Patent ID: 11928916
Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC A  G

Claim 10:
11. A system comprising:
a wheel display assembly including:
a support structure;
a set of first wheel segments radially arranged around a common center axis; and
an actuation mechanism configured to be transitioned between a plurality of actuated configurations, wherein:
the first wheel segments in the set of first wheel segments are supported, at least in part, by the support structure,
each first wheel segment includes an outer surface that includes a first illumination device,
each of the first wheel segments is circumferentially interposed between two adjacent first wheel segments of the set of first wheel segments,
each first wheel segment includes a first side portion and a second side portion,
the first side portion includes a second surface including a second illumination device,
the second side portion includes a third surface including a third illumination device, and
the second and third surfaces of each corresponding first wheel segment each face towards a different one of the two first wheel segments adjacent to the corresponding first wheel segment at least when the corresponding first wheel segment and the first wheel segments adjacent thereto are all in the corresponding first wheel segment configurations
the actuation mechanism has a first portion that is fixed relative to the support structure and one or more second portions that are movable relative to the support structure to transition the actuation mechanism between the plurality of actuated configurations,
the first wheel segments are each movably connected with the support structure and are each interfaced with a second portion of the one or more second portions of the actuation mechanism such that each of the first wheel segments is at least movable between at least two corresponding wheel segment configurations, including a first wheel segment configuration and a second wheel segment configuration, relative to the support structure in response to the actuation mechanism transitioning to a corresponding one of the actuated configurations, and
transitioning of each first wheel segment between the corresponding first wheel segment configuration and the corresponding second wheel segment configuration causes at least a first sub-portion of that first wheel segment to at least translate along a direction parallel to the center axis.