Patents by Inventor Kay D. Vetter

Kay D. Vetter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multimedia emulation of physical reel hardware in processor-based gaming machines
    Patent number: 8360847
    Abstract: Gaming machines, systems and methods for providing more realistic emulations of rotating reels are disclosed. Gaming machines include an exterior housing, master gaming controller, display device, speakers and virtual reels. A reel spin timer can be adapted to vary the spin times of the simulated rotating reels from one game play to another, and a reel sound generator can be adapted to provide reel sounds to one or more speakers with respect to the simulated rotating reels. Provided reel sounds can also vary from one game play to another, and both reel spin times and reel sounds can be selected randomly from stored values or files. Stored values or files can include samplings from actual physical reels. A remote host can provide downloadable reel spin times and reel sounds to gaming machines within an associated gaming system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: David C. Williams, John Leagh Beadell, Joseph Randy Hedrick, Kurt M. Larsen, Nicholas B. Mayne, Kay D. Vetter
  • MULTIMEDIA EMULATION OF PHYSICAL REEL HARDWARE IN PROCESSOR-BASED GAMING MACHINES
    Publication number: 20080113749
    Abstract: Gaming machines, systems and methods for providing more realistic emulations of rotating reels are disclosed. Gaming machines include an exterior housing, master gaming controller, display device, speakers and virtual reels. A reel spin timer can be adapted to vary the spin times of the simulated rotating reels from one game play to another, and a reel sound generator can be adapted to provide reel sounds to one or more speakers with respect to the simulated rotating reels. Provided reel sounds can also vary from one game play to another, and both reel spin times and reel sounds can be selected randomly from stored values or files. Stored values or files can include samplings from actual physical reels. A remote host can provide downloadable reel spin times and reel sounds to gaming machines within an associated gaming system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: David C. Williams, John Leagh Beadell, Joseph Randy Hedrick, Kurt M. Larsen, Nicholas B. Mayne, Kay D. Vetter