Gaming machine arranging two symbol columns in the same order
AssigneeKonami Gaming, Inc.
InventorsDaisuke Nakamura, Arata Sugiyama, Scott Delekta
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Abstract
The present invention may be gaming machine, including a mechanical reel which is configured with a plurality of rotatable reels, each reel indicating indicia on a circumferential surface of the reel, a display which shows a part of the circumferential surface and a controller which stops two reels to indicate the same kinds of indicia with the same arrangement on the circumferential surface of each of the two reels shown on the display, the two reels being installed contrastively to a vertical axis dividing a plurality of the rotatable reels.
Claims16
A gaming machine, comprising:
- a mechanical reel, which is configured with a plurality of rotatable reels adjacent reels being axially-spaced along a centerline axis, each mechanical reel including a plurality of symbols being display in a predetermined order on a circumferential surface of the reel, the plurality of mechanical reels including at least one pair of reels, each reel of the pair of reels having the same symbols being displayed in the same order on the circumferential surface;
- a display, which shows a part of the circumferential surface of each mechanical reel;
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- a controller for starting a rotation of the at least one pair of reels from a starting position, the starting position including each reel of the at least one pair of reels displaying different portions of the circumferential surface of the respective reel so as to display a different sequence of symbols on the display, the controller for rotating a first reel of the at least one pair of reels at a first rotational speed, rotating a second reel of the at least one pair of reels at a second rotational speed that is different than the first rotational speed to synchronize the display of the symbols on each of the first reel and the second reel such that the at least one pair of reels have the same symbols being displayed in the same order on the display during rotation,
- stopping at least one pair of reels such that each of the at least one pair of reels displays the same symbols in the same order on the corresponding circumferential surface of the display, and
- wherein the controller adjusts a deceleration of the first reel to synchronize the display of symbols in the first reel and the second reel when stopped.
A method of displaying symbols on a gaming machine, the gaming machine including a plurality of axially-spaced reels, a display which shows a part of each reel of the plurality of axially-spaced mechanical reels, and a controller operatively coupled to the plurality of axially-spaced reels for rotating and stopping each mechanical reel of the plurality of axially-spaced mechanical reels, each mechanical reel of the plurality of axially spaced mechanical reels including a plurality of symbols being displayed in a predetermined order on a circumferential surface, the plurality of mechanical reels including at least one pair of reels, each reel of the at least one pair of reels having the same symbols being arranged in the same order on the corresponding circumferential surface, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, by the controller, a signal indicative of a player's selection to being a game on the gaming machine;
- generating an outcome of the game including a combination of symbols being displayed on the display;
- rotating each of the mechanical reels from a starting position upon receiving the player's selection, the starting position including each of the at least one pair of reels displaying different portions of the circumferential surface of the respective reel so as to display a different sequence of symbols on the display;
- rotating a first reel of the at least one pair of reels at a first rotational speed;
- rotating a second reel of the at least one pair of reels at a second rotational speed that is different than the first rotational speed to synchronize the display of the symbols on each of the first reel and the second reel such that each reel of the at least one pair of reels has the same symbols being displayed in the same order on the display during rotation;
- stopping the at least one pair of reels so as display the same symbols in the same order on each reel of the at least one pair of reels on the display;
- stopping an independent reel other than the stopped at least one pair of reels to display the generated outcome;
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- providing the player an award based on at least in part on the generated game outcome, and
- wherein the controller adjusts a deceleration of the first reel to synchronize the display of symbols in the first reel and the second reel when stopped.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.