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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5209477 | Slot machine reel mounting assembly A reel mounting assembly for a slot machine is disclosed. The reel mounting assembly includes a frame for supporting a reel. An actuator is provided to adjust the position of the reel when the reel is inserted into the slot machine. The reel mounting asse... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5190495 | High capacity coin hopper for a gaming machine A high capacity coin hopper is disclosed comprising a cylinder mounted for rotation above a coin dispensing disc assembly. The central axis of the cylinder is offset above the central axis of the coin dispensing disc, creating a wall in the cylinder. Coin... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5179517 | Game machine data transfer system utilizing portable data units The data transfer system operates by collecting data from game machines and transferring said data to a smart card type data transfer unit containing memory, addressing, control, and protection circuitry. Depending on the level of capability desired, the ... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5123649 | Gaming machine with dynamic pay schedule A gaming machine having a dynamic pay schedule is provided. The machine selects a pay schedule from a set of pay schedules as a function of the number of coins inserted and the current state of the machine. The state of the machine is represented by an ev... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5113990 | Bill validation and change system for a slot machine A bill validation and change system for a slot machine. The system accepts bills of a plurality of denominations and pays out change for the bills in coins of the denomation which may be accepted by the slot machine to play a game. Coins input to the slot... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5102136 | Slot machine reel mounting assembly A reel mounting assembly for a slot machine is disclosed. The reel mounting assembly includes a frame for supporting a reel. An actuator is provided to adjust the position of the reel when the reel is inserted into the slot machine. The reel mounting asse... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5067604 | Self teaching coin discriminator By combining a number of different types of coin sensors including a reflective sensor, a capacitive sensor and inductive sensors together with a logic circuit it is possible to provide for highly accurate and flexible discrimination between authorized an... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5020794 | Motor control for an exercise machine simulating a weight stack In an exercise machine where an electric motor is used to simulate a weight stack a more realistic feel plus stability of operation is achieved by compensating the torque output of the motor for the mechanical characteristics of the machine including iner... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4991848 | Gaming machine with a plateaued pay schedule Convenience and speed of play in a gaming machine are enhanced by providing a payout schedule that includes one very large payout along with a number of other large payout values that are plateaued just below an administrative value.... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4871167 | General purpose display controller for electronic games A general purpose controller suitable for use with an electronic amusement game having a raster scan display receives game data from the game during vertical blank periods, the game data specifying object images and their screen positions desired for the ... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4864410 | Apparatus and method of making photographs from a video image An apparatus for making photographs from a video image including a video system for creating the video image and for displaying the video image to the subject, a photographic system for producing a photograph from the video image, and a computer for trans... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4858932 | Nonuniform probability reel stop mechanism for gaming machines In order to provide a reel type gaming apparatus with the capability to pay out winnings having a higher value than an apparatus where the reels have an equal probability of stopping at each reel stop, a table is created in memory having pairs of lower an... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4846461 | Foot pedal assembly for an exercise machine A foot pedal assembly for an exercise machine. The foot pedal assembly includes a foot pedal or base having a longitudinally extending upper surface on which the user's foot rests and a strap the ends of which are coupled to opposite sides of the foot ped... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4840372 | Diagnostic testing system for an exercie machine A diagnostic testing system for an exercise machine having a computer control. The computer control of the machine is responsive to the actuation of a test button to enter a diagnostic test mode in which various components of the machine may be checked fo... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4831242 | Control system for health club facilities and equipment A control system for a health club which stores user records including user activity data in order to monitor and control use of the club's facilities. A central controller includes a memory for storing the user records including attendance data and accou... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4813675 | Reconfigurable casino table game and gaming machine table To increase casino floor space utilization, an enclosure containing a number of video gaming machines is constructed such that it can readily be converted to a casino table game. This is accomplished by configuring the top of the enclosure to receive a st... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4799677 | Video game having video disk read only memory There is provided a video game system utilizing a video disk as a read only memory to store digital video image data for use in generating the video game images. The video data is stored by compressing digitized video data using color cell compression and... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4782468 | Line power failure scheme for a gaming device A power failure scheme for a gaming device in which, upon the detection of a failure of the line power, particular processing operations are completed before power is completely lost. A regulated D.C. power supply coupled to the line power generates an in... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4760247 | Optical card reader utilizing area image processing An optical card reader for reading marks made on the face of a preprinted card utilizes a video camera and a memory device to capture and store an image of at least a portion of the card. Positioning indices are printed on the card, and the reader has sto... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4736109 | Coded document and document reading system A coded document is provided for use in a document reading system having a plurality of markable areas defined thereon and a first and second coded pattern disposed in predetermined relation to the markable areas. Each of the coded patterns has an identic... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4727544 | Memory integrity checking system for a gaming device A system for continuously checking the integrity of the memories of a computer controlled gaming device. The gaming device includes a plurality of EPROMs for storing software and fixed data according to which the gaming device operates. A checksum algorit... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4720789 | Video exercise or game floor controller with position indicating foot pads Operation of a video game or an exercise system utilizing a video display is enhanced by a floor controller utilizing weight sensitive pads that allows an operator to input information into the system by locating his feet in specific portions of the floor... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4714244 | Rowing machine with improved mechanical features A rowing exercise machine having an improved user interface. The user interface has a cable for accepting user exercising stroke movements each stroke having a power and return portion. The cable is carried on a cable drum which is mounted on a shaft such... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4711451 | Reel mapping scheme for a gaming device A reel mapping scheme which allows one standard reel stop control software routine to control the stopping of the reels when the device is operated as a standard gaming device, a multiple stop gaming device or a virtual reel gaming device. The gaming devi... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4695053 | Gaming device having player selectable winning combinations A gaming device of the type that utilizes multiple rotatable reels or a video display to display a random combination of predetermined symbols, and which issues a win indication or a payout whenever one of several predetermined winning combinations of sym... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4685678 | Position transducer system for a joystick A joystick position transducer system for use in a video game. The joystick position transducer includes a pair of inductors each having a movable slug, the slugs being coupled to a control handle or knob by means of respective linkages. The control handl... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4674741 | Rowing machine with video display An improved rowing exercising machine is disclosed. The machine has a mechanical apparatus for accepting user stroke movements; each stroke has a power portion and a return portion. The mechanical apparatus converts the energy from the user stroke movemen... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4652998 | Video gaming system with pool prize structures A video amusement gaming system with pool prize structures including remote game terminals and a central controller with two-way communications between the remote game terminals and the central controller. Prize awards are based upon random shuffling of a... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4648600 | Video slot machine An electronic amusement device is provided in which a set of symbols is displayed on a cathode ray tube. A set of winning symbols is also displayed in response to selection by a player. Upon actuation of a lever arm by the player, the first-mentioned set ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4624459 | Gaming device having random multiple payouts A gaming device having random multiple payouts. The device has a random number generator which generates a multiple payout random number. The device further includes a counter for accumulating the number of game wins. When the multiple payout random numbe... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4597043 | High speed CPU/sequencer for video games A high speed CPU/sequencer for use in a video game provides multi-channel binary output for display control purposes. The CPU/sequencer includes a macro-section that is user programmable with macro-instructions and a micro-section that is user programmabl... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4589089 | Computer-peripheral interface for a game apparatus A home computer system provides a video processor for use with a television receiver. The video processor can selectively perform a variety of modifications to pixel data under the direction of the CPU of the computer system before the pixel data is store... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4582324 | Illusion of skill game machine for a gaming system A video amusement game terminal for a gaming system for playing a game providing the illusion of skill. A game processor provides a video game presentation in response to player control wherein a prize award is disclosed through presentation of achievemen... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4548408 | Bonus ball pinball game A pinball type game includes a play surface having at least one target thereon adapted to be engaged by either of two game balls which can be propelled onto the play surface so as to traverses the play surface and return to a return end thereof. The two g... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4542905 | Game with an electromagnetic ball detector A ball detector senses and signals the presence of a metal containing ball near preselected points on a game playfield. The ball detector is positioned to avoid contact with the ball and includes an electromagnet for generating a magnetic flux near the pr... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4505167 | Floating pawl structure providing compound angular yieldability A shock and overload relieving pawl structure for driving and indexing operations in which the pawl element is part of a floating carrier structure having simple and complex multi-angular mobility in coaction with a bi-directional normalizing spring arran... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4498079 | Prioritized overlay of foreground objects line buffer system for a video display system A priority ordered multiple video object display system is disclosed for use with a raster scan display having a plurality of display locations on a plurality of display lines. The display system comprises means for generating a list of ordered video obje... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4484592 | Amusement apparatus with high capacity token storage Coin-release amusement apparatus dispenses tokens in response to a winning combination and includes a coin-release device for activating the apparatus; a repository for receiving coins from the coin-release device; a token storage and dispensing device se... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4475172 | Audio/visual home computer and game apparatus A home computer system provides a video processor for use with a television receiver. The video processor can selectively perform a variety of modifications to pixel data under the direction of the CPU of the computer system before the pixel data is store... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4475228 | Programmable sound circuit for electronic games A sound generator for use with microprocessor controlled amusement games includes a programmable sound generator and programmable filters. The programmable filters utilize duty-cycle-controlled resistors to provide analog filtering under microprocessor co... | 10/02/1984 |
