Patents by Inventor David Froy

David Froy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210241566
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are provided. A gaming device comprises an input device comprising a pressure sensor to detect an amount of pressure applied to the input device by a player of the gaming device, a processor circuit, and a memory comprising machine-readable instructions. Based on the instructions, the processor circuit receives pressure parameter values from the input device, and accesses an emotional state model comprising a plurality of emotional state correlations between a second plurality of pressure parameter values and emotional state data associated with a plurality of emotional states. The processor circuit determines, based on the first plurality of pressure parameter values and the plurality of emotional state correlations, an emotional state of the player, and, based on the emotional state of the player, modifies a user interface element of the gaming device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Russ, David Froy, JR., David Small, Stefan Keilwert, Fayez Idris
  • Patent number: 11080967
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and, in particular, to back-betting within a gaming system. As an example, a back-betting system is disclosed to include a first communication interface that facilitates machine-to-machine communications with an Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) of a gaming system, where the first communication interface is used to exchange state-of-play information with the EGM. The system is also disclosed to include a second communication interface that facilitates machine-to-machine communications with a mobile device, where the second communication interface is used to exchange back-bet wager information and deliver an indication of an outcome of a back-bet placed during a back-betting session established with the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Dwayne Nelson, Jeffery Shepherd, David Froy
  • Patent number: 11062556
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a wearable device comprising a wireless communications interface, a display, a processor coupled with the wireless communications interface and display, and a memory coupled with and readable by the processor. The memory can store therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to operate in a game play privacy mode in which the processor can pair with an EGM through the wireless communications interface and provide, to the EGM, information defining preferences for the privacy mode. The processor can receive, from the EGM through the wireless communications interface, a set of game play information related to the preferences for the privacy mode. The received set of game play information may not be presented on the EGM. The processor can present, through the display to a user of the wearable device, the game play information received from the EGM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: David Froy
  • Publication number: 20210192884
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for artificial intelligence implementation of providing game recommendations at a gaming device may include receive a plurality of first graphical interface elements of a first wagering game. An artificial-intelligence predictive model may generate a plurality of correlations between the plurality of first graphical interface elements and player data associated with a plurality of second graphical interface elements. Based on the plurality of correlations, one or more recommendation score values are generated for the plurality of first graphical interface elements, which may be used to recommend games to a player, to modify user interface elements of existing games, and/or to create new games based on the recommendation score values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Fayez Idris, David Froy, JR., Stefan Keilwert
  • Publication number: 20210192886
    Abstract: A gaming device, and related devices, methods, and systems, may include a touch input device to detect touch inputs performed by a user, and a gesture input device to detect gesture inputs performed by the user. The gaming device may further includes a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory may include machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to: receive a first gesture input value from the gesture input device, predict, based on the first gesture input value, a predicted touch input value corresponding to a predicted touch input that is predicted to be performed by the user, and modify a user interface element of the gaming device based on the first gesture input value and the predicted touch input value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan Keilwert, Sven Aurich, Michael Russ, David Froy, JR.
  • Patent number: 11030846
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are provided. A gaming device includes an input device that includes multiple input locations and a pressure sensor to detect, for each input location, an amount of pressure applied to the input device at the input location by a player. The gaming device includes a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to receive, from the input device, multiple pressure parameter values corresponding to a first amount of pressure being applied to a first portion of the input locations, determine a pressure pattern that corresponds to locations of the first portion of the input locations, and based on the pressure parameter values and the pressure pattern, determine an identification of an object that is on the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Stefan Keilwert, David Froy, David Small, Sven Aurich, Michael Russ
  • Publication number: 20210158649
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems employing directional sound recordings in a casino environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Russ, David Froy, JR., Stefan Keilwert, Yue Hang Tang
  • Publication number: 20210158650
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electronic gaming systems, and more particularly electronic gaming machines having display devices that produce localized in-screen sounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Russ, David Froy, JR., Stefan Keilwert
  • Patent number: 11011015
    Abstract: Various embodiments are provided for personalized acoustical optimization in gaming system. The gaming system facilitates creation of a personal audio preference profile for a player and stores that profile. Responsive to the player initiating game play at an electronic gaming machine, the gaming system communicates the personal audio preference profile to the electronic gaming machine for use during the game play at the electronic gaming machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Klaus Achmueller, David Small, David Froy, Stefan Keilwert
  • Publication number: 20210090394
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems, methods, and devices that enable interactions between a tag having conductive, coded ink and a gaming environment. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes providing a tag with an encoded physical medium that is readable by a touch-capable user interface, determining that the tag has been read by a touch-capable user interface of a gaming device in combination with detecting a gesture of the user at the touch-capable user interface of the gaming device, enabling the gaming device to provide a predetermined game feature in response to determining that the tag has been read by the touch-capable user interface of the gaming device in combination with detecting the gesture of the user at the touch-capable user interface of the gaming device, and updating an electronic record associated with the tag to indicate that the predetermined game feature has been enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Daniel Landry, David Froy, Fayez Idris, Sven Aurich, Stefan Keilwert, Susanne Kiss
  • Publication number: 20210082233
    Abstract: Pressure and movement sensitive inputs for gaming devices, and related devices, systems, and methods, are disclosed. An input device includes a plurality of input locations and a pressure sensor to detect, for each input location, an amount of pressure applied by a player to the input device at the input location of the gaming device. A processor circuit receives, from the pressure sensor, a first pressure parameter value corresponding to a first amount of pressure being applied by the player to the input device at a first input location at a first time, and a second pressure parameter value corresponding to a second amount of pressure being applied by the player to the input device at a second input location at a second, later time. Based on the first pressure parameter value and the second pressure parameter value, a user interface element of the gaming device may be modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: David SMALL, Sven AURICH, David FROY, Michael RUSS
  • Publication number: 20210082230
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are provided. A gaming device includes an input device that includes multiple input locations and a pressure sensor to detect, for each input location, an amount of pressure applied to the input device at the input location by a player. The gaming device includes a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to receive, from the input device, multiple pressure parameter values corresponding to a first amount of pressure being applied to a first portion of the input locations, determine a pressure pattern that corresponds to locations of the first portion of the input locations, and based on the pressure parameter values and the pressure pattern, determine an identification of an object that is on the input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan KEILWERT, David FROY, David SMALL, Sven AURICH, Michael RUSS
  • Publication number: 20210082195
    Abstract: Mixed reality systems and methods, and in particular to systems and methods for providing virtual elements based on a code provided within a mixed reality scene, are provided. A mixed reality method includes generating a live video signal of a scene associated with a field of view of a user, wherein the scene comprises an optical, machine-readable representation of code data. The method further includes determining, via a processing device, the code data based on the representation of the code data. The method further includes determining, via the processing device based on the code data, a virtual element in real time. The method further includes displaying the virtual element to the user as part of the scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Michael RUSS, Sven AURICH, Stefan KEILWERT, David FROY
  • Publication number: 20210019855
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method can include determining a location of a mobile device that is proximate to a casino and that is associated with a user. The method can further includes determining a conditional reward that indicates a reward to be provided to the user in response to a condition being completed by the user. The conditional reward can be based on the location of the mobile deice relative to the casino. The method can further include transmitting a signal having the conditional reward to the mobile device and determining that the user is at the casino. The method can further include determining that the condition is completed and providing the user with the reward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Stefan Keilwert, Sven Aurich, David Froy
  • Patent number: 10885736
    Abstract: A flexible display assembly for a display device having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor includes a flexible display coupled to the processor for displaying graphical elements to a user in response to instructions from the processor. The flexible display is reversibly deformable between a first display configuration and a second display configuration. The display device further includes a mechanical assembly coupled to the flexible display for reversibly deforming the flexible display between the first display configuration and the second display configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Fayez Idris, David Froy
  • Patent number: 10872499
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are provided. A system comprises a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory comprises machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to receive, from a pressure sensor of an input device of a gaming device, a first pressure parameter value corresponding to a first amount of pressure being applied by a player to the input device at a first input location for a first time duration, determine, based on the first amount of pressure and the first time duration, an emotional of the player. The processor circuit further modifies an operating characteristic of the gaming device based on the emotional state of the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Michael Russ, David Froy, David Small, Stefan Keilwert, Fayez Idris
  • Patent number: 10872493
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes generating a live video signal of a scene associated with a field of view of a user, wherein the scene includes a first racing element associated with a race having a plurality of race rules. The method further includes determining, based on the live video signal in real time, a first racing value for the first racing element, based on a race rule of the plurality of race rules. The method further includes displaying an indication of the first racing value within the scene to the user in real time, so that the indication is associated with the first racing element within the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: David Froy, David Ryan Hannah, Karen van Niekerk, Fayez Idris, David Small
  • Patent number: 10764660
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine and methods of operating an electronic gaming machine that provide selectable sound beams. In various embodiments, the electronic gaming machine includes a housing having a front side, a head position tracker supported by the housing, a first speaker array supported by the housing, and a second speaker array supported by the housing. The first speaker array includes a plurality of independently operable first speakers that are positioned at different angles to direct sound beams at different angles relative to the front side of the housing. The second speaker array includes a plurality of independently operable second speakers that are positioned at different angles to direct sound beams at different angles relative to the front side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Stefan Keilwert, David Small, David Froy, Klaus Achmueller
  • Patent number: 10737174
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine (EGM) includes a display having a display surface configured to provide stereoscopic 3D viewing of at least a portion of the game. The portion of the game includes a 3D interface element. The EGM further includes a locating sensor that generates an electronic signal based on a player's location in a sensing space. The EGM includes an ultrasonic emitter configured to emit an ultrasonic field. At least a portion of the ultrasonic field is located in the sensing space. The EGM also includes one or more processors configured to: identify a location of one or more player features based on the electrical signal from the locating sensor; determine that the location of the player features is associated with the 3D interface element; and control one or more of the ultrasonic emitters based on the identified location to provide tactile feedback to the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: IGT Canada Solutions ULC
    Inventors: Fayez Idris, David Froy
  • Patent number: 10735862
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine and methods of operating an electronic gaming machine that provide binaurally encoded audio using a stereo ultrasound speaker configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Stefan Keilwert, David Small, David Froy, Klaus Achmueller