Game apparatus using an object of which movement determines a result of a game

A game apparatus for playing a game of chance, wherein a die for providing a score is thrown onto a controlled playing field, comprising;

• a playing field for supporting the die;
• a plurality of player satellite stations positioned around the playing field to enable a subjective input of playing interaction by each player, including a shooting control member for varying the throwing force applied to the die;
• detecting means for electrically detecting the magnitude of throwing force of the shooting control member;
• means for collecting the die from the playing field;
• means for determining a score of the thrown die and displaying the score;
• and
• throwing means for projecting the die with a variably determined force, set in accordance with an output from the detecting means, whereby the player satellite station enabled to control the projection of the die will enable its shooting control member to be activated by the player and the interaction of the player will determine projection force applied by the throwing means to the die.

A game apparatus for playing a game of chance, wherein a die for providing a score is thrown onto a controlled playing field, comprising;

• a playing field for supporting the die;
• a plurality of player satellite stations positioned around the playing field to enable a subjective input of playing interaction by each player, including a shooting control member for varying the throwing force applied die;
• means for collecting the die from the playing field;
• means for determining a score of the thrown die and displaying the score;
• and
• throwing means for protecting the die with a variably determined force, whereby the player satellite station enabled to control the projection of the die will enable its shooting control member to be activated by the player and the interaction of the player will determine the specific projection force applied by the throwing means to the die, including a throwing member, a motor rotating at a constant speed, and an electromagnetic clutch operatively provided to engage the throwing member with the motor, wherein the shooting control member can vary a current applied to the electromagnetic clutch to vary the speed of movement of the throwing member.

A game apparatus for playing a game of chance, wherein a die for providing a score is thrown onto a controlled playing field, comprising;

• a playing field for supporting the die;
• a plurality of player satellite stations positioned around the playing field to enable a subjective input of playing interaction by each player, including a shooting control assembly for varying the throwing force applied to the die, including a shooting button and a piezoelectric element, a voltage signal being output from the piezoelectric element when the piezoelectric element is pressed by the shooting button, the voltage of the voltage signal being controlled by varying a magnitude of a hitting force applied to the shooting button;
• means for collecting the die from the playing field;
• means for determining a score of the thrown die and displaying the score;
• and
• throwing means for projecting the die with a variably determined force, whereby the player satellite station enabled to control the projection of the die will enable its shooting control member to be activated by the player and the interaction of the player will determine the specific projection force applied by the throwing means to the die.

A game apparatus for playing a game of chance wherein a die for providing a score is thrown onto a controlled playing field, comprising;

• a playing field for supporting the die;
• a plurality of player satellite stations positioned around the playing field to enable a subjective input of playing interaction by each player, including a shooting control member for varying the throwing force applied to the die;
• means for collecting the die from the playing field, including a collecting member moving over the playing field in a longitudinal direction of the playing field from a rear side to a front side so that the die on the playing field is moved toward the front side of the playing field by a movement of the collecting member, the collecting member having a length substantially equal to a width of the playing field, the die being thrown from a predetermined position at the front side of the playing field;
• and a pair of attracting members, provided at the front side of the playing field, moving perpendicular to the longitudinal direction in opposite directions to each other, the die being sandwiched between the attracting members and placed at a predetermined position on the playing field;
• means for determining a score of the thrown die and displaying the score;
• and
• throwing means for projecting the die with a variably determined force, whereby the player satellite station enabled to control the projection of the die will enable its shooting control member to be activated by the player and the interaction of the player will determine the specific projection force applied by the throwing means to the die.

A game apparatus capable of performing a game played with a plurality of players, said game apparatus comprising:

• at least one operation means for generating magnitude information indicative of a magnitude determined by one of the players, said operation means being manually operated by the one of the players so that the magnitude indicated by the magnitude information is arbitrary varied by the one of the players, including a button which is hit by one of the players;
• detecting means for detecting a magnitude information generated by said operation means, including a piezoelectric element which converts a hitting force applied to said button into an electric signal indicative of magnitude of the hitting force;
• at least one object having means for determining a result of the game, the result of the game being dependent on a movement of said object, a moving process of said object being observed by the players;
• and
• driving means for applying a driving force to said object so that said object is moved, a magnitude of said driving force being controlled in accordance with the magnitude information detected by said detecting means.

A game apparatus capable of performing a game played with a plurality of players, said game apparatus comprising:

• at least one operation means for generating magnitude information indicative of a magnitude determined by one of the players, said operation means being manually operated by the one of the players so that the magnitude indicated by the magnitude information is arbitrary varied by the one of the players;
• detecting means for detecting the magnitude information generated by said operation means;
• at least one object having means for determining a result of the game, the result of the game being dependent on a movement of said object, a moving process of said object being observed by the players;
• and
• driving means for applying a driving force to said object so that said object is moved, a magnitude of said driving force being controlled in accordance with the magnitude information detected by said detecting means, including a driving power source, a driving member and a driving force transmitting means, said driving power source generating the driving force having a predetermined constant power, said driving member applying the driving force to said object, said driving force transmitting means transmitting the driving force from said driving power source to said driving member while reducing a power of the driving force in accordance with the magnitude information.

A game apparatus capable of performing a game played with a plurality of players, said game apparatus comprising:

• at least one operation means for generating magnitude information indicative of a magnitude determined by one of the players, said operation means being manually operated by the one of the players so that the magnitude indicated by the magnitude information is arbitrary varied by the one of the players;
• detecting means for detecting the magnitude information generated by said operation means;
• at least one object having means for determining a result of the game, the result of the game being dependent on a movement of said object, a moving process of said object being observed by the players;
• driving means for applying a driving force to said object so that said object is moved, a magnitude of said driving force being controlled in accordance with the magnitude information detected by said detecting means;
• and
• means for displaying the magnitude indicated by the magnitude information input through said operation means so that at least the one of the players who operates said operation means visually recognizes the magnitude.

A game apparatus capable of performing a game played with a plurality of players, said game apparatus comprising:

• at least one operation means for generating magnitude information indicative of a magnitude determined by one of the players, said operation means being manually operated by the one of the players so that the magnitude indicated by the magnitude information is arbitrary varied by the one of the players;
• detecting means for detecting the magnitude information generated by said operation means;
• at least one die having means for determining a result of the game, the result of the game being dependent on a movement of said die and a number represented by a face of said die, a moving process of said die being observed by the players;
• a field on which said die is rolled, the result of the game being determined in accordance with the number indicated on the fact of said die on said field which face is opposite to a face contacting a surface of said field;
• driving means for applying a driving force to said die so that said die is moved, a magnitude of said driving force being controlled in accordance with the magnitude information detected by said detecting means;
• means for detecting the number indicated on the face of said die;
• and
• means for determining the result of the game for each of the players in accordance with the number.

A game apparatus for playing a game of chance, wherein a die for providing a score is thrown onto a controlled playing field, comprising;

• a playing field for supporting the die;
• a plurality of player satellite stations positioned around the playing field to enable a subjective input of playing interaction by each player, including a shooting control member and hitting force detecting means for converting a manual hitting force applied by a player to the shooting control member into an electrical signal indicative of a magnitude of the hitting force for varying the throwing force applied to the die;
• means for collecting the die from the playing field;
• means for determining a score of the thrown die and displaying the score;
• and
• throwing means for projecting the die with a variably determined force in response to the electrical signal of the shooting control member, whereby the player satellite station enabled to control the projection of the die will enable its shooting control member to be activated by the player and the interaction of the player will determine the specific projection force applied by the throwing means to the die.