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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7918459 | Thrower for game machine A thrower used in a game machine includes a joystick having a stick and an induction switch spaced below the stick, a thrower holder holding an electromagnetic valve that is controllable by the induction switch to throw an object away from the thrower holder, a tilt... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7364488 | Methods and apparatus for enhancing inflatable devices Methods and apparatus for enhancing an inflatable device. In one example, a first component adapted to generate at least one of light and sound is coupled to a second component that is adapted to facilitate insertion into an inflatable device. The first component ma... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351148 | Electronic sequence matching game and method of game play using same The present invention is directed to an apparatus and a method of game play for an electronic sequence matching game the may include a pair of elongated stick member that may be operatively coupled together by an electrical cord so the game play for the electronic m... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7278957 | Sports training device A sports training device includes a body having at least one hitting surface sized and shaped so as to receive a punch or kick delivered by a user. A sound generator is carried by the body for generating an audible sound and includes a switch carried by the body for... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275421 | Apparatus and method for measuring parameters of a mixture having solid particles suspended in a fluid flowing in a pipe An apparatus 10 and method is provided that includes a spatial array of unsteady pressure sensors 15-18 placed at predetermined axial locations x1-xN disposed axially along a pipe 14 for measuring at least one parame... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264547 | Game apparatus, game image preparation method and information storage medium There are disclosed a game apparatus, game image preparation method and information storage medium that when a player character moves in a three-dimensional game space, sets a plurality of viewpoints in the field of view in which this character is included and prepa... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7154540 | System for enhancing video Pan, tilt and zoom sensors are coupled to a broadcast camera in order to determine the field of view of the broadcast camera and to make a rough estimate of a target's location in the broadcast camera's field of view. Pattern recognition techniques can be used to de... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131887 | Card interactive amusement device The present invention provides an amusement device having a body, wherein the body has features, at least one motor for powering the device and at least some of the features, and an information receiving structure for receiving information from an information carryi... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131917 | Football training apparatus A football blocking and tackling dummy adapted with an electrically actuated rotatable torso that provides resistance during blocking drills thereby improving the effectiveness of the drills is disclosed. The football blocking dummy includes a base, and a blocking d... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121962 | Golf round data system with cellular telephone and player help features A portable handheld device for collecting and displaying golf round data. The data collected for each stroke includes the location, time and club used and the resulting ball position achieved. Locations on the golf course are determined by radiolocation. Data transf... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7090577 | Race game system and method of entry An object is to provide a free-entry type of race game apparatus wherewith a player can join at any time. This is a race game that simulates an endurance race in which many vehicles run for a long period of time. The vehicles are continually running on the track (ST... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7048632 | Image processing method, video game apparatus and storage medium A video game apparatus produces a image of a player character whose motion is operated by a player and a scene image which changes according to the motion of the player character, and displays the produced player character image and scene image on a display unit. Th... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7041039 | Interactive boxing trainer The invention relates to an interactive boxing trainer which includes a main frame, a driving unit, a control unit, a pair of boxing gloves with a respective signal transmitter and a pair of shoes with a respective signal transmitter. The main frame contains a longi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7019652 | Determining the efficiency of respirators and protective clothing, and other improvements A respirator system (10; 100) for a worker in an environment with hazardous airborne contaminants comprises a respirator (12, 112), a helmet (14, 114), a camera (40, 140), and a gas sample analyser (16, 116) capable of analysing sa... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014526 | Computer stress relief method and device A computer-related stress relief device is configured to be mounted on a computer component. The device includes a support having a connector that is releasably engageable with the computer component and a punching bag-shaped contact element movably mounted on the s... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6935955 | Gaming device with award and deduction proximity-based sound effect feature The present invention relates to a gaming device which generates a sound effect when the player comes within a certain proximity of reaching an award or deduction but does not reach an award or deduction. The gaming device also generates sound effects when the playe... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6848992 | Amusement device and its associated method of play An amusement device and method embodied in a hand-held assembly. A plurality of contact targets are disposed on the hand-held assembly. A microprocessor within the amusement device generates and displays a sequence in which the contact targets are to be struck. The ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6756882 | Method and controller for providing a location-based game associated with a plurality of mobile stations A method (400) and a controller (210) for providing a location-based game associated with a plurality of mobile stations (170) are described herein. The controller (210) may determine a plurality of game parameters based on user input fro... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6695698 | Electro-mechanical coin operated capsule dispensing game system A dispensing game system includes a prize capsule storage hopper above two automatic hopper loaders that replenish the game below with prize capsules as needed. Two Ferris wheels carry free swinging gondolas that receive and hold the prize capsules from t... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6659860 | Game device, game machine operation device and game system which employ a half-duplex serial communication system and game device two-way communication method In a game system such as a television game system, a television game machine main unit includes a protocol controller and each game operation device connected to the television game machine unit via a serial port also has a protocol controller. The televi... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6638168 | Sound elimination game and apparatus A sound elimination game and apparatus includes an electronic game having a housing supporting a plurality of user depressible button thereon. Each button is supported within the housing by a light and button assembly and includes a latent image and means... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6598882 | Dodge ball game and method of play A game suited for children from five years to adulthood. Game apparatus is spider or web shaped electronic device having a grounding stake. Included are 25 foot spider or web-like attachments, having a corresponding colored lights thereon disposed. A prox... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6565086 | Pusher amusement machine A coin operated amusement machine of the "pusher" type has means for providing a mystery payout to the user, a mechanism for diverting coins either to the user directly as winnings or back into the playing loop, means for influencing the ratio of winning ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6544099 | Suspendable talking apparatus A system, apparatus and article of manufacture which comprises a portable, sensor-activated, suspendable electronic device which produces human speech when stimulated. The device may be used in conjunction with punching bags or may also be worn about the ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6368218 | Interactive gaming system A method and system for gaming is provided in which a plurality of players each connect to a host which enables players to participate jointly in the same games of chance. According to one embodiment, a computerized method of gaming is provided that inclu... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6364315 | Outdoor game kit with radio frequency transmitters and receivers A game kit for playing a variety of outdoor games, comprising a plurality of animal-shaped game pieces, wherein each of the game pieces has at least one light-emitting device and at least one sound-emitting device; a plurality of radio frequency receivers... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6361440 | Game system, game machine, game data distribution machine, network system and information storage medium The invention provides a game system, a game machine, a game data distribution machine, a network system and an information storage medium whose clocks can be synchronized. The game system comprises a game data distribution machine having a master functio... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6352432 | Karaoke apparatus A karaoke apparatus is provided in which a plurality of singers can sing at a time and superiority/inferiority of singing voices can be matched. One karaoke music piece is performed, and two persons sing the music piece at a time by using different microp... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6347998 | Game system and computer-readable recording medium In a game system, performance data which stipulates sequences of manipulations and allocation of sound effects for the manipulations can be set practically. The game system has memory device which stores performance data stipulating manipulations of a con... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6347813 | Interactive probe system for games and books An interactive game is disclosed which may take the form of a board game, a hand held game or a yard game. It includes a series of printed circuits or devices which may be concealed within a playing surface and an electronic detector for the circuits. Eas... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6311982 | Hide and find toy game A hide and find game includes a first game element to be hidden in a play area and a second, portable game element to be carried by a player through-out the play area. A wireless transmitter is incorporated in one of the first and second game elements to ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6267669 | Hybrid gaming apparatus and method A gaming device and method for a hybrid game including a coordination/dexterity portion and/or traditional game portion is provided. Preferably, both a coordination/dexterity game and a traditional game are part of a single hybrid game, both of which port... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6254479 | Game machine In a game machine which comprises a roulette part for rotating an indicating mark along an outside of a play field, the indicating mark is stopped in accordance with a signal from a stop switch. If the indicating mark is stopped in a center position of a ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6238265 | Remote control system for operating toys When manually closed, switches in pads select toy vehicles and the operation of motors for moving the vehicles forwardly, rearwardly, leftwardly and rightwardly and moving upwardly and downwardly (and rightwardly and leftwardly) a receptacle for holding t... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6215978 | Position-sensitive educational product An educational toy (10) having a dodecahedron shape is formed with a different visual display on each planar face (17-28). A position sensing mechanism (50) is oriented inside the toy (10) to inform a microprocessor (62) which one of the planar faces (17-... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6213781 | Educational game using selective light displacement to teach physical concepts An educational game is disclosed which uses a series of illumination devices which are sequentially illuminated to illustrate to a user a velocity. The user selectively chooses the velocity at which the illumination devices are sequenced and therefore can... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6149494 | Toy with a moving body movable on a platform A toy includes a platform, a moving body, and a balance bar. The moving body has front and rear wheels rotatable about horizontal rotary axes, a turning wheel, and a drive unit coupled to the turning wheel and one of the rear wheels to drive movement of t... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6139429 | Video crane game A video crane game including a display device, such as a video screen, for displaying images. A mechanical crane-like device provided over the display device includes an x-y assembly for allowing a player to control the movement of a selection head in an ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5967892 | Video crane game A video crane game including a display device, such as a video screen, for displaying images. A mechanical crane-like device provided over the display device includes an x-y assembly for allowing a player to control the movement of a selection head in an ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5967515 | Variable jackpot amusement game In an coin operated amusement game, a coin track is provided directing coins toward a plurality of target receptacles arranged to receive properly timed coins. Relative movement is provided between the target track and the receptacles. A properly timed co... | 10/19/1999 |
