GAMING MACHINE

• US 20080176653A1
• Filed: 01/23/2008
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Light & Wonder Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp. (Universal Entertainment Corporation)
• Inventors: KISHI, Hideaki
• Granted Patent: US 8,216,068 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/31
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means

Abstract

A gaming machine according to one embodiment of the invention has a rotating reel display device that variably displays a plurality of kinds of identification information required for a game, and a transmissive liquid crystal display device 30 that enables symbol information of the rotating reel display device to be visually recognized and that is subjected to non-glare treatment on its surface. Then, a covering member 50 to enhance transmittance is attached to the surface portion of the transmissive liquid crystal display device 30.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

a variable display device that variably displays a plurality of kinds of identification information required for a game; and

a transmissive image display device that enables the identification information of the variable display device to be visually recognized and that is subjected to non-glare treatment on its surface,

wherein a covering member to enhance transmittance is attached to a surface portion of the transmissive image display device.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the covering member is a PET film, and is attached to the surface portion through an adhesive liquid with translucency.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the covering member is attached to an area enabling visual recognition of the identification information of the variable display device within the surface portion of the image display device.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the adhesive liquid exists between the PET film and the surface portion, and is filled substantially uniformly in concavo-convex portions subjected to non-glare treatment by attaching the PET film.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the adhesive liquid is attached to the PET film side in advance.

6. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein after coating the PET film with the adhesive liquid, the PET film is attached to the surface portion

7. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the adhesive liquid is formed from a material with the same refractive index as the refractive index of a material forming the surface portion of the image display device.

8. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the image display device is a liquid crystal display device.

9. The gaming machine according to claim 8, wherein the surface portion of the liquid crystal display device is a polarizing film, and the surface of the polarizing film is subjected to non-glare treatment.

10. The gaming machine according to claim 9, wherein the covering member is attached to the surface portion of the polarizing film subjected to the non-glare treatment.

11. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is a slot machine.

12. The gaming machine according to claim 11, wherein the variable display device is configured by a reel type rotating device, the covering member is attached only to a portion where the rotating device is positioned in the surface portion of the transmissive image display device.