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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2009
Robert J. Civettini, Chicago, IL (US);
Douglas P. Snook, Libertyville, IL (US);
Luke J. Orland, Chicago, IL (US);
Todd M. Bailey, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher Hardouin, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Robert J. Civettini, Chicago, IL (US);
Douglas P. Snook, Libertyville, IL (US);
Luke J. Orland, Chicago, IL (US);
Todd M. Bailey, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher Hardouin, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an amusement device, the amusement device having: a display device rotatably mounted to a structure, the display device being configured to create a plurality of images via a persistence of vision effect; a device for rotating the display device; a sensor for determining whether an object has hit one of the plurality of images; a microcontroller in operable communication with the sensor and the display device, the microcontroller changing the appearance of at least one of the plurality of images when the sensor determines that an object has hit at least one of the plurality of images.