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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2006
Thomas Burgel, Newark, CA (US);
Keith Klumb, Fremont, CA (US);
David Mcvicar, El Dorado, CA (US);
Aidan Kehoe, Fremont, CA (US);
Christophe Juncker, Fremont, CA (US);
David Wegmuller, Union City, CA (US);
Thomas Burgel, Newark, CA (US);
Keith Klumb, Fremont, CA (US);
David McVicar, El Dorado, CA (US);
Aidan Kehoe, Fremont, CA (US);
Christophe Juncker, Fremont, CA (US);
David Wegmuller, Union City, CA (US);
Logitech Europe S.A., Morges, CH;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for operating a gaming wheel system including a steering wheel which may be a single-turn wheel (at most 360° lock-to-lock) or a multi-turn wheel (more than 360° lock-to-lock) to play a game which may be designed for a single-turn wheel (a legacy game) or a multi-turn wheel (a native game, irrespective of whether it takes advantage of the multi-turn capability or not). The system is configured to operate the gaming wheel system in one of four states. The first state is the single-turn, legacy mode state for operating either a single-turn wheel or a multi-turn wheel in the single-turn mode to play a legacy game. The second state is the multi-turn, legacy mode state for operating a multi-turn wheel in the multi-turn mode to play a legacy game. The third state is the single-turn, native mode state for operating either a single-turn wheel or a multi-turn wheel in the single-turn mode to play a native game. The fourth state is the multi-turn, native mode state for operating a multi-turn wheel in the multi-turn mode to play a native game.