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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187097 | Measurement and segment of participant's motion in game play Systems and methods are provided for the measurement and input of position information and/or information regarding the position and/or movement and/or speed of a target of interest, e.g., without requiring a hand-held controller. According to further aspects of the... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187096 | Game apparatus and game program A game apparatus sequentially acquires acceleration data outputted by an acceleration sensor of an input device (step S2). Further, smoothed data representing a value which is obtained by smoothing an acceleration represented by the acceleration data is calcu... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182343 | Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program Provided is a game apparatus performing game processing using acceleration data outputted from an acceleration sensor that detects acceleration in directions of at least two axes with respect to an input device. Range setting means sets, for determining first accele... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182344 | Intelligent button for a gaming machine A game button includes an enclosure in which are mounted at least one variable display, a sensor, a memory, and any other components of the game button. The variable display is capable of presenting a plurality of images thereon. The memory is communicatively couple... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182342 | Guitar shaped game controller with removable neck A guitar shaped game controller with a removable neck. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a game controller for a video game system in the shape of a guitar, including a body section generally in the shape of a body of a guitar, the body section including a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177641 | Systems and methods for quickly selecting video games A video game controller is equipped with an electronic input that can read a game identification code from an electronic key. When the user presents the key to the game controller, it relays the game ID to the game console. This electronic key may be read via RFID f... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172681 | Storage medium having stored therein game program and game device When a player selects an object group displayed on a screen, a related selected area display indicating that the object group is in a selected state is displayed. While the display remains, the player performs an input by drawing a track which intersects the related... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8157651 | Information processing program A game system comprises image obtaining means, direction calculation means, first rotation means, and display control means. The image obtaining means obtains an image taken by an imaging device. The direction calculation means calculates a direction originally dete... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8147333 | Handheld control device for a processor-controlled system An example system and method of providing an input to a processor-controlled system uses a handheld control device comprising an accelerometer. The example system and method involve determining magnitudes of outputs of the accelerometer for one or more axes based on... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147332 | Method of indicating the ordinal number of a player in a wireless gaming system In a wireless gaming system, one or more game controllers may be visually associated with corresponding player identities by using colored indicator lights on the game controller(s) and game console to identify which player in a computer game is controlled by a give... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142286 | Programmable movement of an orientation of a game character view of a game environment A control system comprises a control device comprising a programmable macro button, a memory containing view change settings, a driver program and a microprocessor. The driver program includes a view change output that is produced in response to actuation of the mac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137195 | Semantic gaming and application transformation A gaming system comprises a handheld user input device, a processor for receiving input data from the handheld user input device and a gaming application for receiving data from the processor based on the received input data from the handheld user input device. The ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137196 | Game device and game program that performs scroll and move processes A video game program and a video game device are disclosed. If there is no move instruction from the player through a touch panel, the game image displayed on the display screen is scrolled if the position indicated by an input position from the touch panel is inclu... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133119 | Adaptation for alternate gaming input devices Mechanisms for adjusting signals between gaming controllers and gaming consoles are disclosed. In an embodiment, the output signals of a mouse control a gaming console which is normally controlled by an analog thumbstick. The output signals of mouse are adjusted to ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8113954 | Game apparatus, storage medium storing game program and game controlling method for touch input monitoring The game apparatus includes a first LCD and a second LCD, and a touch panel is provided in association with the second LCD. On the two LCDs, different game screens are displayed. Also on the second LCD, two keys are displayed at a certain interval. When one key is t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109830 | Driving simulation device for executing a simulating game A driving simulation device for executing a simulating game includes a mounting frame and a seat body. The seat body has a coupling portion and a seating portion located above the coupling portion. The seat body further includes first and second connecting rods havi... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100769 | System and method for using accelerometer outputs to control an object rotating on a display An example system and method controls a rotatable object on a display using a handheld control device comprising an accelerometer. The example system and method involve determining an orientation of the handheld control device using an interpolation of an output for... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100768 | Storage medium storing game program and game apparatus A game apparatus includes a plurality of controllers. Each of the controllers is provided with an acceleration sensor, for example, for detecting a motion thereof. A magnitude of a motion value detected by each of the controllers is determined, and a motion with a m... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8088005 | Convertible single-turn to multi-turn gaming steering wheel Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for operating a gaming wheel system including a steering wheel which may be a single-turn wheel (at most 360° lock-to-lock) or a multi-turn wheel (more than 360° lock-to-lock) to play a game ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8075401 | Hand-held game apparatus and game program A hand-held game apparatus and a game program are provided which allow a user to play a game while going back and forth between a narrow-range image and a broad-range image of map. The user can manipulate a touch panel which mounted on a display section for displayi... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075400 | Game apparatus A game machine comprises a monitor for displaying a screen image for prompting a manipulation input, a control panel unit provided with push buttons and adapted to accept manipulations from a game player so as to make progress on a game, a movement mechanism unit di... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070602 | Gambling machine The present invention relates to a gambling machine comprised of a display unit (1) to display a course of a game and to display game results, and comprised of an operating unit (3) to influence the course of a game, and comprised of an electronic cont... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8062131 | Game system and game apparatus used for the same In the state where a card having a hole or a cut-out portion of a predetermined shape is placed on a touch panel of a game apparatus, a player performs an input operation along the hole or the cut-out portion. Then, the input operation is detected. It is determined ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057305 | Gaming system having dynamically changing image reel symbols A system for dynamically changing the graphical content on mechanical slot machine reels is disclosed herein. The system includes mechanical slot reels, flexible display panels, and data transmission techniques which provide for dynamically updating or changing the ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8012022 | Button structure for game controller A button structure used in a game controller in which the dimension of the contact area between a metal conducting portion and a continual resistor strip or continual carbon film is determined to control the value of the output signal subject to the biasing angle of... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7993201 | Electronic game with overlay card Systems and methods related to game consoles, game software and games for play on a game console having a touch screen interface. A card having a pattern defined therein is overlaid on the touch screen. The defined pattern is used to activate portions of the touch s... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988558 | Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program A game apparatus including an obtaining logic unit, a gravity direction calculating logic unit, a first movement direction calculating logic unit, and a game processing logic unit. The obtaining logic unit successively obtains acceleration data. The gravity directio... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7976388 | Oral care gaming system with electronic game An oral care gaming system and methods are provided for promoting and rewarding proper oral care techniques and behaviors and for controlling an electronic and/or video game. The system and methods enable a user to play an electronic and/or video game while performi... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976387 | Free-standing input device A controller apparatus for manipulating objects in an electronic application. The controller apparatus comprises a free-standing graspable controller. The controller apparatus comprises a first optical component and a second optical component to determine the rotati... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972212 | Gaming method having dynamically changing image reel symbols A method for dynamically changing the graphical content on mechanical slot machine reels is disclosed herein. The system includes mechanical slot reels, flexible display panels, and data transmission techniques which provide for dynamically updating or changing the ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7946921 | Camera based orientation for mobile devices In an exemplary embodiment, an on-board camera is used as a controller for a hand-held game device. Control information is provided to a game application via video captured by the camera. As the hand-held device is moved, features of the captured video are tracked. ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7942744 | Virtual input system For a user having a user input actuator, a virtual interface device, such as for a gaming machine, for determining actuation of a virtual input by the input actuator is disclosed. The device comprises a position sensing device for determining a location of the user ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938725 | Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program Operation data is obtained from an input device and is stored into a memory, and initial state data indicating an attitude or a position of an object in a virtual game world is calculated with predetermined start timing using acceleration data included in the obtain... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934995 | Game system and information processing system A hand-held game apparatus comprises a pointing device, such as a touch panel or the like. A predetermined program including a letter recognition program is transmitted from a stationary game apparatus to a plurality of hand-held game apparatuses. Players perform ha... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7918732 | Manifold compatibility electronic omni axis human interface A manifold compatibility omni axis, electronic human interface device comprises a controller operatively coupled to an omni axis steering device having one or more attachments for motion detection, and a stationary fitness device operatively coupled to the controlle... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914378 | Gaming apparatus having a configurable control panel A gaming apparatus for facilitating game play. The gaming apparatus may include a value input device, a display unit, and a player control panel. The player control panel may include a curved surface centered around at least one axis. The gaming apparatus also may i... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914379 | Video game controller A video game includes a controller, a processor and display. The controller includes a special quick look button 28 that, when activated, allows a player to causes a looking movement of a character that simulates the lateral rotation of the head or upper body... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7905781 | Information processing apparatus, information storing medium and program thereof, and operating device for game machine An information processing apparatus includes a controller (1), and a game machine (2) to which the controller (1) is connected, and from at least one of a plurality of switches provided on the controller (1), a digital output or an analog... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7896742 | Apparatus and methods for providing interactive entertainment Embodiments of the invention provide a unique interactive game that includes multiple dynamic layers in which a participant may complete a variety of challenges and/or tasks. For example, the participant may obtain a toy “wand” from a retail phase that is usable... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7892096 | Gaming machine with configurable button panel According to one aspect of the invention, a gaming machine for conducting a wagering game, comprising a physically configurable button panel and at least one mechanical button removably disposed in the button panel. The gaming machine also comprises an input panel d... | 02/22/2011 |
