MOBILE HANDHELD UNIT

• US 20110159960A1
• Filed: 07/15/2010
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SSD Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: SSD Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Suzuki, Hitoshi, Konno, Yuuki, UESHIMA, Hiromu
• Application Number:
  US12/836,625
• Publication Number:
  US 20110159960A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/37
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/216 using geographical information, e.g. location of the game device or player using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/428 involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/44 involving timing of operations, e.g. performing an action within a time slot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/46 Computing the game score
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/80 Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1012 involving biosensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat, limb activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1031 using a wireless connection, e.g. Bluetooth, infrared connections
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/205 for detecting the geographical location of the game platform
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/61 Score computation
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8058 Virtual breeding, e.g. tamagotchi
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8064 Quiz

Abstract

The mobile handheld terminal comprises: a state sensor detecting a self-posture in three-dimensional space; and a position-detecting part detecting a self-position. When such mobile handheld terminal 1 is located in an insect-habitation field, the mobile handheld terminal 1 displays on a display: a scope image; and an insect image corresponding to an insect as a virtual subject which is assigned there. And the mobile handheld terminal controls video image on the display on the basis of the posture thereof and considers that the insect is captured when the insect image goes into the scope image.

Claims

1. A mobile handheld terminal comprising:

a state detecting unit operable to detect a state of the mobile handheld terminal in three-dimensional space;

a position-detecting unit operable to detect a position of the mobile handheld terminal;

a determining unit operable to determine whether or not the detected position exists in the predetermined field; and

an event performing unit operable to perform an predetermined event and to control progress of the predetermined event on the basis of the state of the mobile handheld terminal, in the case where the determining unit determines that the detected position exists in the predetermined field.

2. The mobile handheld terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a displaying unit,

and wherein the event performing unit performs a game which displays video image on the displaying unit as the event, and controls progress of the game on the basis of the state of the mobile handheld terminal.

3. The mobile handheld terminal as claimed in claim 2,

wherein the game is a game to capture a virtual subject assigned to the predetermined field, and

wherein the event performing unit displays an image representing the virtual subject on the displaying unit, and determines on the basis of the state of the mobile handheld terminal whether or not the virtual subject is captured.