IP Library Granted Patent US 12,125,340
Granted Patent B2
US 12,125,340 · App. 18/350,529 · Granted Oct 22, 2024

Electronic gaming machine archway with overhead display devices

Inventors: Stephen Shaffer, Jr. (Las Vegas, NV); Frank Rodriguez (Las Vegas, NV); Bruce Urban (Las Vegas, NV); Alfred Thomas (Ventura, CA); Rajendrasinh Jadeja (Las Vegas, NV); Matthew McKay (Henderson, NV); Ariel Turgel (San Francisco, CA); Daniel Harden (Palo Alto, CA); Elliot Ortiz (San Francisco, CA); Hirotomi Teranishi (San Jose, CA); Joseph Kaminkow (Las Vegas, NV)
Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
G07F17/3216G06F3/1446G07F17/3213G07F17/3227
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Patent No.
US 12,125,340
App. No.
18/350,529
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic gaming machine (EGM) archway includes a first EGM including at least one first curved display device, the at least one first curved display device defining a first portion of the archway. The EGM archway also includes a second EGM including at least one second curved display device, the at least one second curved display device defining a second portion of the archway, the second EGM spaced apart from and diametrically opposing the first EGM. In addition, the EGM archway includes an overhead display portion including at least one third display device, the at least one third display device defining a third portion of the archway, the overhead display portion extending overhead between the at least one first curved display device and the at least one second curved display device.

Claims (25)

1. An overhead display system comprising:

a first electronic gaming device comprising a processor and a display device, wherein the first electronic gaming device is configured to display a first graphic on the display device;

a second electronic gaming device, wherein the first electronic gaming device is spaced apart from and diametrically opposed to the second electronic gaming device; and

an overhead display device configured to display a second graphic, wherein the second graphic is associated with the first graphic, and wherein the overhead display device extends between the first electronic gaming device and the second electronic gaming device.

2. The overhead display system of claim 1 , wherein the first graphic is associated with a game outcome presented at the first electronic gaming device.

3. The overhead display system of claim 2 , wherein the second graphic is associated with the game outcome.

4. The overhead display system of claim 3 , wherein the second graphic comprises a bonus award associated with the game outcome.

5. The overhead display system of claim 1 , wherein the second graphic comprises an attract mode graphic.

6. The overhead display system of claim 1 , wherein the overhead display device comprises a curvature forming an archway between the first electronic gaming device and the second electronic gaming device.

7. The overhead display system of claim 1 , wherein the overhead display device comprises a first display face, a second display face, and a third display face, the second display face extending from the first display face and defining a first edge of the overhead display device, and the third display face extending away from the first display face and defining a second edge of the overhead display device.

8. An electronic gaming system comprising at least one processor and at least one memory device with instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

cause display of a first graphic on a display device of a first electronic gaming device; and

cause display of a second graphic on an overhead display device, wherein the second graphic is associated with the first graphic, wherein the overhead display device extends between the first electronic gaming device and a second electronic gaming device, and wherein the first electronic gaming device is spaced apart from and diametrically opposed to the second electronic gaming device.

9. The electronic gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the first graphic is associated with a game outcome presented at the first electronic gaming device.

10. The electronic gaming system of claim 9 , wherein the second graphic is associated with the game outcome.

11. The electronic gaming system of claim 10 , wherein the second graphic comprises a bonus award associated with the game outcome.

12. The electronic gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the second graphic comprises an attract mode graphic.

13. The electronic gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the overhead display device comprises a curvature forming an archway between the first electronic gaming device and the second electronic gaming device.

14. The electronic gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the overhead display device comprises a first display face, a second display face, and a third display face, the second display face extending from the first display face and defining a first edge of the overhead display device, and the third display face extending away from the first display face and defining a second edge of the overhead display device.

15. A method of electronic gaming implemented by at least one processor in communication with at least one memory, the method comprising:

displaying a first graphic on a display device of a first electronic gaming device; and

displaying of a second graphic on an overhead display device, wherein the second graphic is associated with the first graphic, wherein the overhead display device extends between the first electronic gaming device and a second electronic gaming device, and wherein the first electronic gaming device is spaced apart from and diametrically opposed to the second electronic gaming device.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first graphic is associated with a game outcome presented at the first electronic gaming device.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the second graphic is associated with the game outcome.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second graphic comprises an attract mode graphic.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2023
From: SHAFFER, STEPHEN, JR.; RODRIGUEZ, FRANK; URBAN, BRUCE; THOMAS, ALFRED; JADEJA, RAJENDRASINH; MCKAY, MATTHEW; TURGEL, ARIEL; HARDEN, DANIEL; ORTIZ, ELLIOT; TERANISHI, HIROTOMI; KAMINKOW, JOSEPH
To: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 17701424 · Mar 22, 2022
Continuation 16890634 · Jun 2, 2020
Provisional Application 62913504 · Oct 10, 2019
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