Gaming apparatus having touch pad input
CA 2401925 A1 · Owner: Mattice, Harold · Inventors: Mattice, Harold; Silva, Greg
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A gaming apparatus may comprise a display unit that is capable of generating gaming images and a value input device. A touch pad assembly may be provided including at least one touch pad having a touch detection field wherein at , least a, portion of said touch detection field defines a touch area and wherein a user touch in, said touch area creates a disturbance in said touch detection field to generate a switch, activation signal. A controller is operatively coupled to said display unit and said value, input device, said controller comprising a processor and a memory operatively coupled, to said processor. Said controller is programmed to allow a person to make a wager, and cause a …
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- Filed September 6, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 6, 2022.
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