Granted Patent B2

US 8,734,248 · App. 12/438,223 · Granted May 27, 2014

Abstract

Claims (47)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a button panel for a wagering game machine comprising,

a main button circuit board;

at least one socket mounted to the main button circuit board; and

a display component plugged into the at least one socket, wherein the display component comprises a display coupled to a display circuit board, wherein at least one switch used to determine a button press is mounted on the display circuit board and

wherein the at least one switch to determine a button press is not mounted on the main button circuit board.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a number of the at least one switch mounted on the first display circuit board is different from a number of the at least one switch mounted on a second display circuit board.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one switch comprises at least one optical switch.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the at least one optical switch comprises a light receiver and a light source.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the light receiver comprises a phototransistor and the light source comprises a light emitting diode.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display comprises organic light emitting diodes.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a lenticular acrylic sheet laid over the display.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the lenticular acrylic sheet comprises 75 lenses per inch.

9. An apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a button panel for a wagering game machine comprising,

a main button circuit board;

at least one socket mounted to the main button circuit board;

a display component plugged into the at least one socket, wherein the display component comprises a display coupled to a display circuit board, wherein at least one switch used to determine a button press is mounted on the display circuit board; and

at least one actuator having legs, wherein a lower part of the legs extend down through holes on the main button circuit board, wherein an upper part of the legs of the at least one actuator extend through holes of the display circuit board of the number of display components;

wherein the display circuit board comprises a microcontroller to control the display.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the at least one actuator comprises a tab flag positioned between the light receiver and light source, wherein the tab flag is to selectively block light from being transmitted from the light source to the light receiver.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the tab flag is to not block the light while the button press is occurring, wherein the microcontroller is to not process receipt of light by the light receiver as a button press during a time period of operation of the wagering game machine where a button press is not an acceptable input operation.

12. A button panel assembly for a wagering game machine comprising:

a main button circuit board;

at least one socket mounted to the main button circuit board; and

a display component plugged into the at least one socket, wherein the display component comprises a display coupled to a display circuit board, wherein at least one switch used to determine a button press is mounted on the display circuit board and wherein the at least one switch to determine a button press is not mounted on the main button circuit board.

13. The button panel assembly of claim 12 , wherein a number of the at least one switch mounted on the display circuit board is different from a number of the at least one switch mounted on a second display circuit board.

14. The button panel assembly of claim 12 , wherein the at least one switch comprises at least one optical switch.

15. The button panel assembly of claim 14 , wherein the at least one optical switch comprises a light receiver and a light source.

16. The button panel assembly of claim 15 , wherein the light receiver comprises a phototransistor and the light source comprises a light emitting diode.

17. The button panel assembly of claim 12 , wherein the display comprises organic light emitting diodes.

18. The button panel assembly of claim 12 , further comprising a lenticular acrylic sheet laid over the display.

19. The button panel assembly of claim 18 , wherein the lenticular acrylic sheet comprises 75 lenses per inch.

20. A wagering game machine comprising:

a cabinet;

a central processing unit (CPU) disposed within the cabinet, the CPU to control presentation of a number of wagering games;

a button panel mounted to the cabinet, the button panel comprising:

a main button circuit board;

at least one socket mounted to the main button circuit board; and

a display component plugged into the at least one socket, wherein the display component comprises a display coupled to a display circuit board, wherein at least one switch used to determine a button press is mounted on the display circuit board and wherein the at least one switch to determine a button press is not mounted on the main button circuit board.

21. The wagering game machine of claim 20 , wherein a number of the at least one switch mounted on the display circuit board is different from a number of the at least one switch mounted on a second display circuit board.

22. The wagering game machine of claim 20 , wherein the at least one switch comprises at least one optical switch.

23. The wagering game machine of claim 22 , wherein the at least one optical switch comprises a light receiver and a light source.

24. The wagering game machine of claim 23 , wherein the light receiver comprises a phototransistor and the light source comprises a light emitting diode.

25. The wagering game machine of claim 20 , wherein the display comprises organic light emitting diodes.

26. The wagering game machine of claim 20 , further comprising a lenticular acrylic sheet laid over the display.

27. The wagering game machine of claim 26 , wherein the lenticular acrylic sheet comprises 75 lenses per inch.

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