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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Matthew J. Ward, Northbrook, IL (US);
David Michael Pryor, Westmont, IL (US);
John Lee Griffin, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Matthew J. Ward, Northbrook, IL (US);
David Michael Pryor, Westmont, IL (US);
John Lee Griffin, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
WMS Gaming Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); G06K 9/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods resize images for a wagering game. The images are resized by analyzing the content of the image, and removing or adding data from/to the image in accordance with the content analysis. The content analysis may include determining an energy level, where portions of the image having a low energy level are adjusted, and portions having a higher energy level are not adjusted, or adjusted less.