Non hand-held toy

• US 4,988,111 A
• Filed: 12/11/1989
• Issued: 01/29/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Moran Dán, Roni Raviv, Yonatan Gerlizt
• Original Assignee: Moran Dán, Roni Raviv, Yonatan Gerlizt
• Inventors: Moran, Dan, Gerlizt, Yonatan, Raviv, Roni
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US07/447,124
• Time in Patent Office: 414 Days
• Field of Search: 273/310-312, 434/22, 434/21, 434/323, 356/152
• US Class Current: 463/5
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2433 Voice-actuated
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2444 Light detector
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/0291 with a simulated projectile, e.g. an image on a screen
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 3/2655 in which the light beam is sent from the weapon to the target
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0114 comprising dichroic elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 273/17 Head mounted

Abstract

A firing toy including headgear having mounted thereon a simulated weapon system, a visor, apparatus for indicating on the visor a sighting reference and non-hand actuated apparatus for producing simulated firing on a target. Preferably the headgear and the non-hand actuated apparatus are operative for producing simulated firing on a target which appears on a television screen in an interactive television game.

Claims

1. A firing toy comprising:

headgear having mounted thereon a simulated weapon system, a visor and means for indicating on the visor a sighting reference; and

non-hand actuated means mounted on said headgear for producing simulated firing on a target, said non-hand actuated means comprising a voice activated simulated firing controller.

2. A toy according to claim 1, and wherein said headgear and said simulated firing means are operative for producing simulated firing on a target which appears on a television screen in an interactive television game.

3. A toy according to claim 2 and also comprising detector means mounted on said headgear for detecting target "hits".

5. A toy according claim 1 and wherein said transparent visor comprises a partially light-reflective curved surface having a pre-determined geometrical configuration, the visible light source being located at a pre-determined position relative to the focus of the curved surface.

6. A toy according to claim 5 and wherein the geometrical configuration of said curved surface is a portion of a sphere.

7. A toy according to claim 1 and wherein said means for emitting comprising:

IR beam radiation communication means;

firing activation means for controlling said IR beam emitting means.

8. A toy according to claim 7 and wherein said IR beam emitting means is boresighted to the user'"'"'s line of sight.

9. A toy according to claim 8 and also comprising output means for indicating IR beam impingement, said output means comprising:

an IR sensor; and

means for providing an output indication that IR light has impinged upon said IR sensor.

10. A toy according to claim 9 and wherein said IR sensor in sensitive to IR beams impinging thereupon from any direction.

11. A toy according to claim 10 and wherein said output means are removably mounted upon said item of headgear.

12. A toy according to claim 11 which is associated with an item of headgear.

4. A non hand-held toy comprising:

means for radiation communication between the target and a given location on the toy;

means for visual aiming on a target comprising a visual display positioned in a user'"'"'s instantaneous field of view of a sighting reference produced by projection onto a visor disposed in front of the user;

said display comprises a source of visible light for projecting a sighting reference onto the visor so that it appears as if it were located at an infinite distance from the user; and

said visor comprises a partially light-reflective coating on a generally transparent, relatively-stiff curved substrate, and said coating is a dichroic coating and said substrate is formed a polycarbonate material.

13. A non hand-held toy comprising:

means for radiation communication between the target and a given location on the toy;

a means for visual aiming on a target comprising a visual display positioned in a user'"'"'s instantaneous field of view of a sighting reference produced by projection onto a visor disposed in front of the user;

said display comprises a source of visible light for projecting a sighting reference onto the visor so that it appears as if it were located at an infinite distance from the user; and

said visor comprises a partially light-reflective coating on a generally transparent, relatively-stiff curved substrate and said coating is a neutral metallic coating.

14. A non hand-held toy comprising:

means for visual aiming on a target; and

means for radiation communication between the target and a given location on the toy and wherein said means for radiation communication is voice activated.

15. An interactive television game system comprising:

interactive television game apparatus;

headgear having mounted thereon a simulated weapon system, a visor and means for indicating on the visor a sighting reference; and

non-hand actuated means, mounted on said headgear, for producing simulated firing on a target.