Video switcher and touch router method for a gaming machine

• US 9,076,284 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2014
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LNW Gaming Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Bally Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Kelly, Bryan M., Patton, Stephen E., Brahmandam, Kiran, Crowder, Robert W., Kompella, Vijay K., Allen, Jeffrey L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dickey, Thomas L
• Application Number:
  US14/177,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20140155167A1
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• Field of Search: 463/20, 463/30, 463/31, 463/34, 463/46, 312/7.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3267 Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games

Abstract

A method is described for presenting video signals from a first video source and one or more second video sources on a single touch screen display. The method includes: enabling display of primary content from a first video signal and secondary content from a second video signal on the touch screen display, using a display manager, in an adjacent or overlapping condition by scaling or shifting one of the first video signal(s) or the second video signal(s) to alter the size and to render the first video signal with the second video signal(s); and calculating a coordinate transformation, using a touch router device, on coordinates received from the touch screen display that correspond to the presentation at the touch screen display of the video signals and to accommodate any scaling or shifting performed on the first video signal(s) or the second video signal(s).

Claims

1. A method for presenting a plurality of video signals on a single display, wherein the single display is a touch screen display that displays video signals, the method comprising:

receiving a first video signal including first content from a first video source and sending the first video signal to a display manager;

receiving a second video signal including secondary content from a secondary video source and sending the second video signal to the display manager;

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

enabling display of the first content from the first video signal and the secondary content from the second video signal onto the touch screen display, and wherein the display manager scales or shifts the first video signal or the second video signal to alter the size and to render the first video signal with the second video signal; and

calculating, using the touch router device, a coordinate transformation on coordinates received from the touch screen display to accommodate any scaling or shifting performed on the first video signal or the second video signal.

2. A method for presenting a plurality of video signals on a single display, wherein the single display is a touch screen display that displays video signals, the method comprising:

receiving a first video signal including first content from a first video source and sending the first video signal to a display manager;

receiving a second video signal including secondary content from a second video source and sending the second video signal to the display manager;

providing a touch router device in communication with a user input device;

enabling display of the first content from the first video signal and the secondary content from the second video signal on a display device, and wherein the display manager scales or shifts the first video signal or the second video signal to alter the size and to render the first video signal with the second video signal; and

calculating, using the touch router device, a coordinate transformation on coordinates received from the user input device to accommodate any scaling or shifting performed on the first video signal or the second video signal.

3. A method for presenting content based upon a first video signal from a first video source and second video signal from a second video source at a single touch screen display, the method comprising:

providing a touch router device in communication with the touch screen display to receive input from the touch screen display;

controlling the touch screen display, using a display manager, to present one or more video signals from the first video source and one or more video signals from the second video source on the touch screen display, and to scale and shift one or more of the video signals to a reconfigured size and render a display presentation that is representative of the video signals at the touch screen display; and

calculating a coordinate transformation, using the touch router device, on coordinates that correspond to a determined input source and accommodate any scaling or shifting performed on the video signals.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising configuring the display manager to simultaneously display the first video signal from the first video source and the second video signal on the display.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising configuring the display manager to scale the display of the first video signal and the second video signal to be adjacent on the display.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising configuring the display manager to scale the display of the first video signal and the second video signal to be at least partially overlaid on the display.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising configuring the display manager to display an overlaid second video signal from a player tracking device including a level of transparency enabling the first video signal from the first video source to be at least partially visible through the second video signal.

8. The method of claim 3, further comprising configuring the display manager to receive a command to simultaneously display the first and second video signals.

9. The method of claim 3, further comprising configuring the display manager to receive the second video signal from a remote secondary video source.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising configuring the display manager to receive the second video signal from a player tracking device in communication with the secondary video source over a communication network.

11. The method of claim 3, further comprising configuring the touch router device to receive touch signals including physical coordinates of a touch from the touch screen display and to determine a source of a video signal displayed on the display at the physical coordinates of the touch and to determine any coordinate transformation on the coordinates and pass a de-scaled or de-shifted coordinate signal in connection with the video signal.

12. A method for presenting video signals from a first video source and one or more second video sources on a single touch screen display, the method comprising:

enabling display of primary content from a first video signal and secondary content from a second video signal on the touch screen display, using a display manager, in one or more of an adjacent or overlapping condition by scaling or shifting one of at least the first video signal or the one or more second video signals to alter the size and to render the first video signal with the one or more second video signals; and

calculating a coordinate transformation, using a touch router device, on coordinates received from the touch screen display that correspond to the presentation at the touch screen display of the video signals and to accommodate any scaling or shifting performed on the first video signal or the one or more second video signals.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising configuring the display manager for displaying game content at the first video source.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising configuring the display manager to display at least one of the second video signals in a condition of transparency enabling the first video signal from the first video source to be at least partially visible through the at least one of the second video signals.

15. A method for presenting a plurality of video signals on a single touch screen display, wherein the plurality of video signals include at least a video signal from a first video source and one or more second video sources, the method comprising:

controlling a presentation on the touch screen display, using a display manager, of the first video signal and the second video signal to scale and shift one or more of the first video signal or the second video signal to alter the size and to render the first video signal from the first video source with the second video signal from the secondary video source at the touch screen display; and

enabling a touch router device, which is in communication with the touch screen display, to determine a coordinate transformation on coordinates received from the touch screen display that correspond to a determined video signal source and accommodate any scaling or shifting performed on the video signals.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising configuring the display manager to scale the display of the first video signal and the second video signal to be adjacent on the touch screen display.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising configuring the display manager to scale the display of the first video signal and the second video signal to be at least partially overlaid on the touch screen display.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising configuring the display manager to display an overlaid second video signal from a player tracking device including a level of transparency enabling the first video signal from the first video source to be at least partially visible through the second video signal.

19. A method of claim 15, further comprising:

generating a video signal including game content from a gaming controller.

20. A method of claim 19, further comprising:

sending the video signal including game content to the display manager.