Electronic gaming machine display unit with an integrated speaker transducer for forming a directional speaker cone
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies, Inc.
InventorsFrank Rodriguez, Stephen Shaffer, Jr.
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Abstract
Disclosed are gaming systems, methods, and machines that include a display unit for a sound directed immersive gaming experiences. In some examples, the display unit may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen acting as the speaker cone through one or more sound systems. An LCD screen may have one or more speaker transducers integrated to generate and amplify one or more audible sound waves from one or more sound signals in a directional speaker cone.
Claims20
An electronic gaming machine display unit comprising:
- a screen comprising a front display surface operable to display an image from the electronic gaming machine display unit, and a rear surface;
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- speaker apparatus comprising at least one channel comprising a speaker crossover and at least one transducer connected to the rear surface of the screen,
- wherein the at least one transducer is coupled to the speaker crossover to receive at least one signal associated with an electronic gaming machine controller to generate at least one mechanical sound wave capable of vibrating the screen.
A method for controlling a sound directive sound system for an electronic gaming machine, the electronic gaming machine comprising a display panel and a controller comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing a sound file and instructions, the instructions, which, when executed, cause the processor to execute at least the steps of:
- receiving an input from a user at a button deck, the input corresponding to an electronic audio energy signal;
- in response to receiving the input at the button deck, sending, by the processor, at least one signal to a speaker crossover;
- filtering the electronic audio energy signal at the speaker crossover and routing the electronic audio energy signal to a selected transducer;
- in response to receiving a signal at the selected transducer, controlling the transducer to convert the electronic audio energy signal to at least one mechanical sound wave to form a sound cone that vibrates the display panel in a sound direction;
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- generating at least one audible sound wave from the sound file correlated to the at least one signal.
An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a button deck operable to receive input;
- a controller comprising one or more processors and one or more memories, the controller configured to output one or more control signals;
- a screen comprising a front display surface operable to display an image associated with the one or more control signals, and a rear surface;
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- speaker apparatus comprising at least one channel comprising a speaker crossover and at least one transducer connected to the rear surface of the screen,
- wherein the at least one transducer is coupled to the speaker crossover to receive at least one transducer signal associated with the one or more control signals to generate at least one mechanical sound wave capable of vibrating the screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.