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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2014
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
James P. Helgesen, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Troy D. Nelson, Big Lake, MN (US);
Vladislav Zvercov, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A gaming table apparatus has a gaming table with a gaming table support surface. A token sensor assembly includes a container having a height and side walls that define an inside and outside perimeter of the container, and a top surface and bottom surface, a translucent cover disposed on the top surface of the side walls, a circuit board secured to the inside perimeter of the container, a plurality of lights disposed on a top side of the circuit board, and a passive ambient light sensor disposed on the top side of the circuit board. The passive ambient light sensor and the translucent cover may operate within predetermined wavelength ranges for receiving and passing light, respectively. A condition of the passive ambient light sensor may not be polled if the plurality of lights is emitting light.