US 7,404,767 B2Granted

Gaming machine having a main display and a magnified sub display

AssigneeAruze Corp.

InventorTakanori Hattori

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Abstract

The gaming machine is constituted of a main body including a main display on which a game image is displayed and a sub display on which a portion of the game image is displayed in an enlarged manner, an aiming controller being configured to be movable over the main display and indicating an aiming position on the game image displayed on the main display, first display control means performing a display control of the game image on the main display, aiming position detection means detecting the aiming position on the game image indicated by the aiming controller, and second display control means performing an enlarged display control of a portion of the game image on the sub display such that the portion of the game image includes the aiming position detected by the aiming position detection means.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A gaming machine comprising:

a main body including a main display on which a game image is displayed which is arranged in a substantially horizontal posture and a sub display on which a portion of the game image is displayed in an enlarged manner and which is arranged contiguously with the main body;
an aiming controller being configured to be movable over the main display and indicating an aiming position on the game image displayed on the main display;
first display control device performing a display control of the game image on the main display;
aiming position detection device detecting the aiming position on the game image indicated by the aiming controller;
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second display control device performing an enlarged display control of a portion of the game image on the sub display such that the portion of the game image includes the aiming position detected by the aiming position detection device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/981,454Filed 5 Nov 2004
Priority: JP 2003-38037810 Nov 2003
Published: US 2005/0101366 A112 May 2005
Granted: 29 Jul 2008
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

A63F 13/26
Output arrangements for video game devices: having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
A63F 13/426
By mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual…:…
A63F 13/219
Characterised by their sensors, purposes or types: for aiming at specific areas on the display, e.g. light-guns
A63F 13/52
Controlling the output signals based on the game progress: involving aspects of the displayed game scene