Fishing game device
AssigneeSSD Company Limited
InventorsHiromu Ueshima, Katsuya Nakagawa
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Abstract
A fishing game apparatus (10) has a casting rod (12) connected to a television monitor (16). The casting rod (12) is built therein with a game processor and an acceleration sensor. During casting, an acceleration signal is inputted from the acceleration sensor to the game processor. The game processor calculates a corresponding casting distance and displays, on a game screen of the monitor (16), a splashdown point according to a distance calculated. By providing a light gun in the casting rod (12), the game processor can recognize a direction of casting and move the rod in that direction on the game screen.
Claims22
A fishing game apparatus for displaying on a television monitor a game screen of a fishing game, the fishing game apparatus comprising:
- a casting rod capable of being swung in a direction by a game player in casting;
- a fish line having a first end thereof connected to said casting rod;
- a casting switch means for indicating casting when said fish line is drawn;
- a piezoelectric buzzer provided in said casting rod, said piezoelectric buzzer having a piezoelectric plate a main surface of which is perpendicular to said direction and electrodes sandwiching said piezoelectric plate, a potential difference appearing between said electrodes when said casting rod is swung;
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- a game processor provided in said casting rod to determine a casting distance on the game screen by processing said potential difference appearing between said electrodes.
A fishing game apparatus for displaying on a television monitor a game screen of a fishing game, comprising:
- a casting rod capable of being swung in a direction by a game player in casting;
- a reel handle attached to said casting rod so as to be freely rotated;
- a fish line having a first end thereof connected to said casting rod:
- a casting switch means for indicating casting when said fish line is drawn;
- a piezoelectric buzzer provided in said casting rod, said piezoelectric buzzer having a piezoelectric plate a main surface of which is perpendicular to said direction and electrodes sandwiching said piezoelectric plate, a potential difference appearing between said electrodes when said casting rod is swung;
- a rotation amount associated signal generating means provided to be interactive with said reel handle for outputting a rotation amount associated signal associated to a rotation amount of said real handle;
- a game processor provided in said casting rod;
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- a memory provided in said casting rod for saving a program and image data which are read-out by said game processor, wherein
- said game processor includes a first input means for receiving said potential difference, and a second input means for receiving said rotation amount associated signal, and
- calculates a distance of the casting in accordance with said potential difference applied to said first input means,
- produces a game screen according to the calculated distance by reading-out the image data in correspondence to the casting operation from said memory,
- calculates a reeling length in accordance with said rotation amount associated signal applied to said second input means, and
- determines the reeling operation based on said casting distance and said reeling length.
A fishing game apparatus for displaying on a television monitor a game screen of a fishing game, the fishing apparatus comprising:
- a casting rod capable of being swung in a direction by a game player in casting;
- a fish line having a first end thereof connected to said casting rod;
- a casting switch means for indicating casting when said fish line is drawn;
- a piezoelectric buzzer provided in said casting rod, said piezoelectric buzzer having a piezoelectric plate a main surface of which is perpendicular to said direction and electrodes sandwiching said piezoelectric plate, a potential difference appearing between said electrodes when said casting rod is swung;
- a transistor which amplifies a magnitude of said potential difference and outputs a voltage signal;
- a game processor provided in said casting rod, wherein
- said game processor includes an A/D converter for receiving said voltage signal,
- and determines a casting distance on the game screen by processing said voltage signal.
A fishing game apparatus for displaying on a television monitor a game screen of a fishing game, the fishing apparatus comprising:
- a casting rod capable of being swung in a direction by a game player in casting;
- a fish line having a first end thereof connected to said casting rod;
- a casting switch means for indicating casting when said fish line is drawn;
- a piezoelectric buzzer provided in said casting rod, said piezoelectric buzzer having a piezoelectric plate a main surface of which is perpendicular to said direction and electrodes sandwiching said piezoelectric plate, a potential difference appearing between said electrodes when said casting rod is swung;
- a transistor which amplifies a magnitude of said potential difference and outputs a voltage signal;
- a rotation amount associated signal generating means provided to be interactive with said reel handle for outputting a rotation amount associated signal associated to a rotation amount of said reel handle;
- a game processor provided in said casting rod;
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- a memory provided in said casting rod for saving a program and image data which are read-out by said game processor, wherein
- said game processor includes an A/D converter for receiving said voltage signal, and an input means for receiving said rotation amount associated signal, and
- calculates a distance of the casting in accordance with said voltage signal applied to said A/D converter,
- produces a game screen according to the calculated distance by reading-out the image data in correspondence to the casting operation from said memory,
- calculates a reeling length in accordance with said rotation amount associated signal applied to said input means, and
- determines the reeling operation based on said casting distance and said reeling length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.