# US 2017/0256126 A1 · Slot machine

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- Number: US 2017/0256126 A1
- Document ID: US20170256126A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/449,060
- Filed: 2017-03-03
- Published: 2017-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2016-03-04
- Inventors: Juichi KIMURA; Juntak JEON
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170256126A1

## CPC

- G07F 17/3213: {Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members}
- G07F 17/3209: {Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen}
- G07F 17/3244: {Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes}
- G07F 17/34: depending on the stopping of moving members {in a mechanical slot machine}, e.g. "fruit" machines
- G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00})

## Abstract

There is provided a slot machine capable of providing a player with a new type of amusement via an intuitive operation, as a result of interlocking between the touch panel and mechanism. A slot machine 1 that determines hitting of a prize according to an arrangement of a plurality of symbols in a regular game, includes: a special game control unit for controlling a special game which is started with winning a prize in the regular game as a trigger; a fixed display 62 for displaying the special game; a movable overlapping unit 63 provided in front of the fixed display 62; a touch panel 61 provided in the nearest side of a player; and an interlocking control unit for interlocking the overlapping unit 63 in accordance with a specific input operation to the touch panel 61, and the movement of the overlapping unit 63 by the specific input operation and display of the special game by the fixed display 62 are synchronized with each other.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A slot machine that determines hitting of a prize according to an arrangement of a plurality of symbols in a regular game, the slot machine comprising:
a special game control unit configured to control a special game which is started with winning a prize in the regular game as a trigger;
a fixed display configured to display the special game;
a movable overlapping unit provided in front of the fixed display;
a touch panel provided in the nearest side of a player; and
an interlocking control unit configured to interlock the overlapping unit in accordance with a specific input operation to the touch panel, wherein
the slot machine executes the special game by synchronizing movement of the overlapping unit by the specific input operation and display by the fixed display.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein
the fixed display displays hitting or losing of a prize in the special game, and
the overlapping unit is moved by the specific input operation so as to expose the display by the fixed display.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the overlapping unit is a movable display which guides and displays to a player a specific input operation on the touch panel.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the overlapping unit is a shielding unit formed by one or more board members which do not display by themselves.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the interlocking control unit determines whether or not a position on the touch panel touched by the player is within a region occupied by the overlapping unit and, when the position is within the region, causes the overlapping unit to follow the movement of the touch position.