Self-contained integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system

• US 20050239544A1
• Filed: 04/27/2004
• Published: 10/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Steelman Gaming Technology
• Original Assignee: Steelman Gaming Technology
• Inventors: Anderson, Steve, Tibbitts, David, Champelli, Jon, Steelman, Paul C.
• Application Number:
  US10/833,505
• Publication Number:
  US 20050239544A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/29
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3202 Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3216 Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects

Abstract

An integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system having a base, a support structure mounted to the base, and a component enclosure mounted on the support structure. The component enclosure includes a series of mounting locations, each configured to receive a modular component usable for supporting a gaming table. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system may also include a game tracking system as well as a dealer calling system.

Claims

1. An integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system comprising:

a base;

a support structure mounted to the base; and

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a component enclosure mounted on the support structure, the component enclosure having a series of mounting locations, each mounting location configured to receive a modular component usable for supporting a gaming table.

2. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the mounting locations are spaced equally apart.

3. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the modular components are sized to fit one or more mounting locations.

4. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 1, further comprising a game tracking system.

5. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the modular component is selected from a group consisting of a camera, a light fixture, an audio speaker, a microphone, a fire suppression system, a fire detection system, a communications device, a power supply, and an alert system.

6. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 1, further comprising an ambient light source.

7. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 6, wherein the component enclosure comprises a channel and the ambient light source is mounted within the channel.

8. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 6, wherein the component enclosure comprises a curved portion and the ambient light source is mounted within the curved portion.

9. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 6, wherein the component enclosure comprises a cove and the ambient light source is mounted within the cove.

10. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 6, wherein the component enclosure comprises a diffuser and the ambient light source is mounted behind the diffuser.

11. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 1, further comprising a frame structure, the frame structure being integrated into the component enclosure.

12. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the component enclosure is a curved wing.

13. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the base includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of a drawer, a shelf, a time clock, a printer, a card reader, a computer, a phone, a network jack, a power outlet and a phone jack.

14. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 1, further comprising a display.

15. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 14, wherein the display is configured to display gaming information.

16. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the component enclosure further comprises a cover having at least one ventilation opening.

17. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the component enclosure includes a length of fiber-optic running along at least a portion of the enclosure.

18. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 1, further comprising a hydraulic jack system for deploying a set of casters.

19. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 18, wherein the hydraulic jack system deploys the casters by lowering the casters from the base.

20. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 1, further comprising an audio signal transport system.

21. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 1, further comprising a wireway.

22. An integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system comprising:

a base;

a support structure mounted to the base; and

,

a component enclosure mounted on the support structure;

the component enclosure having a series of mounting panels, each panel configured to receive a modular component configured to support a gaming table.

23. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, wherein each panel being of a standard size.

24. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, wherein each panel being one of a set of standard sizes, each standard size being a multiple of a smallest of one of the set of standard sizes.

25. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, wherein each panel being one of a first standard size and a second standard size, wherein the second standard size is different from the first standard size.

26. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, further comprising a game tracking system.

27. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, wherein the modular component is selected from a group consisting of a camera, a light fixture, an audio speaker, a microphone, a fire suppression system, a fire detection system, a communications device, a power supply, and an alert system.

28. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, further comprising an ambient light source.

29. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 28, wherein the component enclosure comprises a channel and the ambient light source is mounted within the channel.

30. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 28, wherein the component enclosure comprises a curved portion and the ambient light source is mounted within the curved portion.

31. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 28, wherein the component enclosure comprises a cove and the ambient light source is mounted within the cove.

32. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 28, wherein the component enclosure comprises a diffuser and the ambient light source is mounted behind the diffuser.

33. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, further comprising a frame structure, the frame structure integrated into the component enclosure.

34. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, wherein the component enclosure is a curved wing.

35. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, wherein the base includes at least one element selected from the group comprising of a drawer, a shelf, a time clock, a printer, a card reader, a computer, a phone, a network jack, a power outlet and a phone jack.

36. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, further comprising a display.

37. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 36, wherein the display is configured to display gaming information.

38. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, wherein the component enclosure further comprises a cover having at least one ventilation opening.

39. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, wherein the component enclosure includes a length of fiber-optic cable running along at least a portion of the enclosure.

40. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, further comprising an hydraulic jack system for deploying a set of casters.

41. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 40, wherein the hydraulic jack system deploys the casters by lowering the casters from the base.

42. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, further comprising an audio routing system.

43. The integrated audio, lighting and surveillance system of claim 22, further comprising wireway.

44. A configurable lighting system for a gaming table comprising a plurality of modular task lighting fixtures and an ambient lighting system having a fiber-optic cable.

45. A method comprising the steps of:

providing a free-standing structure having a base, a component enclosure having a plurality of mounting locations for mounting modular components, and a support structure coupling the component enclosure to the base;

selecting a component from a group consisting of a camera, a light fixture, an audio speaker, a microphone, a fire suppression system, a fire detection system, a communications device, a power supply, and an alert system; and

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installing the component in the component enclosure.

46. An enclosure comprising:

a frame; and

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a body mounted to the frame, the body having a plurality of locations for installing a plurality of component modules, the plurality of locations being spaced at a predetermined distance apart;

wherein the plurality of component modules include at least one component selected from a group consisting of a camera, a light fixture, an audio speaker, a microphone, a fire suppression system, a fire detection system, a communications device, a power supply, and an alert system.

47. The enclosure of claim 46, within the body includes a wireway.

48. The enclosure of claim 46, further comprising a cover mounted to a top surface of the body.

49. The enclosure of claim 48, wherein the cover comprises a set of perforations.

50. The enclosure of claim 46, wherein the body surrounds the frame and the plurality of locations are openings in the body.

51. The enclosure of claim 46, further comprising a plurality of mounting locations configured for attachment to a support.

52. The enclosure of claim 51, wherein the support is a, base.

53. The enclosure of claim 51, wherein the support structure is a fixed surface.