Slidable gaming chair including return-to-home feature
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRena Schoonmaker, Mathew Wion, Daniel Waller, Wendell Davis, JR., Edmond Abadie, Dylan Nettenstrom
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Abstract
An electronic gaming system is described. The electronic gaming system includes an upper assembly including a chair and at least one sensor. The electronic gaming system also includes a lower assembly coupled to the upper assembly by a support structure wherein the lower assembly includes a centering system and wherein the centering system is configured to return the chair to a predefined home position in response to the at least one sensor of the upper assembly detecting a weight below a predefined threshold.
Claims20
An electronic gaming system including:
- an electronic gaming device;
- an upper assembly including a chair and at least one sensor, wherein the electronic gaming device is communicatively coupled to the chair;
- and
- a lower assembly coupled to the upper assembly by a support structure, wherein the lower assembly includes a centering system, and wherein the centering system is configured to return the chair to a predefined home position in response to the at least one sensor of the upper assembly detecting a weight below a predefined threshold.
A chair comprising:
- an upper assembly including a seat and at least one sensor, wherein an electronic gaming device is communicatively coupled to the chair;
- and
- a lower assembly coupled to the upper assembly by a support structure, wherein the lower assembly includes a centering system, and wherein the centering system is configured to return the seat to a predefined home position in response to the at least one sensor of the upper assembly sensing that the chair is unoccupied.
A method of returning a chair to a predefined home position, the method comprising:
- determining, by at least one processor, based upon a signal transmitted from at least one sensor of an upper assembly of the chair, that a weight in the chair is below a predefined threshold, wherein an electronic gaming device is communicatively coupled to the chair;
- and
- in response to determining that the weight in the chair is below the predefined threshold, controlling, by the at least one processor, a lower assembly coupled to the upper assembly to return the chair to the predefined home position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.