Fiber Optic Touch Screen for Biometric Player Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current player tracking systems in casinos are limited in their ability to authenticate player identities and provide interactive interfaces for multiple players, especially in electronic games of chance, where they lack the capability to efficiently manage player interactions and data collection.
Innovation Solution
A gaming table equipped with one or more touch screens utilizing a fiber optic plate, a high-resolution infrared camera, and a projector, which acts as both a display surface and a fingerprint scanner, allowing for biometric authentication and tracking of players during interactions, enabling secure and efficient player identification and data collection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a magnetic card reader system is used for player tracking, then player data collection is achieved, but player authentication security and interaction efficiency are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the display surface and fingerprint scanning surface into a single touch screen interface. The fiber optic plate serves dual purposes: displaying game information to players and capturing fingerprint images for authentication. This merging eliminates the need for separate authentication devices, thereby improving both security through biometric verification and operational efficiency by integrating authentication directly into the gaming interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch screen interface is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: it displays game information, accepts player inputs, and captures biometric data for authentication. This multi-functional design allows the same interface to serve both as a gaming tool and a security verification system, improving overall system efficiency and player interaction.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple player stations are provided in electronic games, then multiple players can be accommodated, but floor space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single gaming table is equipped with multiple touch screen interfaces, each capable of serving as an independent player station. The fiber optic plate and integrated authentication system are shared resources that serve multiple players simultaneously. This allows the casino to accommodate more players within the same physical footprint, as one table with multiple interfaces replaces what would traditionally require multiple separate gaming machines.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a horizontal arrangement of multiple separate gaming machines to a vertical integration where multiple player interfaces are stacked or arranged on a single table surface. The fiber optic plate enables this dimensional consolidation by providing a common authentication and display layer that serves multiple players in a compact configuration.
3Reliability
If a fiber optic plate with integrated fingerprint scanning is used, then authentication security and interaction efficiency are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fiber optic plate integrates the display function and fingerprint scanning function into a single component. The same optical fibers that transmit display information to the player's eye also capture the fingerprint image when the player touches the screen. This merging reduces the number of separate components needed, thereby managing complexity while maintaining high authentication security.
Solution Approach 2:
The fiber optic plate acts as an intermediary that bridges the display system and the authentication system. Instead of requiring separate hardware for displaying information and capturing fingerprints, the fiber optic plate mediates both functions through its optical properties, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining security.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides secure authentication and efficient tracking of multiple players, enhancing player interaction and data management, suitable for both virtual and live gaming environments, by using touch screens to identify players via fingerprints and manage gaming activities effectively.
Implementation Method 1
The fiber optic plate acts as a display surface for the output of the projector as well as a fingerprint and/or item scanner/reader
Implementation Method 2
a (preferably high-resolution infrared) camera... the camera captures images from the bottom side of said fiber optic plate, said image comprising touch information being associated with touch interactions (fingerprints or items)
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AI summary
A touch screen player interface includes a fiber optic plate, high-resolution infrared camera and projector. The fiber optic plate acts as a display surface for the output of the projector as well as a fingerprint and/or item scanner. Individual fiber optic plates acting as individual player interfaces or a single fiber optic plate configured to support multiple player interfaces are conceivable. The touchscreen provides an interactive gaming system capable of identifying and authenticating players during common touch interactions. The touch screen interface may be integrated into virtual gaming systems such as virtual roulette, poker and craps systems. Live, human-managed gaming tables may also incorporate the touch screen player interface described herein.