Patents by Inventor Nicholas E. BANAS

Nicholas E. BANAS 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: 20260073755
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display device, a lighting assembly including at least one light-emitting device, game-logic circuitry that conducts one or more casino wagering games and generates graphical data, and a display controller communicatively coupled to the display device and the lighting assembly. The graphical data includes display data and lighting data as pixel values. The display controller causes the display device to present display content associated with the one or more casino wagering games. The display controller receives the graphical data from the game-logic circuitry, extracts the lighting data and the display data from the graphical data, converts the lighting data from pixel values to lighting control parameters accepted by the lighting assembly, causes the display device to present the display content based on the display data, and causes the lighting assembly to emit light based on the lighting control parameters of the lighting data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Nicholas E. Banas, Vito Michael Caporusso, Benjamin E. Isaac
  • Publication number: 20260073756
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display device, a lighting assembly including at least one light-emitting device, game-logic circuitry that conducts one or more casino wagering games and generates graphical data, and a display controller communicatively coupled to the display device and the lighting assembly. The graphical data includes display data and lighting data as pixel values. The display controller causes the display device to present display content associated with the one or more casino wagering games. The display controller receives the graphical data from the game-logic circuitry, extracts the lighting data and the display data from the graphical data, converts the lighting data from pixel values to lighting control parameters accepted by the lighting assembly, causes the display device to present the display content based on the display data, and causes the lighting assembly to emit light based on the lighting control parameters of the lighting data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Nicholas E. Banas, Vito Michael Caporusso, Benjamin E. Isaac
  • Publication number: 20260004629
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display device, a lighting assembly including at least one light-emitting device, game-logic circuitry that conducts one or more casino wagering games and generates graphical data, and a display controller communicatively coupled to the display device and the lighting assembly. The graphical data includes display data and lighting data as pixel values. The display controller causes the display device to present display content associated with the one or more casino wagering games. The display controller receives the graphical data from the game-logic circuitry, extracts the lighting data and the display data from the graphical data, converts the lighting data from pixel values to lighting control parameters accepted by the lighting assembly, causes the display device to present the display content based on the display data, and causes the lighting assembly to emit light based on the lighting control parameters of the lighting data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2025
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Inventors: Nicholas E. BANAS, Vito Michael CAPORUSSO, Benjamin E. ISAAC
  • Publication number: 20250356731
    Abstract: A disclosed example of usage, via a casino device, of a display contained within a hardened enclosure of a point-of-sale (POS) terminal. An amount is specified for purchase of credits using the display. A POS controller permits, via a communication port of the POS terminal, a passthrough usage of the display by the casino device for the purchase. The casino device provides, to POS terminal, user input for performance of a payment-card transaction. The POS controller further prevents the passthrough usage of the display by the casino device during the payment-card transaction. The POS terminal detects, in response to performance of the payment-card transaction, authorization of the amount. The casino device performs, in response to receipt of the authorization, a funds transfer to a game controller. The game controller increments, based on the amount, a credit meter. The POS controller restores the passthrough usage of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Martin S. LYONS, Nicholas E. BANAS
  • Patent number: 12424051
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display device, a lighting assembly including at least one light-emitting device, game-logic circuitry that conducts one or more casino wagering games and generates graphical data, and a display controller communicatively coupled to the display device and the lighting assembly. The graphical data includes display data and lighting data as pixel values. The display controller causes the display device to present display content associated with the one or more casino wagering games. The display controller receives the graphical data from the game-logic circuitry, extracts the lighting data and the display data from the graphical data, converts the lighting data from pixel values to lighting control parameters accepted by the lighting assembly, causes the display device to present the display content based on the display data, and causes the lighting assembly to emit light based on the lighting control parameters of the lighting data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas E. Banas, Vito Michael Caporusso, Benjamin E. Isaac
  • Publication number: 20240062613
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display device, a lighting assembly including at least one light-emitting device, game-logic circuitry that conducts one or more casino wagering games and generates graphical data, and a display controller communicatively coupled to the display device and the lighting assembly. The graphical data includes display data and lighting data as pixel values. The display controller causes the display device to present display content associated with the one or more casino wagering games. The display controller receives the graphical data from the game-logic circuitry, extracts the lighting data and the display data from the graphical data, converts the lighting data from pixel values to lighting control parameters accepted by the lighting assembly, causes the display device to present the display content based on the display data, and causes the lighting assembly to emit light based on the lighting control parameters of the lighting data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas E. BANAS, Vito Michael CAPORUSSO, Benjamin E. ISAAC
  • Patent number: 11842598
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display device, a lighting assembly including at least one light-emitting device, game-logic circuitry that conducts one or more casino wagering games and generates graphical data, and a display controller communicatively coupled to the display device and the lighting assembly. The graphical data includes display data and lighting data as pixel values. The display controller causes the display device to present display content associated with the one or more casino wagering games. The display controller receives the graphical data from the game-logic circuitry, extracts the lighting data and the display data from the graphical data, converts the lighting data from pixel values to lighting control parameters accepted by the lighting assembly, causes the display device to present the display content based on the display data, and causes the lighting assembly to emit light based on the lighting control parameters of the lighting data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas E. Banas, Vito Michael Caporusso, Benjamin E. Isaac
  • Publication number: 20210192889
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display device, a lighting assembly including at least one light-emitting device, game-logic circuitry that conducts one or more casino wagering games and generates graphical data, and a display controller communicatively coupled to the display device and the lighting assembly. The graphical data includes display data and lighting data as pixel values. The display controller causes the display device to present display content associated with the one or more casino wagering games. The display controller receives the graphical data from the game-logic circuitry, extracts the lighting data and the display data from the graphical data, converts the lighting data from pixel values to lighting control parameters accepted by the lighting assembly, causes the display device to present the display content based on the display data, and causes the lighting assembly to emit light based on the lighting control parameters of the lighting data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas E. BANAS, Vito Michael CAPORUSSO, Benjamin E. ISAAC