Patents
US 12412443 B2: Gaming machine and control method for operating gaming machines to display computer animated reel games
- Granted
- 2025-09-09
- Filed
- 2023-07-05 application 18218559
- Type
- Utility · 21 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A gaming machine including a cabinet, a display device mounted to the cabinet, and a control unit operably coupled to the display device is described herein. The control unit includes a processor programmed to execute an algorithm to render an animated sequence of computer-generated images on the display device including the steps of rendering a primary game screen on the display device including a plurality of virtual reels displayed within a reel window including a plurality of cells arranged in a plurality of rows and columns. The processor transforms the reel window by animating the reel window to increase a size of the reel window to display an additional row of cells within the reel window upon determining the game outcome displays a special symbol within the reel window. The processor also decreases the size of the reel window upon determining the game outcome does not display the special symbol.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250909.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konami Gaming, Inc. 299 patents | US company or organization | Las Vegas, NV | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masaya Matsuda | Las Vegas, NV | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G07F | Coin-freed or like apparatus | G07F17/3213 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-06 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MATSUDA, MASAYA signed 2023-07-06 | KONAMI GAMING, INC. LAS VEGAS, NV | 64170/80 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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