Patent ID: 8529341

Claim:
A gaming apparatus, comprising: an optically sensitive display screen comprising a plurality of display pixels, each display pixel including a plurality of display subpixels and a plurality of optically sensitive subpixels, each display pixel configured to emit light with a color spectrum formed by combining light emitted by each display subpixel of the display pixel, each optically sensitive subpixel configured to detect light, and the optically sensitive display screen configured to display images via the light emitted by the plurality of display pixels and to read images via light detected by the optically sensitive subpixels; a value input device; and a controller operatively coupled to the optically sensitive display screen and the value input device, the controller comprising a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the controller being programmed to cause the optically sensitive display screen to generate a display of one or more game controls operable for performance of a game routine output on the gaming apparatus and to affect a value payout associated with the game routine when selected, the controller being programmed to cause the optically sensitive display screen to read an image of a fingerprint of a finger of a player when the finger is used to select one of the game controls displayed by the optically sensitive display screen, the controller being programmed to compare a characteristic of the fingerprint image with a corresponding characteristic relating to a player identification stored in the memory, the controller being programmed to determine the value payout associated with an outcome of the game.