US 12,462,639 B2
Control deck and gaming machine equipped with same
Takuya Kudo, Kyoto (JP); Masaaki Sumi, Kyoto (JP); and Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed by OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/056,271.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-200238 (JP), filed on Dec. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0186718 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/90 (2014.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3216 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3211 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control deck that is provided to a gaming machine for receiving operation inputs to the gaming machine, the control deck comprising:
a top plate that has an upper surface touched by the hands of a player who is playing the gaming machine;
a non-contact power supply unit that is provided immediately below a charging position set at a specific position on the upper surface of the top plate, and configured to perform non-contact charging of a device that is placed in the charging position;
a light source unit that is provided below the charging position of the top plate and configured to emit light toward the charging position;
a pattern display layer configured to display a pattern indicating the specific charging position in a state of being visible from an upper surface side of the top plate, using the light emitted from the light source;
a control unit configured to perform lighting control for turning on or off the light emitted from the light source unit,
a game start detection unit configured to detect that a game of the gaming machine has been started, and
the control unit controls the light source unit to emit light toward the charging position when the game start detection unit detects the game start of the gaming machine.