Touch button with tactile elements
AssigneeIgt
InventorTai Rosander
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Abstract
An electronic gaming machine for playing an electronic game is disclosed. The gaming machine includes a cabinet, a game controller housed within the cabinet, a display configured to display the electronic game to a player, and a user-input panel. The gaming machine further includes a first button mounted to the user-input panel. The first button includes a first touch sensing section configured to receive inputs from a player and to provide signals relating to the inputs to the game controller. The gaming machine further includes a first tactile element. The first tactile element is distinguishable from the first touch sensing section by the player by sense of touch.
Claims28
An electronic gaming machine for playing an electronic game comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a game controller housed within the cabinet;
- a display configured to display the electronic game to a player;
- a user-input panel;
- a first button mounted to the user-input panel, wherein the first button includes a first touch sensing section configured to receive inputs from a player and to provide signals relating to the inputs to the game controller;
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- a first tactile element, wherein the first tactile element is distinguishable from the first touch sensing section by the player by sense of touch.
An electronic gaming machine for playing an electronic game comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a game controller housed within the cabinet;
- a display configured to display the electronic game to a player;
- a user-input panel;
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- a first button embedded in the user-input panel such that the first button is substantially flush with a surface of the user-input panel, wherein the first button includes a first touch sensing section configured to receive inputs from the player and to provide signals relating to the inputs to the game controller;
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- a first tactile element positioned adjacent the first button, wherein the first tactile element is textured with a first raised component such that a surface of the first tactile element has a different texture than a surface of the user-input panel and a surface of the first touch sensing section.
A button assembly comprising:
- a touch sensitive portion including a touch sensor, wherein the touch sensitive portion is configured to receive inputs from a player and output a signals relating to the inputs;
- a tactile portion at least partially surrounding the touch sensitive portion, wherein the tactile portion is textured with a raised element such that a surface of the tactile portion has a different texture than a surface of the touch sensitive portion;
- a seal;
- wherein the button assembly is configured to be mounted into a panel such that the seal prevents foreign contaminants from accessing underneath the button assembly or inside the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.