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US 9,728,032 B2Granted
Generating auto-stereo gaming images with degrees of parallax effect according to player position
AssigneeBally Gaming, Inc.
InventorsBryan M. Kelly, Stephen Patton, Sean Martin, Martin Lyons, Rod Ang, Randy Hedrick
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Abstract
Gaming devices and methods are set forth which provide for face or body tracking to generate content concurrently displayed with several degrees of the motion parallax effect.
Claims18
A gaming device for play of an electronic wagering game comprising:
- a processor;
- an auto-stereo electronic display;
- an apparatus configured to generate data corresponding to a relative position of at least a portion of a body of a user of the gaming device relative to the auto-stereo electronic display, said relative position changeable during operation of the gaming device;
- and
- a memory storage device configured to store instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the gaming device to perform operations to:
- (a) receive said data from said apparatus,
- (b) determine, based on the data received from the apparatus, the relative position of the at least the portion of the body of the user relative to the auto-stereo electronic display,
- (c) render a first auto-stereo image of a first symbol of a slot reel and a second auto-stereo image of a second, different symbol of the slot reel at said auto-stereo electronic display in connection with said electronic wagering game based upon motion parallax associated with the relative position of the at least the portion of the body of the user of the gaming device relative to the auto-stereo electronic display, and
- (d) as the slot reel spins, display:
- (i) at a center of a rendered portion of the slot reel, said first auto-stereo image of the first symbol with a first degree of three-dimensional motion parallax effect which causes the first symbol to appear to extrude from the slot reel;
- and
- (ii) at a top or bottom of the rendered portion of the slot reel, said second auto-stereo image of the second symbol with a second degree of three-dimensional motion parallax effect which causes the second symbol to appear to extrude from the slot reel, wherein:
- (A) the second degree of three-dimensional motion parallax effect is greater than the first degree of three-dimensional motion parallax effect;
- and
- (B) the first symbol and the second symbol are displayed concurrently during a same game play round of the electronic wagering game.
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A method for controlling a gaming device for play of an electronic wagering game, the method comprising:
- generating, by an apparatus, data corresponding to a relative position of at least a portion of a body of a user of the gaming device relative to an auto-stereo electronic display, wherein the relative position is changeable during operation of the gaming device;
- receiving, by one or more processors, the data from the apparatus;
- determining, by the one or more processors based on the data received from the apparatus, the relative position of the at least the portion of the body of the user relative to the auto-stereo electronic display,
- rendering, by the one or more processors, a first auto-stereo image of a first symbol of a slot reel and a second auto-stereo image of a second, different symbol of the slot reel at said auto-stereo electronic display in connection with said electronic wagering game based upon motion parallax associated with the relative position of the at least the portion of the body of the user of the gaming device relative to the auto-stereo electronic display, and
- as the slot reel spins, display via the one or more processors:
- at a center of a rendered portion of the slot reel, said first auto-stereo image of the first symbol with a first degree of three-dimensional motion parallax effect which causes the first symbol to appear to extrude from the slot reel;
- and
- at a top or bottom of the rendered portion of the slot reel, the second auto-stereo image of the second symbol with a second degree of three-dimensional motion parallax effect which causes the second symbol to appear to extrude from the slot reel, wherein:
- the second degree of three-dimensional motion parallax effect is greater than the first degree of three-dimensional motion parallax effect;
- and
- the first symbol and the second symbol are displayed concurrently during a same game play round of the electronic wagering game.
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A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, control a gaming device to play an electronic wagering game, instructions comprising:
- instructions to generate, by an apparatus, data corresponding to a relative position of at least a portion of a body of a user of the gaming device relative to an auto-stereo electronic display, wherein the relative position is changeable during operation of the gaming device;
- instructions to receive, by one or more processors, the data from the apparatus;
- instructions to determine, by the one or more processors based on the data received from the apparatus, the relative position of the at least the portion of the body of the user relative to the auto-stereo electronic display;
- instructions to render, by the one or more processors, a first auto-stereo image of a first symbol of a slot reel and a second auto-stereo image of a second, different symbol of the slot reel at said auto-stereo electronic display in connection with said electronic wagering game based upon motion parallax associated with the relative position of the at least the portion of the body of the user of the gaming device relative to the auto-stereo electronic display;
- and
- as the slot reel spins, instructions to display via the one or more processors:
- at a center of a rendered portion of the slot reel, said first auto-stereo image of the first symbol with a first degree of three-dimensional motion parallax effect which causes the first symbol to appear to extrude from the slot reel;
- and
- at a top or bottom of the rendered portion of the slot reel, the second auto-stereo image of the second symbol with a second degree of three-dimensional motion parallax effect which causes the second symbol to appear to extrude from the slot reel, wherein:
- the second degree of three-dimensional motion parallax effect is greater than the first degree of three-dimensional motion parallax effect;
- and
- the first symbol and the second symbol are displayed concurrently during a same game play round of the electronic wagering game.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.