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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix, Tokyo, JP;
Yuuichi Tanzawa, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Daisuke Miyata, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimasa Asao, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuro Uchida, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is to provide a game apparatus with good operability which includes a card reader and a touch panel display and enables a player to operate a card even without looking the card reader with eyes and to perform an input operation while looking the touch panel display. The present invention includes a touch panel display, and a card reader including a panel on which a card used in a game is set. The present invention further includes a display support section which supports the touch panel display, and a panel support section which supports the panel of the card reader. Furthermore, the present invention is characterized in that the display support section supports the touch panel display such that at least a portion of the touch panel display is located above at least a portion of the panel in a vertical direction.