Portable gaming console
AssigneeBagira Systems Ltd.
InventorYaron Mizrachi
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Abstract
A portable gaming console and method of use, the gaming console including: an enclosure; a controller housed in the enclosure and including a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium; a main display housed in a lid of the enclosure and in data communication with the controller; and a sub-display housed in the enclosure and in data communication with the controller, wherein the sub-display is configured to be folded out of the enclosure, wherein the gaming console is configured to run a game using the controller and to display the game on the main display and supplemental game data on the sub-display.
Claims16
A portable gaming console, comprising:
- a ruggedized portable enclosure;
- a controller housed in the enclosure and including a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium;
- a main display housed in the enclosure and in data communication with the controller;
- a sub-display housed in a base of the enclosure and in data communication with the controller, wherein the sub-display is configured to fold out from the enclosure into a deployed position below and forward of the main display and outside of the base while remaining attached to the enclosure;
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- a tracking unit configured to detect a laser beam directed at the main display by analysis of video captured by a camera in the tracking unit, wherein the camera is facing the main display.
A method for operating a shooting game, comprising:
- providing a portable gaming console including a ruggedized portable enclosure, a controller housed in the enclosure and including a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium, a main display and a sub-display housed in a base of the enclosure and in data communication with the controller, wherein the sub-display is configured to fold out from the enclosure into a deployed position below and forward of the main display and outside of the base while remaining attached to the enclosure, and a tracking unit;
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- by the controller, running the shooting game, directing a laser beam generated by a laser transmitter at the main display as part of the shooting game, and analyzing a video stream captured by a camera in the tracking unit facing the main display to detect the laser beam directed at the main display.
A system comprising,
- a portable enclosure;
- and
- a first display housed in the enclosure;
- wherein the first display is coated on a display surface with a transparent dispersive material configured to disperse reflections from a laser beam aimed at the first display for detection of the dispersed laser beam by a tracking unit.
A portable gaming console, comprising:
- a ruggedized portable enclosure;
- a controller housed in the enclosure and including a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium;
- a main display housed in the enclosure and in data communication with the controller;
- and
- a sub-display housed in a base of the enclosure and in data communication with the controller, wherein the sub-display is configured to fold out from the enclosure into a deployed position below and forward of the main display and outside of the base while remaining attached to the enclosure.
A method for operating a shooting game, comprising:
- providing a portable gaming console including a ruggedized portable enclosure, a controller housed in the enclosure and including a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium, a main display and a sub-display housed in a base of the enclosure and in data communication with the controller, wherein the sub-display is configured to fold out from the enclosure into a deployed position below and forward of the main display and outside of the base while remaining attached to the enclosure, and a tracking unit;
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- by the controller, running the shooting game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.