Patents by Inventor Tai Rosander

Tai Rosander 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: 11468735
    Abstract: Various embodiments are provided for scalable graphical processing unit (GPU) functionality in electronic gaming machines (EGMs). The EGM may include a base component to house an enclosed master gaming controller (MGC). The enclosed MGC may have one or more graphics card expansion ports located externally to the enclosed MGC. The EGM may include a display device, supported by the base component, to display one or more images of one or more games. The EGM may include a graphics accelerator component housed within the display device to enhance one or more images associated with one or more games on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: James W. Timperley, Jerrod Laputz, Tai Rosander, Stewart Thoeni
  • Patent number: 11386741
    Abstract: Various embodiments are provided for calibration of motion player tracking devices in electronic gaming machines (EGMs). A plurality of object sensors positioned adjacently to a display device of the EGM each record a plurality of data frames inclusive of a position of a plurality of fiducial markers relative to the plurality of object sensors. At predetermined intervals, the plurality of object sensors are calibrated in three-dimensional space using the position of the plurality of fiducial markers relative to the plurality of object sensors within the recorded plurality of data frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Tai Rosander, Thomas D. Waxman, Andreas Bean, Robert N. Silva
  • Publication number: 20210287483
    Abstract: A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly including a frame, a plurality of individually rotatable reels supported by the frame, and one or more supplemental image displays supported by the frame and associated with the rotatable reels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Tai Rosander, Allan C. Snippen
  • Patent number: 11030847
    Abstract: A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly including a frame, a plurality of individually rotatable reels supported by the frame, and one or more supplemental image displays supported by the frame and associated with the rotatable reels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Tai Rosander, Allan C. Snippen
  • Publication number: 20210082234
    Abstract: Various embodiments are provided for calibration of motion player tracking devices in electronic gaming machines (EGMs). A plurality of object sensors positioned adjacently to a display device of the EGM each record a plurality of data frames inclusive of a position of a plurality of fiducial markers relative to the plurality of object sensors. At predetermined intervals, the plurality of object sensors are calibrated in three-dimensional space using the position of the plurality of fiducial markers relative to the plurality of object sensors within the recorded plurality of data frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Tai Rosander, Thomas D. Waxman, Andreas Bean, Robert N. Silva
  • Publication number: 20200090458
    Abstract: A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly including a frame, a plurality of individually rotatable reels supported by the frame, and one or more supplemental image displays supported by the frame and associated with the rotatable reels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Tai Rosander, Allan C. Snippen
  • Publication number: 20200090456
    Abstract: A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly including a frame, a plurality of individually rotatable reels supported by the frame, and one or more supplemental image displays supported by the frame and associated with the rotatable reels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Tai Rosander, Allan C. Snippen, Scott H. Jones, Michael T. Garamendi
  • Patent number: 10593148
    Abstract: A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly including a frame, a plurality of individually rotatable reels supported by the frame, and one or more supplemental image displays supported by the frame and associated with the rotatable reels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Tai Rosander, Allan C. Snippen, Scott H. Jones, Michael T. Garamendi
  • Patent number: 10573120
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system having a gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly positioned in and supported by the housing, the reel assembly including a frame, a plurality of individually rotatable reels supported by the frame, and a plurality of selectively and individually illuminable payline indicators supported by the frame and associated with the rotatable reels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Tai Rosander
  • Publication number: 20190340869
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system having a gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly positioned in and supported by the housing, the reel assembly including a frame, a plurality of individually rotatable reels supported by the frame, and a plurality of selectively and individually illuminable payline indicators supported by the frame and associated with the rotatable reels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: Tai Rosander
  • Publication number: 20190197818
    Abstract: Various embodiments are provided for calibration of motion player tracking devices in electronic gaming machines (EGMs). A plurality of object sensors positioned adjacently to a display device of the EGM each record a plurality of data frames inclusive of a position of a plurality of fiducial markers relative to the plurality of object sensors. At predetermined intervals, the plurality of object sensors are calibrated in three-dimensional space using the position of the plurality of fiducial markers relative to the plurality of object sensors within the recorded plurality of data frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Tai ROSANDER, Thomas D. WAXMAN, Andreas BEAN, Robert N. SILVA
  • Publication number: 20190197824
    Abstract: Various embodiments are provided for scalable graphical processing unit (GPU) functionality in electronic gaming machines (EGMs). The EGM may include a base component to house an enclosed master gaming controller (MGC). The enclosed MGC may have one or more graphics card expansion ports located externally to the enclosed MGC. The EGM may include a display device, supported by the base component, to display one or more images of one or more games. The EGM may include a graphics accelerator component housed within the display device to enhance one or more images associated with one or more games on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: James W. TIMPERLEY, Jerrod LAPUTZ, Tai ROSANDER, Stewart THOENI
  • Patent number: D843468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Charles Walter Johnson, Tai Rosander, James M. Gray
  • Patent number: D858641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jean Pierre Legras, Tai Rosander
  • Patent number: D858642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jean Pierre Legras, Tai Rosander
  • Patent number: D889545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Scott Jones, Charles Johnson, Julia Angst, Stephanie Humbeutel, Jean Pierre Legras, Tai Rosander, Stewart Thoeni
  • Patent number: D889546
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Scott Jones, Charles Johnson, Julia Angst, Stephanie Humbeutel, Jean Pierre Legras, Tai Rosander, Stewart Thoeni
  • Patent number: D889547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Scott Jones, Charles Johnson, Julia Angst, Stephanie Humbeutel, Jean Pierre Legras, Tai Rosander, Stewart Thoeni
  • Patent number: D954844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Tai Rosander, Charles Johnson, Jean-Pierre Legras
  • Patent number: D990577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Anthony John Baerlocher, Stewart Thoeni, Christopher D. Carlisle, Julia Janeen Angst, Jean-Pierre Legras, John Leagh Beadell, Scott Hamilton Jones, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Megan Eileen Oehlert, Stephen Gus Gill, Thang Duc Doan, Matthew Arbie Franich, Tai Rosander