Operation device and dealer-alternate device

• US 10,192,399 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2016
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interblock DOO
• Original Assignee: Aruze Gaming Hong Kong Limited (Universal Entertainment Corporation), Universal Entertainment Corporation
• Inventors: Sato, Junpei, Nagasaki, Yoshihiro, Joko, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Garlen, Alexander K
• Application Number:
  US15/276,710
• Publication Number:
  US 20170330410A1
• Time in Patent Office: 855 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 5/0005 Automatic roulette
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/02 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/062 the material being plastics
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/008 Leisure, hobby or sport articles, e.g. toys, games or first-aid kits; Hand tools; Toolboxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/10 Terrestrial scenes scenes under surveillance with static cameras G06V20/52; scenes perceived from the exterior of a vehicle G06V20/56; scenes perceived from the interior of a vehicle G06V20/59
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/166 using acquisition arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/176 Dynamic expression
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3206 Player sensing means, e.g. presence detection, biometrics
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3209 Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3216 Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/322 Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3241 Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance computer security G06F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3269 Timing aspects of game play, e.g. blocking/halting the operation of a gaming machine
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3272 Games involving multiple players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/38 : Ball games; Shooting apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 : Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/25 : using position of the lips, movement of the lips or face analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 : Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 : Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 : Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/63 : for estimating an emotional state
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 : Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 : for receiving images from a single remote source
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 : Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 : Controlling the colour of the light

Abstract

The present invention provides an operation device, which comprises a face-formed-body which forms a shape of face by the translucent resin, a light emitting device which is configured inside of the face-formed-body and is able to project the light with a variety of color switchably to any area of the face-formed-body, and a light emitting control device which controls the light emitting device and causes it to select the color of the light and the irradiation area of the face-formed-body according to the different situation and project the light of the selected color into the selected irradiation area.

Claims

1. A dealer replacement device, comprising:

a face-formed-body formed by a translucent resin to be in a shape of a face, and including a plurality of areas;

a light emitting device which is configured inside of the face-formed-body and is able to project a light with a plurality of colors switchably to any area of the plurality of areas; and

a light emitting control device which controls the light emitting device and causes the light emitting device to select a color of a light from among the plurality of colors and to select an irradiation area from among the plurality of areas of the face-formed-body according to different conditions and project a light of the selected color into the selected irradiation area;

an arm which is used to perform a plurality of operations;

a body which supports the arm; and

a control device which stores a data table in which the plurality of operations are associated with the plurality of conditions, respectively, and when the light emitting control device controls the light emitting device to express a condition of the plurality of conditions, determines an operation associated with the expressed condition by referring to the data table and controls the arm to perform the determined operation.

2. The dealer replacement device according to the claim 1, wherein,

the plurality of areas include a forehead area, an eye area, a nose area, a mouth area, and a cheek area, and

the light emitting control device selects following various states according to different conditions, that are:

a general state in which the eye area is irradiated by a blue light;

a enjoyment state in which the eye area is irradiated by the blue light and the cheek area is irradiated by a pink light;

a anger state in which the eye area is irradiated by a red light;

a sadness state in which the forehead area is irradiated by the blue light.

3. The dealer replacement device according to the claim 2, wherein the light emitting control device blinking the mouth area with the blue light when an utterance is performed.

4. The dealer replacement device according to the claim 1, wherein the light emitting control device expresses a predetermined condition by sequentially performing a plurality of actions including a first action and a second action,

wherein the first action includes changing at least one of a light amount, a light color, or an irradiated area in a first area of the plurality of areas, and

wherein the second action includes changing at least one of a light amount, a light color, or an irradiated area in a second area of the plurality of areas.

5. A dealer replacement device, comprising:

an arm which is used to cause a handling part to move in a 3D space and locate at any position of the 3D space, wherein the handling part handles a gaming equipment used in a game; and

a body which is used to support the arm and performs an effect operation for a player,

wherein the body comprises;

a face-formed-body formed by a translucent resin to be in a shape of a face, and including a plurality of areas;

a light emitting device which is configured inside of the face-formed-body and is able to project a light with a plurality of colors switchably to any area of the plurality of areas;

a light emitting control device which controls the light emitting device and causes the light emitting device to select a color of a light from among the plurality of colors and to select an irradiation area from among the plurality of areas of the face-formed-body according to different conditions and project a light of the selected color into the selected irradiation area,

wherein the arm is used to perform a plurality of operations,

wherein the body further comprises a control device which stores a data table in which the plurality of operations are associated with the plurality of conditions, respectively, and when the light emitting control device controls the light emitting device to express a condition of the plurality of conditions, determines an operation associated with the expressed condition by referring to the data table and controls the arm to perform the determined operation.

6. The dealer replacement device according to the claim 5, wherein the light emitting control device expresses a predetermined condition by sequentially performing a plurality of actions including a first action and a second action,

wherein the first action includes changing at least one of a light amount, a light color, or an irradiated area in a first area of the plurality of areas, and

wherein the second action includes changing at least one of a light amount, a light color, or an irradiated area in a second area of the plurality of areas.

7. An operation device, comprising:

a face-formed-body formed by a translucent resin to be in a shape of a face, a plurality of irradiation areas configured to individually emit lights being formed in the face-formed-body;

a light emitting device which is provided inside of the face-formed-body and projects a light with a plurality of colors switchably to any area of the irradiation areas;

a light emitting control device which controls the light emitting device and causes the light emitting device to select a color of a light to be projected to each of the irradiation areas from among the plurality of colors, according to a condition of each of the irradiation areas;

an arm which is used to perform a plurality of operations;

a body which supports the arm; and

a control device which stores a data table in which the plurality of operations are associated with various conditions, respectively, and when the light emitting control device controls the light emitting device to express the condition, determines an operation associated with the expressed condition by referring to the data table and controls the arm to perform the determined operation,

wherein the irradiation areas are divided to express the various conditions, and

wherein the light emitting control device stores a response data for expressing a condition of the various conditions and expresses the condition by a combination of change states of the irradiation areas according to the response data.

8. The dealer replacement device according to the claim 7, wherein the light emitting control device expresses the condition by sequentially performing the change states including a first change state and a second change state,

wherein the first change state includes changing at least one of a light amount, a light color, or an irradiated area in a first irradiation area of the irradiation areas, and

wherein the second change state includes changing at least one of a light amount, a light color, or an irradiated area in a second irradiation area of the irradiation areas.