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Communication terminal used as a game machine

Assignee: Fujitsu Ltd
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Filing: 1991-09-17
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Granted: 1993-12-28
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Expires: 2011-09-17
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Abstract

Abstract A communication terminal connected to a telephone line for playing a game with an opponent through a telephone line, includes a display board for displaying the game, a touch panel provided on the display board to detect a coordinate to be displayed, a touch signal detection circuit for generating a position signal corresponding to the coordinate, and a display board drive circuit for displaying the position signal on the display board. A PB signal transmission circuit is provided for transmitting the PB signal indicating the position signal to the telephone line. A PB signal detection circuit receives a PB signal from the opponent and converts that PB signal to a respective position signal.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tooru Teshima
  • 👤 Hiromu Matsumoto

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 06:57
CPC Classifications
A63F13/12; A; A63; A63F; A63F13/00; A63F13/30; A63F13/33; A63F13/20; A63F13/21; A63F13/214; A63F2300/00; A63F2300/10; A63F2300/1068

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 201 words
A communication terminal, connected to a telephone line, for playing a game with an opponent through the telephone line, comprising: display means for displaying the game; touch panel provided on the display means to detect a co-ordinate to be displayed; touch signal detection means for generating a first portion signal to be transmitted to display means of a communication terminal of the opponent and corresponding to the co-ordinate; display board drive means for displaying the first position signal on the display means; PB signal transmission means for receiving and converting said first position signal into a first PB signal and transmitting the PB signal corresponding to said first position signal to the display means of the opponent through the telephone line; PB signal detection means for receiving a second PB signal from the opponent, and for converting the second PB signal from the opponent to a second position signal; and a push button type telephone connected in parallel to the communication terminal for transmitting a voice signal to the opponent, and a transformer, the communication terminal being connected in parallel to the communication line through said transformer so that the voice signal is simultaneously transmitted to the opponent with PB signals.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 201 words
A communication terminal, connected to a telephone line, for playing a game with an opponent through the telephone line, comprising: display means for displaying the game; touch panel provided on the display means to detect a co-ordinate to be displayed; touch signal detection means for generating a first portion signal to be transmitted to display means of a communication terminal of the opponent and corresponding to the co-ordinate; display board drive means for displaying the first position signal on the display means; PB signal transmission means for receiving and converting said first position signal into a first PB signal and transmitting the PB signal corresponding to said first position signal to the display means of the opponent through the telephone line; PB signal detection means for receiving a second PB signal from the opponent, and for converting the second PB signal from the opponent to a second position signal; and a push button type telephone connected in parallel to the communication terminal for transmitting a voice signal to the opponent, and a transformer, the communication terminal being connected in parallel to the communication line through said transformer so that the voice signal is simultaneously transmitted to the opponent with PB signals.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 40 words
A communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: storage means for temporarily storing the first position signal; and processor means for analyzing the first position signal and controlling a timing of transmission and reception of the PB signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 19 words
A communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein each position signal has a binary corresponding to the co-ordinate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 34 words
A communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the PB signal transmission means and the PB signal detection means each comprise a table for converting between the PB signal and the position signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 32 words
A communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the PB signal transmission means and the PB signal detection means comprise a conversion circuit between a binary code and the decimal code.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 21 words
A communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a receiver for separating the voice, signal and the PB signal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 21 words
A communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a driver for separating the voice signal and the PB signal.

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