Single Video Stream Splitting for Multi-Display Wagering Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wagering game machines face challenges in efficiently managing and controlling multiple video displays, requiring significant resources and complexity to generate and control multiple graphical presentations, which can stress processors and increase costs.
Innovation Solution
A system that splits a single video stream into multiple streams using masks to control the presentation on multiple displays, reducing the need for multiple graphics cards and excessive CPU processing by using a video controller to manage and position pixels from a single video stream across multiple displays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple displays are used to show various game graphics and animations, then the entertainment value and player attraction are improved, but the device complexity and resource requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the single video stream into multiple portions, where each portion is displayed on a different display device. The video controller divides the video signal into separate streams that can be independently routed to different displays, allowing multiple graphical presentations without requiring multiple separate video sources.
Solution Approach 2:
The single video stream serves multiple functions by being distributed to multiple display devices simultaneously. The same video source is used across all displays, eliminating the need for separate graphics cards and video processors for each display, thus reducing overall system complexity while maintaining multi-display capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple graphics cards and processors are used to control multiple video streams, then the ability to control multiple displays is improved, but the cost and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the control functions into a single video controller that manages multiple displays. Instead of having separate graphics cards for each display, one video controller consolidates the control of multiple video streams, reducing the quantity of expensive components required while maintaining full control capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The single video controller performs multiple functions by controlling multiple display devices through a single video stream. This universal controller replaces what would traditionally require multiple dedicated graphics cards and processors, significantly reducing resource consumption and system cost.
3Quantity of substance
If a single video stream is used for multiple displays, then the resource usage is reduced, but the ability to present distinct graphical content on each display is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The video stream is segmented into multiple portions that can be independently displayed on different devices. The video controller divides the single video signal into separate streams, allowing each display to receive customized portions of the video content while maintaining resource efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the video stream are assigned to different display devices based on their specific requirements and positions. The system adapts the graphical content locally for each display, ensuring that each display receives the appropriate graphical presentation while using a single shared video source.
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AI summary
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can determine different objects and/or portions within a wagering game video image and split the wagering game video image into multiple video streams containing different parts of the wagering game video image. The operations can then present the multiple video streams on multiple displays. The multiple displays can show the different parts of the wagering game video image appearing as separate and distinct video images. In some embodiments, some of the multiple displays can be placed in front of other displays. The operations can generate transparent masks that allow images to be seen through a display.