Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Player-actuated control structure
Reexamination Certificate
2002-06-24
2009-12-08
Vo, Peter DungBa (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Player-actuated control structure
C463S016000, C463S030000, C463S031000, C463S036000, C341S023000, C345S172000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07628701
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for interfacing with a user at a casino gaming machine are disclosed. An input control panel with a plurality dynamic buttons is provided. The dynamic buttons may be activated by a player to select games, make wagers, make gaming decisions, etc. Each dynamic button may include a display area (e.g., an LCD), a transparent tactile feedback portion (e.g., a pliable polyurethane membrane), and an input detection portion (e.g., a transparent touch screen). A dynamic button may be depressed to make an input selection and may include a display area which is visible through the button. During operation of a dynamic button, the controller may send image data for display on the button and receive input signals from the input detection portion of the button when a user depresses the button.
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Hoel Matthew D.
IGT
Vo Peter DungBa
Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP
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