Gaming machine with scanning 3-D display system
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1. A gaming machine comprising:
- an external cabinet defining an interior region of the gaming machine, the external cabinet adapted to house a plurality of gaming machine components within or about the interior region;
an eye detection system located within or about the external cabinet, the eye detection system configured to do the following;
locate an eye position of a person near the gaming machine;
generate corresponding image casting information that describes the eye position relative to a position of the gaming machine such that an image may be projected from the gaming machine to a retina of the person near the gaming machine;
track the eye position; and
generate updated image casting information according to a predetermined refresh rate; and
a retinal image system located within or about the external cabinet, the retinal image system comprising a projection system, the retinal image system configured to do the following;
generate the image for the person;
receive image casting information, including updated image casting information, from the eye detection system;
project, via the projection system, the image onto the retina using the image casting information, the projected image being confined to an area of the person'"'"'s eyes; and
change a direction of image projection according to the updated image casting information.
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods that cast an image into a person'"'"'s eye from a retinal image system included with a gaming machine. The gaming machine includes a retinal image system located within or about the external cabinet and configured to cast an image toward an eye of a person near the gaming machine. The gaming machine also includes an eye detection system configured to locate the eye relative to a position of a projection component of the retinal image system.
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1. A gaming machine comprising:
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an external cabinet defining an interior region of the gaming machine, the external cabinet adapted to house a plurality of gaming machine components within or about the interior region; an eye detection system located within or about the external cabinet, the eye detection system configured to do the following; locate an eye position of a person near the gaming machine; generate corresponding image casting information that describes the eye position relative to a position of the gaming machine such that an image may be projected from the gaming machine to a retina of the person near the gaming machine; track the eye position; and generate updated image casting information according to a predetermined refresh rate; and a retinal image system located within or about the external cabinet, the retinal image system comprising a projection system, the retinal image system configured to do the following; generate the image for the person; receive image casting information, including updated image casting information, from the eye detection system; project, via the projection system, the image onto the retina using the image casting information, the projected image being confined to an area of the person'"'"'s eyes; and change a direction of image projection according to the updated image casting information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 44, 45)
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16. A gaming machine comprising:
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an external cabinet defining an interior region of the gaming machine, the external cabinet adapted to house a plurality of gaming machine components within or about the interior region; an eye detection system located within or about the external cabinet, the eye detection system configured to do the following; locate an eye position of a person near the gaming machine; generate corresponding image casting information that describes the eye position relative to a position of the gaming machine such that an image from the gaming machine may be projected to a retina of the person near the gaming machine; track the eye position; and generate updated image casting information according to a predetermined refresh rate; and a retinal image system located within or about the external cabinet. The retinal image system configured to receive image casting information, including updated image casting information, from the eye detection system, the retinal image system including; one or more light sources that generate light; a light valve configured to produce an image by selectively transmitting light according to video information, and a projection system configured to do the following; receive the image from the light valve; project the image onto the retina of the person using the image casting information, the projected image being confined to an area of the person'"'"'s eyes; and change a direction of image projection according to the updated image casting information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A gaming machine comprising:
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an external cabinet defining an interior region of the gaming machine, the external cabinet adapted to house a plurality of gaming machine components within or about the interior region; apparatus for determining a person'"'"'s identity; an eye detection system located within or about the external cabinet and including; a camera configured to capture an image that includes a person'"'"'s eye when the person is near the gaming machine, and a processing system configured to do the following; determine a current eye position relative to a position of the gaming machine, using information captured in the image, such that an image may be projected from the gaming machine to a retina of the person near the gaming machine; control the camera to track the eye position; and generate image casting information indicating the current eye position; and a retinal image system located within or about the external cabinet, the retinal image system comprising a projection system, the retinal image system configured to do the following; receive the image casting information; generate an image for the person, the image corresponding with the person'"'"'s identity; direct, via the projection system, the image onto the person'"'"'s retina using the image casting information, the directed image being confined to an area of the person'"'"'s eyes. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A method, comprising:
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determining an identity of a person near a wager gaming machine; repeatedly determining a current eye position of the person relative to a position of the wager gaming machine such that an image may be projected from the gaming machine to a retina of the person; producing an image that corresponds with the identity of the person; and directing the image onto the retina of the person according to the current eye position using a retinal image system incorporated into the gaming machine, the retinal image system comprising a projection system configured to receive the image and transmit the image toward the eye of the person, the directed image being confined to an area of the person'"'"'s eyes. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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