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US 2011/0212778 A1Published application
Virtual input system
AssigneeIgt
InventorWilliam R. Wells
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Abstract
For a user having a user input actuator, a virtual interface device, such as for a gaming machine, for determining actuation of a virtual input by the input actuator is disclosed. The device comprises a position sensing device for determining a location of the user input actuator and a controller coupled to the position sensing device, the controller determining whether a portion of the user input actuator is within a virtual input location in space defining the virtual input.
Claims24
A gaming system comprising:
- a display device;
- a wager input device;
- an interactive game surface device (IGSD) configured to detect physical movement of one or more objects without requiring physical contact with the one or more objects;
- and
- a gaming controller configured to:
- receive an indication of a wager in association with the wager input device,
- display a game image on the display device, the game image including content in a first state;
- receive data from the IGSD indicating a detected physical movement,
- modify the display of the game image to show the content in a second state different from the first state, and
- determine a game outcome corresponding to the game image of the content in the second state.
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A method comprising:
- providing a wagering game on a gaming system;
- receiving an indication of a wager in association with a wager input device of the gaming system;
- displaying a game image on a display device of the gaming system, wherein the game image including content in a first state;
- detecting physical movement of one or more objects using an interactive game surface device (IGSD) configured to detect physical movement of the one or more objects without requiring physical contact with the one or more objects;
- receiving data from the IGSD indicating the physical movement;
- modifying the game image to display the content in a second state different from the first state;
- and
- determine a game outcome corresponding to the game image of the content in the second state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.