US 2022/0284758 A1Published application

Layered display monitors

AssigneeAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited

InventorsEric Winston, Timothy Seckel

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Abstract

An electronic gaming machine (EGM) may include one or more movable displays. One or more movable displays may be used to present a base game when in a first configuration. In response to a trigger event, the movable display(s) may reveal a game feature presentation device, such as a stationary display or a set of mechanical reels, which was hidden when the one or more movable displays were in the first configuration. The underlying game feature presentation device may be used to present a bonus feature and/or to present a different aspect of the base game. Alternatively, the movable display(s) may be hidden (e.g., inside the EGM) when in a first configuration, during which time a fixed display portion may be presenting a base game. The movable display(s) may present a bonus feature and/or a different aspect of the base game when in the second configuration.

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Dependent claims

An electronic gaming machine, comprising:

a display system including a moveable main display having a front surface;
a motor system configured to position the moveable main display;
a first telescoping rail and a second telescoping rail coupled to the moveable main display, wherein the first telescoping rail and the second telescoping rail are behind the front surface of the moveable main display when viewed at an angle normal to the front surface;
and
a control system including one or more processors, the control system being configured to:
control the display system to present a base game on the moveable main display while the moveable main display is in a first configuration in which a game feature presentation device is not viewable based on a first position of the moveable main display,
determine a trigger event that triggers a bonus game during a presentation of an instance of the base game, and
control the motor system to move the moveable main display from the first configuration to a second configuration in response to the trigger event, the second configuration being a configuration in which the game feature presentation device is viewable based on a second position of the moveable main display.

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Application: 17/664,391Filed 20 May 2022
Priority: 14 Jun 2018
Published: 8 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G07F 17/3211
Player-machine interfaces: display means
G06F 1/1607
Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays: arrangements to support accessories…
G06F 1/1616
With several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function: with folding flat displays,…
G06F 1/1624
With several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function: with sliding enclosures, e.g.…

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Application16/009,043Continuation · filed 14 Jun 2018
Application16/949,787Division · filed 13 Nov 2020
Application17/664,391Division
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