US 6,641,484 B2 · Gaming machine including security data collection device

Abstract

A gaming machine includes at least one security data collection device. In one embodiment, the security data collection device includes at least one camera and/or microphone mounted to the gaming machine and adapted to collect image or audio information regarding events associated with or adjacent to the gaming machine, including events associated with the interior of the gaming machine. The security data collection devices are associated with a controller adapted to control the devices and an information storage device for storing the collected information. In one embodiment, the controller is a main gaming machine controller, and in others a controller associated with a peripheral device such as a player tracking device.

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Dependent claims

A gaming machine including a security system comprising:

a gaming machine housing including a door, said door movable between an open position and a closed position, said housing when said door is in said closed position defining an interior area housing one or more devices and said door in said open position permitting access to said interior area;
and
at least one image collection device supported by said housing, said image collection device mounted to said door and directed at one or more times into said interior area of said housing to generate information representing at least one image of an activity associated with said interior area of said gaming machine.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Gaming machine including security data collection device

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