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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Brian Farley, Dublin, CA (US);
David Small, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Farley, Dublin, CA (US);
David Small, San Jose, CA (US);
Hasbro, Inc., Pawtucket, RI (US);
Abstract
A device combining a gun and target for facilitating a game of tag using infrared light communications between a two or more players is provided. The device includes two infrared transmitters and two infrared receivers and a shaped housing facilitating handling of the device by a user. The housing includes a grip portion with a finger-operable trigger, a barrel portion and a user-interface including a display and a keypad for programming the device and controlling various game and device functions. A first infrared transmitter transmits a directional infrared signal to another game participant and a first infrared receiver receives an acknowledgment signal therefrom in response to the transmitted directional signal. A second infrared transmitter and second infrared receiver facilitate omni-directional two-way communications between two or more devices before, during, and after a game of infrared electronic tag allowing functions such as game setup, player identification and gameplay analysis. An accessory device for single player video game play using the gun as a controller is also provided.