US 12,188,261 B2
Opto-electronic locking assembly for electronic gaming machines
Muharrem Abali, Meadowbank (AU); Calvin Kim, Baulkham Hills (AU); Jeffrey Skeen, Cherrybrook (AU); and Deepak Chaudhari, North Parramatta (AU)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde (AU)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde (AU)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/139,327.
Application 18/139,327 is a continuation of application No. 17/015,854, filed on Sep. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,668,117.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258022 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); E05B 41/00 (2006.01); E05C 3/16 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 41/00 (2013.01) [E05C 3/16 (2013.01); G07F 17/3216 (2013.01); G07F 17/3241 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/654 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/445 (2013.01); E05Y 2999/00 (2024.05); H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic gaming system comprising:
a cabinet having an interior;
a door having a state comprising a locked state, in which the interior is inaccessible, and an unlocked state, in which the interior is accessible; and
a security housing comprising a locking assembly and an optical switch coupled to a processor, the locking assembly having an actuator defining a channel, the optical switch comprising a transmitter and a receiver, the security housing operable to releasably fasten the door to the cabinet, wherein, when the door has engaged the locking assembly, the actuator has not been pulled, the channel is aligned with the transmitter on a first side of the channel and the receiver on a second side of the channel to complete an optical path, the processor is operable to communicate the state from the optical switch, wherein the state communicated is the locked state.