US 8,912,727 B1 · Wagering game lighting device chains

Abstract

In a wagering game environment, a light engine can determine a number of lighting devices that constitute a light chain, and a chaining configuration. The light chain is associated with a wagering game machine. The light engine can determine attributes of the constituent lighting devices and compute timing to produce the light effect. In accordance with the determined attributes and computed timing, the light engine generates output lighting device commands for controlling the lighting devices and/or light source elements of the constituent lighting devices. The light engine can dynamically handle a variation in the number or chaining configuration of the lighting devices that constitute the light at runtime. Accordingly, the light engine can generate appropriate output lighting device commands to display the appropriate light effects.

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Dependent claims

A method of controlling a light chain in a wagering game environment, the method comprising:

determining the light chain indicated in a light chain command for creating a light effect with the light chain;
accessing light chain structure data that indicate a plurality of light chains and a plurality of constituent lighting devices for each of the plurality of light chains, wherein the plurality of light chains includes the light chain;
determining, from the light chain structure data, the plurality of constituent lighting devices that constitute the light chain and configuration of the light chain with respect to the plurality of constituent lighting devices that constitute the light chain;
determining attributes for each of the plurality of constituent lighting devices that constitute the light chain;
for each of the plurality of constituent lighting devices that constitute the light chain, determining at least one lighting device command based on the light chain command and on the configuration of the light chain;
constructing a command sequence with the lighting device commands to implement the light chain command for creating the light effect based, at least in part, on the attributes;
and
transmitting each of the lighting device commands to corresponding ones of the plurality of constituent lighting devices in accordance with the command sequence.

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A machine-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein for controlling a light chain of a wagering game machine, the instructions, when executed, cause a machine to:

determine a light chain indicated in a light chain command for creating a light effect with the light chain in a wagering game environment;
access light chain structure data that indicate a plurality of light chains and a plurality of constituent lighting devices for each of the plurality of light chains, wherein the plurality of light chains includes the light chain;
determine, from the light chain structure data, the plurality of constituent lighting devices that constitute the light chain and configuration of the light chain with respect to the plurality of constituent lighting devices that constitute the light chain;
determine attributes for each of the plurality of constituent lighting devices that constitute the light chain;
for each of the plurality of constituent lighting devices that constitute the light chain, determine at least one lighting device command based on the light chain command and the configuration of the light chain;
and
construct a command sequence with the lighting device commands to implement the light chain command for creating the light effect based, at least in part, on the attributes.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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