Gaming device and method for display control therein

• US 20070004512A1
• Filed: 07/28/2006
• Published: 01/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp.
• Inventors: Toyoda, Hirobumi
• Granted Patent: US 8,403,738 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/30
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

A gaming device having a card game using a card set is provided with: an input device configured to receive an input by a player; a display device configured to display one or more cards selected from the card set in any of face-up and face-down states; a controller configured to control the display device to show a face of a target card selected from the cards in the face-down state in part to an extent determined by the input.

Claims

1. A gaming device having a card game using a card set, comprising:

an input device configured to receive an input by a player;

a display device configured to display one or more cards selected from the card set in any of face-up and face-down states;

a controller configured to control the display device to show a face of a target card in part to an extent determined by the input, the target card being selected from the cards in the face-down state.

2. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the input device includes a touchscreen superposed on the display device.

3. A gaming device having a card game using a card set, comprising:

a main controller configured to determine a target card from the card set and generate a data to specify the target card; and

a player'"'"'s terminal configured to receive the data from the main controller, the terminal including;

an input device configured to continuously receive inputs by a player to update a squeezing value; and

a display device configured to display the target card specified by the data in a face-down state and show a face of the target card in part to an extent determined by the squeezing value.

4. The gaming device of claim 3, wherein the player'"'"'s terminal is configured to store an orientation data continuously updated by the inputs and the display device is configured to display the target card in an orientation specified by the orientation data.

5. The gaming device of claim 3, wherein the input device includes a touchscreen superposed on the display device.

6. A method for display control in a gaming device having

a card game using a card set, the method comprising:

accepting a data to specify a target card from the card set;

receiving an input from a player to update a squeezing value; and

displaying the target card in a face-down state with showing a face of the target card in part to an extent determined by the squeezing value.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

updating an orientation data by the input; and

displaying the target card in an orientation specified by the orientation data.