Prize acquisition arcade game with robot
AssigneeSmart Industries Corporation
InventorJeffrey T. Smart
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Abstract
An arcade game includes a robot that can be controlled by a player to capture one or more items. The robot may include a stationary base, a lower member rotatably connected to the base to rotate about a first generally vertical axis, a torso member rotatably mounted to the lower member that rotates about a second axis that is generally horizontal; an arm member rotatably mounted to the torso member to rotate about a third axis that is generally parallel to the second axis. A hand portion may include hand-like pincers for grasping and releasing items and may include a sensor to sense contact with an item. A head portion may include a video screen that displays facial features. The head portion may include an image capturing device, such as a video camera.
Claims11
An arcade game comprising:
- a cabinet containing items to be captured;
- a robot comprising:
- a stationary base;
- a foot portion mounted to rotate about a vertical axis on the base;
- a lower body portion mounted to the foot portion to rotate about a first horizontal axis between the lower body portion and the foot portion;
- an upper body portion having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the proximal portion of the upper body portion mounted to the lower body portion to rotate about a second horizontal axis between the lower body portion and the upper body portion;
- a video display adapted to display facial features attached to the upper body portion;
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- a capturing mechanism mounted at the distal portion of the upper body portion, the capturing mechanism adapted to capture and release at least one of the items to be captured;
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- a control mechanism that permits a user to at least partially control a position of the capturing mechanism above the items to be captured by controlling an angle of rotation of the foot portion about the vertical axis relative to the stationary base and by controlling a distance of the capturing mechanism away from the vertical axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.