IP Library Granted Patent US 8,979,632
Granted Patent B2
US 8,979,632 · App. 13/475,099 · Granted Mar 17, 2015

Gaming machine and gaming method

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,979,632
App. No.
13/475,099
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gaming machine selects a control data corresponding to a type of a game result among a plurality of control data for controlling a door. Each control data includes at least one position data for determining a position of the door, and the at least one position data corresponds to at least one of a position data for fully closing the door, a position data for fully opening the door, or at least one position data for partially opening the door. The gaming machine selects a display data corresponding to the selected control data among a plurality of display data, displays on the display panel an image according to the selected display data, controls the door using at least one position data of the selected control data; and displays the game result on the first display.

Claims (36)

1. A gaming machine, comprising:

a first display configured to display a game result;

a second display including a display panel and a door located in front of the display panel, and configured to control opening or closing of the door to control an exposure of the display panel;

a memory configured to store a plurality of control data for controlling the door that correspond to a plurality of types of game results respectively and a plurality of display data that correspond to the plurality of control data respectively, wherein each of the plurality of control data includes at least one position data for determining a position of the door, and the at least one position data corresponds to at least one of a first position data for fully closing the door, a second position data for fully opening the door, or at least one third position data for partially opening the door;

a controller configured

to execute a game to randomly determine a game result of the executed game,

to select a control data corresponding to a type of the game result among the plurality of control data,

to display on the display panel an image according to a display data that corresponds to the selected control data among the plurality of display data,

to control the door using at least one position data of the selected control data, and

to display the game result on the first display,

wherein the first display includes a plurality of reels and a display window for showing the plurality of reels,

wherein a plurality of holes that correspond to the plurality of reels respectively are formed in the door, and

wherein, when a predetermined image are shown through at least one hole among the plurality of holes, the game result includes a predetermined symbol that is rearranged on at least one reel corresponding to at least one hole among the plurality of reels.

2. A gaming machine, comprising:

a first display configured to display a game result;

a second display including a display panel and a door located in front of the display panel, and configured to control opening or closing of the door to control an exposure of the display panel;

a memory configured to store a plurality of control data for controlling the door that correspond to a plurality of types of game results respectively and a plurality of display data that correspond to the plurality of control data respectively, wherein each of the plurality of control data includes at least one position data for determining a position of the door, and the at least one position data corresponds to at least one of a first position data for fully closing the door, a second position data for fully opening the door, or at least one third position data for partially opening the door;

a controller configured

to execute a game to randomly determine a game result of the executed game,

to select a control data corresponding to a type of the game result among the plurality of control data,

to display on the display panel an image according to a display data that corresponds to the selected control data among the plurality of display data,

to control the door using at least one position data of the selected control data, and

to display the game result on the first display,

wherein the game includes a normal mode game, and

wherein the controller is configured

to trigger a chance mode game including a plurality of chance rounds when the game result of the normal mode game satisfies a first condition,

to determine a chance type of the chance mode game among a plurality of chance types and a control data and an display data corresponding to the determined chance type among the plurality of control data and the plurality of display data, and

to execute each chance round of the chance mode game according to the determined chance type by displaying on the display panel an image according to the determined display data and controlling the door using at least one position data of the determined control data,

wherein the controller is configured to trigger a bonus mode game when the game result of the normal mode game or a game result of the chance mode game satisfies a second condition, and to provide a player with an additional benefit according to the bonus mode game,

wherein a probability of the bonus mode game being triggered in the chance mode game is higher than a probability of the bonus mode game being triggered in the normal mode game.

3. The gaming machine of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of chance types include at least one chance type for showing a sign of the bonus mode game being triggered, and

wherein the controller is configured to show the sign of the bonus mode game being triggered by displaying on the display panel an image according to the determined display data and controlling the door using the at least one position data of the determined control data.

4. The gaming machine of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of chance types include at least one chance type for showing a probability of the bonus mode game being triggered, and

wherein the controller is configured to show the probability of the bonus mode game being triggered by displaying on the display panel a predetermined image according to the determined display data and controlling the door using the at least one position data of the determined control data.

5. The gaming machine of claim 4 , wherein the predetermined image is varied according to the probability of the bonus mode game being triggered.

6. The gaming machine of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to close the door when the bonus mode game is triggered, to determines a bonus type among a plurality of bonus types for the bonus mode game, and to open the door and display an image for notifying the determined bonus type on the display panel.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2025
From: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGICAL GROUP LIMITED
To: FIFTH THIRD BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 070179/0634 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2023
From: ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
To: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGICAL GROUP LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065516/0064 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2012
From: KITAMURA, KENTA; FUJISAWA, MASUMI; SAITO, HIROKI
To: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION; ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 028233/0072 →