WO2007087430A2 - Jeu de mecanismes de rotation - Google Patents

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WO2007087430A2
WO2007087430A2 PCT/US2007/002159 US2007002159W WO2007087430A2 WO 2007087430 A2 WO2007087430 A2 WO 2007087430A2 US 2007002159 W US2007002159 W US 2007002159W WO 2007087430 A2 WO2007087430 A2 WO 2007087430A2
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3202—Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3202—Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
    • G07F17/3204—Player-machine interfaces
    • G07F17/3211—Display means
    • G07F17/3213—Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/34—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

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  • Figures 11 A-B illustrate an exemplary spin process for a third spin mechanism.
  • Credit acceptor 230 may be configured to accept one or more suitable forms of credit from a user of the game apparatus 100, including, but not limited to, currency (e g., coins and/or bills), tokens, vouchers, and electronic credit (e.g., by a swipe of card), for example.
  • the game apparatus 100 may be configured to allow the user to participate in a game experience when at least a predetermined credit amount has been received.
  • the landing zones 330 in Figure 3 are associated with a particular set of rewards that may be obtained by spinning the pointer 310.
  • This exemplary set of rewards is not limiting; any suitable set of rewards may be used.
  • each spin mechanism 110 is associated with a different set of rewards.
  • the landing zones 330 and corresponding rewards may be configurable, such as by an operator changing the graphic display and software stored in the memory unit 228. Modifications and variations may include changing the number of landing zones 330, the sizes of the landing zones 330, the rewards associated with the landing zones 330, the position of the landing zones 330 in relation to one another, associated different rewards with the landing zones 330, and any other suitable changes.
  • the spin mechanism 110 may use any suitable technologies for determining a post-spin landing position (e.g., the landing position of the pointer 310).
  • a position encoder and reader are employed.
  • Figure 5 illustrates the back side of an exemplary position encoder 550 that may be configured to rotate concurrently with the flywheel 510.
  • position reader 440 may determine the stop position of the position encoder 550. From this determination, the control unit 224 and/or the spin mechanism 110 may determine at which landing zone 330 the pointer 310 has stopped.
  • Each segment may be identified by an encoded pattern printed on the position encoder 550, and the encoded pattern may include a combination of light reflective and non-reflective surfaces. While the illustrated example includes particular encoded patterns, other implementations may utilize different encodings, including patterns for more segments (finer resolution), less segments (lower resolution), or segments that cover only part of the position encoder 550.
  • the position reader 440 may be configured to read the stop position of the position encoder 550. Any suitable technologies may be used to take the reading. In certain implementations, for example, the position reader 440 may include one or more optical light transceivers (e.g., nine individual transceiver modules). The transceivers may be configured to emit light toward the position encoder 550 and sense light is reflected back.
  • step 860 an appropriate amount of credit (corresponding to an associated action) is subtracted form the credit total.
  • the subroutine process of Figure 8 is then exited, and control is returned to the calling process.
  • processing may move from step 860 to the process illustrated in Figures 9A-B (see step 910 at "A1" in Figure 9A).
  • FIGs 1 1 A-B illustrate an exemplary spin process for the third spin mechanism 1 10-3.
  • the process may begin at step 1110.
  • the beginning of the process at step 1 110 is represented as "C1 " in Figure 10A
  • the performance of steps 1110-1150 as shown in Figure 1 1A may be substantially similar to steps 910-950 of Figure 9A as described above except that steps 1110-1150 are applied to spin mechanism 1 10-3 instead of spin mechanism 110-1.
  • step 1255 it is determined whether the spin action stopped at a "points" position as defined above. If it is determined that the spin action stopped at a "points" position, processing moves to step 1260. In step 1260, the points associated with the stop position are added to the point total The game then ends at step 1265 of course, this is illustrative In other implementations, other options and/or actions may be performed when a spin of spin mechanisms 1 10-4 stops at a "points" position For example, a user may be provided with an option to accept the points and end the game or to forego the points for another opportunity to spin the spin mechanism 1 10-4, in which case processing may return to step 1210 of Figure 12A.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un exemple d’appareil de jeu (100) qui comprend une pluralité de mécanismes de rotation (110) qui comprend au moins un premier mécanisme de rotation (110-1) et un second mécanisme de rotation (110-2), et une unité de commande (224) connectée de façon communicative aux mécanismes de rotation (110). L’unité de commande (224) est configurée pour fournir un voie de passage virtuelle qui permet au jeu de se déplacer entre le premier mécanisme de rotation (110-1) et le second mécanisme de rotation (110-2). Dans certaines mises en œuvre, le premier mécanisme de rotation (110-1) comprend une pluralité de zones d’atterrissage (330), une des zones d’atterrissage (330) étant associée à la voie de passage virtuelle. Dans certaines mises en œuvre, l’unité de commande (224) est configurée pour déplacer le jeu du premier mécanisme de rotation (110-1) au second mécanisme de rotation (110-2) en réponse à une action de rotation du premier mécanisme de rotation (110- 1) qui s’arrête au niveau de la zone d’atterrissement (330) associée à la voie de passage virtuelle.
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