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Portable game apparatus with acceleration sensor and information storage medium storing a game program
Assignee: Nintendo Co Ltd
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Filing: 2002-01-14
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Granted: 2003-11-04
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Expires: 2022-01-14
Abstract
Abstract A portable game apparatus includes a housing is provided with an LCD and an insertion hole. A cartridge incorporating a program ROM is inserted in the insertion hole. A CPU in the housing processes a game program to display game scenes on the LCD. The cartridge further incorporates an acceleration sensor. The acceleration sensor detects movement and tilt of the housing. When the housing is positioned at an angle easy to play, if an operation key is operated, neutral position data is stored to an internal RAM. During game play, an output of the acceleration sensor is corrected by the neutral position data so that the CPU controls game scene display according to a corrected output of the acceleration sensor.
Inventors
- 👤 Iwao Masuyama
- 👤 Toshiaki Suzuki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:36
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F13/00; A63F13/90; A63F13/92; A63F13/20; A63F13/21; A63F13/211; A63F13/22; A63F13/40; A63F13/42; A63F13/422; A63F13/428; A63F13/95; A63F2300/00; A63F2300/10; A63F2300/1018; A63F2300/105; A63F2300/20; A63F2300/204; A63F2300/60; A63F2300/6045
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
A portable game apparatus, comprising: a game console containing a display and a processor for displaying a game image on the display in accordance with a game program, said game console having a connector for enabling a game cartridge to be operably connected therewith; a game cartridge containing a memory having a game program stored thereon, said game cartridge being connectable to the game console via the connector; and an accelerometer contained within the game cartridge and operable to detect acceleration in response to movement or tilt of the game cartridge and to provide a control signal to the game console; wherein the game image on the display is changed based on the control signal from the accelerometer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
A portable game apparatus, comprising: a game console containing a display and a processor for displaying a game image on the display in accordance with a game program, said game console having a connector for enabling a game cartridge to be operably connected therewith; a game cartridge containing a memory having a game program stored thereon, said game cartridge being connectable to the game console via the connector; and an accelerometer contained within the game cartridge and operable to detect acceleration in response to movement or tilt of the game cartridge and to provide a control signal to the game console; wherein the game image on the display is changed based on the control signal from the accelerometer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A portable game apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the connector is a slot and said game cartridge has a shape that enables it to be inserted into said slot.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A portable game apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the game image includes a game character, and the game character is controlled based on the control signal from the accelerometer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The portable game apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the game console is a hand-held console.
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