US 4,720,789 A · Video exercise or game floor controller with position indicating foot pads

Abstract

Operation of a video game or an exercise system utilizing a video display is enhanced by a floor controller utilizing weight sensitive pads that allows an operator to input information into the system by locating his feet in specific portions of the floor controller. The system includes an interface circuit which obtains foot location signals from the floor controller and transmits this information to a system microprocessor which in turn is used to control the video display. The system can also include light segments that are under control of the microprocessor and which are associated with each of the weight sensitive pads.

Claims27

Dependent claims

A video game apparatus comprising:

a video display;
processor means for controlling said video display;
a program memory, containing instructions to operate the apparatus, operatively connected to said processor means;
an input interface operatively connected to said processor means;
and
a floor controller including a plurality of weight sensitive pads, operatively connected to said input interface, for generating location signals represnting the relative location of at least one of a game operator's feet wherein said processor means responds to said location signals to control said video game.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

06/794,161Filed 31 Oct 1985

Granted

19 Jan 1988

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

A63F 13/214
Characterised by their sensors, purposes or types: for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads
A63F 13/245
Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles: specially adapted to a particular type of game, e.g.…
G06F 3/033
Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form: pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user ,…
A63F 13/80
Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions: special adaptations for executing a specific game…

Video exercise or game floor controller with position indicating foot pads

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Video exercise or game floor controller with position indicating foot pads

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Abstract

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