Systems and devices for identification of a feature associated with a user in a gaming establishment and related methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12437610-B2
Application number	US-202418660519-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2024
Priority date	Oct 9, 2019
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

Methods and systems of monitoring at least one feature associated with a patron in a gaming establishment. Such methods and systems may include detecting at least one physical feature associated with the patron and/or motions of one or more players participating in a game.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
detecting, with a plurality of detection devices at respective different locations in a gaming establishment, a physical feature associated with a patron that moves to the respective different locations;
at each location of the respective different locations:
generating, with a processor, biometric information based on the detected physical feature,
associating, with the processor, data from the location with an anonymous account associated with the patron based, at least in part, on the biometric information; and

updating, with the processor, the anonymous account with personal information provided by the patron to create a known account.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the biometric information comprises a facial image.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising detecting a match between the facial image and an image stored on an electronic database.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein detecting a match comprises providing the facial image to a machine-learning model trained to associate an input image with an image stored on the electronic database.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating the biometric information with the anonymous account associated with the patron.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the biometric information comprises one or more of facial images, fingerprints, hand and/or palm geometry, earlobe geometry, retina and/or iris patterns, voice waves, DNA, or written signatures.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one detection device of the plurality of detection devices comprises a camera device.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the camera device is in communication with a server located within or remote from the gaming establishment.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data includes one or more activities of the patron corresponding to different locations.

10. A system comprising:
a plurality of detection devices at respective different locations in a gaming establishment, each detection device of the plurality of detection devices configured to detect a physical feature associated with a patron that moves to the respective different locations; and
a processor configured to:
at each location of the respective different locations, generate biometric information based on the detected physical feature;
associate data from the location with an anonymous account associated with the patron based, at least in part, on the biometric information; and
update the anonymous account with personal information provided by the patron to create a known account.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the biometric information comprises a facial image.

12. The system of claim 11 , further comprising detecting a match between the facial image and an image stored on an electronic database.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein detecting a match comprises providing the facial image to a machine-learning model trained to associate an input image with an image stored on the electronic database.

14. The system of claim 10 , further comprising associating the biometric information with the anonymous account associated with the patron.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the biometric information comprises one or more of facial images, fingerprints, hand and/or palm geometry, earlobe geometry, retina and/or iris patterns, voice waves, DNA, or written signatures.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein at least one detection device of the plurality of detection devices comprises a camera device.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the camera device is in communication with a server located within or remote from the gaming establishment.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the data includes one or more activities of the patron corresponding to different locations.

19. A method comprising:
detecting, with a plurality of detection devices at respective different locations in a gaming establishment, a physical feature associated with a patron that moves to the plurality of different locations, the plurality of different locations including a gaming location and a non-gaming location; and
at each location of the plurality of different locations:
generating, with a processor, biometric information based on the detected physical feature; and
associating, with the processor, data from the location with an anonymous account associated with the patron based, at least in part, on the biometric information.

20. The method of claim 19 , further including updating, with the processor, the anonymous account with personal information provided by the patron to create a known account.

21. The method of claim 20 , further including providing, with the processor, information to the patron relating to the known account via a device linked to the known account.

Assignees

• Lnw Gaming Inc

Inventors

• Bucher Timothy
• Eager Terrin
• Kelly Bryan M
• Lyons Martin S
• Hedrick Joseph Randolph
• Hilbert Scott Thomas
• Keenan Theodore
• Link John
• Manju Mohan Kumar Areanalli
• Rajput Yogendrasinh Hematji

Classifications

• G06V40/172

  Classification, e.g. identification · CPC title

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title

• G07F17/3213 Primary

  Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members · CPC title

• G07F17/3206 Primary

  Player sensing means, e.g. presence detection, biometrics · CPC title

• G07F17/3241

  Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance (computer security G06F21/00) · CPC title