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US 12,731,561 B2Granted
Electronic gaming machine having transmissive reels with reel strips that provide space symbols for image displays
AssigneeIgt
InventorScott Jones
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Abstract
A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly including rotatable reel having a reel strip including a space symbol having an image space area and a graphic area, and a transmissive display device defining a see-through window aligned with the rotatable reel and configured to display an image in the window aligned with the image space area of the space symbol of the reel strip.
Claims20
An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a housing;
- a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly comprising a rotatable reel comprising a reel strip, the reel strip comprising a plurality of symbols comprising a first symbol, the first symbol being a space symbol comprising a first image space area and a first graphic area;
- a transmissive display device supported by the housing in a position in front of the reel assembly, the transmissive display device defining a see-through window aligned with the rotatable reel;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- for a first spin of the rotatable reel:
- cause the rotatable reel to rotate,
- cause the rotatable reel to stop at a first position at which the first symbol is viewable through the see-through window, and
- communicate data to the transmissive display device to cause the transmissive display device to display a first image in the window and aligned with the first image space area of the first symbol;
- and
- for a second spin of the rotatable reel:
- cause the rotatable reel to rotate,
- cause the rotatable reel to stop at the first position at which the first symbol is viewable through the see-through window, and
- communicate data to the transmissive display device to cause the transmissive display device to display a second image in the window and aligned with the first image space area of the first symbol, the second image being different than the first image.
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An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a housing;
- a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly comprising a plurality of rotatable reels, each reel comprising a reel strip, the reel strips comprising a plurality of symbols comprising a first space symbol comprising a first image space area, a second image space area, and a first graphic area, wherein the first image space area is separate from the second image space area;
- and
- a transmissive display device supported by the housing in a position in front of the reel assembly, the transmissive display device defining a plurality of see-through windows aligned with the plurality of rotatable reels;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- cause the rotatable reels to rotate,
- cause one of the rotatable reels to stop at a position at which the first space symbol is viewable through one of the see-through windows, and
- communicate data to the transmissive display device to cause the transmissive display device to display a first image in the window aligned with the first image space area of the first space symbol and a second image in the window aligned with the second image space area of the first space symbol.
7 more elements
An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a housing;
- a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly comprising a rotatable reel comprising a reel strip, the reel strip comprising a plurality of symbols comprising a first symbol comprising a first image space area at a first position on the reel strip;
- a transmissive display device supported by the housing in a position in front of the reel assembly, the transmissive display device defining a see-through window aligned with the rotatable reel;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- for a first spin of the rotatable reel:
- cause the rotatable reel to rotate,
- cause the rotatable reel to stop at the first position at which the first symbol is viewable through the see-through window, and
- communicate data to the transmissive display device to cause the transmissive display device to display an image in the window aligned with the first image space area of the first symbol;
- and
- for a second spin of the rotatable reel:
- cause the rotatable reel to rotate,
- cause the rotatable reel to stop at the first position at which the first symbol is viewable through the see-through window, and
- not communicate data to the transmissive display device to cause the transmissive display device to display the image in the window aligned with the first image space area of the first symbol.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.