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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2012
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Carl J Kamph, Bethlehem, PA (US);
C. Hit Ho, Rosemead, CA (US);
Andrew J. Riggs, El Segundo, CA (US);
Erich Weidetz, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Paul D. Middleton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic game device including a first sensor section hingedly connected to a second sensor section. One or more proximity sensors and one or more output devices are operatively connected to the sensor sections by circuitry. The first sensor section and the second sensor section each include a sensor space such that placement of an object in the sensor space of the associated sensor section may actuate the one or more proximity sensors of that sensor section. The circuitry is configured to determine whether the proximity sensors are actuated and to emit an output signal. Hinges allow the game device to be folded from a linear game orientation, to a multi-dimensional game orientation, and to a bi-linear game orientation.