Coded data generation or conversion – Bodily actuated code generator – Including keyboard or keypad
Patent
1996-06-28
1997-12-16
Hofsass, Jeffery
Coded data generation or conversion
Bodily actuated code generator
Including keyboard or keypad
345168, 3657081, 273148B, H03M 1100
Patent
active
056990596
ABSTRACT:
A game player is incorporated into a computer keyboard. Circuitry is provided for reading game code from a record-bearing medium. The medium may be a CD, DVD or other optical disk, in which case a CD, DVD or other optical disk drive is provided. The medium may be a game cartridge, in which case a game cartridge socket is provided. The game player may be connected to the computer display through a separate cable in addition to the normal keyboard cable, either directly using a Y-type connector or through a video input port of the computer.
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Hofsass Jeffery
Wong Albert K.
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