Gaming machine display with a plurality of zones independently addressable to selectively operate in one of two modes

摘要

A gaming machine display (14) includes a game playing arrangement (16) mountable in a cabinet (62) of a gaming machine (10). An electronically controlled display element (50) overlies the game playing arrangement (16) so that, depending on a state of the display element (50), the game playing arrangement (16) is visible through the display element (50).

主权项

1. A display system for use with a gaming machine playing a game, the display system comprising:
a plurality of reels configured to spin and to display a plurality of two-dimensional symbols when said reels stop spinning; a display substantially overlying the reels, and including a plurality of zones, each of said zones (1) directly overlying an associated one of said plurality of two-dimensional symbols when the underlying reel stops spinning, and (2) being independently addressable to selectively operate in a first mode in which the respective zone is rendered to be at least partially transparent through which the respective zone's said associated one of said plurality of two-dimensional symbols is viewable and is used in determining an outcome of said game, and a second mode in which the respective zone is rendered to be substantially opaque to occlude viewing of the zone's said associated one of said plurality of two-dimensional symbols and is configured to display an image related to the zone's said associated one of said plurality of two-dimensional symbols to provide a zoom effect of said image and to provide a three-dimensional effect of the zone's said associated one of said plurality of two-dimensional symbols, and a controller configured to selectively address a first zone of said plurality of zones to display said three-dimensional effect of the first zone's said associated one of said plurality of two-dimensional symbols via said second mode, and to selectively address a second zone of said plurality of zones adjacent to said first zone to display said three-dimensional effect of the second zone's said associated one of said plurality of two-dimensional symbols via said second mode while addressing said first zone to cause the first zone's said associated one of said plurality of two-dimensional symbols to be viewable through said first zone via said first mode.