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US 7,004,469 B2Granted
Electronic touch game
AssigneeRobert von Goeben
InventorRobert von Goeben
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Abstract
A hand-to-hand game that uses a touch pad sensor and a controller to count the number of times the touch pad sensor is touched. The controller and touch pad are a wearable electronic scoring device that is attached to the body of a person through an attaching device.
Claims16
A method of playing a hand-to-hand game, comprising:
- attaching a plurality of electronic touch systems to a pluarality of players, each electronic touch system comprising:
- an attaching device;
- a touch pad sensor;
- a controller, the controller further including a counter, the controller coupled to the touch pad sensor through a first signal line, the controller coupled to a player using the attaching device;
- entering a designated number of “touches allowed” into the plurality of controllers;
- commencing the hand-to-hand game by having the plurality of players chase after one another and touch the plurality of touch pad sensors of other players;
- decrementing the number of “touches allowed” by a default decrement value for each touch received from another player;
- eliminating any player once the player has no more number of “touches allowed;”
- terminating play once there is only one player with at least one number of “touches allowed” remaining;
- and
- declaring as a winner the player with the at least one number of “touches allowed” remaining.
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A system for playing a hand-to-hand game, comprising:
- an attaching device;
- a touch pad sensor;
- a controller, the controller further including a counter, the controller coupled to the touch pad sensor through a first signal line, the controller coupled to a player using the attaching device, the controller including
- an ON/OFF button coupled to the controller through a second signal line, the ON/OFF button activating and deactivating the controller,
- a RESET button coupled to the controller through a third signal line, the RESET button entering a number of “touches allowed” for the hand-to-hand game,
- a START button coupled to the controller through a fourth signal line, the START button enabling the controller to accept signals from the touch pad device,
- a display coupled to the controller through a fifth signal line, the display showing a count status,
- a sneaker,
- a sound chip coupled to the controller through a sixth signal line, the sound chip coupled to the speaker through a seventh signal line, the sound chip receiving a signal from the controller, the sound chip sending a signal to the speaker, the speaker playing a sound,
- a comparator coupled to the controller through a eighth signal line, the comparator comparing the number of “touches allowed” to a number of “actual touches” received by the controller from the touch pad device, the comparator sending a signal to the controller when the number of “touches allowed” equals the number of “actual touches”,
- a timer coupled to the controller through a ninth signal line, the timer capable of being loaded with a default time, the timer capable of counting down the default time, the timer communicating data to the controller, the timer receiving data from the controller, and
- a network interface, the network interface coupled to the controller through a first bus, the network interface coupled to a network through a first network connection, the network interface sending data to the network, the network interface receiving data from the network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.