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Information storage medium and electronic device using the same

US6102800A · kind A · utility

27Cited by
12References
4Claims
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Filing dateJun 5, 1997
Grant dateAug 15, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2300/206
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Security is ensured by judging agreement with a specific indication, such as a trademark, whose identity is socially recognizable to effectively expel counterfeits from the market. A game machine in which a CD-ROM 17 is mounted on a game machine 10 to play a game based on program information stored in the CD-ROM 17 comprises a recognition sensor 22 reading a trademark indication region 20 on the exterior surface of the CD-ROM 17, and a judging unit judging whether a specific trademark .TM. is displayed in a trademark indication region, the game based on the program information being prevented from starting or if started stopped when the specific trademark .TM. is not displayed.

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