Patents by Inventor Niclas Jouko Antti

Niclas Jouko Antti 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).

  • Dynamic generation of a profile for a spinning reel of a gaming system
    Patent number: 8038525
    Abstract: A gaming machine having spinning reels and methods for operating the gaming machine use a reel controller that controls motion of the spinning reels according to spin profiles for each reel. Each spin profile may be provided by the game play design and may be realized using curve fitting techniques, such as Bezier curves, splines, or approximations with line segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy John Durham, Niclas Jouko Antti
  • DYNAMIC GENERATION OF A PROFILE FOR A SPINNING REEL OF A GAMING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080146318
    Abstract: A gaming machine having spinning reels and methods for operating the gaming machine use a reel controller that controls motion of the spinning reels according to spin profiles for each reel. Each spin profile may be provided by the game play design and may be realized using curve fitting techniques, such as Bezier curves, splines, or approximations with line segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy John Durham, Niclas Jouko Antti
  • Dynamic generation of a profile for spinning reel gaming machines
    Patent number: 7360761
    Abstract: A gaming machine having spinning reels and methods for operating the gaming machine use a reel controller that controls motion of the spinning reels according to spin profiles for each reel. Each spin profile may be provided by the game play design and may be realized using curve fitting techniques, such as Bezier curves, splines, or approximations with line segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy John Durham, Niclas Jouko Antti