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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2017
Applicant:

Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Inventors:

Klaus Achmueller, Kalsdorf b. Graz, AT;

Stefan Keilwert, St. Josef, AT;

Thomas Waxman, Reno, NV (US);

Assignee:

IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/285 (2014.01); H04N 13/279 (2018.01); H04N 13/366 (2018.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); A63F 13/20 (2014.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A63F 13/25 (2014.01); A63F 13/214 (2014.01); G02B 30/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/285 (2014.09); A63F 13/20 (2014.09); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G07F 17/3206 (2013.01); G07F 17/3209 (2013.01); G07F 17/3211 (2013.01); G07F 17/3218 (2013.01); H04N 13/279 (2018.05); H04N 13/366 (2018.05); A63F 13/214 (2014.09); A63F 13/25 (2014.09); G02B 30/00 (2020.01);
Abstract

The electronic gaming machine (EGM) and methods of the present disclosure improve gaming technology and provide enhanced physical player interaction. In various embodiments, the EGM includes a display device configured to display 3D images to a player without requiring the player to wear 3D glasses, a player eye or head tracker configured to track movement of either the eyes or the head of the player, a player hand position locator configured to determine one or more positions of at least one of the player's hands in front of the display device, and a player tactile feedback provider configured to provide tactile feedback to at least one of the player's hands to provide enhanced physical player interaction in association with one or more plays of a primary or bonus game or other EGM functionality.


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