US Patent 7972206 Gaming machine and display device therefor

Patent 7972206 was granted and assigned to WMS Gaming on July, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent

Patent attributes

Current Assignee

WMS Gaming

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

79722060

Patent Inventor Names

Kazuo Okada0

Date of Patent

July 5, 2011

Patent Application Number

107155980

Date Filed

November 19, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Arthur O. Hall

Patent abstract

A gaming machine capable of maintaining the interest of a player even when the gaming machine does not work normally. For, example, a slot machine (10) comprises a display device (30) for displaying an image, and an image state control unit for controlling the display device (30) to display an image relating to a game. The slot machine (10) may be characterized in that the image state control unit controls the display device into a predetermined state upon determination that an image signal relating to the image provided to the display device fails to satisfy a predetermined condition.