Virtual image/real image superimposing and displaying apparatus, and slot machine
US6638165B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 11, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/34
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A virtual image/real image superimposing and displaying apparatus for displaying a virtual image and an actual substance includes image display (13) for displaying an image from which a virtual image originates; a half mirror (1g) which forms the virtual image (7) on the basis of the image displayed by the image display (13); a communications section (9) which enables movement of an actual substance 1m from a back side of the virtual image to a front side of the same so as to penetrate therethrough; and a mechanical reel portion (6) having a plurality of spinning drums (6d1, 6d2, and 6d3) which have marks, such as numbers and symbols, printed on a circumferential surface thereof and spin independently of each other. The actual substance 1m is paid out so as to penetrate through a virtual image from its back to front and becomes visible only when the actual substance is moved to the front side of the virtual image.
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