GAMING DEVICE WITH INTERACTIVE SPIN ACTION VISUAL EFFECTS
First Claim
1. A video slot machine comprising:
- a display including a representation of a two-dimensional matrix of symbol display cells, each one of said cells containing a displayed symbol that is part of a predetermined sequence of symbols associated with one virtual reel; and
a reel rotation controller for independently rotating said virtual reel for said cells, wherein said controller causes said display to present independent reel states in all of said cells with an animation of rotation, and to stop said rotation at a final outcome symbol for each of said cells, wherein said animation of rotation is controlled to follow a two dimensional spatial pattern of at least one of speed, start and stop with respect to said cells.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a reel-type slot machine having interactive spin action visual effects. The reel-type slot machine includes at least M reels, each reel having symbols associated with it; a video display for displaying a video image of a M N matrix of squares, each square associated with a symbol of a corresponding reel; and a spin actuator for initiating play and interactively producing spin action visual effects associated with the M×N matrix of squares by inputting a direction vector and speed, wherein the direction vector and speed respectively determine the direction and speed of the spin action visual effects. Preferably, the spin actuator is a trackball.
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25 Claims
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1. A video slot machine comprising:
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a display including a representation of a two-dimensional matrix of symbol display cells, each one of said cells containing a displayed symbol that is part of a predetermined sequence of symbols associated with one virtual reel; and a reel rotation controller for independently rotating said virtual reel for said cells, wherein said controller causes said display to present independent reel states in all of said cells with an animation of rotation, and to stop said rotation at a final outcome symbol for each of said cells, wherein said animation of rotation is controlled to follow a two dimensional spatial pattern of at least one of speed, start and stop with respect to said cells. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 23)
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14. A reel type gaming device having interactive spin action visual effects, the reel-type gaming device including at least M reels, each reel having a number of symbols associated with it;
- a video display for displaying a video image of a M×
N matrix of squares, each square associated with a symbol of a corresponding reel; and
a spin actuator for interpreting user action to generate a variable direction vector as a function of said user action, the direction vector being fed to means to initiate a reel spin cycle and interactively produce different visual effects associated with the M×
N matrix of squares as a function of the direction vector. - View Dependent Claims (15, 18, 24)
- a video display for displaying a video image of a M×
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19. An apparatus for controlling rotation of reels of a mechanical slot machine having mechanical reels carrying symbols, the apparatus comprising:
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a user spin actuator for receiving user input; a feature manager for selecting rotation features for each of said reels according to said user input, said features defining at least one of a rotation start, stop and speed; and a reel rotation controller responsive to said features for controlling said rotation of reels, wherein said feature manager comprises at least one of; an order selector for selecting one of a plurality of reel rotation orders according to said user input; and a position analyzer for calculating a positional value for each of said reels as a function of a position of said reel with respect to a position of a reference point, and selecting rotation features according to said positional value, said user input comprising said reference point. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 25)
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