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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2000
Hiromu Ueshima, Kusatsu, JP;
Katsuya Nakagawa, Kusatsu, JP;
Hiromu Ueshima, Kusatsu, JP;
Katsuya Nakagawa, Kusatsu, JP;
SSD Company Limited, Shiga, JP;
Abstract
A fishing game apparatus () has a casting rod () connected to a television monitor (). The casting rod () is built therein with a game processor and an acceleration sensor. During casting, an acceleration signal is inputted from the acceleration sensor to the game processor. The game processor calculates a corresponding casting distance and displays, on a game screen of the monitor (), a splashdown point according to a distance calculated. By providing a light gun in the casting rod (), the game processor can recognize a direction of casting and move the rod in that direction on the game screen.