Controlling autostereoscopic game symbol sets

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016110949-A1
Application number	US-201514977233-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 21, 2015
Priority date	Dec 23, 2011
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A gaming system and its operations include, for example presenting, via an autostereoscopic display device, symbols for an electronic wagering game, determining a game event value for a game event for the wagering game, determining a first symbol significance value for a first set of the symbols based on the game event value, and determining a second symbol significance value for a second set of the symbols based on the game event value. The operations can further include presenting, via the autostereoscopic display device, the first set of the symbols with a first autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value corresponding to the first symbol significance value. The operations can further include presenting, via the autostereoscopic display device, the second set of the symbols with a second autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value corresponding to the second symbol significance value. The first autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value is greater than the second autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value.

First claim

1 . A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
presenting, via an autostereoscopic display device of the gaming system, symbols for an electronic wagering game; determining a game event value for a game event for the electronic wagering game; determining, by at least one of one or more electronic processing units of the gaming system, a first symbol significance value for a first set of the symbols based on the game event value; determining, by at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, a second symbol significance value for a second set of the symbols based on the game event value; presenting, via the autostereoscopic display device, the first set of the symbols with a first autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value corresponding to the first symbol significance value; and presenting, via the autostereoscopic display device, the second set of the symbols with a second autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value corresponding to the second symbol significance value, wherein the first autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value is greater than the second autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the first symbol significance value comprises determining a first pay table value for a first symbol type associated with the first set of the symbols, and said method further comprising setting the first autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value proportional to the first pay table value.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining the second symbol significance value comprises determining a second pay table value for a second symbol type associated with the second set of the symbols, and said method further comprising setting the second autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value proportional to the second pay table value.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the first symbol significance value comprises determining that the first set of the symbols corresponds to a winning configuration of the symbols, and wherein the determining the second symbol significance value comprises determining that the second set of the symbols corresponds to a non-winning configuration within the symbols.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the first symbol significance value comprises determining that the first set of the symbols are located in a first set of reels for the electronic wagering game, and wherein the determining the second symbol significance value comprises determining that the second set of the symbols are located in a second set of reels.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first symbol significance value and the second symbol significance value vary according to one or more of different locations of the first set and second set, different symbol payout levels for the first set and the second set, different symbol types for first set and the second set, amounts of different user indicated relevance assigned to the first set and the second set, different degrees of game outcome relevance between the first set and the second set, different numbers of pay lines to which each of the first set and the second set are associated, or different distances of the first set and the second set from a real-world object external to the gaming system.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value and the second autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value cause the first set of the symbols and the second set of the symbols to appear greater than a neutral depth value that represents a virtual surface of a virtual slot wheel, and wherein the neutral depth value corresponds to a three-dimensional depth value that appears as a two-dimensional, non-stereoscopic effect.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value causes the first set of the symbols to appear to extend outward from a virtual surface of a virtual slot wheel, and wherein the second autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value for the second set of the symbols causes the second set of the symbols to appear beneath the virtual surface of the virtual slot wheel.

9 . One or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a set of one or more electronic processing units of a gaming system cause the gaming system to perform operations comprising:
presenting, via an autostereoscopic display device of the gaming system, symbols for an electronic wagering game; determining a game event value for a game event for the electronic wagering game; determining a first symbol significance value for a first set of the symbols based on the game event value; determining a second symbol significance value for a second set of the symbols based on the game event value; presenting, via the autostereoscopic display device, the first set of the symbols with a first autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value corresponding to the first symbol significance value; and presenting, via the autostereoscopic display device, the second set of the symbols with a second autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value corresponding to the second symbol significance value, wherein the first autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value is greater than the second autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value.

10 . The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media of claim 9 , wherein the operations for determining the first symbol significance value include operations comprising determining a first pay table value for a first symbol type associated with the first set of the symbols , and said operations further comprising setting the first autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value proportional to the first pay table value.

11 . The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media of claim 10 , wherein the operations for determining the second symbol significance value comprises determining a second pay table value for a second symbol type associated with the second set of the symbols, and said operations further comprising setting the second autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value proportional to the second pay table value.

12 . The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media of claim 9 , wherein the operations for determining the first symbol significance value include operations comprising determining that the first set of the symbols correspond to a winning configuration of the symbols, and wherein the operations for determining the second symbol significance value include operations comprising determining that the second set of the symbols correspond to a non-winning configuration of the symbols.

13 . The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media of claim 9 , wherein the first autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value causes the first set of the symbols to appear to extend outward from a virtual surface of a virtual slot wheel, and wherein the second autostereoscopic three-dimensional depth value for the second set of the symbols causes the second set of the symbols to appear beneath the virtual surface of the virtual slot wheel.

14 . A gaming system comprising:
an autostereoscopic display device configured to display an electronic wagering game, the autostereoscopic display device being capable of stereoscopic, three-dimensional visual effects; at least one processor; and at least one memory device configured to store instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the gaming system to,
present, via the autostereosc

Assignees

• Bally Gaming Inc

Inventors

• Collette Shawn C
• Detlefsen David E
• Jaffe Joel R
• Kelly sean p
• Loose Timothy C
• Massing Scott A

Classifications

• G07F17/3211

  Display means · CPC title

• G02B30/26

  of the autostereoscopic type · CPC title

• G07F17/34

  depending on the stopping of moving members {in a mechanical slot machine}, e.g. "fruit" machines · CPC title

• G07F17/3202

  Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof · CPC title

• A63F13/52

  involving aspects of the displayed game scene · CPC title