Gaming machine

• US 20050282617A1
• Filed: 06/03/2005
• Published: 12/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp.
• Inventors: Sekiguchi, Hirofumi, Tanimura, Tatsuhiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,123,609 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/20
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3213 Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members

Abstract

A gaming machine of the present invention includes a slot machine having a variable display device providing a plurality of variable displays, and a liquid crystal display device having transmission areas for a surface reflection light reflected at a surface of the variable display device, wherein the variable display device includes a rotary body that is subjected to surface treatment available to suppress a luster and described with a plurality of symbols.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

a variable display device variably displaying a plurality of symbols; and

a display device disposed in front of the variable display device and having transmission areas for transmitting a surface reflection light reflected at a surface of the variable display device;

wherein the variable display device includes a rotary body on which the plurality of symbols are provided and is subjected to surface treatment available to suppress a luster.

2. The gaming machine of claim 1, wherein

the rotary body of the variable display device includes a light emitting device disposed inside the rotary body;

and

a reel sheet, subjected to surface treatment available to suppress a luster and having a translucency and the plurality of symbols thereon, which is mounted on an outer periphery of the rotary body.

3. The gaming machine of claim 2, wherein

the display device further includes:

a liquid crystal panel having the transmission areas;

a light guide plate disposed on a rear side of the liquid crystal panel and having transmission openings formed in positions corresponding to the transmission areas;

a reflecting member disposed on a rear side of the light guide plate and having non-reflection areas disposed in positions corresponding to the transmission openings; and

a first light source located between the liquid crystal panel and the reflecting member on at least one of upper and lower areas of the light guide plate;

wherein a portion of light emitted from the first light source is reflected at a reflection area formed on a front surface of the reflection member after which the portion of the light transmits through the light guide plate to form a light source for the liquid crystal panel whereby an effect, displayed over the liquid crystal panel, is projected on a display plate, disposed in front of the liquid crystal panel, as a first image; and

a portion of the light, emitted from the first light source, passing through the non-reflection areas is illuminated onto a surface of the reel sheet, disposed on the rotary body, after which the light which is illuminated onto the surface of the reel sheet is reflected toward the liquid crystal panel whereby the plurality of symbols on the reel sheet pass through the non-reflection areas, the transmission openings and the transmission areas and is projected on the display device in an overlapped relationship with the first image for display as a second image.

4. The gaming machine of claim 3, wherein

the transmission openings of the light guide plate have inner end surfaces that are subjected to light scattering treatment.

5. The gaming machine of claim 2, wherein

the display device further includes:

a liquid crystal panel having the transmission areas are provided;

a light guide plate disposed rear side of the liquid crystal panel;

a first light source disposed in at least one of upper and lower positions of the light guide plate; and

a reflection member disposed on a rear side of the light guide plate between the light guide plate and the variable display device and having non-reflection areas disposed in positions corresponding to the transmission openings, wherein the reflection member includes a second light source that emits a light toward the rotary body,

wherein a portion of light, emitted from the first light source, is reflected at a reflection area, formed on a front surface of the reflection member, after which the portion of the light transmits through the light guide plate to form a light source for the liquid crystal panel whereby an effect, displayed over the liquid crystal panel, is projected on a display plate, disposed in front of the liquid crystal panel, as a first image; and

a portion of the light emitted from the second light source is illuminated onto a surface of the reel sheet disposed on the rotary body after which the light which is illuminated onto the surface of the reel is reflected toward the liquid crystal panel to subsequently pass through the non-reflection areas whereby the plurality of symbols, disposed on the reel sheet and serving as a second image, are projected onto areas corresponding to the non-reflection areas on the liquid crystal panels such that the second image is projected onto the display device in an overlapped relationship with the first image for display.