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US 11,406,891 B2Granted
Game including an airborne vehicle
AssigneePlayMonster LLC
InventorsJose Leal, Donald Ullman
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Abstract
Among other things, a game includes individual game pieces and an airborne vehicle (having a motor, a battery connected to the motor, a propulsion device connected to the motor, and a game piece support). A controller is configured to activate the motor when a first period of time has passed after one of the individual game pieces has been received at the game piece support and to deactivate the motor when a second period of time has passed after the motor has been activated.
Claims17
A game comprising
- an airborne vehicle having a motor, a battery connected to the motor, a propulsion device connected to the motor, a payload bay, and an optical sensor directed at the payload bay,
- individual game pieces, and
- a controller configured to activate the motor when a first period of time has passed after the optical sensor detects one of the individual game pieces in the payload bay.
A game comprising
- a launch pad,
- a vehicle having a payload bay, a bottom configured to rest on the launch pad, an optical sensor directed at the payload bay, a force imposing mechanism to lift the airborne vehicle from the launch pad, and a controller configured to initiate the force imposing mechanism,
- game pieces,
- one or more surfaces providing paths to the launch pad from different locations external to the launch pad, and
- for each of the paths a mechanism movable to impart a force toward the launch pad,
- wherein the controller is configured to initiate the force imposing mechanism after the optical sensor detects a game piece in the payload bay.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.