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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2009
Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Eindhoven, NL;
Vincentius Paulus Buil, Eindhoven, NL;
Rik Remco Wesselink, Eindhoven, NL;
Bas Groenendaal, Eindhoven, NL;
Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Eindhoven, NL;
Vincentius Paulus Buil, Eindhoven, NL;
Rik Remco Wesselink, Eindhoven, NL;
Bas Groenendaal, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a location based gaming device. The gaming device comprises an elongated handheld body and a location control unit arranged in the body. The location control unit outputs location data. A light unit is arranged at a distal side of the body. A controller is adapted to control said light unit, the controller comprising a memory to store track data. The controller is arranged to change a light characteristic between an on track and an off track mode depending on a proximity function between the track data and the compass directional data and/or location data. Accordingly a device is provided that can provide intuitive direction indications, which may be interpretable by players of younger ages.