| 摘要 |
In one embodiment, a gaming machine has a digital camera and automatically takes a picture of a player. Facial detection software identifies certain facial characteristics of the player, such as approximate age and gender. Rules software then selects appropriate sets of animation images and sound files that are associated with the detected physical features of the player. The displayed game, user interface, theme, etc. are then adapted to the player's detected features. If the player is identified, by comparing the picture to previously stored pictures, a personalized message may be displayed. When the gaming machine is in an attract mode, the camera may take pictures/videos of passersby and adapt the attract mode animation to the passerby's physical image or movement. In another embodiment, the camera is used to sense physical motions by the player to control aspects of the game or other displayed features. |
| 主权项 |
1. A gaming machine that uses characteristics of a player's detected image to select a game theme, the machine comprising:
at least one display device for displaying a game of chance; a digital camera, within a housing of the gaming machine, configured to take a picture of a player of the gaming machine, the picture directly conveying physical characteristics of the player; an accepting device configured to accept a physical item associated with a monetary value, the monetary value establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity; a cashout device configured to receive an input to cause an initiation of a payout associated with the credit balance; a processor configured to control the at least one display device to display the game of chance, having a pseudo-random element, and any award to the player based on an outcome of the game, when the gaming machine is being actively played; the processor also configured to receive a wager placed for play of the game of chance, the wager amount decreasing the credit balance; a memory device configured to store detection software for detecting the physical characteristics of the player from the picture, wherein the detection software analyzes the picture of the player and identifies, directly from the picture, without accessing any predetermined player data relating to the player's age and gender, at least one of the player's age group and gender at a beginning of a playing session of the game of chance; the memory device also configured to store a plurality of sets of alternative animation images for selection and display on the at least one display device, the animation images including a variety of game themes having different overall visual presentations; the memory device also configured to store rules software, executable by the processor, for associating the age group or gender of the player, detected from the picture, with a particular set of stored animation images for one of the game themes and selecting the particular set of stored animation images game theme for display; and the memory device also configured to store display software, executable by the processor, for displaying, on the at least one display device, the set of stored animation images of the game of chance having the game theme selected by the rules software based on the age group or gender of the player detected from the picture; the memory device also configured to store a plurality of sets of alternative audio files for reproduction by a speaker mounted on the housing, wherein different ones of the audio files being associated with the different game themes; the memory device also configured to store sound generation software, executable by the processor, for controlling the speaker to reproduce one or more certain sets of the plurality of sets of alternative audio files associated with the game theme selected by the rules software based on the age group or gender of the player detected from the picture; and the processor also configured to detect the input to cause the initiation of the payout, via the cashout device. |
