Ski simulator
US6270403A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/8041
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A ski game machine executes a game program in response to a control signal given by rotating imitation skis by a player to display an object of a skier corresponding to the player on a display device. The ski game machine comprises: a ski rotation detector for generating the control signal by detecting direction and degree of a rotation of the imitation ski; a control unit for obtaining position data showing a current position of the skier on a ski course according to data of ski course and the control signal, generating polygon data showing a trace of the skis of the skier according to the position data, storing the polygon data while the skier is skiing on the ski course, and generating display data of the trace to display on the display device according to the stored polygon data of the trace; and a display for displaying the ski course with the trace of the skis according to the display data of the trace generated by the control unit.
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