Modifying presentation of three-dimensional, wagering-game content

• US 9,292,997 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2014
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LNW Gaming Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Bally Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Gronkowski, Timothy T., LaSalvia, John F., Loose, Timothy C., Massing, Scott A., Sylla, Craig J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rowland, Steve
• Application Number:
  US14/305,871
• Publication Number:
  US 20140295970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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

Abstract

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include presenting wagering game content via an autostereoscopic display of a wagering game machine. The operations can further include determining a degree change in a position of a chair connected to the wagering game machine. In some examples, the change in the position occurs in accordance with an event from the wagering game content. The operations can further include altering an autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content proportional to the change in the position of the chair.

Claims

1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

electronically presenting wagering game content via an autostereoscopic display of a wagering game machine, wherein the wagering game machine comprises one or more of a value input device configured to receive monetary value for placement of one or more wagers for one or more casino wagering games, or a gaming control device configured to one or more of transact a wager of at least a portion of monetary value in a casino wagering game session balance or award rewards to a casino wagering game session balance according to a casino wagering game outcome;

automatically determining, via a sensor, a degree of a change in a position of a chair connected to a to the wagering game machine, wherein the change in the position of the chair occurs in accordance with an event from the wagering game content; and

after determining the degree of the change in the position of the chair, electronically altering, via an electronic processing unit of the gaming system, an autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content proportional to the degree of the change in the position of the chair.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronically altering the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content proportional to the degree of change in the position of the chair comprise comprises electronically altering a degree of parallax effect for a three-dimensional image of the wagering game content presented on the autostereoscopic display proportional to the degree of change in the position of the chair.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically determining the degree of the change in the position of the chair comprises:

automatically determining, via the sensor, that the chair changes position in a given direction; and

automatically determining, via the electronic processing unit, that the change in the position of the chair in the direction would affect a view of the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content, wherein the electronically altering the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content proportional to the degree of the change in the position of the chair comprises electronically altering the autostereoscopic presentation to compensate for the degree of change of the position of the chair in the direction.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the electronically altering the autostereoscopic presentation to compensate for the degree of change of the position of the chair in the direction comprises electronically altering a stereoscopic depth effect to the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content an amount proportional to the change of the position of the chair in the direction.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronically altering the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content proportional to the degree of the change in the position of the chair comprises electronically rotating the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content an amount proportional to the degree of the change in the position of the chair.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the automatically determining the degree of the change in the position of the chair comprises:

determining, via the sensor, a degree of a velocity of a movement of the chair that occurs when the chair changes position, and

wherein the electronically altering the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content proportional to the degree of the change in the position of the chair comprises electronically altering the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content in agreement with the degree of the velocity of the movement of the chair.

7. A gaming system comprising:

one or more electronic processing units; and

one or more memory storage devices configured to store instructions which, when executed by at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the gaming system to perform operations to

electronically present wagering game content via an autostereoscopic display of a wagering game machine, wherein the wagering game machine comprises one or more of a value input device configured to add monetary value for placement of wagers for one or more casino wagering games or a gaming control device configured to one or more of transact a wager of at least a portion of wagering game funds for one or more casino wagering games, or award rewards associated with a casino wagering game outcome for one or more casino wagering games,

electronically determine, via a sensor, a degree of a change in a position of a chair connected to the to a wagering game machine, wherein the change in the position of the chair occurs in accordance with an event from the wagering game content,

automatically determine one or more of a movement pattern and a positional preference of an occupant of the chair, and

after the degree of the change in the position of the chair is determined, electronically alter an autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content proportional to the degree of the change in the position of the chair based on the one or more of the movement pattern and the positional preference.

8. The gaming system of claim 7, wherein the one or more memory storage devices are configured to store instructions which, when executed by the at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the gaming system to perform operations to electronically alter a degree of parallax effect for a three-dimensional image of the wagering game content presented on the autostereoscopic display proportional to the degree of change in the position of the chair.

9. The gaming system of claim 7, wherein the one or more memory storage devices are configured to store instructions which, when executed by the at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the gaming system to perform operations to:

automatically determine, via the sensor, that the chair changes position in a given direction; and

automatically determine that the change in the position of the chair in the direction would affect a view of the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content, wherein the operation to electronically alter the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content proportional to the degree of the change in the position of the chair comprises an operation to electronically alter a stereoscopic depth effect to the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content an amount proportional to the change of the position of the chair in the direction.

10. The gaming system of claim 7, wherein the one or more memory storage devices are configured to store instructions which, when executed by the at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the gaming system to perform operations to electronically rotate the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content an amount proportional to the degree of the change in the position of the chair.

11. The gaming system of claim 7, wherein the one or more memory storage devices are configured to store instructions which, when executed by the at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the gaming system to perform operations to:

automatically determine, via the sensor, a degree of velocity of movement of the chair that occurs when the chair changes position; and

electronically alter the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content in operations to electronically alter a degree of parallax effect for a three-dimensional image of the wagering game content presented on the autostereoscopic display proportional to the degree of agreement with the degree of the velocity of the movement of the chair.

12. The gaming system of claim 7, wherein the one or more memory storage devices are configured to store instructions which, when executed by the at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the gaming system to perform operations to:

automatically determine, via the sensor, a degree of head motion of an of the occupant of the chair; and

electronically alter the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content based on the degree of head motion caused by the movement of the chair.

13. One or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media with instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a set of one or more electronic processing units, cause the set of one or more electronic processing units to perform operations comprising:

electronically presenting wagering game content via an autostereoscopic display of a wagering game machine based on a position of at least a portion of an occupant of a chair of the wagering game machine in relation to the autostereoscopic display, wherein the wagering game machine comprises or more of a value input device configured to receive monetary value for placement of one or more wagers on one or more electronic casino wagering games, or a gaming control device configured to one or more of transact a wager or provide a reward associated with a wager for one or more random game outcomes associated with a casino wagering game;

electronically performing a movement to the chair based on the wagering game content;

automatically analyzing a reaction of the occupant in response to electronically performing the movement to the chair;

electronically predicting a change in a position of the at least the portion of the occupant in a direction that would affect an autostereoscopic auto-stereoscopic view of the wagering game content based on the analyzing the reaction of the occupant to the movement of the chair; and

automatically modifying the autostereoscopic view of the wagering game content to compensate for a predicted in response to the predicting the change in the position of the at least the portion of the occupant.

14. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media claim 13, wherein the operation of electronically predicting the change in the position of the at least the portion of the occupant in the direction that would affect the autostereoscopic view of the wagering game content includes one or more operations comprising electronically predicting a degree to which the portion of the occupant would move laterally from a centralized position in front of the autostereoscopic display.

15. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media claim 13, said operations further comprising:

electronically determining one or more of a movement pattern and a positional preference of the occupant, wherein the operation of electronically predicting the change in the position of the at least the portion of the occupant in the direction that would affect the autostereoscopic view of the wagering game content is based on the one or more of the movement pattern and the positional preference of the occupant.

16. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media claim 13, said operations further comprising:

automatically determining one or more of a visual acuity, a height, and a weight of the occupant, wherein the operation of electronically predicting the change in the position of the at least the portion of the occupant in the direction that would affect the autostereoscopic view of the wagering game content is based on the one or more of the visual acuity, a height the height, and a and the weight of the occupant.

17. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media claim 13, said operations further comprising:

automatically detecting, via a sensor, a machine-generated output by a device associated with one or more of the wagering game machine and the occupant, wherein the operation of electronically predicting the change in the position of the at least the portion of the occupant in the direction that would affect the autostereoscopic view of the wagering game content is based on the automatically detecting the machine-generated output by the device.

18. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media claim 17, wherein the device is configured to cause a lateral movement of the at least the portion of the occupant relative to a surface of the autostereoscopic display.

19. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media claim 13, said operations further comprising:

measuring, via a sensor, movement of a device associated with one or more of the wagering game machine or the occupant, wherein the electronically predicting the change in the position of the at least the portion of the occupant includes one or more operations comprising automatically estimating a degree of movement of eyes of the occupant based on the measuring of the movement of the device.

20. A wagering game machine comprising:

one or more electronic processing units;

an autostereoscopic display;

a value input device configured to receive monetary value for placement of one or more wagers for one or more casino wagering games;

a chair; and

one or more memory storage devices configured to store instructions, which when executed by at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the wagering game machine to perform operations to,

electronically present wagering game content via the autostereoscopic display,

automatically determine, via a sensor, a degree of a change in a position of the chair, wherein the change in the position of the chair occurs in accordance with an event from the wagering game content, and

electronically alter an autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content proportional to the degree of the change in the position of the chair.

21. The wagering game machine of claim 20, wherein the one or more memory storage devices are configured to store instructions, which when executed by at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the wagering game machine to perform operations to electronically alter a degree of parallax effect for a three-dimensional image of the wagering game content presented on the autostereoscopic display proportional to the degree of change in the position of the chair.

22. The wagering game machine of claim 20, wherein the one or more memory storage devices are configured to store instructions, which when executed by at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the wagering game machine to perform operations to:

automatically determine, via the sensor, that the chair changes position in a given direction; and

automatically determine that the change in the position of the chair in the direction would affect a view of the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content, wherein the electronically altering the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content proportional to the degree of the change in the position of the chair comprises electronically altering the autostereoscopic presentation to compensate for the degree of change of the position of the chair in the direction.

23. The wagering game machine of claim 22, wherein the one or more memory storage devices are configured to store instructions, which when executed by at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the wagering game machine to perform operations to electronically alter a stereoscopic depth effect to the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content an amount proportional to the change of the position of the chair in the direction.

24. The wagering game machine of claim 20, wherein the one or more memory storage devices are configured to store instructions, which when executed by at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the wagering game machine to perform operations to electronically rotate the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content an amount proportional to the degree of the change in the position of the chair.

25. The wagering game machine of claim 20, wherein the one or more memory storage devices are configured to store instructions, which when executed by at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the wagering game machine to perform operations to:

determine, via the sensor, a degree of a velocity of a movement of the chair that occurs when the chair changes position; and

electronically alter the autostereoscopic presentation of the wagering game content in agreement with the degree of the velocity of the movement of the chair.