Gaming machine
AssigneesKonami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd., Yamasa Corporation
InventorsMasaaki Ozaki, Takahisa Kaneko, Ken Nishioka, Tsuneo Uchida, Hiroshi Kawakami, Yoshio Aoki, Takashi Yamaguchi
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Abstract
A game machine has a back side display unit composed of reels for displaying back patterns, and a front side display unit composed of transparent EL panels for displaying overlapping patterns overlapping with the back patterns. The back side display unit and the front side display unit are disposed not to produce blind spot regions of the back patterns. The game machine can provide various overlapping patterns with good visibility and a high game selection capability to a player.
Claims18
A gaming machine for providing a game to a player, comprising:
- a first display device having a plurality of first cells arranged in a matrix, the matrix having a plurality of columns and at least one row;
- a second display device, the second display device being stationary and generally transparent and being located in front of the first display device with respect to the player, the second display device having at least one second cell corresponding to, and aligned with, one of the first cells of the matrix of the first display device, the second display device being further configured to controllably display images in the at least one second cell;
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- a game controller, coupled to the first display device and the second display device, the game controller being configured to determine an outcome of the game, the outcome of the game including an arrangement of symbols displayed in the matrix of the first display device, the game controller being configured to controllably display, without moving the second display device, in the at least one second cell of the second display device one of a blank transparent cell and an overlay graphic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.