Gaming machine chair
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1. A gaming system, comprising:
- a gaming chair including an armrest and a user interface coupled to the armrest, the user interface including a plurality of buttons; and
a gaming machine for conducting a wagering game, the gaming machine including a display panel displaying a graphic image of the user interface, the graphic image including a plurality of button images arranged to represent the physical layout of the buttons on the user interface, thereby enabling a user to determine the relative positions of the buttons by viewing the display panel;
wherein user actuation of a selected one of the buttons results in a display indication being presented on a corresponding button image in the graphic image.
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Abstract
A gaming chair for use with a gaming machine that conducts a wagering game, the chair includes a seat and a tactile device for providing tactile sensations via the seat according to at least one of events occurring in the wagering game, and player input through an input device.
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19 Claims
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1. A gaming system, comprising:
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a gaming chair including an armrest and a user interface coupled to the armrest, the user interface including a plurality of buttons; and a gaming machine for conducting a wagering game, the gaming machine including a display panel displaying a graphic image of the user interface, the graphic image including a plurality of button images arranged to represent the physical layout of the buttons on the user interface, thereby enabling a user to determine the relative positions of the buttons by viewing the display panel; wherein user actuation of a selected one of the buttons results in a display indication being presented on a corresponding button image in the graphic image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A gaming system, comprising:
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a gaming machine for conducting a wagering game, the gaming machine including a display panel; and a gaming chair including a user interface having a plurality of buttons, the user interface being detachably coupled to the gaming chair such that the user interface may be operated at a user-selected position; wherein the gaming machine is configured to display a graphic image of the user interface on the display panel, the graphic image including a plurality of button images that match the relative positions of the buttons on the user interface; and wherein selections made using the buttons on the user interface are verified by visually altering the corresponding button image on the display panel. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of operating a gaming machine, comprising:
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displaying a graphic image of a user interface, which is coupled to a gaming chair, on a display panel of the gaming machine, the graphic image including a plurality of button images indicating the relative positions of a corresponding plurality of buttons on the user interface; receiving actuation of one of the buttons on the user interface at a location spaced from the gaming machine, the actuation indicative of a desired user selection; and visually altering the button image corresponding to the actuated button, on the display panel, to depict the user selection. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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