Virtual pinball/video arcade games
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorJohannes F. M. d'Achard Van Enschut
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AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorJohannes F. M. d'Achard Van Enschut
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For use in multimedia or other environments, a virtual pinball/video arcade game displays one or more computer-generated runner elements, runner inject elements, and runner interactivity elements. It has a programmed computer for simulating movement of the runner elements. This is interfered with by mechanical interactions between said inject and interactivity elements, the simulated movement of the one or more runner elements, and user actions on a user interface. In particular, the computer is furthermore connected to the housing as part of the user interface. A feedback actuator is controlled by the computer for imparting low-frequency primary physical interactions to the housing as a reaction on selected ones of the simulated mechanical interactions.
A virtual pinball/video arcade game comprising housing means with a display field for displaying one or more computer-generated runner elements, runner inject elements, and runner interactivity elements, and furthermore programmed computer means for simulating movement of said one or more runner elements interfered with by simulated mechanical interactions between said inject and interactivity elements, the simulated movement of said one or more runner elements, and user actions on a user interface,
A user interface element for use in virtual pinball/video arcade game environments, comprising a housing and attachment means for bidirectional attaching to programmed computer means and furthermore having user input elements, characterized in that said user interface element has furthermore detector means connected to said housing for detecting user-effected mechanical motions of said housing as non-directed to said user input elements, a convertor fed by said detector means for conditionally to said motions generating a detector signal on said attachment means, said user interface element furthermore having feedback activator means connected to said housing for selectively imparting a repertoire of low-frequency motions to said housing under control of control signals received on said attachment means.
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