Gaming machine

• US 20040166925A1
• Filed: 10/31/2003
• Published: 08/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hideaki Imura, Kazuki Emori
• Original Assignee: Hideaki Imura, Kazuki Emori
• Inventors: Imura, Hideaki, Emori, Kazuki
• Application Number:
  US10/697,054
• Publication Number:
  US 20040166925A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/20
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3202 Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means

Abstract

In the gaming machine having a plurality of display means, it is provided the game result display means for displaying the game result and main control circuit (41) for generating the beneficial state for the player when the predetermined game result is displayed on the game result display means. The game result display means includes the reels (3L, 3C, 3R) and the liquid crystal display device (31) arranged at a more front side than the display areas of the reels (3L, 3C, 3R) when seen from the front side of the gaming machine. The gaming machine has the LED lamps (29) which illuminates both the reels (3L, 3C, 3R) and the liquid crystal display device (31) or the fluorescent lamps (38a, 38b). According to this construction, each illumination means can illuminate so that the player can clearly see and recognize display contents, in spite whether the illumination means is exclusively provided for each display means.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

game result display means for displaying a game result thereon; and

beneficial state generating means for generating a beneficial state for a player when a predetermined game result is displayed on the game result display means;

wherein the game result display means includes first display means and second display means arranged at a more front side than a display area of the first display means when seen from a front side of the gaming machine, and

wherein common illumination means for illuminating both the first display means and the second display means is provided.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the common illumination means comprises front illumination means for illuminating the first display means from a front side thereof and rear illumination means for illuminating the first illumination means from a rear side thereof.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the first display means includes a plurality of symbol display parts capable of variably displaying and stopping a symbol or plural symbols, and is constructed so that one of the symbol display parts positioned between the second display means and the common illumination means has light transmittance,

wherein the second display means is constructed from a liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal panel, light guide means arranged at a rear side of the liquid crystal panel, individual illumination means for guiding light to the light guide means and reflection means for reflecting light guided to the light guide means toward the liquid crystal panel positioned at a front side of the light guide means, and

wherein an area of the reflection means corresponding to the symbol display part is made light transmitting part.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising:

game start instruction means which is operable by a player;

internal winning combination determination means for determining an internal winning combination based on an output from the game start instruction means; and

game result display control means for conducting display control of the game result display means based on a determined result by the internal winning combination determination means;

wherein the game result display control means turns off all illumination means included in the common illumination means in a case that the internal winning combination determination means determine a predetermined combination as the internal winning combination.

6. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the illumination means included in the common illumination means is able to variably display the symbols.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein the liquid crystal panel is set to normally white.