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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| 8172656 | Attribute-driven gameplay Methods and systems for emotion-based game character manipulation are provided. Each character is associated with a table of quantified attributes including emotional attributes and non-emotional attributes. An adjustment to an emotional attribute of a game characte... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167692 | Video game device and video game program A moving character and a background image are displayed on a display screen with a touch panel thereon. When the player operates the touch panel to draw a line in an intended path extending between a start point and an end point along which the player wishes to guid... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162731 | Game device, game system and game program [Problems] Unfair operation of “hand-push” is effectively handled. [Means for Solving Problems] It is judged whether a pressure continues for not less than a predetermined time or not, that is, it is judged whether there is possibility of hand-push... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8133103 | Amusement pod entertainment center An amusement center has at least one game cell. The game cell has a first video game console system including at least one controller; a first projection screen; a first video game; and a first decor themed to correspond to the subject matter of the first video game... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133102 | Method and apparatus for modifying gaming machines to provide supplemental or modified functionality A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for transferring credits from one gaming device to another via the use of coded scrip is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting a cash-out command in the gaming device, scanning a magnetically manifeste... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8123599 | Game builder for mobile device-based games A rules-based physical-virtual world game builder architecture. Mobile device games can be constructed via a website from customizable atomic rule-based units, and also supports the reuse and remixing of game components by the game creator, members of an online comm... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8105142 | Game device, communication game system, and recorded medium The following types of processing are provided in the present invention. 1) Projection processing in which a shadow projected onto the ground of a flying object flying through a virtual space is prevented from becoming too small. 2) Viewpoint moving processing in wh... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105141 | System and method for adding a skill aspect to games of chance A system and methods are provided in which a certain level of the chance aspect of a game or other application is removed and a certain level of a skill aspect is added. This may be accomplished by using an indicator to establish a predetermined number of move numbe... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8096863 | Emotion-based game character manipulation Methods and systems for emotion-based game character manipulation are provided. Each character is associated with a table of quantified attributes including emotional attributes and non-emotional attributes. An adjustment to an emotional attribute of a game characte... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092287 | System and method for providing a real-time interactive surface Disclosed are systems and methods for providing a real-time interactive surface. In one embodiment, such a system comprises an activity surface for use as a venue for an interactive experience, and an interactive experience control unit including an events managemen... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8042043 | Adaptive display system and method for a gaming machine The present invention provides a system and method for a configurable gaming system. Certain embodiments of the system include a local storage for storing a markup language file and token resolution information and a markup language viewer for processing the markup ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033901 | Electronic game system with character units An electronic game system is provided. The system may include a base station operable to communicate with an electronic system and one or more character units operable to communicate with the base station. The one or more character units store data associated with o... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8002617 | Sponsored network games A system and method for supplying selected advertising to gamers accessing games suppliers over communications networks including mobile networks. Data on the user's geographic location and personal profile are used to select the advertising. The selected advertisin... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7987419 | Method and apparatus for data communication in a gaming system In a method for configuring a first computing device to send or receive formatted data is provided, wherein the formatted data includes a plurality of formatting tags, an indication of a set of formatting tags recognized by a second computing device may be received ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7985125 | Dart game apparatus A dart game apparatus includes an image display body which displays an image of a target; a panel body, which has a plurality of holes each with a cross-sectional size substantially the same as that of an end of a soft dart, which is also formed, extending toward ea... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7976371 | Game device, game device control method, and information storage medium To provide a game device for producing, in a preferred mode with relatively simple processing, a picture in which a predetermined game event occurs as a result of involvement in multiple contacts. A contact determination unit (74) determines whether or not a ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976370 | Method for performing games The invention relates to a method for carrying out a game of the type comprising the steps of noting written information on a writing surface with the aid of a writing means. The writing surface is provided with a position-coding pattern and the writing means is a c... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7927202 | Video game processing apparatus, a method and a computer program product for processing a video game It is an object that a normally selectable command or a command for specifying an appropriate action in accordance with the state of a player character can be easily selected through a simple operation by a player. In a command control process, at least one normal a... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7862414 | Golf course communication system and method A golf course (10) having a plurality of wireless access points (18) disposed within or near the outer periphery (11) of that golf course can offer communications regarding golf course infrastructure information as well as supporting subscriber ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7837543 | Reward-driven adaptive agents for video games Adaptive agents are driven by rewards they receive based on the outcome of their behavior during actual game play. Accordingly, the adaptive agents are able to learn from experience within the gaming environment. Reward-driven adaptive agents can be trained at eithe... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7819731 | Method for generating game element from photographed image When a player character has a raw stone material, a player can carry out material conversion at an arbitrary timing. In the material conversion, the player captures an arbitrary image in a real space or a virtual 3D space. RGB data of predetermined pixels are extrac... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7806758 | Video game including child character generation using combination of parent character attributes The disclosure provides novel video game methods and systems. The disclosure provides a video game in which a new character can be created using attributes from multiple parent characters. Each character may contribute genetic material in the form of character attri... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7740531 | Operation of a set of devices A method of operating a set of devices comprises receiving a signal, for example at least part of a game world model from a computer program. The signal is analyzed to produce a real-world description in the form of an instruction set of a markup language and the se... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7717780 | Game machine and game program A game machine is comprised of means for producing a field having two or more stages which are connected with each other on world coordinates, means for respectively locating two or more characters appearing in a game in the stage, means for locating an operation ch... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7713116 | Inventory management of virtual items in computer games Within a game, a filter is applied to a game inventory based on an attribute of each one of a plurality of virtual items. The filter can be player defined, game developer defined, system programmer defined, or a combination thereof. In certain versions, the virtual ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7690975 | Image display system, image processing system, and video game system According to a function 188 which stores in the first memory for difference, pickup image data from CCD camera 42 based on a predetermined timing, a function 190 which stores in the second memory for difference, pickup image data from CCD camera... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7677966 | Game device In order to output event content of a related match during execution of a main match, there is provided a virtual start time decider for deciding virtual start times for a plurality of matches, a related match selector for selecting, from the plurality of matches, a... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7666078 | Financial transaction printer with promotional printing capabilities A method and apparatus for a vending promotional printer for use within a vending machine are disclosed. A vending promotional printer includes a coupon database describing a stack of coupons that are specified using a template based couponing printer language. A co... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7635300 | Damage control game program and game machine Game program has a procedure for renewing, for reducing a value of a life power parameter according to volume of damage received and for renewing it, a procedure for setting parameter value, for setting the value of the life power parameter reduced and renewed as a ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7543225 | Adaptive display system and method for a gaming machine The present invention provides a system and method for a configurable gaming system. Certain embodiments of the system include a local storage for storing a markup language file and token resolution information and a markup language viewer for processing the markup ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7480857 | Method and apparatus for data communication in a gaming system In a method for configuring a first computing device to send or receive formatted data is provided, wherein the formatted data includes a plurality of formatting tags, an indication of a set of formatting tags recognized by a second computing device may be received ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7452268 | System and method for modifying actions of a group of characters via group interactions Character behavior and action in a video game are driven by a character's gene attributes and modified by a character's emotional attributes. The character's gene attributes are classified as static attributes, dynamic attributes, and meta attributes. A subset of th... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7435179 | Location-based authorization of gaming action in wireless communication gaming devices A gaming server periodically receives location information from a plurality of distributed gaming devices. Such devices can take the form of cellular telephones or other wireless communications devices equipped with a GPS transceiver. When the gaming server determin... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429214 | Electronic game with real feel interface The present invention relates to an electronic game, including a housing, electronic circuitry positioned within the housing, and a display unit positioned within the housing and electrically coupled to the circuitry. A first sensor is electrically coupled to the ci... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427980 | Game controller spatial detection A method of identifying a specific object representation in a computer simulation is presented. A computer simulation of a physical room is generated and displayed by a game console. A game controller is integrated with a laser rangefinder to create a laser-integrat... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424121 | Audio signal processing method and audio signal processing apparatus An audio signal processing method that performs virtual acoustic image localization processing for sound source signals having at least one type of information among position information, movement information, and localization information based on this information t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417600 | Electronic entertainment and communication system A data processing system and method in which, by way of example, a memory system is coupled to a video game program processing system. The video game program processing system has a predetermined address space for executing programs stored in a program memory portio... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412348 | Storage medium storing a game program, game apparatus, and game controlling method A game system includes a game apparatus and a controller. The controller is furnished with an acceleration sensor for detecting accelerations in at least two axis directions. Game processing corresponding to the kind of an acceleration input by means of the controll... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7401783 | Camera based man machine interfaces Disclosed herein are new forms of computer inputs particularly using TV Cameras, and providing affordable methods and apparatus for data communication with respect to people and computers using optically inputted information from specialized datum's on objects and/o... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7402104 | Game performing method, game apparatus, storage medium, data signal and program A game performing method for executing a game by arranging a plurality of objects comprising a plurality of objects to be stuck and an operation object, in a virtual space, controlling rolling and movement of the operation object according to a player's input, and r... | 07/22/2008 |
