Gaming machine having a molded curved display

• US 9,117,335 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2014
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bally Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Crowder, Robert W. Jr., Vallejo, John R., Bernard, Vernon H., Wudtke, Karl E., Anderson, Frank R., McAllister, Lawrence C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Laneau, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US14/271,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20140243070A1
• Time in Patent Office: 476 Days
• Field of Search: 463/20, 463/30, 463/31, 463/34, 463/46, 312/7.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3202 Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3213 Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members

Abstract

Gaming machines having video depictions of one or more mechanical reels on a curved display are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the gaming machine includes a liquid crystal display having an opening in which the curved transparent material extends through the opening of the opening of the liquid crystal display.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

a curved material having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a radius of curvature similar to a mechanical reel;

a flat liquid crystal display having an opening and positioned around the perimeter of the curved transparent material, wherein the curved material extends through the opening of the liquid crystal display, and

a video image presentation of one or more reels presented onto the inner surface of the curved transparent material, the video image presentation presenting game information onto the flat transparent material.

2. The gaming machine of claim 1, further comprising a touch screen, the touch screen producing touch data when activated.

3. The gaming machine of claim 2, wherein the touch screen is in communication with a touch screen system including a touch panel controller for controlling and interpreting touch data, and touch panel software for controlling and interpreting touch data.

4. The gaming machine of claim 2 wherein the liquid crystal display presents player controls which may be operated via the touchscreen.

5. The gaming machine of claim 4, wherein the player controls comprise buttons.

6. The gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the liquid crystal display presents gaming information.

7. The gaming machine of claim 6, wherein the gaming information comprises credit information.

8. The gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the liquid crystal display presents non-gaming information.

9. The gaming machine of claim 8, wherein the non-gaming information comprises player-tracking information.