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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331856 | Game apparatus, input device used in game apparatus and storage medium A video monitor 13 is provided on the front surface of a game apparatus casing 2. An operation panel 11 is provided immediately below the video monitor 13. Light detection units 15 for detecting a position provided on both side of ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 6900804 | Method of forming polygon image and image processing apparatus using the same This method of forming a polygon image comprises the steps of obtaining a plurality of polygons having normal line data as apex data and constituting a model; sorting the model constituted by the plurality of polygons into polygons of a first color part and polygons... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6786826 | Memory device, controller, and electronic device A gaming system includes a parent game apparatus and at least one child game apparatus which is connectable to the parent game apparatus. A main game program executes on the parent game apparatus and is ordinarily controlled by player actions on the parent game appa... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6744430 | Image processing method and its apparatus An image processing method, and apparatus therefor, for implementing volume representation in real time are disclosed. The image processing method is one wherein a volume is defined by volume polygon, the depth difference between the volume polygon and a delineation... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6714690 | Image processing device having matrix computing units A geometry processor 10 has an image processing device having a matrix computing unit 14 that is connected to a vector bus VB through which coordinate conversion target data is supplied and a matrix bus MB through which coordinate conversion matrix is ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6600485 | Polygon data generation method and image display apparatus using same A method for generating polygon data from NURBS (non-uniform rational B-spline) data representing a parametric surface and an image display apparatus using that method are disclosed. In the method for generating polygon data, NURBS object data are coordin... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6582300 | Ski simulator A game machine executes a game program in response to a control signal given by rotating imitation mechanism driven by a player to display an object corresponding to the player on a display device. The game machine includes a rotation detector, a control ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6561909 | Game in which telephone signals act as semaphores signaling game moves When an event is generated in a game progressing in a first game device, the first game device sends a call signal to a second game device through network. When the second game device receives the call signal, an event is generated in the game progressing... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6527640 | Video screen indicated position detecting method and device When a trigger signal is outputted from a simulated gun 30A to 30D, a trigger image is displayed on image monitor means 20 in response to the trigger signal. In response to a timing signal of the simulated gun 30A to 30D, an indicated position, a value of... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6523082 | Systems having shared memory and buses In a system having a plurality of CPUs connected to a plurality of corresponding bus bridges which are connected in tandem, one of the plurality of bus bridges is associated with a memory storing boot programs for activating the plurality of CPUs. The CPU... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6478679 | Memory device, controller and electronic device A memory device has a small-sized LCD disposed on an upper part of the front side of a case, and operation buttons disposed below the LCD. An external connection terminal for connecting a game apparatus or others to an outside apparatus is disposed in the... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6437779 | Image processing method image processing unit and recording medium recording integrated shaping model data and image processing program to be used thereof The present invention is an image processing method for drawing an integrated shaping model which has a plurality of models linked by a hierarchical structure, where at least a first models has a plurality of vertices constituting polygons and at least th... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6411294 | Image display apparatus and image display method The image display apparatus of the present invention examines the transparency of a pixel to determine whether the Z coordinate of the pixel should be written in the depth buffer. Therefore, when the objects which are constituted by polygons, wherein opaq... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6361436 | Fishing game device Provides a fishing game device capable of sensing operation of a fishing rod imparting action to a lure, affording more realistic simulation of tugging by the fish. Comprises a fishing rod having one end of a fishing line secured to the distal end thereof... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6342883 | Image display method and image display apparatus There is provided an image display method for displaying an object constituted by a plurality of polygons comprising the steps of: providing coordinate data for each vertex included in a plurarity of polygons; and expressing data of a vertex in common to ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6333742 | Spotlight characteristic forming method and image processor using the same A table is used in forming spotlight characteristics that impart illumination effects to polygon images displayed by an image processing system, and the number of light sources that can be used in an image scene is increased above the number of light sour... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6270403 | Ski simulator A ski game machine executes a game program in response to a control signal given by rotating imitation skis by a player to display an object of a skier corresponding to the player on a display device. The ski game machine comprises: a ski rotation detecto... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6172687 | Memory device and video image processing apparatus using the same A memory device in which a plurality of data can be read out by giving one address and a plurality of data can be read out without adding more address lines is provided, and therefore, the circuit integration is not degraded. The memory device includes: m... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6035400 | Information processing device and electric device An information processing device 10 comprises a ROM 12 which stores a reference code indicative of a predetermined area, a site code forming unit 14 which forms a site code of a measuring point, based on position measuring data "a" given by a global posit... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6034930 | Information storage medium and electronic device using the same for authentication purposes Security is ensured by judging agreement with a specific indication, such as a trademark, whose identity is socially recognizable to effectively expel counterfeits from the market. A game machine in which a CD-ROM 17 is mounted on a game machine 10 to pla... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6009523 | Information processing apparatus with security checking function An information processing apparatus has a security checking function for ascertaining the authenticity of a program to be executed, and the program and display data to be displayed are stored in an external storage device. The information processing appar... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5808801 | Head mount display and an optical system for use in the display A compact head mount display where an image display means and a magnifying reflecting mirror are substantially symmetrically arranged to a combiner, so that an image displayed on the display means and an outside image can be observed in a magnified and su... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5745474 | Apparatus and method for reproducing data from disk, method for recording data on disk and disk An apparatus for reproducing data recorded on a disk (10) has a head part (12) for reading data from the disk, storage parts (17, 18) for storing the data read by the head part, and a control part (15) which pre-reads the data from the disk and stores the... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5708309 | Power supply control circuit and computer game machine using such circuit A power supply control circuit controls power supply to a circuit when an external unit is connected to and/or disconnected from a terminal unit to which the circuit is coupled. The power supply control circuit includes a first sensor for detecting whethe... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5651735 | Keno machine with two separate plays The keno playing machine according to the present invention comprises selecting means for selecting a plurality of the keno balls less than a set number out of keno balls displayed on a display screen in accordance with a player's operation, extracting me... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5645486 | Gaming system that pays out a progressive bonus using a lottery A progressive gaming system pays out a progressively increasing bonus to a player who wins a game with a predetermined winning combination. The progressive gaming system includes a plurality of gaming controllers which detect when a player gets one of a p... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5627895 | Electronic device for detecting selected visually perceptible indication information on an information storage medium for security comparison The electronic device, such as the game device, which can reduce a reading time of reading visually recognizable indication information formed in a CD-ROM, and which can ensure the security and effectively reject or exclude counterfeit products, is provid... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5607157 | Multi-connection device for use in game apparatus A multi-connection device for use in a game apparatus for outputting data from a plurality of input means to the body of the game apparatus is provided. The multi-connection device is connected to respective input means 20, and comprises a plurality of in... | 03/04/1997 |
