Gaming machine with a curved display

• US 10,363,480 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2016
• Issued: 07/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Video Gaming Technologies Incorporated (Aristocrat Leisure Limited)
• Original Assignee: Video Gaming Technologies Incorporated (Aristocrat Leisure Limited)
• Inventors: Hennessy, Edward, Cuddy, Ryan, Sprinkle, Jason Todd, Mellender, Paul W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ahmed, Masud
• Application Number:
  US15/333,614
• Publication Number:
  US 20170036107A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,008 Days
• Field of Search: 463 16- 25
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/2145 the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/26 having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means

Abstract

A gaming machine that includes a cabinet, a peripheral device coupled to the cabinet, a curved video display, and a processor is provided. The curved video display includes an edge surface of the curved video display that is in contact with the peripheral device. The gaming machine includes a processor that programmed to display, on the curved video display, a graphic adjacent to and associated with the peripheral device.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

a cabinet;

a curved video display device comprising at least one display portion, the at least one display portion including an opening within the at least one display portion, wherein a peripheral device is mounted within the opening and accessible by a user of the gaming machine; and

a processor programmed to display, on the at least one display portion of the curved video display device, a graphic adjacent to the peripheral device.

2. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the curved video display device comprises:

a first display portion, the first display portion defining a main display for displaying a game thereon; and

a second display portion, the second display portion defining a second display and enabling graphics associated with the peripheral device to be presented adjacent to the peripheral device.

3. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 2, wherein the second display portion is adjacent to the peripheral device, the second display portion enabling graphics associated with the peripheral device.

4. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 2, wherein the curved video display device comprises a third display portion defining a third display for displaying a secondary game thereon.

5. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 4, wherein the curved video display device comprises a fourth display portion defining a user interface display for displaying user input buttons.

6. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the peripheral device is one or more of the following:

a bill acceptor, a ticket voucher acceptor, a printer, a barcode scanner, a camera, a player identification card reader, a physical input button, a touchpad, a touchscreen, a joystick, a trackball, a microphone, a speaker, or a biometric sensor.

7. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the curved video display device is configured in a landscape orientation, and wherein the peripheral device is in contact with the curved video display device in the landscape orientation.

8. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to:

display a first graphic adjacent to the peripheral device prior to an activation of the peripheral device; and

display a second graphic adjacent to the peripheral device after the peripheral device is activated.

9. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 8, wherein the processor is further programmed to:

determine that at least one trigger condition is satisfied within a game being played using the gaming machine on the curved video display device; and

activate the peripheral device in response to determining that the at least one trigger condition is satisfied.

10. The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1, wherein the curved video display device further comprises an edge surface, and wherein the edge surface of the curved video display device is in contact with at least one peripheral device.

11. A curved video display device, the curved video display device being communicatively coupled to a gaming machine, the gaming machine comprising a peripheral device and a processor, the curved video display device comprising:

at least one display portion, the at least one display portion including an opening within the at least one display portion, wherein the peripheral device is mounted within the opening and accessible by a user of the gaming machine, and

wherein the processor is programmed to display, on the at least one display portion of the curved video display device, a graphic adjacent to the peripheral device.

12. The curved video display device in accordance with claim 11, wherein the curved video display device further comprises an edge surface, and wherein the edge surface of the curved video display device is in contact with at least one peripheral device.

13. The curved video display device in accordance with claim 11, wherein the curved video display device further comprises:

a first display portion, the first display portion defining a main display for displaying a game thereon; and

a second display portion, the second display portion defining a second display and enabling graphics associated with the peripheral device to be presented adjacent to the peripheral device.

14. The curved video display device in accordance with claim 11, wherein the curved video display device comprises a third display portion defining a third display for displaying a secondary game of chance thereon.

15. The curved video display device in accordance with claim 11, wherein the peripheral device is one or more of the following:

a bill acceptor, a ticket voucher acceptor, a printer, a barcode scanner, a camera, a player identification card reader, a physical input button, a touchpad, a touchscreen, a joystick, a trackball, a microphone, a speaker, or a biometric sensor.

16. The curved video display device in accordance with claim 11, wherein the curved video display device is configured in a landscape orientation, and wherein the peripheral device is in contact with the curved video display device in the landscape orientation.

17. The curved video display device in accordance with claim 11, further comprising:

determining that at least one trigger condition is satisfied within a game being played using the gaming machine on the curved video display device; and

activating the peripheral device in response to the determining.

18. A method for providing a game of chance on a gaming machine comprising a curved video display device, the curved video display device configured to be communicatively coupled to the gaming machine, the gaming machine comprising a peripheral device and a processor, the method comprising:

displaying, on a display portion of the curved video display device, a first graphic prior to an activation of the peripheral device, wherein the display portion includes an opening, wherein the peripheral device is mounted within the opening and accessible by a user of the gaming machine, and wherein the processor is programmed to display, on the display portion of the curved video display device, a graphic adjacent to the peripheral device;

identifying a triggering event based on a player input that activates the peripheral device; and

displaying, on the display portion of the curved video display device, a second graphic after the peripheral device is activated.

19. The method in accordance with claim 18, wherein the first graphic is a graphic instructing the player to interact with one or more of the following:

a bill acceptor, a ticket voucher acceptor, a printer, a barcode scanner, a camera, a player identification card reader, a physical input button, a touchpad, a touchscreen, a joystick, a trackball, a microphone, a speaker, or a biometric sensor.

20. The method in accordance with claim 18, wherein the curved video display device is configured in a landscape orientation, and wherein the peripheral device is in contact with the curved video display in the landscape orientation.

21. The method in accordance with claim 18, further comprising:

determining that at least one trigger condition is satisfied within a game being played using the gaming machine on the curved video display device; and

activating the peripheral device in response to the determining.

22. The method in accordance with claim 18, further comprising:

displaying a first graphic adjacent to the peripheral device prior to the activation of the peripheral device; and

displaying a second graphic adjacent to the peripheral device after the peripheral device is activated.