Patent ID: 6132313
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A63F,G05G,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
A gaming machine played by a game player comprising:a display;a foot pedal unit disposed in a main body of the gaming machine and movable by the game player in at least a horizontal plane and a vertical plane;a display controller for displaying an image in a three dimensional manner on a screen to generate a game space and for changing a monitor image on the screen of the display in response to the movement of the foot pedal unit;said foot pedal unit comprising:a base member movable in a forward and backward direction by the game player with respect to the machine;a rotatable member mounted on top of the base member and rotatable by the game player about the base member;a foot pedal part disposed on a top of the rotatable member and capable of being inclined by the game player about the rotatable member;a first detector operable to detect an amount of movement of the base member in the forward and backward direction;a second detector operable to detect an amount of rotation of the rotatable member with respect to the base member; anda third detector operable to detect an amount of inclination of the foot pedal part with respect to the rotatable member.