Presenting display objects in a gaming machine
AssigneeWMS Gaming Inc.
InventorJames M. Rasmussen
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Abstract
An apparatus for lighting display objects in a gaming machine is described herein. In one embodiment, a gaming machine includes a display object to be viewed and a light source to emit light. The gaming machine also includes a light-guiding panel. The light-guiding panel includes an edge to receive the light from the light source and a surface through which the light is reflected. In one embodiment, the surface includes a window through which the display object can be viewed. In one embodiment, the light is substantially uniformly reflected through all but the window of the surface.
Claims12
A gaming machine comprising:
- a display object;
- a light-guiding panel including opposing front and back surfaces and a panel edge extending between the front and back surfaces, the panel having a uniform refractive index and receiving light emitted into the panel via the panel edge from a light source, the panel including a window, wherein the window is a cutout extending through the front and back surfaces of the light-guiding panel and includes a plurality of cutout edges, and wherein the display object can be viewed through the cutout by a player in front of the gaming machine;
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- an opaque material covering the plurality of cutout edges, wherein the opaque material impedes the light from entering the window.
A gaming machine comprising:
- a display object;
- a light-guiding panel having a uniform refractive index and receiving light emitted into the panel from a light source, the panel including a window through which the display object can be viewed by a player in front of the gaming machine, the window including a plurality of window edges;
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- a lens coupled to at least one of the window edges, wherein the lens focuses some of the light from within the light-guiding panel onto the display object.
A gaming machine comprising:
- at least one mechanical reel;
- a light-guiding panel including opposing front and back surfaces and a panel edge extending between the front and back surfaces, the panel having a uniform refractive index and receiving light emitted into the panel via the panel edge from a light source, the panel including at least one cutout extending through the front and back surfaces of the light-guiding panel, the at least one cutout including a plurality of cutout edges, wherein the at least one mechanical reel can be viewed through the at least one cutout by a player in front of the gaming machine;
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- opaque material covering the plurality of cutout edges such that the opaque material impedes the light from entering the window.
A gaming machine comprising:
- at least one mechanical reel;
- a light-guiding panel having a uniform refractive index and receiving light emitted into the panel from a light source, the panel including a window through which the at least one mechanical reel can be viewed by a player in front of the gaming machine, the window including a plurality of window edges;
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- a lens coupled to at least one of the window edges, wherein the lens directs some of the light from within the light-guiding panel onto the at least one mechanical reel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.