US 10,455,283 B2Granted

External video mixing control

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InventorsKevin Higgins, William C. Little, Adrian R. Marcu

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Abstract

Techniques for allowing a gaming machine to exercise control over a picture-in-picture device (PIP mixer). A gaming machine includes a display device, a master game controller, the PIP mixer, and a PIP control interface. The master gaming controller is configured to execute a wager game, send a first video signal for the wager game to the PIP mixer, and send control instructions for controlling a display of one or more PIP windows to the PIP mixer via the PIP control interface. The PIP mixer receives the first video signal and a second video signal from an external source. The PIP mixer is configured to create a composite video image that includes display data of first video signal and the second video signal in PIP windows based on the control instructions. The composite video image is displayed on the display device.

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Dependent claims

A picture-in-picture mixer comprising:

a gaming machine video input configured to receive a gaming machine video signal from a gaming machine;
an external source video input configured to receive an external source video signal from an external source separate from the gaming machine and any components supported by a housing of the gaming machine;
and
a picture-in-picture controller configured to:
create a composite video signal based on the external source video signal and the gaming machine video signal;
transmit the created composite video signal to a display device of the gaming machine;
and
responsive to receipt of touch screen input data from a touch screen of the gaming machine:
responsive to the touch screen input data being associated with the gaming machine video signal, transmit, via a picture-in-picture control interface distinct from any player tracking component, the touch screen input data to a gaming machine controller of the gaming machine without transmitting the touch screen input data to the external source;
and
responsive to the touch screen input data being associated with the external source video signal, transmit, via a player user interface board interface distinct from any player tracking component and distinct from the picture-in-picture control interface, the touch screen input data to the external source without transmitting the touch screen input data to the gaming machine controller of the gaming machine.

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A gaming system comprising:

a gaming machine comprising:
a housing;
a display device supported by the housing;
a touch screen supported by the housing, said touch screen configured to receive touch inputs;
a gaming machine controller configured to provide a play of a wagering game;
and
a gaming machine video output configured to transmit a gaming machine video signal;
and
a picture-in-picture mixer comprising:
a gaming machine video input communicatively connected to the gaming machine video output to receive the gaming machine video signal;
an external source video input configured to receive an external source video signal from an external source separate from the gaming machine and any components supported by the housing of the gaming machine;
a picture-in-picture controller communicatively connected to the gaming machine controller and configured to:
create a composite video signal based on the external source video signal and the gaming machine video signal;
transmit the created composite video signal to the display device;
and
responsive to receipt of touch screen input data from the touch screen:
responsive to the touch screen input data being associated with the gaming machine video signal, transmit, via a picture-in-picture control interface distinct from any player tracking component, the touch screen input data to the gaming machine controller of the gaming machine without transmitting the touch screen input data to the external source;
and
responsive to the touch screen input data being associated with the external source video signal, transmit, via a player user interface board interface distinct from any player tracking component and distinct from the picture-in-picture control interface, the touch screen input data to the external source without transmitting the touch screen input data to the gaming machine controller of the gaming machine.

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Application: 15/424,503Filed 3 Feb 2017 · continuation
Priority: 29 Jun 2011
Published: US 2017/0150216 A125 May 2017
Granted: 22 Oct 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04N 21/4438
OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB: window management, e.g. event…
G07F 17/3209
Player-machine interfaces: input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen
G07F 17/3211
Player-machine interfaces: display means
G07F 17/3223
Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof: architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal…

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Application61/502,814Us provisional application · filed 29 Jun 2011
Application13/536,640Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Jun 2012
US 2017/0150216 A1Pre-grant publication · published 25 May 2017
US 9,564,000 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2013/0005457 A1Published application
US 10,455,283 B2This patent

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