Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Patent
1996-04-23
1998-05-05
Manuel, George
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
A63F 922
Patent
active
057466564
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for video game tournament competition receives as its input the RGB signal to the video game screen which contains the final score obtained by the contestant. The RGB signal is directed to a composite converter where the signal is converted to a format which may be captured to a file, which file can then be processed by a computer. The composite converter sends its output signal to a video capture circuit which will capture the instantaneous image displayed on the video game screen which will contain the final game score. The capture circuit produces a captured video file which may then be processed by character recognition software in a local computer located at the site of the video game to extract the final game score in alphanumeric form from the captured video file. The score may then be sent to a remote computer which will collect a plurality of scores and at the end of the tournament determine the high score. The apparatus also provides a data input station for potential tournament players to enter personal information and payment to engage in the tournament. Player information is also transmitted to the remote computer. When the high score from a tournament is determined the associated player information is correlated with the score and the score is transmitted to all locales at which video game terminals are present which engaged in the tournament. A local player display is connected to the local computer for prompting players and potential contestants and for providing other useful information to contestants. The character recognition program compares a template unique to the video game against the captured video file to identify characters in the captured video file which represent the final game score.
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Bezick William
Fiedler Allen E.
Hemphill Shan
Kerlee Jody
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