Handheld wheel spelling game device
First Claim
1. A game device comprising:
- a plurality of individual wheels each having an exposed circumferential edge portion formed with facets marked with respective discrete indicia;
means for mounting, releasably, the plurality of wheels stacked together in coaxial, face-to-face relation for relative rotation of selected individual wheels to bring the indicia into a selected axial alignment to complete one of an equation, word, picture, and pattern, release of the wheels permitting shuffling thererof as loose piece items for remounting in a different sequence/order;
means on respective individual wheels for identifying their relative rotational and sequential positions when stacked together, corresponding to relative positions of selected respective indicia;
means cooperable with the identifying means for detecting said at least one of said relative rotational positions and said sequential positions of the wheels corresponding to relative position of selected respective indicia and providing signals indicative of such positions;
signal processing means comprising an input operably linked to the detecting means for receipt of said signals therefrom, at least one database correlating said signals with respective values associated with respective indicia and an executable program for at least one of comparing said values with a database (such as a dictionary) and for calculating a score corresponding to the relative positions of selected respective indicia and for determining and providing a result signal to an output; and
,a display, operably linked to the output to receive the result signal and display the result determined by the processor.
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Abstract
A game device has a series of annular wheels with exposed game indicia carrying facets around perimetrical edges and rotatively mounted in stacked, face-to-face relation on an axle rod extending from a handle housing part mounting an LCD display and mode operating buttons. An actuating and locking ring button is mounted on a free end of the axle rod. Wheel interiors are provided with coded areas identifying rotational positions and detected by detectors on the axle rod identifying wheel sequence and rotational positions corresponding to combinations of aligned indicia such as letters, the sensors providing corresponding signal to a microprocessor in the handle programmed to compare words with a dictionary in memory and calculate a players score for display on the LCD. The coded area can be bar codes or apertures for detection by a scanning head driven along the axle or circuit board mounted contact protuberances.
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9 Claims
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1. A game device comprising:
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a plurality of individual wheels each having an exposed circumferential edge portion formed with facets marked with respective discrete indicia; means for mounting, releasably, the plurality of wheels stacked together in coaxial, face-to-face relation for relative rotation of selected individual wheels to bring the indicia into a selected axial alignment to complete one of an equation, word, picture, and pattern, release of the wheels permitting shuffling thererof as loose piece items for remounting in a different sequence/order; means on respective individual wheels for identifying their relative rotational and sequential positions when stacked together, corresponding to relative positions of selected respective indicia; means cooperable with the identifying means for detecting said at least one of said relative rotational positions and said sequential positions of the wheels corresponding to relative position of selected respective indicia and providing signals indicative of such positions; signal processing means comprising an input operably linked to the detecting means for receipt of said signals therefrom, at least one database correlating said signals with respective values associated with respective indicia and an executable program for at least one of comparing said values with a database (such as a dictionary) and for calculating a score corresponding to the relative positions of selected respective indicia and for determining and providing a result signal to an output; and
,a display, operably linked to the output to receive the result signal and display the result determined by the processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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