入っている貯蔵器（３）を有している。この貯蔵器は、はじめ、注入器容器から分離されている。この注入器容器は、穴（１０）を有し、この穴の中に、下流側密閉部が入り込み、また、この穴は、この穴の上流側の開口部に対して断面積を減少させる少なくとも１つの隆起を有する。本発明の目的は、下流側密閉部が容器の穴（１０）の中に入り込む時に、この下流側密閉部の跳ね返りを緩和し防止することである。
Patent JP-2008107764-A (JP)
Title: Display device, image processing method, and electronic apparatus
Inventor: HAMAGISHI GORO
IPC: G09G3/20
Filed: 2007-01-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device capable of easily synthesizing multiple viewpoint images without distortion.  <P>SOLUTION: The display device displays a plurality of images (1) to (4) on one and the same screen W, and spatially separates each of the images (1) to (4) by an image separation means, and the plurality of images (1) to (4) are synthesized so that a display pixel P of the synthesized image synthesizing the plurality of images (1) to (4) on the one and the same screen W is almost a square. In each image, it is preferred that the three sub-pixels of a red sub-pixel r, a green sub-pixel g, and a blue sub-pixel b are arranged almost equally in the one display pixel.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008168521-A (JP)
Title: Phosphorescent rubber plate, mat using phosphorescent rubber plate, and manufacturing method of phosphorescent rubber plate
Inventor: MATSUMOTO YURIKO
IPC: A47G27/02
Filed: 2007-01-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a phosphorescent rubber plate reducing manufacturing cost by reducing content of a phosphorescent material, maintaining light emitting property high, and having excellent durability to make it possible to be used for a long time period, a mat using the phosphorescent rubber plate, and a manufacturing method of the phosphorescent rubber plate.  <P>SOLUTION: The phosphorescent rubber plate 1 has an uncrosslinked rubber plate 2 comprising natural rubber or synthetic rubber as a main ingredient before crosslinking compression forming and a phosphorescent sheet 3 having a phosphorescent function in a predetermined shape, and the phosphorescent sheet 3 arrange on the rubber plate 2 is integrated with the rubber plate 2 by compression during the crosslinking compression forming of the rubber plate 2.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008170350-A (JP)
Title: Hemoglobin measurement method
Inventor: OISHI KAZUYUKI
IPC: G01N27/447
Filed: 2007-01-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hemoglobin measurement method capable of measuring hemoglobin, particularly stabilized hemoglobin A1c which can be used as an indicator for the diagnosis of diabetes, within a short period of time and with high accuracy.  <P>SOLUTION: In the method for measuring hemoglobin using an electrophoresis apparatus, the voltage of 100-2,000 V is applied using a microchip having a migration path whose inner surface is coated with hydrophilic polymer, length is 10-100 mm, and width is 10-100 μm, and buffer solution whose pH is 5.0-6.0 and salt concentration is 10-300 mM.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007092523-A (JP)
Title: Ventilation structure at house backside
Inventor: IZUMI TAKAHIRO
IPC: E04B1/70
Filed: 2007-01-16
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the structure of a ventilator installed between the inside or outside of a room and the house backside, which ventilator, at the time of a fire or strong winds, has its passage closed to prevent the entry of flames or rainwater into the house backside.  <P>SOLUTION: The ventilator passage 2 is characterized in that its both sides located between the room outside and the house backside are defined by vertical walls 3, 4, its bottom is open outward and its ceiling has many slits 5, that fitting recesses 13, 14 are provided at the vertical walls 3, 4, and that an incombustible volume-expanding material A or an open/close valve 15 is removably fitted with these recesses 13, 14.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007192823-A (JP)
Title: Fluid level sensor
Inventor: KETELHOHN CHARLIE
IPC: G01F23/26
Filed: 2007-01-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a defect of a conventional electronic fluid sensor having a complex structure and low reliability, although the electronic fluid level sensor which does not have the defect in a float type sensor is proposed.  <P>SOLUTION: The fluid level sensor comprises a parallel plate electrostatic capacitance base probe arranged at the bottom of a fluid vessel, and a controller for generating an electrostatic capacitance-dependence signal which shows the fluid level in the vessel by receiving the signal from the probe.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008176179-A (JP)
Title: Electro-optical device and electronic equipment
Inventor: KAWADA HIROTAKA
IPC: G02F1/1368
Filed: 2007-01-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the capacitance of a storage capacitor, and to easily design the layout of pixels.  <P>SOLUTION: In an electro-optical device, a spacer dielectric film (49) is formed as at least partially overlapping a main part (71a) in a plane view in a second region with respect to a lower electrode (71) of a storage capacitor (70), but not overlapping another part of the main body (71a) placed in a first region. An upper electrode (300) is extended to climb over at least the overlapping part of the spacer dielectric film (49) and the main part (71a) in the second region; and an extended part (71b) is formed as extended from at least part of the main body placed in the second region but not overlapping the upper electrode (300).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008179044-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: SAEKI TOSHINORI
IPC: B41J17/32
Filed: 2007-01-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of effectively suppressing waste of an ink sheet without making a structure complicated even when inferiority of printing occurs.  <P>SOLUTION: This image forming apparatus (sublimation type printer 100) is equipped with an apparatus body removably mounted with an ink sheet cartridge 40 in which the ink sheet 41 successively connected with three primary colors of color is stored, and a printing head 2 provided in the mainframe and printing an image on paper 50. In the ink sheet 41, among three primary colors of the color, only an Y-color (yellow) printing sheet 41c arranged at the head is increased in volume, and the mainframe is constituted so that the paper 50 on which the Y-color (yellow) printing sheet 41c is printed is exposed in the middle of printing.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007235936-A (JP)
Title: Radio receiving apparatus and radio receiving method
Inventor: ENG YEW SOO
IPC: H04B1/7183
Filed: 2007-01-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a radio receiving apparatus and a radio receiving method in wherein synchronization is established at high speed with high reliability.  <P>SOLUTION: An IR receiver 100 includes: a correlator 154 that correlates a received pulse signal with a first pulse template; a first synchronization control means including a threshold determining part 156 that determines, based on a result of the correlation, whether first synchronization (coarse synchronization) is established and shifts correlation timing between the received pulse signal and a first pulse template when the first synchronization has not been established; a correlator 162 that correlates the correlation result of a first correlating means with a second shorter pulse template after the establishment of the first synchronization; and a second synchronization control means including a threshold determining part 164 that determines, based on a result of this correlation, whether second synchronization (fine synchronization) is established, shifts correlation timing between the correlation result of the correlator 154 and the second pulse template when the second synchronization has not been established, and outputs the timing information of the establishment of the second synchronization when the second synchronization is established.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008185671-A (JP)
Title: Organic electroluminescence display device, control method for organic electroluminescence device, and electronic equipment
Inventor: MORIWAKI TOSHIKI
IPC: G09G3/30
Filed: 2007-01-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To optimally control luminance in each device without being affected by the difference in changes caused by temperature in the emission luminance-application voltage characteristics in each device.  <P>SOLUTION: A change amount in emission luminance in each display pixel is detected by an emission luminance change detection unit 507 based on the detection output of a light receiving element 38, as well as a change amount in temperature in each pixel is detected by a temperature change detection unit 510 based on the detection output of a temperature detection unit 40 using the same organic EL element as in pixels as a detection element. The change amount in luminance in each pixel is reflected on the change amount in temperature in each pixel by a data normalization process unit 511 so as to generate a control signal for controlling the duty of emission/non-emission. The luminance correction is controlled by carrying out the duty control based on the above control signal.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008183155-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: HAMATAKE TAKAYUKI
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 2007-01-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which can inform the player of a rough plus quantity added to the quantity of acquired game mediums in total on real time and instinctively.  <P>SOLUTION: A subtraction means 208 subtracts the value of an inserted quantity counter 202 from a put-out token counter 203 with the timing of counting up (addition) of the cast token counter 202 or the put-out token counter 203 by the control of a control microcomputer 81 and computes the number of tokens in hand at that time. The quantity of tokens in hand is reported on real time to the player by the lighting up or flickering condition of side lamps 85a to 85f by the control of the control microcomputer 81 and a sound/lamp control microcomputer 91.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007137681-A (JP)
Title: Elevator
Inventor: ASAMI IKUO
IPC: B66B11/04
Filed: 2007-01-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator having such a mounting structure that attaches a driving device of a traction type elevator without machine room according to the dimension of a shaft being equal to that of a conventional elevator and supports it firmly.  <P>SOLUTION: In this elevator for driving a suspension rope 10 by a traction sheave 9 to elevate, lower, and drive a car 4 and a balance weight 5, the driving device 6 provided with the traction sheave 9 is arranged on supporting beams 3a, 3b for connecting guide rails for car 1a, 1b with guide rails for balance weight 2a, 2b integrally and respectively.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008186736-A (JP)
Title: Fuel cell stack
Inventor: NONOBE TOSHIHIKO
IPC: H01M8/02
Filed: 2007-01-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell stack capable of applying an appropriate fastening load to a power generation part and a seal part, suppressing activation polarization and resistance polarization, increasing performance, increasing durability of a sealing member, facilitating the production of an MEA plate and a separator plate, separately replacing the power generation part and seal part, enhancing reliability, and reducing cost.  <P>SOLUTION: The MEA plate forming the seal part in the outer periphery of the power generation part comprising an MEA interposing an electrolyte layer between a fuel electrode and an oxygen electrode is interposed between separator plates in which a fuel gas passage is formed along the fuel electrode and an oxidant passage is formed along the oxygen electrode, and stacked to form a cell stack. In the MEA plate, the power generation part and the seal part are separately formed, and in the separator plate, a separator power generation part coming in contact with the power generation part and a separator seal part coming in contact with the seal part are formed as separate parts.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008191736-A (JP)
Title: Printing system
Inventor: KOBAYASHI HIDEYUKI
IPC: B41J29/38
Filed: 2007-02-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing system that, if image data is set in a particular folder, can print in expanded or reduced size according to a method of processing the image data associated with the folder, and that can lay out and print a plurality of image data.  <P>SOLUTION: The printing system has a monitoring means for monitoring if image data is set in a particular folder. The system also has a definition means for defining a plurality of processing methods for the image data set in the particular folder and a storage means for storing the methods of processing the image data as attributes associated with the particular folder. Further, the printing system has a display means and a printing means for displaying and printing the image data according to the attributes associated with the folder provided that the image data is set in the particular folder.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008189813-A (JP)
Title: Luminous coating composition for indication
Inventor: TOYODA MASAAKI
IPC: C09D7/40
Filed: 2007-02-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a luminous coating composition suitable for the indication on a pavement like a walking trail where high abrasion resistance is not required, and the visibility by retroreflection can not be expected.  <P>SOLUTION: Provided is a hot melt adhesive type coating composition for indication comprising a thermoplastic binder, a body material, a plasticizer, glass beads and a powder of luminous material. The composition comprises 10-25 mass% of the thermoplastic binder, 0.5-2.0 mass% of the plasticizer, 20-40 mass% of the body material (an extender), 18-50 mass% of the glass beads and 5-35 mass% of the powder of luminous material, wherein the ration of the glass beads/the powder of luminous material (mass mixing ratio)=5/1-1/3, and not more than 0.8 mass% of a coloring pigment.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008192462-A (JP)
Title: Fuel cell system
Inventor: SUGANO YOSHIHITO
IPC: H01M8/04
Filed: 2007-02-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make compatible of prevention of reduction of fuel cell performance caused by accumulation of impurities in an anode gas flow passage and suppression of the volume of a fuel gas exhausted outside a system for the fuel cell system.  <P>SOLUTION: In this fuel cell system, a downstream side end part of the anode gas flow passage is made to be openable or closable by an exhaust valve 14. As for the exhaust valve 14, an exhaust mode in which a minute amount of the gas is exhausted outside the system in comparison with the fuel gas consumption in the anode gas flow passage, and a choking mode which cuts off communication with anode gas flow passage and the outside of the system are made selective in an alternative way. At the time of the operation of the fuel cell 2, the flow to the down stream direction of the impurities in the anode gas flow passage is detected, and when the flow in the downstream direction of the impurities is detected, the exhaust mode is selected. On the other hand, the choking mode is selected until the flow to the down stream direction of the impurities is detected.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007213580-A (JP)
Title: Laptop type machine tool controller simulator
Inventor: FABRIS JAMES D
IPC: G06F3/02
Filed: 2007-02-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an easy-to-transport simulator allowing simulation of operation of a machine tool controller.  <P>SOLUTION: This simulator for the machine tool controller having a first display screen and a plurality of first user operable devices (called first devices) has a laptop computer having a keyboard having a user operable device (called a second device) and a second display screen. The second device corresponds to the first device, and has arrangement similar to arrangement of the first device. A communication medium connected to the second device performs communication of user input provided through the second device. The computer is connected to the communication medium to receive the user input, and responds to the user input to display an image on the second display screen. The image simulates an image displayed on the first display screen of the controller in response to the user input.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008194344-A (JP)
Title: Game mode change method for game machine and slot machine
Inventor: OKUDA YOSHINORI
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 2007-02-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily win and gain a change in a game mode where a winning combination is easily created, even if the game mode is set to a mode hard to create the winning combination when shifting to a special game control state creating the winning combination more easily than a regular game control state.  <P>SOLUTION: When a special winning combination is achieved in the regular game, the game machine shifts the game to a bonus game where a minor winning combination is achieved more easily than the regular game and sets a game mode to either of a super big bonus (SBB) or a normal big bonus (NBB). When the advantage acquired by the player reaches a maximum allowance value in the bonus game, the bonus game is finished. When the regular game is shifted to the bonus game NBB, the specific minor winning combination is defined to be easily created and, when the specific minor winning combination is achieved in the bonus game, whether or not the game mode is changed from NBB to SBB is determined by a lottery having an improved winning probability according to the number of continuously achieved times of the specific minor winning combination.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT