METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A LIGHT VALVE TO REDUCE THE VISIBILITY OF AN OBJECT WITHIN A GAMING APPARATUS

A gaming apparatus is disclosed that includes a housing, a value input device, a transparent panel having an outer surface and an inner surface, and a plurality of mechanically rotatable slot reels disposed in the housing so that the mechanically rotatable reels are visible to a player through the t...

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Hauptverfasser:	MATTICE, HAROLD E, WILDER, RICHARD L, GRISWOLD, CHAUNCEY W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	CHECKING-DEVICES COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING FREQUENCY-CHANGING NON-LINEAR OPTICS OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS OPTICS PHYSICS TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF
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Zusammenfassung:	A gaming apparatus is disclosed that includes a housing, a value input device, a transparent panel having an outer surface and an inner surface, and a plurality of mechanically rotatable slot reels disposed in the housing so that the mechanically rotatable reels are visible to a player through the transparent panel. The gaming apparatus also having a light valve that includes a suspended particle device disposed between the inner surface and the slot reels, and a controller coupled to the light valve to cause the light valve to become opaque to substantially block the view of the slot reels to the player. La présente invention a trait à un appareil de jeu comportant un boîtier, un dispositif d'entrée de valeurs, un écran transparent présentant une surface extérieure et une surface intérieure, et une pluralité de bobines coulissantes rotatives disposées dans le boîtier de sorte que les bobines rotatives soient visibles à un joueur à travers l'écran transparent. L'appareil de jeu comporte également un modulateur de lumière comportant un dispositif de particules suspendues disposé entre les surfaces intérieures et les bobines coulissantes, et un contrôleur relié au modulateur de lumière pour rendre le modulateur de lumière opaque en vue de bloquer sensiblement la vue des bobines coulissantes au joueur.