Patent ID: 9424709
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a display on which images associated with the play of a game are displayed; a console with a plurality of input buttons; a three-dimensional, formed object supplemental to the display, provided between the display and the console, with a light emitting portion so that the lighting state of the light emitting portion is viewable from the outside; optical sensors provided along the periphery of the formed object and configured to detect a player's gesture of rubbing the formed object along the periphery of the formed object, as each of the sensors is turned on or off by the player in a contactless manner; and a controller used to start a game, the controller being programmed to execute the steps of: (A) starting the detection of the player's gesture by the sensors at a timing corresponding to the state of the game; and (B) while in the step (A) the player's gesture is being detected, causing the light emitting portion to emit light in a light emission mode in sync with the detected player's gesture while causing a character to appear on the display as if the character is emanating from the formed object.