Patent ID: 11915541
Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method for controlling a reel structure in a gaming machine having a game controller, a video display, and a reel enclosing the video display and including a first plurality of symbol positions, the first plurality of symbol positions including a variable display position through which the video display is visible, the variable display position being located between a first position and a second position, the method comprising:
controlling, via the game controller, the video display to impart light and video effects through the variable display position;
determining, via the game controller, a rotational movement of the reel;
controlling, via the game controller, the video display to display a second plurality of symbols selected from a symbol set to visually add the second plurality of symbols to the first plurality of symbol positions, thereby lengthening the reel to increase an effective number of symbols on the reel;
when the reel stops the rotational movement and registers the variable display position with the video display, generating, via the game controller, at different times a first portion of the video display one of a color and a backlight for the first position, and a second portion of the video display a different one of the color and the backlight for the second position; and
when the reel is in the rotational movement, activating, via the game controller, the video display to flash one of the color and the backlight intermittently that is timed with the rotational movement.