Electronic gaming machine including a wireless charging apparatus
AssigneeVideo Gaming Technologies, Inc.
InventorJohn Fredrick Dawson, III
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Abstract
A wireless charging apparatus for use with an electronic gaming machine includes a button deck having a touchscreen video display, where the touchscreen video display is configured to display a touchscreen button at a first location. The wireless charging apparatus also includes a wireless charging device mounted within the button deck below the first location. The wireless charging device is configured to wirelessly charge a mobile communications device when the mobile communications device is positioned over the first location.
Claims20
A wireless charging apparatus for use with an electronic gaming machine, the wireless charging apparatus comprising:
- a button deck including a touchscreen video display, the touchscreen video display configured to display a touchscreen button at a first location;
- and
- a wireless charging device mounted within the button deck below the first location, wherein the wireless charging device is configured to wirelessly charge a mobile communications device when the mobile communications device is positioned over the first location.
An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a credit input mechanism;
- a button deck including a touchscreen video display, the touchscreen video display configured to display a touchscreen button at a first location;
- and
- a wireless charging device mounted within the button deck below the first location, wherein the wireless charging device is configured to wirelessly charge a mobile communications device when the mobile communications device is positioned over the first location.
A method of configuring a wireless charging apparatus in an electronic gaming machine, the method comprising:
- providing a button deck including a touchscreen video display, the touchscreen video display configured to display a touchscreen button at a first location;
- and
- charging, by a wireless charging device mounted within the button deck below the first location, a mobile communications device when the mobile communications device is positioned over the touchscreen button at the first location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.