US 8,986,109 B2Granted

Electronic gaming and/or gambling machine

AssigneeNovomatic AG

InventorsJohann F. Graf, Eduard Svoboda

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Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic gaming and/or gambling machine, in particular to a slot machine which is coin operable or is operable by monetary equivalents, comprising a display apparatus for the display of at least one game and optionally additional information, with the display apparatus having at least a first and a second screen on which at least one screen display, preferably a main game, and one second screen display, preferably a bonus game and/or additional information, can be displayed as well as a control panel for the actuation of the gaming and/or gambling machine. In accordance with the invention, the electronic gaming and/or gambling machine is characterized in that a switching device is provided which is actuable by a machine user by an input device for the switching of the first screen representation from the first screen to the second screen and of the second screen representation from the second screen to the first screen or to a further screen and/or vice versa.

Claims23

Dependent claims

An electronic gaming or gambling machine or combination thereof, comprising:

a display apparatus for displaying at least one game, wherein the display apparatus has at least a first and a second screen on which at least one first screen representation comprising a main game, and one second screen representation comprising at least one of a bonus game and additional information, can be displayed, and wherein the first and second screen are tilted relative to each other at an obtuse angle;
a control panel for the actuation of at least one of the gaming and gambling machine;
an input device comprising an actuation button, wherein the actuation button comprises at least one of a push button and a touch screen button;
and
a switching device actuatable by a machine user by the input device for a switching of the first screen representation from the first screen to the second screen or to a further screen or vice versa and of the second screen representation from the second screen to the first screen or to a further screen or vice versa;
wherein the actuation button is configured to actuate the switching device by at least one of actuating and touching the button;
and
wherein said switching device is configured to be actuatable by a machine user independently from the course of a game and from the control of the game and is made such that the screen representations can be switched to and from the first and second screens during an ongoing game;
and
wherein the switching device is configured to replace the entire screen display of the first screen with the entire screen display of the second or a further screen and replace the entire screen display of the second display with the entire screen display of the first or a further screen.

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An electronic gaming or gambling machine or combination thereof, comprising:

a display apparatus for displaying at least one game, wherein the display apparatus has at least a first and a second screen on which at least one first screen representation comprising a main game, and one second screen representation comprising at least one of a bonus game and additional information, can be displayed, and wherein the first and second screens are arranged separate from each other by a housing portion;
a control panel for the actuation of at least one of the gaming and gambling machine;
an input device comprising an actuation button, wherein the actuation button comprises at least one of a push button and a touch screen button;
and
a switching device actuatable by a machine user by the input device for a switching of the first screen representation from the first screen to the second screen or to a further screen or vice versa and of the second screen representation from the second screen to the first screen or to a further screen or vice versa;
wherein the actuation button is configured to actuate the switching device by at least one of actuating and touching the button;
and
wherein said switching device is configured to be actuatable by a machine user independently from the course of a game and from the control of the game and is made such that the screen representations can be switched to and from the first and second screens during an ongoing game;
and
wherein the switching device is configured to replace the entire screen display of the first screen with the entire screen display of the second or a further screen and replace the entire screen display of the second display with the entire screen display of the first or a further screen.

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An electronic gaming or gambling machine or combination thereof, comprising:

a display apparatus for displaying at least one game, wherein the display apparatus has at least a first and a second screen on which at least one first screen representation comprising a main game, and one second screen representation comprising at least one of a bonus game and additional information, can be displayed, and wherein the first and second screen are adjacent to each other;
a control panel for the actuation of at least one of the gaming and gambling machine;
an input device comprising an actuation button, wherein the actuation button comprises at least one of a push button and a touch screen button;
and
a switching device actuatable by a machine user by the input device for a switching of the first screen representation from the first screen to the second screen or to a further screen or vice versa and of the second screen representation from the second screen to the first screen or to a further screen or vice versa;
wherein the actuation button is configured to actuate the switching device by at least one of actuating and touching the button;
and
wherein said switching device is configured to be actuatable by a machine user independently from the course of a game and from the control of the game and is made such that the screen representations can be switched to and from the first and second screens during an ongoing game;
and
wherein the switching device is configured to replace the entire screen display of the first screen with the entire screen display of the second or a further screen and replace the entire screen display of the second display with the entire screen display of the first or a further screen.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/286,779Filed 23 May 2014 · continuation
Priority: 16 Jul 2009
Published: US 2014/0342812 A120 Nov 2014
Granted: 24 Mar 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G07F 17/3211
Player-machine interfaces: display means
A63F 13/493
Saving the game status; Pausing or ending the game: resuming a game, e.g. after pausing, malfunction or power failure
G07F 17/3244
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
G07F 17/34
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Family

Application12/523,385Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Jul 2009
US 8,764,546 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Jul 2014
US 2014/0342812 A1Pre-grant publication · published 20 Nov 2014
US 2010/0048285 A1Published application
US 8,986,109 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.