Amusement devices: games – Games accessories – All video game accessories
Patent
1991-04-04
1993-03-23
Millin, V.
Amusement devices: games
Games accessories
All video game accessories
273438, 273313, 434 29, A63B 7104, A63F 922, G09B 902
Patent
active
051957469
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for controlling the movement of an electronic image on a video display includes a base member, a seat for an operator, a support assembly for mounting the seat on the base member in facing relation to the video display, such that the seat can be tilted relative to the base member. Two handles project upwardly from the base member, adjacent respective opposed sides of the seat for being grasped by the operator in the seat to impart tilting movement thereto by shifting the weight of the operator in a direction corresponding to a desired directional movement of the image. A plurality of electrical switches are provided for sensing the tilting movement of the seat and for generating an electrical signal indicative thereof. Video game control circuitry is responsive to the discrete electrical signal for moving the electronic image in response to the tilting movement of the seat. The apparatus is particularly well-suited for use in connection with a flight simulation video game, whereby the video display is used to simulate the movements of an aircraft and the sensations experienced by an aircraft pilot during various movements of the aircraft.
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Power 10 Hotseat, "Playthings" Magazine, Dec. 1990, p. 39.
Boyd Cecil E.
Dwyer Kenneth F.
Tessmer Terry N.
Thomas Glen E.
Chiu Raleigh W.
McCord W. Kirk
Millin V.
Schwartz Richard L.
Simulator Technology, Inc.
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