Amusement devices: games – Problem eliciting response – Questions and answers
Patent
1994-07-21
1996-01-02
Harrison, Jessica J.
Amusement devices: games
Problem eliciting response
Questions and answers
273460, A63F 922
Patent
active
054801583
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an entertainment installation with at least one entertainment device having a game area.
1. Background of the Invention
Entertainment devices are known in the most diverse embodiments. They are designed as game devices with or without a chance to win money, as co-called flippers, as billiard games, as dart games, as video games or the like. Various steps have already been taken to induce a user or player to use such entertainment devices and to provide the user with reasonable entertainment in the course of the game.
2. Summary of the Invention
It is the object of the invention to make the course of the entertainment and the design options of an entertainment device of the type mentioned at the outset more varied and to provide a greater inducement for playing in order to increase the entertainment value for the user in this way.
This object is attained in accordance with the invention by
By means of the above it is possible for the player to follow exactly the details of the game progression of the entertainment device, particularly if the projection screen is a large projection screen, and this represents a special entertainment value for the player. Furthermore, players not participating in the game can follow the game without interfering with the player and can give the player appropriate tips and advice on how to design the further course of the game. In addition, there is the option of several people joining to form a player group and to operate the entertainment device together by virtue of the easy observation possibility of the projected game area.
A control console connected with the entertainment device is associated with the projection screen in order to allow operation of the entertainment device from a suitable place in front of the projection screen. The same actuation members are provided on the control console as are on the entertainment device, that is to say, the actuation members on the control console are functionally identical to the actuation members on the entertainment device so that the player can operate them without having direct visual contact with the latter.
In accordance with an advantageous further embodiment of the invention, individual sections of the game area on the projection screen can be displayed in an enlarged or reduced scale by means of a key or computer control unit. This results in a variety of design options for the projected image, because it is possible to project particularly interesting sections of the real game area in a large size and less interesting sections of the real game area in a small size simultaneously or sequentially in time.
So that continuing entertainment can be offered to the player even during pauses in the game or during "boring" phases of the game, video clips, television programs, films or slides can be shown on the projection screen in accordance with a further advantageous embodiment of the invention.
In order to attain a continuous incentive for playing, the game area and a video clip, a television program, a film or a slide can suitably be simultaneously displayed on the projection screen. In this connection the simultaneous projection of the game area and the video clip or the like in different formats can be performed via key or computer control.
In accordance with a further advantageous embodiment of the subject of the invention it is possible to project several different game areas simultaneously on the projection screen, wherein a separate control console is assigned to each projected image. By means of this a novel entertainment experience is provided in that the individual player can watch the game areas of the other players at the same time and in this way can observe their game tactics.
To realize a simple video recording device, it is suitably embodied as a camera disposed spatially in front of the game area of the entertainment device.
In accordance with an advantageous further embodiment of the invention, the projector is disposed behind the projection screen in order to
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Heinen Horst
Rieck Konrad
Schattauer Juergen
Schulze Ullrich
Harrison Jessica J.
NSM Aktiengesellschaft
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