US 12,067,828 B2
Floor projection system for electronic gaming devices
Stephen Shaffer, Jr., Las Vegas, NV (US); Frank Rodriguez, Las Vegas, NV (US); and Alexander Coulthard, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (ATI), Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/449,402.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/153,145, filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0270435 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3211 (2013.01) [G07F 17/34 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaming device, comprising:
a display system comprising a main display and a projector display, the projector display operable to project an image on a surface adjacent to the gaming device; and
a control system comprising one or more processors and memory storing a plurality of instructions, the control system including a video controller, and wherein the instructions, which, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
conduct a game on the gaming device, including presenting information regarding the game on the main display;
instruct the display system to project the image on the surface adjacent to the gaming device using the projector display in a default state;
control the display system to present content from a base game on the main display while the projector display is in a default state;
receive a trigger condition;
determine that the trigger condition is associated with a changed state for the projector display;
when the trigger condition is associated with the changed state for the projector display, through use of the video controller, update the projector display to a new state while maintaining presentation of the game on the main display; and
using the video controller and based on the trigger condition placing the projector display in the new state, control the projector display to update the image on the surface adjacent to the gaming device.