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Electronic game using phototransducer

  • US 4,403,777 A
  • Filed: 01/08/1981
  • Issued: 09/13/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/08/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a handheld electronic game for simulatingsearch for an invisible being, the combination comprising:

  • means for providing at least one of a visible and audible stimuli;

    phototransducer means for sensing incident and ambient light in the direction in which said game is pointed;

    means responsive to an output from said phototransducer means for varying said at least one of said visible and audible stimuli for providing clues as to the whereabouts of the being;

    means for establishing a reference light level, said means including means for randomly selecting at least one reference light level from said phototransducer means;

    manually operable switch means; and

    means for comparing the reference light level to the light impinging on said phototransducer means and correlating actuation of said switch means with said means for providing at least one of a visible and audible stimuli for further affecting said means for varying the stimulus so provided whereby to indicate to the operator the success or failure of locating the being.

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