Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Patent
1997-10-06
2000-12-05
Harrison, Jessica J.
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
434 69, A63F 0922
Patent
active
06155927&
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an electronic system for sporting contests or the like, real or simulated, which takes place in an actual or simulated location. It relates, more particularly, to an electronic system and to a method for applying the racing system between the pilots of vehicles, whether real or simulated, which are displaced on an actual or simulated circuit, and to a method for applying the system.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There exist electronic control panels for simulating the piloting of vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, which control panels show the pilot by way of a screen an image of the motor vehicle moving about a circuit or a part of the circuit which is visible to the pilot, the speed and direction-changing in respect of the motor vehicle being under the control of the pilot who is provided, in front of the screen, with a steering wheel, an accelerator pedal, a brake pedal, a clutch pedal and a gear change device. These various parts for the control of a vehicle may be replaced by a control lever or handle, better known by the word "joystick", an alphanumeric keyboard, a manual device to displace a reference mark on a screen, referred to as a "mouse", etc.
These electronic control panels are used for the training of pilots of actual vehicles, or for electronic games in which the performance of the "pilot" is evaluated by marks which make it possible to determine a winner amongst the attendant competitors.
In the case of electronic control panels for games, only those competitors who are present, i.e. using the same control panel, are able to compete, which limits the interest in the game.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic system to race vehicles and a method for applying said system, such that "pilots" in different locations are permitted to compete.
In a more general manner, a further object of the present invention is to provide an electronic system for sporting contests or the like between competitors or participants in different locations, and to a method for applying the system.
In addition, in the instance of a race course, the track of which corresponds to a "Formula 1 Grand Prix", which is the case at present as far as existing control panels are concerned, the duration of the game is limited to a number of laps per competitor, which is quite different from conditions on the actual race course where the competition continues for a number of hours.
A further object of the present invention is thus to provide an electronic system for sporting contests or the like, and a method for applying said system, wherein it is possible to reproduce all the conditions of actual sporting contests for each competitor.
In addition, when using existing electronic control panels, the competitors do not compete in real time with the pilots of a real sporting contest.
Accordingly, a further object of the present invention is to provide an electronic system for sporting contests or the like, and a method for applying it, wherein it is possible for "casual" or "amateur" competitors to compete in real time with "professional" competitors in the original event, in a manner so as to determine a winner from amongst the competitors under conditions which are as close as possible to the reality encountered by the professional competitors.
Finally, it is not possible, using known electronic control panels, to reproduce the sporting trials as undertaken by each of the professional competitors and, when deemed advisable, to compare to professional competitors so as to train with a view to future sports events.
Accordingly, a further object of the present invention is to provide an electronic system for sporting contests or the like, and a method for applying said system, whereby it is possible for the competitors to compare their performance to the performance of professional competitors, and to undertake training with a view to improving said performance.
Accordingly, the invention relates to an
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patent: 5714997 (1998-02-01), Anderson
patent: 5865624 (1999-02-01), Hayashigawa
patent: 5956485 (1999-09-01), Perlman
Benkel Gerard
Levasseur Jacques
Clayton Sheila
Harrison Jessica J.
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