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US 2019/0102974 A1Published application
Gaming machine button deck filler with lighting effects
AssigneeEveri Games, Inc.
InventorsTravis B. Bussey, Daniel C. Gibson, Craig Steven Gallagher, Peter A. Phillips, JR.
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Abstract
Gaming machine button decks are connected with a button deck filler for connecting between two adjacent gaming machines to provide continuity between button decks and to provide lighting effects between the gaming machines. Light sources may be controlled by a multimedia server operating to control various presentation interfaces for a group of adjacent gaming machines.
Claims16
A button deck filler assembly adapted to be connected between adjacent gaming machines, comprising:
- a top portion adapted to, when installed, fill a span between respective button decks of adjacent gaming machines placed with their front faces at a diverging angle;
- a base portion below the top portion and adapted to, when installed, fill a span between the gaming machines;
- a light source attached to the assembly and operable to produce a light effect visible as light emitting from the button deck filler assembly, the light source comprising an RGB adjustable light;
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- a driver coupled to the light source, and a controller coupled to the driver and operable to connect to a network, receive instructions from the network associated with the light effect, and in response, operate the driver to cause the light to produce the light effect.
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A gaming multimedia system comprising:
- a plurality of gaming machines connected on a gaming machine local area network (EGM LAN) and arranged in a pattern with front faces pointing at diverging angles from adjacent gaming machines in the pattern;
- button deck filler assemblies adapted to be installed between respective adjacent pairs of gaming machines, and comprising:
- a top portion adapted to, when installed, fill a span between respective button decks of adjacent gaming machines;
- a base portion below the top portion and adapted to, when installed, fill a span between the gaming machines;
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- a light source attached to the assembly and operable to produce a light effect visible as light emitting from the button deck filler assembly;
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- a driver coupled to the light sources of the button deck filler assemblies, and a controller adapted to be coupled to the driver and operable to couple to a multimedia server, receive instructions associated with the light effect from the multimedia server, and operate the driver to cause the light sources to produce the light effect.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.