US Patent Issued to IGT on April 22 for "Methods and devices for providing machine surface colors and animations based on trigger events" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,150, issued on April 22, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Methods and devices for providing machine surface colors and animations based on trigger events" was invented by Kevin Higgins (Reno, Nev.) and Dwayne Nelson (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming device includes a frame, a display, and an electronic-ink film that is attached to various exterior surfaces of the frame. As a trigger event occurs, the appearance state of the electronic-ink film is dynamically changed to provide a specific color or animation output. This output changes an appearance of the exterior surfaces of the frame and the gaming device in general...