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Video switcher and touch router system for a gaming machine

  • US 8,475,273 B2
  • Filed: 01/08/2009
  • Issued: 07/02/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gaming system for presenting both gaming machine-based video signals and casino system-based video signals on a single display, the gaming system comprising:

  • a touch screen game display that displays video signals;

    a gaming controller that generates gaming machine-based video signals;

    a player tracking device that generates casino system-based video signals;

    a touch router device in communication with the touch screen game display;

    a display manager including a scaler chip in communication with the gaming controller, the player tracking device, and the touch screen game display, wherein the display manager receives a first video signal from the gaming controller and a second video signal from the player tracking device, and wherein the scaler chip of the display manager scales or shifts at least one of the first video signal or the second video signal to a reduced size and renders the first video signal from the gaming controller with the second video signal from the player tracking device; and

    a coordinate transformation calculation device that receives coordinates from an input on the touch screen game display which correspond to a determined source and accommodates any scaling or shifting performed on at least one of the first video signal or the second video signal, wherein the coordinate transformation calculation device determines transformed coordinates corresponding to the reduced size of the rendered video signal.

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