Kathryn M Strauss

US Patent:

62738194, Aug 14, 2001

Filed:

Jan 31, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/494249

Inventors:

Kathryn Strauss - Austin TX
Eric Chiang - Tsuen Wan, HK
Brian Ng - Sham Shui Po, HK
Isaac Lee - Sheung Shui, HK
Zhou Hui Bao - Wu Gang, CN
Steve Bristow - San Rafael CA
David Wirt - Richmondview CA

Assignee:

Radica China Limited

International Classification:

A63F 924

US Classification:

463 36

Abstract:

A hand held electronic game having sensors requiring the user to perform functions similar to those required during the activity simulated by the game. In a hand held electronic bowling game, both finger-movement sensors and game-moving sensors require the user to grip and swing the game housing much like swinging a bowling ball while finger-receiving sensors measure movement in the fingers and game housing-movement sensors measure the forcefulness and speed of the user's swing with the ball. The sensors include printed circuit boards and the game-moving sensor can utilize a LED and a photodiode along with a periodically transparent extension, which moves between the LED and the photodiode to determine the force of the swing by centrifugal force.