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US 5,964,665 AGranted
Vehicle playing apparatus
AssigneeSega Enterprises, Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Uemura
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Abstract
A vehicle playing apparatus on which a player himself or herself operates a simulation vehicle. The apparatus comprises a vehicle moving variably on which a player rides, driving mechanism 33, 70 for driving the vehicle detection member 25, 26, 35 for detecting a state of the vehicle, operation member 42, 46 provided on the vehicle, and controller 80 for controlling the drive mechanism based on a detection signal inputted from the detection member and an operation signal inputted from the operation member. The controller judges the state of the vehicle in accordance with the detection signal, indication and timing of the operation signal in view of the state, of vehicle to output an instruction signal to the drive mechanism.
Claims25
A vehicle playing apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle moving variably on which a player rides;
- drive means for driving said vehicle;
- detection means for detecting a state of said vehicle;
- operation means provided on said vehicle which is operated by said player with a timing selected by said player;
- and
- control means for controlling said drive means based on a detection signal inputted from said detection means and an operation signal inputted from said operation means,
- said control means outputting an instruction signal to sad drive means in accordance with said detection signal, said operation signal and timing of said operation signal in view of said state of said vehicle.
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A vehicle playing apparatus comprising;
- a vehicle moving variably along a predetermined orbiting path on which a player rides;
- drive means for driving said vehicle;
- detection means for detecting a state of said vehicle;
- operation means provided on said vehicle;
- and
- control means for controlling said drive means based on a detection signal inputted from said detection means and an operation signal inputted from said operation means,
- said control means outputting an instruction signal to said drive means in accordance with said detection signal, said operation signal and timing of said operation signal in view of said state of said vehicle,
- said orbiting path being divided into an orbiting range in which said vehicle is automatically moved and another orbiting range in which said vehicle behaves differently and moves in accordance with an operation of said player.
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A vehicle playing apparatus comprising;
- a vehicle moving variably on which a player rides;
- drive means for moving said vehicle;
- operation signal output means for outputting an operation signal in response to an operation of said player;
- detection means for detecting a state of said vehicle;
- and
- control means for automatically controlling said drive means of said vehicle in accordance with a predetermined program when said state of the vehicle, as detected by said detection means, is different from a predetermined state.
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A vehicle playing apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle moving variably on which a player rides;
- a drive mechanism for driving said vehicle;
- a detection member for detecting a state of said vehicle;
- an operation member provided on said vehicle which is operational by said player at a timing selected by said player;
- and
- a controller for controlling said drive mechanism based on a detection signal inputted from said detection member and an operation signal inputted from said operation member,
- said controller outputting an instruction signal to said drive mechanism in accordance with said detection signal, said operation signal and timing of said operation signal in view of said state of vehicle.
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A vehicle playing apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle movable on a predetermined orbiting path, on which a player rides;
- a drive mechanism for driving said vehicle so as to move along said orbiting path;
- detection equipment for detecting a state of said vehicle on said orbiting path to generate a state signal;
- an operation member provided on said vehicle which is operational by said player at a timing selected by said player;
- signal generating equipment for generating an operation signal corresponding to the operation of said operation member;
- and
- a controller for controlling said drive mechanism based on said state signal inputted from said detection equipment and said operation signal inputted from said operation member,
- said controller outputting an instruction signal to said drive mechanism in accordance with said state signal, said operation signal and timing of said operation signal in view of said state of said vehicle.
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A vehicle playing apparatus comprising:
- a board on which a player rides hung from a pivotal shaft so as to rock freely;
- a board drive mechanism for engaging with said board to rock said board about said pivotal shaft;
- detection equipment for detecting a state of rocking of said board so as to generate a state signal;
- an operation member provided on said vehicle which is operational by said player at a timing selected by said player;
- signal generating equipment for generating an operation signal corresponding to the operation of said operation member;
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- a controller for controlling said drive mechanism based on said state signal inputted from said detection equipment and said operation signal inputted from said signal generating equipment,
- said controller outputting an instruction signal to said drive mechanism in accordance with said state signal, said operation signal and timing of said operation signal in view of said state of said vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.