Patents by Inventor Maciej A. Jakuc

Maciej A. Jakuc 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).

  • Patent number: 10290178
    Abstract: A bet sensor for sensing values of gaming tokens may include a bet placement surface configured and oriented to support a stack of gaming tokens thereon and an image sensor located and oriented to capture an image of a lateral side surface of at least one gaming token located on the bet placement surface. The image may depict the lateral side surface in a radial format. The bet sensor may include a processor in communication with the image sensor. The processor is configured to acquire image data from the image and analyze the image data to determine a wager value of the at least one gaming token. A gaming table may include such a bet sensor. The disclosure includes methods of operating such a gaming table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Zbigniew Czyzewski, Nathan J. Wadds, David Bajorins, Daniel Fox, Maciej Jakuc
  • Publication number: 20180211473
    Abstract: A bet sensor for sensing values of gaming tokens may include a bet placement surface configured and oriented to support a stack of gaming tokens thereon and an image sensor located and oriented to capture an image of a lateral side surface of at least one gaming token located on the bet placement surface. The image may depict the lateral side surface in a radial format. The bet sensor may include a processor in communication with the image sensor. The processor is configured to acquire image data from the image and analyze the image data to determine a wager value of the at least one gaming token. A gaming table may include such a bet sensor. The disclosure includes methods of operating such a gaming table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Zbigniew Czyzewski, Nathan J. Wadds, David Bajorins, Daniel Fox, Maciej Jakuc
  • Patent number: 9940776
    Abstract: A bet sensor for sensing values of gaming tokens may include a bet placement surface configured and oriented to support a stack of gaming tokens thereon and an image sensor located and oriented to capture an image of a lateral side surface of at least one gaming token located on the bet placement surface. The image may depict the lateral side surface in a radial format. The bet sensor may include a processor in communication with the image sensor. The processor is configured to acquire image data from the image and analyze the image data to determine a wager value of the at least one gaming token. A gaming table may include such a bet sensor. The disclosure includes methods of operating such a gaming table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Zbigniew Czyzewski, Nathan J. Wadds, David Bajorins, Daniel Fox, Maciej Jakuc
  • Publication number: 20170039799
    Abstract: A bet sensor for sensing values of gaming tokens may include a bet placement surface configured and oriented to support a stack of gaming tokens thereon and an image sensor located and oriented to capture an image of a lateral side surface of at least one gaming token located on the bet placement surface. The image may depict the lateral side surface in a radial format. The bet sensor may include a processor in communication with the image sensor. The processor is configured to acquire image data from the image and analyze the image data to determine a wager value of the at least one token. A gaming table may include such a bet sensor. The disclosure includes methods of operating such a gaming table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Zbigniew Czyzewski, Nathan J. Wadds, David Bajorins, Daniel Fox, Maciej Jakuc
  • Patent number: 9478099
    Abstract: A bet sensor for sensing values of gaming tokens may include a bet placement surface configured and oriented to support a stack of gaming tokens thereon and an image sensor located and oriented to capture an image of a lateral side surface of at least one gaming token located on the bet placement surface. The image may depict the lateral side surface in a radial format. The bet sensor may include a processor in communication with the image sensor. The processor is configured to acquire image data from the image and analyze the image data to determine a wager value of the at least one token. A gaming table may include such a bet sensor. The disclosure includes methods of operating such a gaming table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Zbigniew Czyzewski, Nathan J. Wadds, David Bajorins, Daniel Fox, Maciej A. Jakuc
  • Publication number: 20150018083
    Abstract: A bet sensor for sensing values of gaming tokens may include a bet placement surface configured and oriented to support a stack of gaming tokens thereon and an image sensor located and oriented to capture an image of a lateral side surface of at least one gaming token located on the bet placement surface. The image may depict the lateral side surface in a radial format. The bet sensor may include a processor in communication with the image sensor. The processor is configured to acquire image data from the image and analyze the image data to determine a wager value of the at least one token. A gaming table may include such a bet sensor. The disclosure includes methods of operating such a gaming table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Zbigniew Czyzewski, Nathan J. Wadds, David Bajorins, Daniel Fox, Maciej A. Jakuc
  • Patent number: 8223161
    Abstract: An image generation apparatus provides correction for color offsets. Color offsets may be caused by misalignments in laser diodes or optics assemblies in a laser projector. The offsets may be measured during or after manufacture of the laser projector. An image buffer is responsive to the offset data to translate each color plane separately. The image buffer may include separately addressable portions for each color. Further, variable delay elements on the output of the image buffer may provide color offset correction. Interpolation provides further offset correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microvision, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret K. Brown, Mark O. Freeman, Mark Champion, Shawn M. Swilley, Maciej A. Jakuc
  • Publication number: 20090051828
    Abstract: An image generation apparatus provides correction for color offsets. Color offsets may be caused by misalignments in laser diodes or optics assemblies in a laser projector. The offsets may be measured during or after manufacture of the laser projector. An image buffer is responsive to the offset data to translate each color plane separately. The image buffer may include separately addressable portions for each color. Further, variable delay elements on the output of the image buffer may provide color offset correction. Interpolation provides further offset correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: MICROVISION, INC.
    Inventors: Margaret K. Brown, Mark O. Freeman, Mark Champion, Shawn M. Swilley, Maciej A. Jakuc
  • Patent number: 7486255
    Abstract: A scan assembly includes an emitter array containing a plurality of optical emitters. Each optical emitter generates a corresponding image beam and the scan assembly scans the image beams in a plurality of overlapping display zones. The overlap of adjacent image display zones forms blending zones and the scan assembly can modulate the intensities of the image beams as a function of the position of the image beams in the blending zones. This modulation for a given blending zone may be a linearly increasing intensity of a first image beam and a linearly decreasing intensity of a second image beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Microvision, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret K. Brown, Randall B. Sprague, Maciej Jakuc
  • Publication number: 20060017655
    Abstract: A scan assembly includes an emitter array containing a plurality of optical emitters. Each optical emitter generates a corresponding image beam and the scan assembly scans the image beams in a plurality of overlapping display zones. The overlap of adjacent image display zones forms blending zones and the scan assembly can modulate the intensities of the image beams as a function of the position of the image beams in the blending zones. This modulation for a given blending zone may be a linearly increasing intensity of a first image beam and a linearly decreasing intensity of a second image beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Margaret Brown, Randall Sprague, Maciej Jakuc