Method of employing a television receiver for active participation

Claim 3

The method of .[.claim 1.]. .Iadd.employing a standard home television receiver previously employed only for passive viewing of programs for adding active home entertainment capability by providing for active participation by players in the playing of amusement games on the screen of the television receiver by said players, comprising the steps of: generating controlled television video signals representing "dots" displayed on the screen of a single home television receiver .Iaddend.wherein said step of generating video signals includes the steps of: generating positive and negative pulse trains at the horizontal sync frequency; generating positive and negative pulse trains at the vertical sync frequency; delaying said positive pulse trains amounts proportional to the desired position on the screen where the "dots" are to be displayed; AND gating said delayed positive pulse trains; summing said negative pulse trains and said AND gate delayed pulse trains; generating an rf signal; and modulating said rf signal with said summed signal .Iadd.; disabling said single home television receiver from receiving broadcast television signals; directly coupling said video signals only to a single television receiver being viewed by the players; and moving the "dots" over the television screen of said home television receiver to play amusement games.Iaddend.. .[.3. The method of claim 1 wherein two "dots" are generated and displayed, further including the step of causing one of the "dots" to disappear when the two "dots" are moved to

Claim 4

the same position..]. 4. The method of .[.claim 1 further including the steps of.]. .Iadd.employing a standard home television receiver previously employed only for passive viewing of programs for adding active home entertainment capability by providing for active participation by players, comprising the steps of: generating controlled television video signals representing "dots" displayed on the screen of a single television receiver; directly coupling said video signals only to a single television receiver being viewed by the players; moving the "dots" over the television screen to play amusement games; and .Iaddend. sensing light emitted by a displayed dot with a photoelectric element .Iadd.disposed at a substantial distance from the television receiver screen to play a shooting game which simulates actual target shooting; .Iaddend.and denoting that light has been sensed. .[.5. The method of claim 1 employed in conjunction with video information broadcast by a cooperative station, further including the step of receiving video information from a cooperative station and displaying same along with said "dots"..]. .[.6. The method of claim 1, said step of coupling said signals including the step of attaching a wire to the antenna terminals of the television receiver to directly couple the generated video signals to the television

Claim 5

receiver..]. .Iadd.7. A method of employing a standard home television receiver previously employed only for passive viewing of programs for adding active home entertainment capability by providing for active participation by players in the playing of amusement games on the screen of the television receiver by said players, comprising the steps of: generating controlled television video signals representing "dots" displayed on the screen of a single home television receiver, wherein said step of generating controlled television video signals includes the steps of generating first signals representing the horizontal position of said "dots", generating second signals representing the vertical position of said "dots", and AND dating together said first and second signals; disabling said single home television receiver from receiving broadcast television signals and directly coupling said video signals only to said single home television receiver being viewed by the players; and moving the "dots" over the television screen of said single home television

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receiver..]. .Iadd.7. A method of employing a standard home television receiver previously employed only for passive viewing of programs for adding active home entertainment capability by providing for active participation by players in the playing of amusement games on the screen of the television receiver by said players, comprising the steps of: generating controlled television video signals representing "dots" displayed on the screen of a single home television receiver, wherein said step of generating controlled television video signals includes the steps of generating first signals representing the horizontal position of said "dots", generating second signals representing the vertical position of said "dots", and AND dating together said first and second signals; disabling said single home television receiver from receiving broadcast television signals and directly coupling said video signals only to said single home television receiver being viewed by the players; and moving the "dots" over the television screen of said single home television

Claim 7

receiver to play amusement games. .Iaddend. .Iadd.8. A method of employing a standard home television receiver previously employed only for passive viewing of programs for adding active home entertainment capability by providing for active participation by players in the playing of amusement games on the screen of the television receiver by said players, comprising the steps of: generating controlled television video signals representing "dots" displayed on the screen of a single home television receiver, wherein said step of generating controlled television video signals includes the steps of generating first signals representing the horizontal positions of said "dots" and generating second signals representing the vertical positions of said "dots"; disabling said single home television receiver from receiving broadcast television signals and directly coupling said video signals only to said single home television receiver being viewed by the players; moving the "dots" over the television screen of said single home television receiver to play amusement games; and detecting time coincidence of at least selected ones of said first and second signals representing two of said "dots" on said screen at a random time during the playing of a game, wherein said step of detecting time coincidence includes the step of AND gating selected ones of said first and second signals. .Iaddend. .Iadd.9. A method of employing a standard home television receiver previously employed only for passive viewing of programs for adding active home entertainment capability by providing for active participation by players in the playing of amusement games on the screen of the television receiver by said players, comprising the steps of: generating controlled television video signals representing "dots" displayed on the screen of a single home television receiver; disabling said single home television receiver from receiving broadcast television signals and directly coupling said video signals only to said single home television receiver being viewed by the players; moving the "dots" over the television screen of said single home television receiver to play amusement games; and "shooting" at said "dots", said step including aligning a light responsive means with a displayed "dot". .Iaddend. .Iadd.10. The method of claim 9, further including the step of causing a displayed "dot" to disappear when the light responsive means

Claim 8

receives light from a displayed "dot". .Iaddend. .Iadd.11. A method of employing a standard broadcast television receiver for active participation by players in the playing of games on the screen of the television receiver by said players, comprising the steps of: generating controlled television video signals representing "dots" displayed on the screen of a single broadcast television receiver; providing an initial background color for the screen of said television receiver; disabling said single broadcast television receiver from receiving broadcast television signals and directly coupling said video signals only to said single broadcast television receiver being viewed by the players; moving the "dots" over the television screen of said single broadcast television receiver to play games; "shooting" at said "dots", said step including aligning a light responsive means with a displayed "dot"; and causing the background color of the television screen to completely change colors for a lasting duration when the light responsive means receives light from a displayed "dot" wherein said color change is distinct from said initial color. .Iaddend.

Claim 9

receives light from a displayed "dot". .Iaddend. .Iadd.11. A method of employing a standard broadcast television receiver for active participation by players in the playing of games on the screen of the television receiver by said players, comprising the steps of: generating controlled television video signals representing "dots" displayed on the screen of a single broadcast television receiver; providing an initial background color for the screen of said television receiver; disabling said single broadcast television receiver from receiving broadcast television signals and directly coupling said video signals only to said single broadcast television receiver being viewed by the players; moving the "dots" over the television screen of said single broadcast television receiver to play games; "shooting" at said "dots", said step including aligning a light responsive means with a displayed "dot"; and causing the background color of the television screen to completely change colors for a lasting duration when the light responsive means receives light from a displayed "dot" wherein said color change is distinct from said initial color. .Iaddend.