Compact game display system with virtual depth augmentation

US11127245B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SG Gaming, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Thomas Baker · Livonia, US
• Robert J. Glenn, II · Las Vegas, US
• Brian Goldstein · Las Vegas, US
• Paul M. Lesley · Blue Island, US
• Timothy C. Loose · Chicago, US
• Abraham D. Usi · Las Vegas, US
• Bran Ferren · Beverly Hills, US
• Michael Keesling · Craydon Court, US
• Donald Lariviere · Glendale, US
• Robert Liebersbach · Glendale, US
• Andrew McGraw · Newbury Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 2019
• Grant date: Sep 21, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 24, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/3223
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A gaming machine includes a cabinet at least partially defining a cavity opening and an internal cavity at least partially visible through the cavity opening, a primary display, a secondary display positioned within the internal cavity and visible through the cavity opening, a display movement assembly coupled to the primary display, and logic circuitry. The display movement assembly selectively moves the primary display between an open position and a closed position in which the primary display blocks visibility through the cavity opening. The logic circuitry causes the primary display in the closed position to present a first portion of a game, causes the display movement assembly to move the primary display to the open position to expose the cavity opening and the secondary display, and, in response to the secondary display being exposed, causes the secondary display to present a second portion of the game.