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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4358118 | Electronic game using a player's physiological responses An electronic game for one or more players senses physiological responses of each player's body indicative of the level of calmness of the player. These responses are compared to those of the other player (or to a reference level established by the machin... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4350340 | Electronic logic game method and apparatus An electronic logic game method and apparatus comprising a device for simulating a balance scale in its balanced state or either of its unbalanced states, a device for simulating playing pieces one of which is simulated to be heavier or lighter than the o... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4339135 | Electronic matrix board game apparatus and method An electronic computer game and method includes a matrix of 25 LED's (light emitting diodes) and two sets of push button switches positioned on opposite sides of the matrix. Each set of push buttons comprises a group of five push buttons corresponding to ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4337948 | Game apparatus A game apparatus includes a manually movable game object having a finite number of generally planar exterior surfaces upon which the game object may rest. In one embodiment, a game board includes indicia defining positions of placement and movement of the... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4336935 | Musical game apparatus Disclosed is an electronic game apparatus that in its preferred embodiment may be used either to play a game of musical concentration or else as a musical instrument. The apparatus is provided with an on-off switch, four mode buttons and a 5 by 5 keyboard... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4326719 | Electronic maze game An electronic maze game having a housing containing control circuitry and supporting a matrix of position keys. When energized, the control circuitry generates a unique, invisible maze through which the players are required to proceed. In a preferred embo... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4326710 | Talking electronic game A talking electronic game utilizes an integrated circuit voice synthesizer to generate a plurality of beginning phrases each forming the beginning of a complete phrase and a plurality of ending phrases each forming the end of the complete phrase. The begi... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4323242 | Electronic maze game An electronic maze game comprising a maze which is stored electronically in the memory of a microcomputer, a four bar display which indicates if there is a wall or an opening immediately above, below, right or left of the player's present position, and fo... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4322073 | Electronic game apparatus A game apparatus is disclosed having a one-dimensional array of LED's which are sequentially activated in first and second sweep sequences which proceed toward first and second goal indicators, respectively. First and second buttons are provided which ope... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4322074 | Electronic game system An electronic game having a display field of illuminatable segments arranged in a matrix or array of rows and columns, with a plurality of manually operable switches equal in number to the number of columns, the switches having different functions determi... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4321673 | Electronic game An electronic game is housed in an enclosure that is free-standing and accessible by many players or in a structure suitable for one player. The game duplicates much of the sight and sound associated with conventional roulette. One embodiment includes a circul... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4320901 | Microprocessor controlled game The game is characterized by a complicated and dangerous looking bomb-like housing which is equipped with a four-by-six keyboard under a hinged transparent cover. A pair of alternately flashing red incandescent lamps illuminate the keyboard. When the cove... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4310318 | Electronic game An electronic game made from a single piece of material on which conductive ink is printed on a first section of the piece with a pattern of two sets of closely adjacent lines each with a connecting terminal for one terminal of a battery. On the first sec... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4309030 | Electronic competitive player response game apparatus Disclosed is a presently preferred embodiment of an electronic competitive player response game apparatus having at least three and preferably four player stations. Each of the disclosed stations is provided with a lamp for designating which one of the st... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4306716 | Electronic game having light guide array display An electronic amusement apparatus having control electronics selectively energizing one or more of the segments of an array of illuminatable segments, with a unitary light control member having an array of portions in overlying relation with each of the s... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4305131 | Dialog between TV movies and human viewers A video amusement system by which one or more viewers influence the course of a motion picture as if each viewer were a participant in a real-life drama or dialog. A speech-recognition unit recognizes a few spoken words such as "yes" and "run" spoken by a... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4300763 | Psychological game device A psychological game device having a small box-like cabinet with a panel facing a player called the SPEAKER and another panel facing a player called the LISTENER. The SPEAKER panel mounts two push buttons labeled TRUTH and ALMOST TRUTH. The LISTENER panel... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4298868 | Electronic display apparatus An apparatus is provided to produce an optical illusion of variable geometric patterns. The apparatus may be used as an electronic toy, display or kinetic art mural, as well as a demonstration aid in geometry, physics or physiology. An array of light emit... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4298198 | Electronic game apparatus for a single player or opposing players A plurality of lights arranged in either a single column or plural columns is actuated by control circuits so that a single light at a time is first turned on and then off. This on-off action is done in succession between adjacent lights to give the appea... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4272649 | Processor controlled sound synthesizer An electronic circuit is disclosed which is capable of producing synthesized sounds under the control of a microprocessor or other type computer. A plurality of switch inputs are provided whereby the sound to be produced can be selected. The processor, un... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4240638 | Microprocessor controlled game apparatus An electronic game having a field of play arranged in an array as a key board of individually operable key pad switches defining array positions on which one or more players attempt to discover a hidden maze path from a designated starting point. A player... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4215856 | Apparatus and method for controlling game playing time Interruptions in the playing time of a game having a set playing time are recorded by the transmission of signals by the referee at the beginning and end of each interruption. The referee's signals are transmitted by wireless to a reception conductor loca... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4095785 | Manually indexed electronic matching game An electronic game includes an array of three rows of indicators, one row of which is sequentially actuated by a scanning circuit. The second row aligned with the first row provides indicators actuated each time an indicator of the first row has been matc... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4058113 | Time perception device A time perception test instrument for performing a self-administered time perception test by a test subject, including a plurality of individual flashing lights arranged in an array and with all of the lights except one flashing intermittently at regular ... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4052057 | Electronic amusement machine The invention relates to an electronic amusement machine and there is disclosed such a machine for playing a form of the card game commonly known as poker. The machine disclosed is suitable for two players and includes a playing face and a storage face. O... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4022465 | Indoor board games A device for playing a board game in which the players move counters over a board, the device including an electronic device automatically indicating a number of different instructions one at a time in rapid succession, a stop-go switch being provided to ... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4016937 | Appliance for coin-operated devices An appliance is disclosed for illustrating the prospective order of use by a plurality of users of a coin-operated device having coin receiving means. The invention comprises a support having a plurality of coin retaining means each being capable of retai... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4014550 | Electronic odd ball game An electronic game for finding which one of 12 signals is different than the other signals and whether it is larger or smaller in magnitude includes 12 single pole double throw center-off toggle switches. A circular shift register is initialized with a di... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4009879 | Barnstormer game A game which can be played by two or more people wherein an airplane is made to fly in a circular path with random vertical movements, each player attempting to build a tower of blocks in the haphazard path of the diving airplane. Since the maximum vertic... | 03/01/1977 |
| 4000489 | Dual-mode waveform generator The disclosed circuit provides a signal generator which is particularly adapted for use as an audible "kilo-sonic" game device in which a plurality of switches are provided so that the different combinations of switch positions produce a corresponding num... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3982764 | Electrical game apparatus An electrical game apparatus of chance and skill, including educational capabilities, comprising a housing having a display board adapted with a plurality of display lights arranged to provide random symbols of either numerals or letters, wherein the illu... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3974577 | Method and apparatus for the rotation of a spherical object around a virtual axis passing through its center A method and apparatus for assuring the rotation of a spherical object around a virtual axis orientable at will. The object which is to be turned rests on at least three elements for suspension and rotation, whose relative orientation determines that of t... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3943629 | Training machine for intra-oral instrumentation A training machine for intra-oral instrumentation for dental treatment which comprises a plate carrying an electrically conductive path on the surface thereof; an imitation dental instrument with an imitation dental tool detachably attached thereto, so th... | 03/16/1976 |
