Augmented reality for table games

• US 9,573,053 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LNW Gaming Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Bally Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Aoki, Dion K., Gagner, Mark B., Kelly, Sean P., Shin, Nickey C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Milap
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pinheiro, Jason
• Application Number:
  US13/631,115
• Publication Number:
  US 20130083066A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,607 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20221 Image fusion; Image merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30244 Camera pose
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/70 Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras camera calibration G06T7/80
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/74 involving reference images or patches
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/322 Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264

Abstract

A method includes acquiring media content of a wagering game table at a wagering game establishment with a camera of a mobile device. A location of the mobile device is determined when the media content is acquired. A direction that a lens of the camera is facing when the media content is acquired is determined. The wagering game table is identified based on the location and the direction. Overlay imagery derived from wagering game activity of the wagering game table is downloaded into the mobile device from a server. The overlay imagery is composited onto the media content to create a composited media content. The composited media content is displayed on a display of the mobile device.

Claims

1. A computerized method comprising:

capturing media content of a wagering game table at a wagering game establishment with a camera of a mobile device;

determining, by the mobile device, a location of the mobile device when the media content is captured;

determining, by the mobile device, a direction that a lens of the camera is facing when the media content is captured;

identifying the wagering game table based on the location and the direction;

determining past wagering game activity on the wagering game table;

determining overlay imagery based on the past wagering game activity of the wagering game table;

compositing the overlay imagery with the media content to create a composited media content; and

displaying the composited media content on a display of the mobile device.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein determining the direction of the lens of the camera comprises using pattern recognition to identify fiducial markers within the media content.

3. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein determining the location of the mobile device comprises at least one of:

determining the location of the mobile device with a global positioning system module of the mobile device, determining the location of the mobile device using a cellular infrastructure to triangulate the location of the mobile device, or determining the location of the mobile device using pattern recognition to identify fiducial markers within the media content.

4. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein determining the location of the mobile device and determining the direction of the lens comprises:

using a field-recognition algorithm employing lines and patterns distributed throughout the wagering game establishment to construct a camera-relative virtual space independent of absolute device position and lens orientation.

5. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the overlay imagery is derived from at least one of past wagering game activity of a user of the mobile device or a statistic of past wagering game activity the wagering game table.

6. The computerized method of claim 5, wherein the wagering game activity comprises past wagering game activity of the user of the mobile device, wherein the past wagering game activity is retrieved from a player tracking account provided by the wagering game establishment.

7. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the overlay imagery is derived from a suggestion to make one or more wagers of the wagering game table based on a statistic of past wagering game activity of the one or more wagering game tables.

8. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the overlay imagery comprises an interface to enable a user of the mobile device to recognize a hidden attribute of a game element of the one or more wagering game tables.

9. A non-transitory machine readable medium including instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processor to perform operations to display media content on a mobile device, the instructions comprising:

instructions to capture media content of a wagering game table at a wagering game establishment with a camera of a mobile device;

instructions to determine, by the mobile device, a location of the mobile device when the media content is captured;

instructions to determine, by the mobile device, a direction that a lens of the camera is facing when the media content is captured;

instructions to identify the wagering game table based on the location and the direction;

instructions to determine past wagering game activity on the wagering game table;

instructions to determine overlay imagery based on the past wagering game activity of the wagering game table;

instructions to composite the overlay imagery onto the media content to create a composited media content; and

instructions to display the composited media content on a display of the mobile device.

10. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions to determine the direction of the lens of the camera comprise instructions to use pattern recognition to identify fiducial markers within the media content.

11. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions to determine the location of the mobile device comprise at least one of:

instructions to determine the location of the mobile device with a global positioning system module of the mobile device, instructions to determine the location of the mobile device using a cellular infrastructure to triangulate the location of the mobile device, or instructions to determine the location of the mobile device using pattern recognition to identify fiducial markers within the media content.

12. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions to determine the location of the mobile device and determine the direction of the lens comprises:

instructions to use a field-recognition algorithm employing lines and patterns distributed throughout the wagering game establishment to construct a camera-relative virtual space independent of absolute device position and lens orientation.

13. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the overlay imagery is derived from at least one of past wagering game activity of a user of the mobile device or a statistic of past wagering game activity of the wagering game table.

14. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the wagering game activity comprises past wagering game activity of the user of the mobile device, wherein the past wagering game activity is retrieved from a player tracking account provided by the wagering game establishment.

15. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the overlay imagery is derived from a suggestion to make one or more wagers of the wagering game table based on a statistic of past wagering game activity of the one or more wagering game tables.

16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the overlay imagery comprises an interface to enable a user of the mobile device to recognize a hidden attribute of a game element of the one or more wagering game tables.

17. A mobile device comprising:

one or more processors;

a camera connected to the one or more processors, the camera including a lens;

one or more non-transitory machine readable media including instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations for presenting media, the instructions comprising;

instructions to capture media content of a wagering game table at a wagering game establishment with the camera;

instructions to determine a location of the mobile device when the media content is captured;

instructions to determine a direction that the lens of the camera is facing when the media content is captured;

instructions to identify the wagering game table based on the location and the direction;

instructions to determine past wagering game activity on the wagering game table;

instructions to determine overlay imagery based on the past wagering game activity of the wagering game table;

instructions to composite the overlay imagery onto the media content to create a composited media content; and

instructions to display the composited media content on a display of the mobile device.

18. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the instructions to determine the direction of the lens of the camera comprise instructions to use pattern recognition to identify fiducial markers within the media content.

19. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the instructions to determine the location of the mobile device comprises at least one of:

instructions to determine the location of the mobile device with a global positioning system module of the mobile device, instructions to determine the location of the mobile device using a cellular infrastructure to triangulate the location of the mobile device, or instructions to determine the location of the mobile device using pattern recognition to identify fiducial markers within the media content.