IP Library Granted Patent US 7,959,506
Granted Patent B2
US 7,959,506 · App. 11/902,122 · Granted Jun 14, 2011

Gaming machine

Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,959,506
App. No.
11/902,122
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gaming machine includes: a CPU 106 which determines whether or not the game state is to be switched to a special game state advantageous to a player; mechanical reels 30 A through 30 C formed of a translucent material to display multiple kinds of indicating information variably and statically; a motor driving circuit 120 which controls the mechanical reels 30 A through 30 C; a water tank 500 formed of a translucent material to retain liquid, and provided behind a display screen 10 ; lamps 650 a through 650 w for emitting multiple kinds of lights toward the liquid stored in the water tank 500 ; and a drive control circuit 300 which performs a control operation that instructs the lamps 650 a through 650 w to emit a light selected from among the multiple kinds of lights according to the result of the determination made by the CPU 106.

Claims (23)

1. A gaming machine comprising:

an operating device for allowing a player to operate the gaming machine;

a game control device for providing a function whereby, upon the player performing an operation on the operating device, determination is made whether or not a game state is to be switched to a special game state advantageous to the player;

a display device, which is formed of a translucent material, for displaying a plurality of kinds of indicating information variably and statically;

a display control device for controlling a display operation of the display device, which provides a function of displaying the indicating information variably and statically, according to a result of a determination made by the game control device;

a water tank, which is formed of a translucent material, retains liquid, and is provided behind a display screen of the display device for displaying the indicating information;

a light emitting device for emitting a plurality of kinds of light toward the liquid stored in the water tank;

a light emission control device for performing a control operation which instructs the light emitting device to emit a kind of light selected from among the plurality of kinds of light according to the result of the determination made by the game control device; and

a position identifying device for identifying a position of a visible living thing; wherein

the water tank is stocked with the visible living thing, and

the light emission control device performs a control operation which instructs the light emitting device to emit light toward the visible living thing based upon the position of the visible living thing identified by the position identifying device.

2. A gaming machine comprising:

an operating device for allowing a player to operate the gaming machine;

a game control device for providing a function whereby, upon the player performing an operation on the operating device, determination is made whether or not a game state is to be switched to a special game state advantageous to the player;

a display device, which is formed of a translucent material, for displaying a plurality of kinds of indicating information variably and statically;

a display control device for controlling a display operation of the display device, which provides a function of displaying the indicating information variably and statically, according to a result of a determination made by the game control device;

a water tank which is formed of a translucent material, retains liquid, and is provided behind a display screen of the display device for displaying the indicating information;

a light emitting device for emitting a plurality of kinds of light toward the liquid stored in the water tank;

a light emission control device for performing a control operation which instructs the light emitting device to emit a kind of light selected from among the plurality of kinds of light according to the result of the determination made by the game control device, wherein the water tank is stocked with a plurality of kinds of visible living things,

the gaming machine further comprising:

a kind identifying device for identifying each of the plurality of kinds of living things; and

a storage device for storing a light emission table that specifies an association between each of the plurality of kinds of living things and a corresponding kind of light from among a plurality of kinds of light, which is used in a light emission operation of the light emitting device which has a function of emitting the plurality of kinds of light,

and wherein the light emission control device performs a control operation which instructs the light emitting device to emit a kind of light selected from among the plurality of kinds of light according to each of the plurality of kinds of living things identified by the kind identifying device with reference to the light emission table stored in the storage device.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 5, 2011
From: ARUZE CORP
To: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026228/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2007
From: TOYADA, HIROBUMI
To: ARUZE CORP.
Reel/Frame 019907/0482 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-258098 · Sep 22, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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