Wagering game with multiple viewpoint display feature

• US 8,715,076 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2012
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• 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): Lewis, David L
• Assistant Examiner(s): RENWICK, REGINALD A
• Application Number:
  US13/458,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20120214578A1
• Time in Patent Office: 739 Days
• Field of Search: 463/9, 463/31, 273/236
• US Class Current: 463/31
• 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 computer-implemented method in a gaming system, comprising:

receiving a wager in response to an input via at least one input device;

generating, by at least one of one or more processors, a first three-dimensional view of a moving game element from the perspective of a first virtual camera;

generating, by at least one of the one or more processors, a second three-dimensional view of the moving game element from the perspective of a second virtual camera, the second three-dimensional view different from the first three-dimensional view;

displaying, on at least one display device, the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view, and movement of the game element;

changing the second three dimensional view from a first position on the display device to a second position on the display device in response to the movement of the moving game element.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second three-dimensional view comprises a more detailed view of the game element than the first three-dimensional view.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the game element is a token representing a player.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first virtual camera captures the first three-dimensional view of the game element from a different angle than the angle from which the second virtual camera captures the second three-dimensional image of the game element.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the game element is a token representing a player.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:

the first virtual camera captures the first three-dimensional view of the game element from a first distance at a first angle; and

the second virtual camera captures the second three-dimensional view of the game element from a second distance, different from the first distance, at a second angle, different from the first angle.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view are displayed simultaneously in real-time.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one display device includes a first display device and a second display device, the first three-dimensional view displayed on the first display device and the second three-dimensional view displayed on the second display device.

9. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the second three dimensional view is physically moved to the second position on the display device along with the movement of the moving game element.

10. A gaming system comprising:

at least one input device;

at least one display device;

at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the gaming system to;

receive a wager;

generate a first three-dimensional view of a moving game element from the perspective of a first virtual camera;

generate a second three-dimensional view of the moving game element from the perspective of a second virtual camera, the second three-dimensional view different from the first three-dimensional view;

display, on the at least one display device, the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view, and movement of the game element; and

change the second three dimensional view from a first position on the display device to a second position on the display device in response to the movement of the moving game element.

11. The gaming system of claim 10 wherein the first three-dimensional view comprises a first sequence of two-dimensional images captured by the first virtual camera at a first angle, and the second three-dimensional view comprises a second sequence of two-dimensional images captured by the first virtual camera at a second angle different from the first angle.

12. The gaming system of claim 10 wherein the first three-dimensional view comprises a first sequence of two-dimensional images captured by the first virtual camera at a first distance, and the second three-dimensional view comprises a second sequence of two-dimensional images captured by the first virtual camera at a second distance different from the first distance.

13. The gaming system of claim 10 wherein the second three-dimensional view is more detailed than the first three-dimensional view.

14. The gaming system of claim 10 wherein the first three-dimensional view comprises a first sequence of two-dimensional images captured by the first virtual camera at a first angle and a first distance, and the second three-dimensional view comprises a second sequence of two-dimensional images captured by the first virtual camera at a second angle, different from the first angle, and a second distance, different from the first distance.

15. A gaming system comprising:

at least one input device;

a first display device;

a second display device;

at least one processor;

at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the gaming system to;

receive a wager;

generate a first three-dimensional view of game activity, the first three-dimensional view comprising a first sequence of images including a moving game element captured by a first virtual camera;

display the first three-dimensional view on the first display device;

generate a second three-dimensional view of game activity, the second three-dimensional view comprising a second sequence of images including the moving game element of captured by a second virtual camera;

display the second three-dimensional view on a first position of the second display device; and

change the second three dimensional view from the first position on the second display device to a second position on the second display device in response to the movement of the moving game element.

16. The gaming system of claim 15, wherein the first three-dimensional view is captured from a different angle than the second three-dimensional view.

17. The gaming system of claim 15, wherein the first three-dimensional view is captured from a different distance than the second three-dimensional view.

18. The gaming system of claim 15, wherein the first display device is a primary display and the second display device is a secondary display.

19. The gaming system of claim 15, wherein the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view depict different perspectives of the same game activity.

20. The gaming system of claim 19, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the gaming system to display the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view simultaneously in real time.

21. The gaming system of claim 19, wherein the first three-dimensional view depicts game activity involving a first game element from a first viewpoint and the second three-dimensional view depicts the game activity involving the first game element from a second viewpoint different from the first viewpoint.