Patents by Inventor Robert Anthony Luciano, Jr.

Robert Anthony Luciano, Jr. 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).

  • Method and apparatus for dispensing prizes in a gaming system
    Patent number: 6609970
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dispensing prizes in a gaming environment which does not require the operator of the gaming environment to maintain a large inventory of such prizes is disclosed. In general, the purchases or sale of prizes are not carried out until the prize award process to a player is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Sierra Design Group
    Inventor: Robert Anthony Luciano, Jr.
  • Illumination intensity control in electroluminescent display
    Patent number: 6541921
    Abstract: A controller for controlling the intensity of an electroluminescent display is disclosed. The controller controls a number of skipped cycles in a cycle set of an applied waveform to the electroluminescent display to vary the average duty cycle, and thereby adjust the intensity of the electroluminescent display. The controller is further configured to adjust the intensity of individual channels within the electroluminescent display to provide compensation for display aging, color variation, as well as for varying intensity for various operating modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Sierra Design Group
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Luciano, Jr., William Keith Bertram, Alexander Prokop, Richard Louis Hicksted
  • Gaming device vault
    Patent number: D465531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Sierra Design Group
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Luciano, Jr., Richard William Fiore, Michael Joseph Souza
  • Gaming device
    Patent number: D472938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Sierra Design Group
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Luciano, Jr., Richard William Fiore, Michael Joseph Souza
  • Gaming device
    Patent number: D474248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Sierra Design Group
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Luciano, Jr., Richard William Fiore, Michael Joseph Souza
  • Gaming device vault
    Patent number: D476698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Sierra Design Group
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Luciano, Jr., Richard William Fiore, Michael Joseph Souza