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6902483 Handheld electronic game device having the shape of a gun  
A handheld electronic game device shaped as a toy gun with two handles and two triggers, and one or more built-in display screens. The device may be played as a stand-alone device, or played with...
6885304 Monitoring of crowd response to performances  
Monitoring apparatus and methods for monitoring the reaction of people to a performance use two or more monitoring devices of different types. Output signals from the monitoring devices are...
6885925 Haptic controller which performs control using a force pattern that is represented by prescribed functions each connecting particular points  
A force pattern is formed by particular points in which forces to be supplied to a knob are set for a plurality of particular positions that are set in a movement range of the knob and prescribed...
6881149 Entertainment system, entertainment apparatus, recording medium, and program  
When a main character enters a battle, a rectangular navigation mark is displayed over a designated monster on a display monitor. When the main character approaches the monster, the navigation mark...
6882291 Operating device  
An operating device is capable of both digital operation and analog operation by using a pressing operation continuously. The operating device has detecting elements (e.g., pressure-sensitive...
6878062 Method for performing games  
A method for carrying out a game of the type comprising the steps of noting written information on a writing surface with the aid of a writing means. The writing surface is provided with a...
6878066 Wireless game control units  
A wireless control unit includes a controller having wireless transmitter circuitry for transmitting game information, and a console interface/adapter for converting one of the communication ports...
6873316 Suppression of cursor control during tactile feedback operation  
An apparatus for filtering or suppressing a tactile feedback to a user of a computer cursor control device such as a pointing stick is provided. A pzt material is first mounted to a semi-rigid...
6864877 Directional tactile feedback for haptic feedback interface devices  
Directional haptic feedback provided in a haptic feedback interface device. An interface device includes at least two actuator assemblies, which each include a moving inertial mass. A single...
6859003 Force sense imparting/inputting apparatus capable of preventing oscillation of operation member, and imparting force sense  
Force in a direction opposite to an operating direction imparted from a motor to a rotary knob is increased gradually at the start of an operation to an upper limit value with the increase of a...
6852034 PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, A GAME EXECUTION SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING EXECUTION OF A GAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMS HAVING RECORDED THEREON PROCESSING PROGRAMS FOR ACTIVATING THE PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND GAME EXECUTION SUPPORT APPARATUS  
A game production is effected by utilization of a ringing melody registered in a portable terminal apparatus. With reference to a fruit image table ( 152 ), a processing section ( 110 ) fetches a...
6848992 Amusement device and its associated method of play  
An amusement device and method embodied in a hand-held assembly. A plurality of contact targets are disposed on the hand-held assembly. A microprocessor within the amusement device generates and...
6847352 Stress relieving mouse  
The present invention 10 discloses a computer mouse having a body with an ovate palm support area 38 and a planar peripherally receding support 42 for the hypothenar mass and left 40 and...
6846237 Entertainment system, entertainment apparatus, recording medium, and program  
An entertainment system comprises parameter changing means for permitting a user to input manipulation data by successively pressing a decision button when a button icon is displayed on a display...
6840859 Method and apparatus for mapping information from multiple sources onto a single image  
A method and apparatus for mapping multiple game entries in a single gaming event. Individual gaming spaces, each representing an outcome associated with play of a game, are divided into selection...
6832954 Photographing game machine, photographing game processing method and information storage medium  
A photographing game machine in which a camera-type input device allowing a subject included in a photo shooting range to be seen through a window is used, and when a game screen including a target...
6821203 Musical video game system, and computer readable medium having recorded thereon processing program for controlling the game system  
To enable mark-up (i.e., scoring) of improvised (i.e., ad-libbed) musical performance and enable a player to enjoy performance with a degree of freedom in accordance with a performance instruction,...
6821206 Game machine, game route selection method, and information storage medium  
There are disclosed a game machine, game route selection method and information storage medium that in case where a plurality of performance positions in a three-dimensional space where a game...
6811491 Interactive video game controller adapter  
A video game system includes an output screen, a video game controller, video game software, and an interactive video game controller adapter. The video game controller has control buttons for...
6798398 Computer mouse accessory  
A computer mouse accessory comprises a cover which is configured to fit over a computer mouse in such a way that the pressure-sensitive switches associated with the computer mouse are operable...
6793580 Applying a user profile in a virtual space  
A method for providing an interface to and customizing an interactive application for one or more players. The interactive game of the presently preferred embodiment is played in a wireless...
6788285 Portable computer with removable input mechanism  
An embodiment of invention includes a handheld computer having a display. The display provides an output to a user-input. A housing includes a front panel that provides access to the display. A...
6786823 Game keyboard device  
The disclosed game keyboard device comprising: a key matrix, a direction control mechanism, and a microprocessor. A switch key is used to change the direction control mechanism between the...
6786822 Dedicated wireless digital video dics (DVD) controller for video game consoles  
A wireless interface and dedicated digital video disc (DVD) controller for video game consoles capable of playing DVDs. An adapter is inserted into one of the communication ports of the game...
6780112 Game device in which the character representation changes corresponding to the value of a multi-level input signal  
An entertainment device comprises: an operation device comprising a plurality of push operation mechanisms, each of which outputs a multi-level signal indicating one of three or more values, which...
6776717 Game apparatus, game machine manipulation device, game system and interactive communication method for game apparatus  
By transmitting function information indicative of functions of a game machine manipulation device CT 10 , previously stored therein, to a game machine main body 27 with a command from the game...
6776716 Game controller, entertainment system, game execution method and method of downloading game software program  
A game controller for an entertainment system coupled to a game machine body. The game controller comprises a key operation portion, communication interface means for establishing a communication...
6773349 Video game controller with integrated video display  
A computer game controller with integrated video display device. The controller has a video device mounted or otherwise integrated into a hand held controller. A communication cable connects the...
6769988 Entertainment unit, recording medium and method for setting its parameters  
An operation unit provided with an operation axis as an input unit of an entertainment unit is more effectively utilized. An entertainment unit receives input information from an operation unit and...
6769689 Turn-table adapter capable of being attached to a game device and portable game device using the same  
A game device is a turn-table adapter having a clip mountable on a case, a shaft passing through one arm of the clip, an operation disk coaxially provided to the shaft at one end thereof, and a...
6762746 Entertainment apparatus, storage medium and operation method of manipulating object  
Disclosed is an entertainment apparatus in which even an unskilled player can enjoy a flight simulation, a drive simulation or the like satisfactorily. Based on a signal depending on coordinate...
6761635 Remote-control signal receiver  
A photo-receiving unit of an entertainment device stores commands sent from a remote controller into a buffer memory. A main unit of the entertainment device incorporates the stored commands at...
6758756 Method of controlling video game, video game device, and medium recording video game program  
The present invention relates to a method for controlling a novel video game in which dancing is used as a factor in the behavior of a character, a machine for the video game, and a medium in which...
6758754 System and method for interactive game-play scheduled based on real-life events  
A method and system for providing on-line game competition are provided. Players select their favorite teams, join with other fans of the team, and compete against players on the opposite team....
6752716 Game machine for simulating vibration  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a game apparatus which can provide an experience of vibrations similar to a real experience. The game apparatus relating to the present invention...
6749506 Method for changing viewpoints using pressure-sensitive means, recording medium providing software program therefor, and entertainment system  
A recording medium on which is recorded a computer-readable and executable software program that performs processing by taking as instructions an output from a controller used in an entertainment...
6743100 Game controller  
A game controller having user pivotal grips for adjusting the size, and thereby the ergonomics of the game controller to accommodate the size of a specific user's hands. The grips are connected to...
6743104 Portable game machine  
A game cartridge is provided for use with a portable game machine having a processing system to execute a video game program and player controls operable by a player to generate video game control...
6727884 System and method for mapping input device controls to software actions  
A system for using computer input devices with software applications is disclosed. The system includes an input device mapper, which uses a language of semantics as an interface between input...
6727889 Computer mouse input device with multi-axis palm control  
A computer mouse-type transducer has a conventional mouse sensor and mouse functionality. In addition, a joystick is mounted on the mouse and activated by a palm controlled treadle conjoined to the...
6722984 Game controller with parental control functionality  
A hand-held controller having a plurality of console command buttons that, in response to activation, cause the transmission of commands for the purpose of controlling the operation of a video game...
6719288 Remote controlled multiple mode and multi-game card shuffling device  
The present invention features a card shuffling machine having a controller that can be operated remote from the shuffling machine. A remote control unit is provided for remotely communicating...
6717569 Control device with enhanced control aspects and method for programming same  
A control device that combines a movable pod, that is sized to comfortably support a user's hand, with control buttons that are easily commanded by the user's fingers and thumb without interfering...
6714189 Combination primary mouse controller and child's mouse controller  
A combination primary mouse controller and child's mouse controller for controlling a computer through a computer port includes a primary mouse controller and a child's mouse controller. The...
6710766 Manual controller  
A manual controller has a main body and a pair of grips detachably mounted on the main body. The grips are made of a shape memory synthetic resin and can be deformed into a shape which is...
6702676 Message-creating game machine and message-creating method therefor  
A message-creating game machine includes at least one storage unit among a first storage unit for storing a plurality of images displaying character strings constituting sentences, a second storage...
6699127 Real-time replay system for video game  
A system and method for enabling real-time replay for videogames, wherein the player can selectively rewind the videogame to previously played points in the game in order to replay portions of the...
6685566 Compound reality presentation apparatus, method therefor, and storage medium  
When S=0, and a user waves his or her hand five times or more from side to side (S 1502 ), the head of a dolphin appears from the water, and the number L1 of times of status changes is increased by...
6676520 Video game system providing physical sensation  
A video game system includes hand-held player controllers operable by players to generate video game control signals, each hand-held player controller having a selectively driven vibration source...
6677935 Position pointing device, program, and pointed position detecting method  
An objective is to provide a position pointing device, a program and a method for detecting the position pointing device which relates to a device pointing a position on a display screen and which...