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US 10,650,634 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus, information reading apparatus, gaming machine, and gaming system
AssigneeUniversal Entertainment Corporation
InventorKengo Takeda
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Abstract
Provided is an information processing apparatus that enables adequately grasping the gaming environment. The information processing apparatus receives environmental information representing a gaming environment at a place where a gaming machine is installed in a gaming hall and performs image processing to create a floor map of the gaming hall in which gaming machines installed in the gaming hall are mapped to corresponding positions by associating the environmental information with the position of the gaming machine.
Claims16
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- an interface capable of receiving, via an electronic communications network, environmental information obtained from an environment sensor unit of a gaming machine, the environment sensor unit configured to sense information corresponding to a location of the gaming machine within a predefined range;
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- a controller programmed to perform image processing to create a map the location of the gaming machine, which map includes a selectable icon describing a position of the gaming machine within the location and a range and direction of detection of the environment sensor unit, by associating the information received from the environment sensor unit of the gaming machine with a position of the gaming machine,
- wherein, the environment sensor unit comprises an image capturing device, and the map includes a selectable icon corresponding to the image capturing device and the selectable icon describes the range and direction of detection of the image capturing device,
- wherein, upon selecting the selectable icon, an image captured by the image capturing device is displayed to a display device,
- wherein the interface receives, via the electronic communications network, information obtained from each environment sensor unit of each of a plurality of gaming machines,
- wherein the controller performs image processing to create a map of locations of each of the plurality of gaming machines, which map describes a position of each of the gaming machines within the location, as well as range and direction of detection of the image capturing device of each of the environment sensor units, by associating the information received from each of the environment sensor units with the positions of each of the plurality of gaming machines,
- wherein, the map includes a selectable icon corresponding to each image capturing device, and the selectable icons shown on the map describe the ranges and directions of detection of the image capturing devices, and
- wherein, when two or more selectable icons overlap, and one of the overlapping selectable icons is selected, an image captured by the image capturing device of each of the respective overlapping selectable icons is displayed to a display device.
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An information reading apparatus comprising:
- a communications connection device allowing electronic communications with a gaming machine via a communications network;
- an environment sensor unit capable of obtaining environmental information pertaining to a location of the gaming machine in a gaming facility;
- an interface capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus;
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- a controller programmed to send the environmental information, which includes information pertaining to a range and direction of detection of the environment sensor unit, to the information processing apparatus through the interface,
- wherein, upon receiving the environmental information including the information pertaining to the range and direction of detection of the environment sensor unit, the information processing apparatus performs image processing to create a floor map of the gaming facility that describes a position of the gaming machine within the facility, and the range and direction of detection of the environment sensor unit, the map created by associating the environmental information obtained with the position of the gaming machine,
- wherein, the environment sensor unit comprises an image capturing device, and the map includes a selectable icon corresponding to the image capturing device and the selectable icon describes the range and direction of detection of the image capturing device,
- wherein, upon selecting the selectable icon, an image captured by the image capturing device is displayed to a display device,
- wherein the interface receives, via the electronic communications network, information obtained from each environment sensor unit of each of a plurality of gaming machines,
- wherein the controller performs image processing to create a map of locations of each of the plurality of gaming machines, which map describes a position of each of the gaming machines within the location, as well as range and direction of detection of the image capturing device of each of the environment sensor units, by associating the information received from each of the environment sensor units with the positions of each of the plurality of gaming machines,
- wherein, the map includes a selectable icon corresponding to each image capturing device, and the selectable icons shown on the map describe the ranges and directions of detection of the image capturing devices, and
- wherein, when two or more selectable icons overlap, and one of the overlapping selectable icons is selected, an image captured by the image capturing device of each of the respective overlapping selectable icons is displayed to a display device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.