1. A method of controlling an immersive lighting structure proximate to a wagering game machine but external to the wagering game machine, the method comprising:
receiving an indication of a wagering game-based event communicated over a network and that corresponds to the wagering game machine;
determining a configuration of the immersive lighting structure proximate to the wagering game machine;
determining a lighting scheme for the wagering game-based event and based, at least in part, on the configuration of the immersive lighting structure; and
directing a lighting control unit to control, in accordance with the lighting scheme for the wagering game-based event, the immersive lighting structure.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting the wagering game-based event on the wagering game machine in response to detecting an achievement of specified criteria associated with a wagering game on the wagering game machine.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
identifying a second wagering game machine at which the wagering game-based event should be indicated; and
directing the lighting control unit to control a second immersive lighting structure proximate to a second wagering game machine.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second immersive lighting structure is controlled in accordance with at least one of the lighting scheme for the wagering game-based event and a second lighting scheme customization indicated in a player account associated with the second wagering game machine.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining, for a second wagering game-based event, a second lighting scheme based, at least in part, on player preference data indicated in an account currently associated with the first wagering game machine and on the configuration of the immersive lighting structure; and
directing the lighting control unit to control, in accordance with the second lighting scheme, the immersive lighting structure at the wagering game machine.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising modifying a default lighting scheme in accordance with the player preference data to generate the second lighting scheme.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the immersive lighting structure comprises at least one of a light source element, an array of light source elements, a light source element masked by one of a diffuser, a lens, and a reflector, and a reflector element.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the directing the lighting control unit comprises directing the lighting control unit to present at least one of dramatic flashes by the immersive lighting structure, light movement between the immersive lighting structure at the wagering game machine and a second immersive lighting structure at a second wagering game machine, a variation of colors and intensity by the immersive lighting structure, and animation by the immersive lighting structure.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising directing the lighting control unit to control, in accordance with the lighting scheme for the wagering game-based event, a lighting structure integrated with a pedestal that supports the wagering game machine.
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising a footrest of the pedestal detecting a player at the wagering game machine and triggering the lighting structure in response thereto.
11. A method of controlling a plurality of immersive lighting structures proximate to a plurality of wagering game machines but external to the plurality of wagering game machines, the method comprising:
determining an arrangement of the plurality of immersive lighting structures in response to receiving an indication of a wagering game-based event communicated over a network from a first wagering game machine of the plurality of wagering game machines
determining a lighting scheme based, at least in part on the wagering game-based event and the arrangement of the plurality of immersive lighting structures; and
directing a lighting control unit to control, in accordance with the lighting scheme the plurality of immersive lighting structures.
12. The method of claim 11 further comprising determining that a second wagering game machine of the plurality of wagering game machines is proximate to the first wagering game machine.
13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:
determining that a first player account currently associated with the first wagering game machine indicates a second player account; and
identifying the second wagering game machine as currently associated with the second player account.
14. An apparatus comprising:
a processor;
a network interface coupled with the processor; and
means for controlling an immersive lighting structure, which is proximate to and external from a wagering game machine, based, at least in part, on an event communicated over a network and on a configuration of the immersive lighting structure.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 further comprising means for controlling a second immersive lighting structure proximate to and external from a second wagering game machine in coordination with the immersive lighting structure proximate to the wagering game machine.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the second immersive lighting structure is controlled in accordance with at least one of a lighting scheme for the event and a second lighting scheme customization indicated in a player account associated with the second wagering game machine.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 further comprising means for modifying a default lighting scheme in accordance with player preference data to generate the lighting scheme.
18. The apparatus of claim 14 further comprising means for detecting a player at the wagering game and activating the immersive lighting structure responsive to detecting the player at the wagering game machine.
19. The apparatus of claim 14 further comprising means for detecting the event on the wagering game machine in response to detecting an achievement of at least one specified criterion associated with a wagering game running on the wagering game machine, wherein the event comprises a wagering game-based event.
20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein said means for controlling the lighting structure comprises means directing a lighting control unit communicatively coupled with the immersive lighting structure to present at least one of dramatic flashes by the immersive lighting structure, light movement between the immersive lighting structure at the wagering game machine and a second immersive lighting structure at a second wagering game machine, a variation of colors and intensity by the immersive lighting structure, and animation by the immersive lighting structure.
21. One or more machine-readable storage media having stored therein instructions for controlling an immersive lighting structure proximate to a wagering game machine but external to the wagering game machine, wherein the instructions, which when executed by a set of one or more processors, causes the set of one or more processors to perform operations that comprise:
determining a configuration of the immersive lighting structure proximate to the wagering game machine responsive to receiving an indication of a wagering game-based event communicated over a network and that corresponds to the wagering game machine;
determining a lighting scheme for the wagering game-based event based, at least in part, on the wagering game-based event and the configuration of the immersive lighting structure; and
directing a lighting control unit to control the immersive lighting structure in accordance with the lighting scheme.
22. The machine-readable storage media of claim 21, wherein the operations further comprise:
detecting the wagering game-based event on the wagering game machine in response to detecting an achievement of specified criteria associated with a wagering game on the wagering game machine.
23. The machine-readable storage media of claim 21, wherein the operations further comprise:
identifying a second wagering game machine at which the wagering game-based event should be indicated; and
directing the lighting control unit to control a second immersive lighting structure that is proximate to a second wagering game machine.
24. The machine-readable storage media of claim 23, wherein the second immersive lighting structure is controlled in accordance with at least one of the lighting scheme and a second lighting scheme customization indicated in a player account associated with the second wagering game machine.
25. The machine-readable storage media of claim 21, wherein the operations further comprise:
determining, for a second wagering game-based event, a second lighting scheme based, at least in part, on player preference data indicated in an account currently associated with the first wagering game machine and on the configuration of the immersive lighting structure; and
directing the lighting control unit to control, in accordance with the second lighting scheme, the immersive lighting structure at the wagering game machine.
26. The machine-readable storage media of claim 25, wherein the operations further comprise modifying a default lighting scheme in accordance with the player preference data to generate the second lighting scheme.
27. The machine-readable storage media of claim 21, wherein the operation of directing the lighting control unit comprises directing the lighting control unit to present at least one of dramatic flashes by the immersive lighting structure, light movement between the immersive lighting structure at the wagering game machine and a second immersive lighting structure at a second wagering game machine, a variation of colors and intensity by the immersive lighting structure, and animation by the immersive lighting structure.
28. The machine-readable storage media of claim 21, wherein the operations further comprise directing the lighting control unit to control, in accordance with the lighting scheme for the wagering game-based event, a lighting structure integrated with a pedestal that supports the wagering game machine.
29. An apparatus that produces lighting effects in accordance with a lighting scheme based, at least in part, on a configuration of an immersive lighting structure and an event communicated over a network, the apparatus comprising:
the immersive lighting structure that comprises a plurality of light source elements coupled with a plurality of reflector elements adapted to cast light onto a wagering game machine and onto an area adjacent to the wagering game machine; and
a pedestal coupled with the immersive lighting structure, the pedestal having a cavity adapted to store items and having at least one light source adapted to cast light onto a wagering game machine supported by the pedestal.
30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the pedestal further comprises a pressure sensitive footrest that activates the at least one light source of the pedestal.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An isolating tube having a mechanically load-bearing plastic tube composed of a fiber-reinforced polymer for use in a cooling element which can be loaded with high voltage, during whose operation the isolating tube forms an electrical isolation gap and in the tube interior carries an agent which flows as a liquid andor vapor, wherein the isolating tube has a diffusion barrier which is held coaxially by the plastic tube.
2. The isolating tube as claimed in claim 1, wherein the diffusion barrier is in the form of a glass or ceramic tube.
3. The isolating tube as claimed in claim 2, wherein the glass or ceramic tube is arranged on the inside of the plastic tube.
4. The isolating tube as claimed in claim 3, wherein a reversibly deformable damping layer is arranged between the plastic tube and the glass or ceramic tube.
5. The isolating tube as claimed in claim 2, wherein the inner surface of the glass or ceramic tube is covered with fragmentation protection in the form of a film.
6. The isolating tube as claimed in claim 1, wherein the diffusion barrier is in the form of a flexible film based on glass andor ceramic.
7. The isolating tube as claimed in claim 6, wherein the film contains a support based on a polymer.
8. The isolating tube as claimed in claim 1, wherein a capillary structure is applied to an inner surface of the diffusion barrier.
9. The isolating tube as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plastic tube is fitted with a shield.
10. The isolating tube as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of two metal fittings is held in a vacuum-tight manner at each of the two ends of the plastic tube.
11. The isolating tube as claimed in claim 10, wherein at least one of the two metal fittings is adhesively bonded to the plastic tube with the aid of a connection layer which is applied to one end face of the plastic tube.
12. The isolating tube as claimed in claim 11, wherein the connection layer is guided on a section of the casing surface of the plastic tube.
13. The isolating tube as claimed in claim 10, wherein the two metal fittings are fitted with a shielding electrode, which is passed in an annular shape around the plastic tube, at each of the mutually facing ends.
14. A cooling element having an isolating tube as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first of the two metal fittings is connected to a vaporizer, which can be heated by an electrical conductor of a high-voltage installation, and the second is connected to a condenser, which is arranged on grounded encapsulation of the installation.
15. A method for production of the isolating tube as claimed in claim 1, wherein fiber material which has been pre-impregnated with polymer or has not been impregnated is wound on a casing surface of a diffusion barrier, which is in the form of a tube, forming a preformed body, wherein the preformed body formed in this way is arranged in a mold and is soaked with polymer in the situation in which the preformed body does not contain impregnated fiber material, and wherein the polymer which is introduced by pre-impregnation or soaking is cured in the mold at a raised temperature.
16. A method for production of the isolating tube as claimed in claim 1, wherein fiber material which has been pre-impregnated with polymer or has not been impregnated is wound onto a casing surface of a removable winding core, wherein, during the winding process, sections of the diffusion barrier which are in the form of films are inserted into the fiber material, wherein a preformed body which is formed in this way is arranged in a mold and is soaked with the polymer in the situation in which the preformed body does not contain impregnated fiber material, and wherein the polymer which is introduced by pre-impregnation or soaking is cured in the mold at a raised temperature.
17. A method for production of the isolating tube as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plastic tube and a diffusion barrier (51) which is in the form of a tube are prefabricated, wherein the external diameter of the diffusion barrier and the internal diameter of the plastic tube are matched to one another, and wherein, after the diffusion barrier has been inserted into the plastic tube, the two tubes (50,51) are adhesively bonded to one another.
18. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein fragmentation protection is applied to the inside of the tube if the diffusion barrier is in the form of a glass or ceramic tube.
19. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein a shield is formed in the casing surface of the plastic tube, or a shield is applied to the casing surface of the plastic tube.
20. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein, during the curing of the polymer or after manufacture of the plastic tube, two end sections of the isolating tube, which are each in the form of metal fittings, are fixed to the plastic tube.
21. A method for production of an isolating tube, comprising:
winding a fiber material which has been pre-impregnated with polymer or has not been impregnated on a casing surface of a diffusion barrier, which is in the form of a tube, forming a preformed body,
arranging the preformed body formed in this way in a mold;
soaking the preformed body with polymer in the situation in which the preformed body does not contain impregnated fiber material; and
curing the polymer which is introduced by pre-impregnation or soaking in the mold at a raised temperature.