Wagering game with multiple viewpoint display feature

• US 8,187,092 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2007
• Issued: 05/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LNW Gaming Incorporated (Light & Wonder Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: WMS Gaming Incorporated (Light & Wonder Incorporated)
• Inventors: Dixon, Donald F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Minh-Loan T
• Assistant Examiner(s): HARRISTON, WILLIAM A
• Application Number:
  US12/304,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20090191965A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,812 Days
• Field of Search: 463 16- 25, 463 30- 34
• US Class Current: 463/32
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means

Abstract

A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes an input device for receiving a wager to play a wagering game. The gaming system further includes at least one display for displaying a plurality of game elements. The at least one display is adapted to display a first three-dimensional view of the plurality of game elements from a first viewpoint and a second three-dimensional view of at least one of the plurality of game elements indicating a randomly-selected outcome from a second viewpoint. The first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view are rendered in real-time.

Claims

1. A gaming system comprising:

an input device for receiving a wager to play a wagering game; and

at least one display for displaying a plurality of game elements, the at least one display being adapted to display a first three-dimensional view of the plurality of game elements from a first viewpoint and a second three-dimensional view of at least one of the plurality of game elements indicating a randomly-selected outcome from a second viewpoint, the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view being rendered in real-time;

wherein the first three-dimensional view is generated using a first sequence of two-dimensional images captured by a first virtual camera and the second three-dimensional view is generated using a second sequence of two-dimensional images captured by a second virtual camera.

2. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the first three-dimensional view is a broad view of a gaming environment and the second three-dimensional view is a close-up view of a portion of the gaming environment.

3. The gaming system of claim 1, further comprising at least one additional three-dimensional view of at least one of the plurality of game elements from at least one additional viewpoint.

4. The gaming system of claim 1, further comprising an inset window on the display adapted to display the second three-dimensional view therein.

5. The gaming system of claim 4, wherein the position of the inset window is adapted to move along the display according to a movement of the game element.

6. The gaming system of claim 5, wherein the game element is a token representing a player.

7. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the first three-dimensional view is adapted to display a plurality of player-selectable elements and the second three-dimensional view is adapted to display an item associated with a selected one of the player-selectable elements.

8. A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system, the method comprising:

displaying a first three-dimensional view of a plurality of game elements from a first viewpoint;

displaying a second three-dimensional view of at least one of the plurality of game elements indicating a randomly selected outcome from a second viewpoint, the position of the at least one of the plurality of game elements being based on a randomly-selected outcome and

generating the first three-dimensional view using a first sequence of two-dimensional images and generating the second three-dimensional view using a second sequence of two-dimensional images, wherein the first and second two-dimensional images being captured using at least one virtual camera,

wherein the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view being simultaneously displayed in real-time.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first three-dimensional view is a broad view of a gaming environment and the second three-dimensional view is a close-up view of a portion of the gaming environment.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying at least one additional three-dimensional view of at least one of the plurality of game elements from at least one additional viewpoint.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the second three-dimensional view is displayed in an inset window.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising moving the inset window according to a movement of a game token.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the game token represents a player'"'"'s position.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the first three-dimensional view is adapted to display a plurality of player-selectable elements and the second three-dimensional view is adapted to display a selected one of the player-selectable elements.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions for directing a gaming system to perform the method of claim 8.

16. A gaming system comprising:

an input device for receiving a wager to play a wagering game; and

at least one display for displaying a path including a plurality of stations, the at least one display being adapted to display a first three-dimensional view of the path from a first viewpoint and a second three-dimensional view of a randomly-selected station from a second viewpoint, the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view being simultaneously rendered in real-time;

wherein the randomly-selected station further includes a symbol thereon.

17. The gaming system of claim 16, wherein the second three-dimensional view is displayed in an inset window.