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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2000
Kathryn Strauss, Austin, TX (US);
Eric Chiang, Tsuen Wan, HK;
Brian Ng, Sham Shui Po, HK;
Isaac Lee, Sheung Shui, HK;
Zhou Hui Bao, Wu Gang, CN;
Steve Bristow, San Rafael, CA (US);
David Wirt, Richmondview, CA (US);
Radica China Limited, , VG;
Abstract
A hand held electronic game having sensors requiring the user to perform functions similar to those required during the activity simulated by the game. In a hand held electronic bowling game, both finger-movement sensors and game-moving sensors require the user to grip and swing the game housing much like swinging a bowling ball while finger-receiving sensors measure movement in the fingers and game housing-movement sensors measure the forcefulness and speed of the user's swing with the ball. The sensors include printed circuit boards and the game-moving sensor can utilize a LED and a photodiode along with a periodically transparent extension, which moves between the LED and the photodiode to determine the force of the swing by centrifugal force.