Game apparatus using a vehicle with an optical image synthesizing system
AssigneeSega Enterprises, Ltd.
InventorShingo Dote
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Abstract
A game apparatus has a vehicle which can display an image matching a background scene of a playing area by synthesizing the image with the background scene. The vehicle moves along a vehicle path provided through the playing area. A player plays a game in the playing area while the player views the background scene of the playing area. An image matching the background scene of the playing area is displayed by a virtual image forming system provided on the vehicle. A scene in which the virtual image is synthesized with the background scene is viewed by the player.
Claims27
A game apparatus comprising:
- at least one playing area having a background scene;
- a vehicle path provided through said playing area;
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- a vehicle, said vehicle moving along said vehicle path so that at least one player riding on said vehicle plays a game in said playing area while the player views said background scene of said playing area, said vehicle comprising a display device for displaying an image in said background scene of said playing area so that a scene in which said image is synthesized with said background scene is viewed by the player.
A vehicle used in a game apparatus comprising at least one playing area having a background scene and a vehicle path provided through said playing area, said vehicle moving along said vehicle path so that at least one player riding on said vehicle plays a game in said playing area while the player views said background scene of said playing area, said vehicle comprising:
- a projector for projecting an image into said background scene of said playing area;
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- an image synthesizer for synthesizing said image with said background scene when said background scene is viewed through said image synthesizer by a player.
A shooting game apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of playing areas, each of said playing areas having a background scene;
- a vehicle path provided through said playing areas;
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- a vehicle, said vehicle moving along said vehicle path so that at least one player riding on said vehicle plays a shooting game in each of said playing areas while the player views the background scene of each of said playing areas, said vehicle comprising a display device for displaying an image of a target to be shot in said background scene of each of said playing areas so that a scene in which said image is synthesized with said background scene is viewed by the player.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.