Video game
US7267615B2 · kind B2 · utility
12Cited by
20References
24Claims
0Family size
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 1, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/3297
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A coin-operated video game machine has a VDU (4) and player controls, such as push buttons (9). In play of a game the screen shows a representation of coins rolling down a run (22) to fall through a fall zone (24), in which the trajectory of fall is influenced by protruding pins (25), onto a bed (14) across which a pusher (27) moves. The player can influence the movement of the coins which fall with trajectories in accordance with gravity and the laws of physics. An award is attained whenever a coin is pushed off the bed (14) into an outlet (6).
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