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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2004
Chauncey W. Griswold, Reno, NV (US);
Harold E. Mattice, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Richard L. Wilder, Sparks, NV (US);
Christian E. Gadda, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Chauncey W. Griswold, Reno, NV (US);
Harold E. Mattice, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Richard L. Wilder, Sparks, NV (US);
Christian E. Gadda, Las Vegas, NV (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A gaming apparatus may include a controller operatively coupled to a display unit and a value input device. The controller may include a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, and may be programmed to cause the display unit to generate a game display. The display unit may include an optically sensitive control panel operatively coupled to the controller, and the controller may be programmed to cause the optically sensitive control panel to read an image and to cause the optically sensitive control panel to generate a display of one or more game controls. An optically sensitive video display screen, and the controller may be programmed to cause the display unit to read an image via the optically sensitive video display screen and to cause the display unit to generate the game display on the optically sensitive video display screen.