MULTI-PLAYER, MULTI-TOUCH GAMING TABLE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME

摘要

A touch screen player interface includes a fiber optic plate, high-resolution infrared camera and projector. The fiber optic plate acts as a display surface for the output of the projector as well as a fingerprint and/or item scanner. Individual fiber optic plates acting as individual player interfaces or a single fiber optic plate configured to support multiple player interfaces are conceivable. The touchscreen provides an interactive gaming system capable of identifying and authenticating players during common touch interactions. The touch screen interface may be integrated into virtual gaming systems such as virtual roulette, poker and craps systems. Live, human-managed gaming tables may also incorporate the touch screen player interface described herein.

主权项

1. A gaming system comprising:
a gaming table comprising:
a fiber optic plate having a top side and bottom side;a projector configured to project images onto the bottom side of said fiber optic plate, which creates a touch screen interface for the players on its top side;an image capturing device for capturing an image from the bottom side of the fiber optic plate, said image comprising touch information being associated with touch interactions with the top side of said fiber optic plate; andan interface for communicating with a memory having stored touch data, wherein touch information acquired by said image capturing device is compared to stored touch data and being used for interaction with the player interface.