Layered display monitors
View Patent ↗An electronic gaming machine (EGM) may include one or more movable displays. One or more movable displays may be used to present a base game when in a first configuration. In response to a trigger event, the movable display(s) may reveal a game feature presentation device, such as a stationary display or a set of mechanical reels, which was hidden when the one or more movable displays were in the first configuration. The underlying game feature presentation device may be used to present a bonus feature and/or to present a different aspect of the base game. Alternatively, the movable display(s) may be hidden (e.g., inside the EGM) when in a first configuration, during which time a fixed display portion may be presenting a base game. The movable display(s) may present a bonus feature and/or a different aspect of the base game when in the second configuration.
1. An electronic gaming machine, comprising:
a display system including two or more moveable main displays;
a motor system configured to position the two or more moveable main displays; and
a control system including one or more processors, the control system being configured to:
provide instructions to the display system to present a game instance on the two or more moveable main displays while the two or more moveable main displays are in a first configuration in which a game feature presentation device is not viewable,
determine a trigger event that triggers a game feature for the game instance, and
provide instructions to the motor system to move the two or more moveable main displays to a second configuration in response to the trigger event, the second configuration being a configuration in which the game feature presentation device is viewable.
2. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein:
the two or more moveable main displays includes a first moveable main display and a second moveable main display,
the first moveable main display is in a first position in the first configuration and a second position in the second configuration,
the second moveable main display is in a third position in the first configuration and a fourth position in the second configuration, and
the first moveable main display and the second moveable main display are farther away from each other in the second configuration than in the first configuration.
3. The electronic gaming machine of claim 2 , wherein:
the two or more moveable main displays further includes a third moveable main display and a fourth moveable main display,
the third moveable main display is in a fifth position in the first configuration and a sixth position in the second configuration,
the fourth moveable main display is in a seventh position in the first configuration and an eighth position in the second configuration, and
the first moveable main display, the second moveable main display, the third moveable main display, and the fourth moveable main display are all farther away from each other in the second configuration than in the first configuration.
4. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the two or more moveable main displays move away from each other between the first configuration and the second configuration.
5. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the two or more moveable main displays move away from each other in a lateral motion between the first configuration and the second configuration.
6. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein each of the two or more moveable main displays rotate between the first configuration and the second configuration.
7. The electronic gaming machine of claim 6 , wherein the two or more moveable main displays swing open between the first configuration and the second configuration.
8. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein:
the game feature presentation device is moveable, and
the control system is further configured to provide instructions to the motor system to move the two or more moveable main displays and the game feature presentation device to the second configuration in response to the trigger event, the second configuration being a configuration in which the game feature presentation device is viewable.
9. The electronic gaming machine of claim 8 , wherein the moveable game feature presentation device is a moveable display.