US 11,710,368 B2
Electronic gaming machine with dynamic display
Eric Winston, Reno, NV (US); Craig Paulsen, Reno, NV (US); Rajendrasinh Jadeja, Las Vegas, NV (US); and Eric Taylor, Carson City, NV (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/449,635.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/200,290, filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0277611 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3213 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3216 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic gaming system comprising:
a housing;
multiple sets of movable display units, each set of movable display units having a plurality of movable display units, and each movable display unit including a corresponding display panel, wherein each display panel is a multi-pixel display panel;
a plurality of linear drive mechanisms, each linear drive mechanism connected with one of the movable display units and configured to translate the movable display unit connected therewith relative to the housing and along a corresponding first axis responsive to receipt of a control signal; and
a game controller that includes one or more processors and one or more memory devices, wherein:
the sets of movable display units are arranged side-by-side along a second axis and rotationally aligned with one another about the second axis,
the linear drive mechanism for each movable display unit in each set of movable display units includes a stationary portion and a movable portion,
the corresponding display panel of each movable display unit in each set of movable display units is connected with the stationary portion of the linear drive mechanism for that movable display unit by the movable portion of the linear drive mechanism for that movable display unit,
the stationary portions of the linear drive mechanisms for the movable display units in the sets of movable display units are fixed in space relative to the housing,
the corresponding first axes of the movable display units within each set of movable display units are non-parallel to one another,
the one or more processors, the one or more memory devices, the one or more display panels, and the linear drive mechanisms are operably connected, and
the one or more memory devices store computer-executable instructions for controlling the one or more processors to:
present a game of chance using graphical content displayed on the display panels, and
cause the linear drive mechanisms to be selectively actuated so as to cause the movable display units connected with the actuated linear drive mechanisms to translate during presentation of the game of chance in association with an occurrence of one or more events during presentation of the game of chance.