Toy apparatus with card reader unit and a card having game parameter data
First Claim
1. A toy apparatus for use with cards having barcode data associated therewith, comprising;
- a card reader unit for reading the barcode associated with a card; and
a calculation unit coupled to said card reader unit to receive the barcode data from said card reader unit and to calculate at least one of player turn result data and game result data, based on the barcode data, the barcode being a standard barcode which may be selected by a player from any available barcode and associated with the card.
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Abstract
A toy apparatus includes a card reader unit for use with a card which has game parameter data stored thereon in machine-readable form. The toy apparatus also includes a calculation unit which generates player turn result data or game result data in dependence upon game parameter data read from a card. In a preferred embodiment, the card reader unit is designed to read game parameter data stored as a barcode on the card. In addition, a data storage medium of the present invention stores game parameter data for use with a toy apparatus including a card reader unit. In the preferred embodiment, the data storage medium is a card which stores game parameter data. Also, in the preferred embodiment, the game parameter data is stored as a barcode on the card, and the game parameter data stored on the card may be selected by a user.
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16 Claims
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1. A toy apparatus for use with cards having barcode data associated therewith, comprising;
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a card reader unit for reading the barcode associated with a card; and a calculation unit coupled to said card reader unit to receive the barcode data from said card reader unit and to calculate at least one of player turn result data and game result data, based on the barcode data, the barcode being a standard barcode which may be selected by a player from any available barcode and associated with the card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A toy apparatus for use with cards, each of which has an associated barcode, comprising:
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a housing having plural operation keys including at least two power keys and at least two battle keys; a display coupled to said housing to display scoring data in plural display areas; a barcode reader coupled to said housing to read a barcode associated with a card and to provide corresponding input information; a calculation unit coupled to said display and said barcode reader to transduce the input information into point data and output said point data to said display, to modify the point data of an attacking side player when the attacking side player selects one of the power keys, to calculate a hit rate and an amount of damage of a defending side player based on the point data of both players when the attacking side player selects one of the battle keys, to increase and decrease the point data of the characters, relatively, and to output calculated results as scoring data to said display. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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