Terminal including a button and button having projected images and method
OwnerKarl Wudtke, Brian Keith Lanning +1inventors
InventorsKARL WUDTKE, Brian Keith Lanning, Vernon Bernard
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Abstract
A display terminal and gaming device is set forth which includes a button having a screen to display images. A digital light projector is disposed to render selected images or video at the button screen. The images may relate to or augment the display of content by the terminal or gaming device. The images or video may be locally or remotely controlled.
Claims45
An improved display terminal device of the type including a display and a controller to control the display to display content, said improvement comprising:
- a button which can be manipulated by a user to provide an input signal to the controller, said button having a three dimensional screen viewable by the user;
- a digital projector to backlight images onto said screen, said images adapted to render at said screen images which appear to the user to be three dimensional;
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- a processor to control said projector to project said images.
A method for a user to provide input to a display terminal of the type having a display and a controller controlling the display to display content, said method comprising:
- providing an input button which can be displaced by a user to provide input to the controller, said button including a three dimensional screen viewable by the user;
- positioning a digital projector to backlight said screen with images rendered to provide, in cooperation with said screen, a three dimensional affect to said button;
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- configuring a processor to control said images.
An improved gaming device of the type including a display and a controller to control the display to display content, said device comprising:
- a button which can be manipulated by a user to provide an input signal to the controller, said button having a three dimensional screen viewable by the user;
- a digital projector to backlight images onto said screen, said images adapted to render at said screen images which appear to the user to be three dimensional;
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- a processor to control said projector to project said images.
A method for configuring a gaming device of the type including a display and a controller which controls the display to display game content, said method comprising;
- providing a transparent input button which can be displaced by a player to provide, said button having a three dimensional shape with an exterior and interior surface, one of said surfaces arranged as a three dimensional backlit screen;
- locating a digital projector for projecting images to backlight said screen to render images having a three dimensional appearance to the player;
- including a processor to control said digital processor to render said images.
A gaming device having comprising:
- a display;
- a controller configured to control the display to display game content defining an outcome for a play;
- a button displaceable to render an input to the controller, said button having a three dimensional body defining an exterior surface and an interior surface, at least one of said surfaces defining a screen to present backlit images to the player;
- a digital projector to direct images onto said screen;
- a processor to control said projector images;
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- said controller configured to, in response to said displayed content, cooperate with said processor to render images at said screen in cooperation with at least said content.
A button module for a device of the type having a controller controlling a display to display content to a user, said button module comprising:
- a substrate;
- a button moveably disposed on the substrate, said button having a three dimensional shape with an exterior surface and an interior surface at least a portion of which defines a screen;
- a digital projector to project images to backlight said screen to render images viewable by the user;
- a processor to control the images, said images configured to cooperate with the said screen to render three dimensional images at said button.
An improved display terminal of the type including at least one display and a controller to control the content displayed at the display and adapted to be connected to a host through a communication network, the improvement comprising:
- a communication device to enable communication between the gaming device and the host over said network;
- a button displaceable by a user to render an input to the one of the controller or host, said button having a three dimensional body defining an exterior surface and an interior surface, at least one of said surfaces defining a screen to present backlit images to the user;
- a digital projector to direct images onto said screen;
- a processor to control said projector images;
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- at least one of said communication device and processor receiving data from said host to control the images displayed at said button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.