Gaming machine and program thereof

• US 20060030384A1
• Filed: 07/08/2005
• Published: 02/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Spellcaster IP LLC (Endpoint IP LLC)
• Original Assignee: Aruzu Corporation
• Inventors: Yoshizawa, Kazumasa, Kogo, Junichi
• Granted Patent: US 10,201,753 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/7
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/426 involving on-screen location information, e.g. screen coordinates of an area at which the player is aiming with a light gun
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1075 using a touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3209 Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games

Abstract

A gaming machine of the present invention operates such that when a plurality of positions are inputted, positional information is generated based on the plurality of positions and sign information, indicative of a sign passing across the plurality of positions, is generated based on the positional information upon which comparison is made between sign information, indicative of the signs passing across the plurality of positions, and preliminarily stored sign data to discriminate a correlation between the sign information and the sign data.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

an input device available to accept an input, indicating a position, activated by a player;

a positional information certifying unit which is configured to output positional information based on the input accepted by the input device;

a sign information generating unit operative to generate sign information based on the positional information outputted from the positional information certifying unit;

a sign data storage device that stores sign data correlated with a predetermined gaming process;

a comparing and discriminating unit operative to make comparison between the sign information, certifier by the sign information generating unit, and the sign data, stored in the sign data storage device, and discriminating whether or not the sign information and the sign data are correlated with each other; and

a gaming processing unit operative to execute a gaming process, correlated with the sign data, under a condition where the comparing and discriminating unit discriminates that the sign information and the sign data are correlated with each other, wherein

the positional information certifying unit is operative such that when a plurality of positions are inputted to the input device, input information depending on the plurality of positions is generated; and

the sign information generating unit is operative to generate sign information, indicative of signs passing across the plurality of positions, based on positional information depending on the plurality of positions.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1;

wherein

the sign data storage device is configured to store a plurality of sign data, which are correlated with at least one gaming process, respectively; and

the comparing and discriminating unit includes a sign data selecting unit configured to select sign data, having a maximum correlation with the sign information, from the plurality of sign data.

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

a display device adapted to shows a display related to the sign information.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the input device includes a transparent touch panel disposed on the display device, and the display device is operative to display a sign, to be inputted, based on the sign data.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the positional information certifying unit is operative such that when a plurality of positions are concurrently inputted to the input device, at least one of medium points, center points and gravity center points on the plurality of points are outputted as positional information.

11. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein

the positional information certifying unit is operative such that when a plurality of positions are concurrently inputted to the input device, positional information, indicative of one position, is generated based on the plurality of positions;

the sign information generating unit generates sign information based on the positional information indicative of the one position; and

the comparing and discriminating unit makes comparison between the sign information, generated based on the positional information indicative of the one position, and the sign data, stored in the sign data storage device, and discriminates whether or not the sign information and the sign data are correlated with each other.

12. The gaming machine according to claim 11, wherein

the sign data storage unit is configured to store a plurality of sign data which are correlated to at least one gaming process, respectively;

and

the comparing and discriminating unit further includes a sign data selecting unit that selects sign data, having a maximum correlation with the sign information, from the plurality of sign data.

13. The gaming machine according to claim 11, further comprising:

a display device operative to show a display related to the sign information based on one positional information generated by the positional information certifying unit when the plurality of positions are concurrently inputted to the input device.

14. The gaming machine according to claim 13, wherein

the input device includes a transparent touch panel disposed on the display device, and the display device is operative to show signs, to be inputted, based on the sign data for a plurality of inputs, respectively.

15. The program according to claim 11, wherein

the positional information certifying unit is operative such that when a plurality of positions are concurrently inputted to the input device, at least one of medium points, center points and gravity center points on the plurality of points are outputted as positional information indicative of the one position.

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

a first game controller which controls a first game; and

a second game controller which triggers a second game when a predetermined outcome appears in the first game;

wherein the second game controller executes the second game while rendering the positional information acquiring unit to acquire the inputted positional information, rendering the comparison and discriminating unit to discriminate whether the acquired positional information is correlated with the sign information certified by the sign information recognizing unit, the second game controller controls the gaming processing unit to execute a predetermined gaming process when the acquired positional information is correlated with the certified sign data.

6. A program operable by a computer, comprising the steps of:

preliminarily storing sign data correlated with a gaming process;

generating positional information corresponding to a position that is inputted;

generating sign information based on the positional information;

making comparison between the sign information and the sign data and discriminating whether or not the sign information and the sign data are correlated with each other;

allowing a computer to execute a gaming process, related to the sign data, when discrimination is made that the sign information and the sign data are correlated with each other;

wherein when a plurality of positions are inputted,

the step of generating the positional information generates positional information based on the plurality of positions;

the step of generating the sign information generates sign information, indicative of signs, passing across a plurality of positions; and

the step of discriminating makes comparison between the sign information, indicative of the signs passing across the plurality of positions, and the sign data, which is preliminarily stored, for thereby discriminating a correlation between the sign information and the sign data.

7. The program according to claim 6, wherein

the sign data includes a plurality of sign data composed of at least one gaming process, respectively;

and

the step of discriminating further includes a step of selecting sign data, having a maximum correlation with the sign information, from the plurality of sign data.

8. The program according to claim 6, further comprising a step of:

displaying an image, related to the sign information, when the plurality of positions are concurrently inputted.

9. The program according to claim 8, wherein

the positional information, generated in the step of generating the positional information, includes positional information outputted from a transparent touch panel located on a monitor;

and

the image, related to the sign information to be provided in the step of displaying, includes a sign to be inputted based on the sign data.

10. The program according to claim 6, wherein

when a plurality of positions are concurrently inputted, the positional information, to be generated in the step of generating the positional information, includes at least one of medium points, center points and gravity center points on the plurality of points.

16. The program according to claim 6, wherein

when the plurality of positions are concurrently inputted,

positional information, indicative of one position, is generated based on the plurality of positions in the step of generating the positional information;

sign information is generated based on the positional information indicative of the one position in the step of generating sign information; and

the comparison is made in the step of discriminating between the sign information, generated based on the positional information indicative of the one position, and the sign data, which is preliminarily stored, and the discrimination is made whether or not the sign information and the sign data are correlated with each other.

17. The program according to claim 16, wherein

the sign data includes a plurality of sign data composed of at least one gaming process, respectively;

and

the step of discriminating further includes a step of selecting sign data, having a maximum correlation with the sign information, from the plurality of sign data.

18. The program according to claim 16, further comprising a step of:

showing a display related to the sign information based on the one position, generated in the step of generating the positional information, when the plurality of positions are concurrently inputted.

19. The program according to claim 18, wherein

when the plurality of positions are concurrently inputted in the step of displaying, a sign to be inputted is displayed based on the sign data for a plurality of inputs, respectively.

20. The program according to claim 16, wherein

when the plurality of positions are concurrently inputted medium points, center points or gravity center points on the plurality of points are outputted as positional information, indicative of the one position, in the step of generating the positional information.