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6672962 Gun-shaped controller and game device  
The gun-shaped controller comprises a controller 1 in the shape of a gun and a trigger lever 7, and a cross-shaped directional key 9 to be operated with a player's finger is arranged in the...
6669563 Game system  
In a handy signal generating device attachable to a game system and holdable in hand of a game player, an impact sensor 30 for generating a signal in response to a hitting motion made by the game...
6659860 Game device, game machine operation device and game system which employ a half-duplex serial communication system and game device two-way communication method  
In a game system such as a television game system, a television game machine main unit includes a protocol controller and each game operation device connected to the television game machine unit...
6659870 Game controller  
A steering/driving game controller integrates an additional steering lever to the underside of the game controller. The steering lever is spring biased in a center operable positions and is...
6656051 Game progression control method, computer-readable recording medium, and game apparatus  
A game apparatus displays a world map, determines an arbitrary location within the displayed world map according to externally input operating information, obtains a terrain data set beforehand for...
6652384 Image processing device for placing a player character in a virtual space  
The present invention relates to an image processing device. Particularly, it relates to a video game device which alternately performs a shooting game and a role-playing game. The aim of the...
6645076 Game apparatus with game player physical strength recognition  
A game apparatus includes a game apparatus body and a manual controller for entering an operation command signal from a game player into the game apparatus body. The manual controller is provided...
6645067 Music staging device apparatus, music staging game method, and readable storage medium  
A CPU controls a graphic controller based on control programs within a main RAM to extract a series of rhythm sound data for each of multiple mimic percussion instruments from a graphic RAM and...
6634947 Video game system and video game memory medium  
A video game system includes a video game machine and a controller connected thereto, wherein the game machine is further connected with a display device. A video-game memory medium, detachably...
6626756 Amusement game system and a computer-readable storage medium  
A player inputs the first and second instructions utilizing an input device, to move an object toward a target in a virtual field. A power for moving the object is displayed by a graph and a cursor...
6628264 Entertainment system, entertainment apparatus, recording medium, and program  
Two manual controllers are connected to two slots of an entertainment apparatus via connectors, respectively. One of the manual controllers is manipulated as a manual input device by a user. The...
6620047 Electronic gaming apparatus having authentication data sets  
Improved electronic gaming apparatus, including a cabinet for housing video and sound generating electronics, coin-handling and pay-out mechanism and a video display screen. The display screen is...
6616534 Button control for use in a game controller  
A button control for use in game controllers is arranged such that when the button is pressed down, the angle and magnitude of the force of each depression will determine the amount of contact...
6612929 Rotary device for game machine and game machine with rotary device  
A rotary device for a game machine, comprises a rotatable member rotatable by a game player, a rotatable shaft having the rotatable member mounted thereon, a bias unit for biasing the rotatable...
6614420 Dual axis articulated electronic input device  
The present invention provides a dual axis articulated computer input device. Position sensors are configured to provide position information indicative of a position of two handle members relative...
6615299 Dynamically translating commands from an input device into commands understandable by an application  
An input device may operate with a variety of different host processor-based systems running a variety of different applications by providing a translation module which translates input commands in...
6607442 Operating apparatus and signal-output-modulating method for the same  
An operating apparatus and a signal-output modulating method therefor allow analogous operations to be implemented by use of press-operational operation elements that have conventionally been used...
6603459 Two-direction input device and operating device using combination of two-direction input device and coordinate input member  
An operating device which enables various input operations. A two-direction input device is provided in front of a flat input member. When an operation button is moved in a Y 1 or Y 2 direction,...
6602139 PROGRAM EXECUTION SYSTEM, PROGRAM EXECUTION DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, PROGRAM USED IN THE PROGRAM EXECUTION DEVICE, METHOD FOR SWITCHING VIEWPOINT ON DISPLAY DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR SWITCHING AIM ON DISPLAY DEVICE OF THE SYSTEM  
In order to sensually grasp, during operation, the direction in which one is trying to switch the viewpoint and/or aim on a display device, even if the purpose is, for example, to knock down an...
6593913 Method and system for selecting a displayed character using an input device  
The preferred embodiments described herein provide a method and system for selecting a character with a user input device comprising a plurality of buttons. In one preferred embodiment, a first...
6592461 Multifunctional computer interactive play system  
This invention discloses an interactive play system including a computer including a display and operating play software, a multifunctional physical tool operative in conjunction with the computer...
6589118 Analog input device to input multi directional signals  
An input device for a game machine for inputting signals to a game machine using a computer, including: at least one control member projecting to the outside of a casing; a movement-transmitting...
6589117 Fishing game system and input device therefor  
A fishing game system is designed to sufficiently reproduce a feeling of actual fishing with a simple mechanism. A fishing game system includes a display device for displaying an image, an input...
6570583 Zoom-enabled handheld device  
A handheld device has a display for presenting an image to a user, a processor electrically connected to the display, memory electrically connected to the processor, and an input panel electrically...
6569019 Weapon shaped virtual reality character controller  
The present invention is a virtual reality game controller that is shaped like a weapon such as a rifle, pistol or shotgun. The controller has at least one multiaxis controller that is actuated by...
6565441 Dedicated wireless digital video disc (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...
6565438 Video game control adapter apparatus  
A video game control adapter includes a reception adapter that attaches to a connector of a video game device that displays a game image on a video display; and a transmission adapter that...
6567074 Operation apparatus using operating unit having plural push-buttons formed integrally therewith  
In an operating unit, push buttons are integrally formed via a connecting section, and the top face of the connecting section abuts the bottom face of a panel. On side-faces of the push buttons, an...
6558225 Electronic figurines  
An electronic figurine has at least one appendage, a means for displaying electronic images in relation to a virtual character, and a circuit board. The circuit board is programmed to generate...
6554707 Interactive voice, wireless game system using predictive command input  
A system and a method for providing an interface to and customizing an interactive application for one or more players is provided. The interactive game of the presently preferred embodiment is...
6549191 Method for operating an ergonomic keyboard  
A method for operating an ergonomic computer keyboard. The keyboard may include a housing with a removable first input device in an upper surface of the housing and a second input device in a lower...
6545661 Video game system having a control unit with an accelerometer for controlling a video game  
In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a video game system including a game controller, a video display and a hand-held control unit. The game controller is coupled to the...
6544125 Video game device, method and medium with program for character control based on measured moving time and position  
A method and a video game device are provided which makes a game character perform different actions according to a moving range or a moving speed of an analog button manipulated by a game player....
6544124 Handheld steering wheel game controller  
A handheld game controller for use with a dedicated game system, personal computer, or other device is provided. The game controller includes two user grippable portions, typically a pair of...
6540614 Game device including a subset for displaying image information  
Provided is a game device capable of notifying a player of the timing for observing individual display units without ruining the game-world view. A game device comprising a first display unit ( 113...
6537154 Game controller  
A controller for a fishing game, in which, when a handle of the controller is rotated, a counter electromotive force is produced between both ends of a generator in the controller. When a short...
6536298 Modular joystick  
Apparatuses and methods for configuring an input device. The input device includes a first housing, and a moveable member disposed within the first housing and extending a predetermined distance...
6538637 Intrinsic console with positionable programmable multi-function multi-position controllers  
An intrinsic console, moveable with respect to a base between at least two locations, has one or more controllers (sliders, switches, joysticks). Typically a controller controls different devices...
6530838 Game pad connectable to personal portable terminal  
There is provided a game pad connectable to a personal portable terminal. Each of a left handle and a right handle has a plurality of key buttons in the game pad. A mounting portion is formed...
6530839 Game device, method of controlling game machine, information storage medium, and program distribution device and method  
A game in which a player is prevented from applying an excessive force to a button on a pressure sensitive controller. For a game device comprising a controller 32 for supplying one of digital...
6527640 Video screen indicated position detecting method and device  
When a trigger signal is outputted from a simulated gun 30 A to 30 D, a trigger image is displayed on image monitor means 20 in response to the trigger signal. In response to a timing signal of...
6524186 Game input means to replicate how object is handled by character  
An entertainment system and a recording medium on which a system is recorded that makes it possible for a character in a game space to handle an object so that a player can make with respect to an...
6524188 Game controller with a monitor  
A game controller has a pad having two sets of buttons provided thereon and a control unit assembled therein. A monitor is pivotally mounted on the pad. A sounder is assembled inside the pad. The...
6524187 Computer, method and recording medium for executing games using a pressure-sensitive controller  
The adjustment of hitting power or the like by pushing or continuous pushing of a simple ON/OFF switch by a user is provided by a computer which is able to execute a program that performs...
6517438 Input device, game device, and method and recording medium for same  
A game processing device processes a simulated game wherein an input device is modeled on an instrument required for a prescribed action in real life. This game processing device comprises game...
6514143 Program executing system, relay device, manual controller, recording medium, program, and program executing apparatus  
The time required to perform communications between an entertainment apparatus and a manual controller having complex and sophisticated functions which is connected to the entertainment apparatus...
6511378 Method of identifying game controllers in multi-player game  
In one embodiment, an operating system may assign a product ID to the game controller that matches the product ID provided with or for the game controller.
6509848 Remote control device  
A remote control device for remotely controlling an AV (audio visual) device includes an analog switch ( 30 ) formed of an operating element ( 31 or 41 ) and a pressure-sensitive resistor ( 35 )...
6494783 Computer-readable recording medium whereon a game procedure control program is recorded, server, and game procedure control method  
A baseball game is made realizable in an environment difficult to achieve with a dedicated game apparatus and a joy stick for such an apparatus. When a player team is at bat, the positioning point...
6491585 Three-dimensional image processing apparatus with enhanced automatic and user point of view control  
A video game system includes a game cartridge which is pluggably attached to a main console having a main processor, a coprocessor, expandable main memory and player controllers. A multifunctional...