Gaming machine

• US 9,424,709 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2013
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interblock DOO
• Original Assignee: Aruze Gaming America Incorporated (Aruze Gaming America, Inc. /Okada/), Universal Entertainment Corporation
• Inventors: Kitamura, Kenta, Enokido, Kenji, Kobayashi, Kou
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Kevin Y
• Application Number:
  US13/870,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20130288797A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,216 Days
• Field of Search: 463/39, 463/30, 463/33, 463/34, 463/36, 463/37, 463/46
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3206 Player sensing means, e.g. presence detection, biometrics

Abstract

A gaming machine with more gaming excitement is provided. The gaming machine includes: a lamp body provided with LEDs so that the lighting state thereof is viewable from the outside; a sensor configured to detect a player'"'"'s gesture with respect to the lamp body 132; and a controller used to start a game, the controller starting the detection of the player'"'"'s gesture by the sensor at a timing corresponding to the state of the game, and causing the LEDs to emit light in a light emission mode in sync with the detected player'"'"'s gesture while the player'"'"'s gesture is being detected.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

a display on which images associated with the play of a game are displayed;

a console with a plurality of input buttons;

a three-dimensional, formed object supplemental to the display, provided between the display and the console, with a light emitting portion so that the lighting state of the light emitting portion is viewable from the outside;

optical sensors provided along the periphery of the formed object and configured to detect a player'"'"'s gesture of rubbing the formed object along the periphery of the formed object, as each of the sensors is turned on or off by the player in a contactless manner; and

a controller used to start a game,

the controller being programmed to execute the steps of;

(A) starting the detection of the player'"'"'s gesture by the sensors at a timing corresponding to the state of the game; and

(B) while in the step (A) the player'"'"'s gesture is being detected, causing the light emitting portion to emit light in a light emission mode in sync with the detected player'"'"'s gesture while causing a character to appear on the display as if the character is emanating from the formed object.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further programmed to cause the display to display an effect image in sync with the detected player'"'"'s gesture.

2. A gaming machine comprising:

a display on which images associated with the play of a game are displayed;

a console with a plurality of input buttons;

a three-dimensional, formed object supplemental to the display, provided between the display and the console, with a light emitting portion so that the lighting state of the light emitting portion is viewable from the outside;

optical sensors provided along the periphery of the formed object and configured to detect a player'"'"'s gesture of rubbing the formed object along the periphery of the formed object, as each of the sensors is turned on or off by the player in a contactless manner; and

a controller used to start a game,

the controller being programmed to execute the steps of;

(A) in the game, at a timing of the end of a particular state, starting to detect the player'"'"'s gesture by the sensors, (B) during a predetermined time in which the player'"'"'s gesture is detected in the step (A), causing the light emitting portion to emit light in a first light emission mode in sync with the detected player'"'"'s gesture while causing a character to appear on the display as if the character is emanating from the formed object; and

(C) after the predetermined time, causing the light emitting portion to emit light in a second light emission mode which is different from the first light emission mode.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the controller is further programmed to cause the display to display an effect image in sync with the detected player'"'"'s gesture.

3. A gaming machine comprising:

a display on which images associated with the play of a game are displayed;

a console with a plurality of input buttons;

a three-dimensional, formed object supplemental to the display, provided between the display and the console, with a light emitting portion so that the lighting state of the light emitting portion is viewable from the outside;

optical sensors provided along the periphery of the formed object and configured to detect a player'"'"'s gesture of rubbing the formed object along the periphery of the formed object, as each of the sensors is turned on or off by the player in a contactless manner; and

a controller used to start a game,

the controller being programmed to execute the steps of;

(A) starting the detection of the player'"'"'s gesture by the sensors at a timing corresponding to the state of the game;

(B) during a predetermined time in which the player'"'"'s gesture is detected in the step (A), causing the first light emitting portion and the second light emitting portion to emit light in a first light emission mode in sync with the detected player'"'"'s gesture while causing a character to appear on the display as if the character is emanating from the formed object; and

(C) after the predetermined time, causing the first light emitting portion to emit light in a second light emission mode which is different from the first light emission mode, while keeping the second light emitting portion to emit light in the first light emission mode.

6. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the controller is further programmed to cause the display to display an effect image in sync with the detected player'"'"'s gesture.