Gaming machines projecting video images onto a curved display are disclosed herein. A Display Manager receives one or more video signals from a Master Gaming Controller and one or more video signals from the system device and displays one or multiple video signals on the curved display. The Display Manager sends the multiple video signals to a digital light emitting projector which projects the multiple video signals simultaneously on the curved display. The curved display may be split between multiple signals, or one or more signals may overlay one or more background signals. The overlaid signals may completely obscure the background signals, or they may provide a level of transparency by allowing the background signal to be partially or completely visible. The Display Manager receives commands from a device, directing it how to split, overlay, superimpose, and otherwise share the display among the video input signals.

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›1.independentA gaming system for presenting both game content-based video signals and secondary video signals over a single display, the gaming system comprising:n…+13

›2.↳ 1The system of claim 1, wherein the curved transparent material of the curved display system having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a radius of…d2

›3.↳ 1The system of claim 1, wherein the secondary video source is a player tracking device.d2

›4.↳ 1The system of claim 1, wherein the display manager simultaneously displays the first video signal from the master gaming controller and the second vid…d2+5

›5.↳ 4The system of claim 4, wherein the display manager scales the first and second video signals to a desired size that conforms to the size and shape of …d3

›6.↳ 4The system of claim 4, wherein the display manager overlays the second video signal from the secondary video source on the first video signal from the…d3+3

›10.↳ 1The system of claim 1, wherein the display manager receives commands from at least one of the master gaming controller and the secondary video source …d2

›11.↳ 1The system of claim 1, further comprising a touch router device in communication with a touch display positioned in front of the curved transparent ma…d2

›12.↳ 1The system of claim 1, further comprising a liquid crystal display having an opening, wherein the curved transparent material extends through the open…d2

›13.↳ 1The system of claim 1, further comprising a lens positioned in front of the light emitting diode projector, wherein the lens is a short-throw lens or …d2

›14.↳ 1The system of claim 1, wherein the light emitting diode projector projects video images of one or more reels onto the curved transparent material.d2

›15.independentA gaming system for presenting both game content-based video signals and secondary video signals over a single display, the gaming system comprising:n…+3

A gaming system for presenting both game content-based video signals and secondary video signals over a single display, the gaming system comprising:na touch screen game display that displays video signals;a curved display system including a curved transparent material having a radius of curvature similar to a mechanical reel, the curved display system also includes a light emitting diode projector for projecting video images onto the curved transparent material and a lens positioned between the light emitting diode projector and the curved transparent material;a master gaming controller generating a first video signal including game content to be viewed on the curved display system;a player tracking device generating a second video signal including secondary content to be viewed on the curved display system;a touch router device in communication with the touch screen game display; anda display manager in communication with the master gaming controller, the player tracking device, the touch screen game display, and the light emitting diode projector, wherein the display manager receives a first video signal from the master gaming controller and a second video signal from the player tracking device, and wherein the display manager scales or shifts the first video signal or the second video signal to a reduced size and renders the first video signal from the master gaming controller adjacent to the second video signal from the player tracking device and simultaneously sends the video signals from the master gaming controller and player tracking device to the light emitting diode projector to project the video signals on the curved transparent material;wherein the touch screen game display receives an input that corresponds to coordinates, wherein the touch router device calculates a coordinate transformation on the coordinates that correspond to a determined source to accommodate any scaling or shifting performed on the first video signal or the second video signal, and wherein the coordinate transformation results in transformed coordinates.

›19.independentA gaming system for presenting both game content-based video signals and secondary video signals over a single display, the gaming system comprising:n…+1

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section A — Human necessities

A63F9/24

USPC · US Patent Classification

463/34

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8 Jan 2008

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Type	Document	Date
provisional	US 61019082	8 Jan 2008
related publication	US 20090258697 A1	15 Oct 2009

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