Augmented reality for wagering game activity

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9679437-B2
Application number	US-201113321592-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2011
Priority date	Jun 8, 2010
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

A method includes capturing media content of a wagering game machine at a wagering game establishment with a camera of a mobile device. A location of the mobile device is determined when the media content is captured. A direction that a lens of the camera is facing when the media content is captured is determined. The wagering game machine is identified based on the location and the direction. Overlay imagery derived from wagering game activity of the wagering game machine is downloaded into the mobile device from a server. The overlay imagery is composited onto the media content to create a composited media content. The composited media content is displayed on a display of the mobile device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
capturing, via an image capture device of a mobile device, an image of media content of a wagering game machine at a wagering game establishment;
determining, via a geographic location tracking device of the mobile device, a geographic location of the mobile device when the image of the media content is captured;
determining, via a compass of the mobile device, a direction that a lens of the image capture device is facing when the image of the media content is captured;
identifying, via one or more electronic processing units of the gaming system, the wagering game machine based on the geographic location and based on the direction that the lens of the image capture device is facing;
in response to the identifying the wagering game machine, determining that a player account is associated with the mobile device based on evaluation of data from the mobile device against contact information in the player account;
determining past wagering game activity of the player account that occurred at the wagering game machine prior to the capturing of the image of the media content;
determining, by at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, overlay imagery derived from analysis of the past wagering game activity;
in response to the determining the overlay imagery, compositing, by at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, the overlay imagery onto the image of the media content to create a composited media content; and
providing, by at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, the composited media content for presentation on a display of the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the geographic location of the mobile device comprises determining the geographic location of the mobile device with a global positioning system module of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the geographic location of the mobile device comprises determining the geographic location of the mobile device using a cellular infrastructure to triangulate the geographic location of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining, from electronic data stored in a memory, a winning trend or a losing trend over a time period for a player at the wagering game machine, wherein the determining the winning trend or the losing trend comprises one or more of determining a last time a highest jackpot was awarded for the player at the wagering game machine or a frequency of hitting a jackpot for the player at the wagering game machine; and
using, as the past wagering game activity that occurred at the wagering game machine, either the winning trend or the losing trend.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
initiating, in response to an input indicative of a wager by a user of the mobile device, a wagering game associated with another wagering game machine, the initiating the wagering game including:
receiving the input indicative of the wager, and
displaying, by an electronic display device of the another wagering game machine, an outcome of the wagering game,

wherein the wagering game machine includes a first theme and the another wagering game machine includes a second theme, the second theme being different from the first theme,
wherein the composited media content includes a recommendation of the second theme, and
wherein the initiating is based at least in part on display of the composited media content.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the overlay imagery derived from the analysis of the past wagering game activity of the player account comprises determining a game level yet to be attained via play of a wagering game, and wherein the overlay imagery indicates information regarding one or more of the game level or potential attainment of the game level.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the player account is provided by at least one of the wagering game establishment or a manufacturer of the wagering game machine.

8. One or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
capturing, via an image capture device of a mobile device, an image of media content of a wagering game machine at a wagering game establishment;
determining, via a geographic location tracking device of the mobile device, a geographic location of the mobile device when the image of the media content is captured;
determining, via a compass of the mobile device, a direction that a lens of the image capture device is facing when the image of the media content is captured;
identifying the wagering game machine based on the geographic location and based on the direction that the lens of the image capture device is facing;
determining, in response to the identifying the wagering game machine, overlay imagery derived from a monetary amount wagered by a player at the wagering game machine prior to the capturing of the image of the media content;
compositing, in response to the determining the overlay imagery, the overlay imagery onto the image of the media content to create a composited media content;
providing the composited media content to display on a display of the mobile device;
determining, as the monetary amount wagered by the player, a winning trend or a losing trend over a time period for the player associated with the wagering game machine; and
determining that the overlay imagery varies based on either the winning trend or the losing trend and based on whether the player is identified as a high value player to the wagering game establishment.

9. The one or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media of claim 8 , said operations further comprising determining either the winning trend or the losing trend based on a last time a highest jackpot was awarded for the player at the wagering game machine and a frequency of hitting a jackpot for the player at the wagering game machine.

10. A mobile device comprising:
a processor;
a camera;
a compass;
a display;
a global positioning system device; and
one or more memory storage devices configured to store instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the mobile device to
capture, via the camera, an image of media content of a wagering game machine at a wagering game establishment,
determine, via the global positioning system device, a geographic location of the mobile device when the image of the media content is captured,
determine, via the compass, a direction that a lens of the camera is facing when the image of the media content is captured,
identify the wagering game machine based on the geographic location and based on the direction that the lens of the camera is facing,
in response to identification of the wagering game machine, determine overlay imagery derived from past wagering game activity that occurred at the wagering game machine prior to the image of the media content being captured,
after determination of the overlay imagery, composite the overlay imagery onto the image of the media content to create a composited media content,
provide the composited media content for presentation on a display of the mobile device, and
make one or more wagers relative to the past wagering game activity, wherein the one or more wagers comprise at least one of a group consisting of a wager that a jackpot win will be more than a past jackpot, a wager on whether a certain level of win will occur greater than a past level of win, and a wager on whether a certain number of symbols or a certain type of s

Assignees

• Detlefsen David E
• Gagner Mark B
• Gamache Brian
• Gura Damon E
• Bally Gaming Inc

Inventors

• Detlefsen David E
• Gagner Mark B
• Gamache Brian
• Gura Damon E

Classifications

• G06K9/00671

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/3225 Primary

  Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users · CPC title

• G06K9/00624

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06T19/006

  Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00) · CPC title

• H04N2201/3245

  of image modifying data, e.g. handwritten addenda, highlights or augmented reality information · CPC title