Dynamic palpable controls for a gaming device

US9589414B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bally Gaming, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Bryan M. Kelly · Alamo, US
• Stephen Patton · Reno, US
• Julia Childs · Reno, US
• Sean C. Martin · Reno, US
• Martin S. Lyons · Henderson, US
• Michael J. Mitchell · Las Vegas, US
• William Wadleigh · Lisle, US
• David B. Schultz · Henderson, US
• Kimberly Cohn · Las Vegas, US
• John R. Vallejo · Henderson, US
• Joanna Musick · Henderson, US
• Scott T. Hilbert · Reno, US
• Dougal Austin · Reno, US
• Amy Lynn Monette · Reno, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 15, 2014
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 15, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/322
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a gaming machine touch screen system incorporating a flat transparent or nearly transparent layer that contains a series of active elements/actuators/chambers that enable a vertical displacement of the touch screen top surface. These active elements displace the top surface of the touch screen upon command of the gaming machine to provide features perceptible to the player's touch.