Patent ID: 8854297
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. An interface unit for a game machine, comprising: a display device having a single display surface; an input device overlaid on the single display surface; a first display part, in which a plurality of operation members are arranged on partial regions of the display surface in a push-down operable manner, each of the operation members having an operating part with enough transparency to allow a screen image on the display surface to be visually seen; and a second display part, which is set on a different part of the display surface from a part corresponding to the first display part, for displaying a screen image with a different purpose from that of the first display part, wherein a partitioned member, which has a plurality of void parts between opaque frames, is disposed over the display surface, in which each of the plurality of operation members is at each void part, each operation member is provided with a flange on an outer periphery thereof, a plurality of supporting means for supporting each said operation member in a push-down operation manner and a plurality of detecting means for detecting a push-down operation of each said operation member are disposed in spaced relation to one another along a lower surface side of each said flange, and a wiring assembly, which is electrically connected to the detecting means, is disposed along the frames at a lower surface side of the partitioned member, such that the wiring assembly reaches an outer periphery of the partitioned member.