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Shooting game machine

US6110039A · kind A · utility

226Cited by
1References
20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 19, 1998
Grant dateAug 29, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 19, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2300/8076
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A shooting game machine includes: a display device having a display screen for displaying a target; a hitting device which hits the target; a reference disposed in the vicinity of the display screen; an image pick-up device which picks up an image in an image area located in a hitting direction of the hitting device; a reference position detector which detects the position of the reference within the image picked up by the image pick-up device; and a hit position detector which detects the position on the display screen hit by the hitting device based on the position of the reference detected by the reference position detector.

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