Emotive lighting with volumetric lighting effects
View Patent ↗An emotive lighting system creates volumetric lighting effects with a plurality of point light sources. The plurality of point light sources may be disposed on a plane and are viewable through a lenticular lens disposed a different, non-parallel plane.
1. A gaming system for playing a casino wagering game, the gaming system comprising:
game-logic circuitry configured to conduct the casino wagering game;
an emotive lighting system including:
a lenticular lens defining a first plane;
a plurality of point light sources defining a second plane, the first and second planes being non-parallel;
another lenticular lens defining a third plane, the plurality of point light sources being viewable through both the lenticular lens and the another lenticular lens;
another plurality of point light sources defining a fourth plane, the third and fourth planes being non-parallel, the another plurality of point light sources being viewable through the another lenticular lens; and
a curvilinear lenticular lens component connected between the lenticular lens and the another lenticular lens; and
one or more light-controlling processors in communication with the game-logic circuitry, the one or more light controlling processors configured to operate the point light sources of the plurality responsive to communications from the game-logic circuitry, the operating including one or more of:
switching point light sources on and off;
varying colors of light produced by point light sources; or
modifying brightness levels of point light sources.
2. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the another plurality of point light sources is viewable through the lenticular lens.
3. The gaming system of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of point light sources and the another plurality of point light sources are viewable through the curvilinear lenticular lens component.
4. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the communications from the game-logic circuitry include real-time information related to a state of the casino wagering game and wherein the one or more light-controlling processors adjust light characteristics of the plurality of point light sources responsive to changes in the dynamic state of the casino wagering game.
5. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the emotive lighting system is at least partly disposed proximal an electronic display device of a wagering game machine in communication with the game-logic circuitry.
6. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the emotive lighting system is at least partly disposed proximal to a community display device associated with a plurality of wagering game machines.
7. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the lenticular lens comprises flexible lenticular film.
8. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the game-logic circuitry resides on a game server on a communications network and the one or more light-controlling processors communicate with the game-logic circuitry over the communications network.
9. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the game-logic circuitry conducts the casino wagering game on a community display device associated with a plurality of wagering game machines and the emotive lighting system is at least partly disposed proximal to the community display device.
10. An emotive lighting system comprising:
one or more light-controlling processors in communication with game-logic circuitry configured to conduct a casino wagering game;
a lenticular lens assembly including a first lens component defining a first plane and a second lens component defining a second plane, the first plane and the second plane being non-parallel;
a first plurality of light sources defining a third plane that is non-parallel to the first plane and a second plurality of light sources defining a fourth plane that is non-parallel to the second plane, both the first plurality of point light sources and the second plurality of point light sources being viewable through both of the first lens component and the second lens component;
a curvilinear lenticular lens component connecting the first and second lens components;
the one or more light-controlling processors configured to operate the point light sources of the first and second pluralities responsive to communications from the game-logic circuitry, the operating including one or more of:
switching point light sources on and off,
varying colors of light produced by point light sources, or
modifying brightness levels of point light sources.
11. The emotive lighting system of claim 10 , wherein both the first plurality of point light sources and the second plurality of point light sources are viewable through the curvilinear lens component.
12. The emotive lighting system of claim 10 , wherein the first, second, and curvilinear lens components form a continuous lens component.
13. The emotive lighting system of claim 10 , wherein the game-logic circuitry conducts the casino wagering game on a gaming machine that includes an electronic display device configured to display game images, and wherein the emotive light system is at least partially disposed proximal to the electronic display device.
14. A method of creating volumetric lighting effects with an emotive lighting system, the emotive lighting system including one or more light-controlling processors connected for communication to game-logic circuitry configured to conduct a casino wagering game, a lenticular lens defining a first plane, a plurality of point light sources defining a second plane that is non-parallel to the first plane, another lenticular lens defining a third plane, and a curvilinear lens component connected between the lenticular lens and the another lenticular lens, the plurality of point light sources being viewable through both the lenticular lens and the another lenticular lens, the method comprising:
receiving, by the one or more light-controlling processors, information about a state of the casino wagering game being conducted by the game-logic circuitry;
operating, by the one or more light-controlled processors, the plurality of point light sources responsive to the received information, the operating including one or more of:
switching point light sources on and off,
varying colors of light produced by point light sources, or
modifying brightness levels of point light sources.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the operating further includes switching, varying, or modifying light characteristics in patterns travel across regions of the emotive lighting system.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the game-logic circuitry conducts the casino wagering game on a gaming machine that includes an electronic display device configured to display game images of the casino wagering game, and wherein the emotive light system is at least partially disposed proximal to the electronic display device.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the operating further includes switching, varying, or modifying light characteristics in synchronization with the game images displayed on the electronic display device.
18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the game-logic circuitry conducts the casino wagering game on a community display device associated with a plurality of wagering game machines and the emotive lighting system is at least partly disposed proximal to the community display device.
19. A gaming machine primarily designed for playing a casino wagering game, the gaming machine comprising:
an electronic display device configured to display game images;
game-logic circuitry configured to conduct the casino wagering game and to direct the electronic display device to display the game images;
an emotive lighting system disposed at least partly proximal to the electronic display device, the emotive lighting system including:
a plurality of point light sources extending along a line,
a non-planar lenticular lens enclosing the plurality of point light sources and extending along the line, the plurality of point light sources being viewable through the lenticular lens;
one or more light-controlling processors in communication with the game-logic circuitry, the one or more light-controlling processors configured to operate the point light sources of the plurality responsive to communication from the game-logic circuitry including one or more of:
switching point light sources on and off,
varying colors of light produced by point light sources, or
modifying brightness levels of point light sources.
20. The gaming system of claim 19 , wherein the lenticular lens is substantially conical with a cone axis extending along the line.