SYSTEM TO DECODE VIDEO SIGNAL FROM ELECTRONIC GAMING DEVICE AND TO DETERMINE PLAY INFORMATION

• US 20140179445A1
• Filed: 11/18/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tipping Point Group, LLC
• Original Assignee: Tipping Point Group, LLC
• Inventors: Ryan, Chad A., Johnson, Sam, Khal, Zaki
• Granted Patent: US 9,144,743 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/43
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3225 Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3237 about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3295 Games involving skill, e.g. dexterity, memory, thinking

Abstract

A video output signal analyzes that analyzes a video output signal to determine game play information. In video poker, card values and player strategies can be determined based on a “reverse encoding” of the video signal to determine the original video bitmap. The bitmap can then be analyzed to determine what is taking place during a game, without having to receive this information directly from the processing unit that is actually implementing the game.

Claims

1. A video analyzing apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a video signal analyzer receiving a video output signal from an electronic gaming device and determining game play information from the video output signal; and

a transmission unit transmitting the game play information to a casino database.