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US 2009/0163261 A1Published application
Shooting game
AssigneeGame Concepts Ltd.
InventorGordon Crompton
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Abstract
A shooting game uses items fired from shooter 4 towards screen 2. Moving targets 32 are displayed on screen 2, and impact of items 28 on targets 32 is detected. The screen image may represent a storyline that is changed depending on the targets hit.
Claims10
A token operated game, comprising:
- a screen display;
- a shooter for shooting items towards the screen display;
- a location detecting means at the screen display for detecting the location on the display at which the items impact the display;
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- a controller arranged to display targets on the screen display at locations that are not fixed, to move targets to different locations on the screen display and/or to present targets at different locations, and to compare the target locations on the screen with the detected location on the display to detect items impacting the targets;
- wherein the location detecting means comprises a means for forming an infrared grid pattern over the front of the screen and a means for detecting interruptions in the infrared grid pattern to detect items impacting the screen.
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A method of operating a shooting game, comprising:
- displaying targets on a screen display at locations that are not fixed;
- shooting items towards the screen display;
- detecting the location where items hit the screen display by detecting interruptions in an infra-red grid pattern in front of the screen to detect items impacting the screen;
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- comparing the target locations on the screen with the detected location on the display to detect items impacting the targets;
- and
- select one of a plurality of different game sequences and displaying the selected one of a plurality of different game sequences on the display depending on which target location has been hit by an item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.