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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110300937 | GAMING MACHINE HAVING A MOLDED CURVED DISPLAY Gaming machines having video depictions of one or more mechanical reels projected onto a curved display are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the gaming machine includes a curved transparent material having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a radius of curvatur... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110263326 | PROJECTING AND CONTROLLING WAGERING GAMES A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include projecting an image of wagering game content onto a physical surface and controlling a wagering game, associated with the wagering game content, using player inter... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110256927 | PROJECTION OF INTERACTIVE GAME ENVIRONMENT The projection of an interactive game environment image on one or more surfaces. The interactive game environment image may be a three dimensional image, or may be two dimensional. Data is received that represents virtual objects that are spatially positioned in virtual... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110028213 | IN-THEATRE INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM In-theater interactive entertainment system. A game server generates video content in digital form and is displayed on a digital display in a theater. A telephony system is connected to the game server enabling a group of individual game participants in the theater to e... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100304812 | DISPLAYING SONG LYRICS AND VOCAL CUES Described are methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer program products, for displaying song lyrics and vocal cues in a rhythm-action game. In one aspect this is accomplished by displaying, on a display in communication with a game platform, a vocal cue. Th... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100304858 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN AND GAME APPARATUS Reference point calculation means calculates a reference point with respect to a reference axis direction, the reference point being a center position based on positions of a plurality of objects and the reference axis direction being a predetermined axis direction of a... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100292005 | GAME APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING A GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREON In a game apparatus, a trajectory WP on which a waist W of a player character moves and an elliptic trajectory ArP on which an ankle Par of the player character moves are set. When the player character moves in a game space, the waist moves on the trajectory WP and the ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100255911 | GAME DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR GAME DEVICE, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION MEMORY MEDIUM To provide a game device that allows a player to smoothly input a plurality of game parameters in consideration of a balance among those game parameters. An image that is changed according to a change of a numerical value is displayed. A first numerical value changing s... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100190552 | LCD DISPLAY FOR GAMING DEVICE WITH INCREASED APPARENT BRIGHTNESS A display system in which a display assembly has enhanced apparent brightness when viewed through a second display overlaying the display assembly. The display assembly includes a liquid crystal (LC) based projector having a light source and a polarizing film that polar... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100105476 | Computer System and Controlling Method Thereof A computer system and a controlling method are provided. The computer system includes a container and a display unit. The container has an opening through which a real article enters the container. The display unit displays a frame. The controlling method of the compute... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20090258701 | GAMING MACHINE HAVING A MOLDED CURVED DISPLAY Gaming machines having video depictions of one or more mechanical reels projected onto a curved display are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the gaming machine includes a curved transparent material having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a radius of curvatur... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090253476 | Trivia game and system An embodiment of the invention is a trivia entertainment system providing for free association of recordings and trivia through a free form hosted selection process.... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090124382 | Interactive image projection system and method An interactive image projection system and method provides for projection of an interactive image on a projection surface. A copy of the image is broadcast by two projectors onto the projection surface in registration with one another to form a single projection copy on... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090075733 | INTERACTIVE PLAYMAT An interactive playmat that projects an image of a playmat onto a flat surface is provided. The interactive playmat interactively provides instructions to the game players during play. Some embodiments of the virtual playmat can sense when an action is performed with re... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090054143 | GAME DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF GAME DEVICE, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM To provide a game device that allows a user to relatively easily judge a time at which a length of a gauge becomes a length with which desired processing is executed. A first gauge control unit (72) controls the gauge to expand or contract according to continued ... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090048019 | GAME PROGRAM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME CONTROL METHOD In this game program, a character and a moving object when the game space is viewed from a first direction is displayed on an image display unit in the position of the character and the position of the moving object recognized by a control unit. Then, whether or not the... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090036209 | PLAYER CONTROLS FOR USE WITH GAME MACHINES A player control assembly (1) can be used with a game machine (7) and comprises a control panel (11) of said machine which has player-operable switches and function indicators for said switches. The assembly (1) further comprises a projector ... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080194328 | Electronic Game Machine, Data Processing Method in Electronic Game Machine and Its Program and Storage Medium for Same The following processing steps are performed: 1) processing for determining the behavior of a player character and specifying a first coefficient relating to that behavior; 2) processing for determining the current position of the player character in a virtual space and... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080194331 | DISPLAYING INFORMATION TO A SELECTED PLAYER IN A MULTI-PLAYER GAME ON A COMMONLY VIEWED DISPLAY DEVICE A method and system for presenting specific information to a selected player in a multi-player game on a commonly viewed display device is presented. The method and system comprise receiving a request for information. Typically, this request comes from the selected play... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080113755 | WAGERING GAME WITH SIMULATED MECHANICAL REELS HAVING AN OVERLYING IMAGE DISPLAY A gaming machine for playing a wagering game includes a housing having a display region. A first image display device for simulating mechanical reels of a slot machine in the display region includes a curved surface that approximates the radius of curvature of a mechani... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080102952 | VIDEO CONTENT DETERMINATIVE KENO GAME SYSTEM AND METHOD In accordance with some described embodiments, a keno game is tied to video content such that events in the video content determine the outcome of the keno game. In one example, outcome determinative events are selected from a set of potential outcome determinative even... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080081694 | INTERACTIVE TOY AND DISPLAY SYSTEM An interactive toy system comprising a toy and a display configured to exhibit an electronic image associated with the toy. The system also includes a console configured to control the image exhibited by the display. Further, an adapter is configured to form a communica... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080064498 | Storage medium storing a game program, game apparatus, and game controlling method A game system includes a game apparatus and a controller, and the controller is furnished with an acceleration sensor. For example, a player performs a boxing game according to an acceleration input by throwing a hook or straight punch while holding the controller. When... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080004110 | Game Board, Pawn and System for Playing Board Games A system (1) for playing board games comprises a game board (2) and at least one pawn (20). The game board comprises display means (4, 5 and 6) for displaying on a board surface (3) a game board layout. The display means are fur... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070265070 | Laser Controller A laser controller has a sensor input for each of a plurality of lasers which the controller may control using outputs. Each laser and sensor may form a laser beam. The controller may have timing start and stop inputs to control a timer, and the controller may calculate... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070265071 | Laser Maze A laser maze attraction has a series of lasers and sensors that may be configured in a maze where a user may be timed for completing the maze, but with penalties for breaking a laser beam. A controller may illuminate a plurality of lasers and monitor sensors correspondi... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070149281 | VIRTUAL MOVABLE MECHANICAL DISPLAY DEVICE Various techniques are disclosed for displaying content on a movable display device. According to specific embodiments, content to be projected onto a first surface portion of the movable display device may be identified. At least one operation may be performed to deter... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070099700 | Portable projection gaming system A handheld projection gaming system includes a projection gaming device having a control portion and a projector portion, and an external user input device. The control portion is configured to be held in a handheld position, and includes control devices configured for ... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20060073892 | Image display system, information processing system, image processing system, and video game system According to functions (the first to the third target position setup functions 242, 244, and 246) which set up as a target position, a position of reference image, a position decided by orientations of multiple cards, and a position of a character image be... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20050192094 | Gaming machine The present invention provides a gaming machine which allows a plurality of players to advance a game by indicating positions on a table screen which constitutes a game table using their hands. The gaming machine includes a game table display unit which displays an imag... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050192093 | Gaming machine The present invention allows a player to advance a game by actually performing an indication over an image display which constitutes a table screen using his/her hand. The gaming machine includes an image display which displays an image relevant to the game, a position ... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050187017 | Gaming machine It is disclosed the gaming machine 500 provided with the DLP (Digital Liquid crystal Projector) 602 for projecting an image, the transparent screen 503 on which the image projected by the DLP 602 is focused, the DVC (Digital Video Camera) ... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050187018 | Information input device The present invention provides, in a gaming machine which uses a game table, an information input device which can detect positions indicated by player's hands or the like without relying on the detection of touching of the game table by players. An information input de... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050039210 | In-theatre interactive entertainment system In-theater interactive entertainment system. A game server generates video content in digital form and is displayed on a digital display in a theater. A telephony system is connected to the game server enabling a group of individual game participants in the theater to e... | 02/17/2005 |
