Patent ID: 8277304
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A computerized method comprising: selecting, during a non-game play period, a mechanical reel having a physical reel strip to align a home position of the reel strip relative to a home position of the reel, with respect to a target position on a gaming machine in which the reel is physically mounted, the reel having a surface to hold the reel strip and having a physical band interior from the surface, the reel strip having a first indicator representing the home position of the reel strip, the band having a second indicator that represents the home position of the reel; controlling a reel motor to physically move the reel such that the first and second indicators are sensed by an electronic sensor, during the non-game play period, the reel motor movement controlled using control signals received from a computer in which a processor executes instructions to determine misalignment of the home position of the reel strip with the home position of the reel; automatically sending a signal, correlated to the sensed first indicator, from the electronic sensor to the computer to determine a distance of misalignment between the home position of the real strip and the home position of the reel; and saving a value representing the distance of misalignment in a memory of the computer.