Game score evaluation and game control system on the basis of player's physical value

• US 5,362,049 A
• Filed: 11/30/1993
• Issued: 11/08/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jurgen Hofer
• Original Assignee: Jurgen Hofer
• Inventors: Hofer, Jurgen
• Primary Examiner(s): Millin, Vincent
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chiu, Raleigh W.
• Application Number:
  US08/158,760
• Time in Patent Office: 343 Days
• Field of Search: 273/108 R, 273/118 R, 273/118 A, 273/85 G, 273/148 B, 273/434, 128/718, 128/719, 128/632, 128/633, 128/634, 128/732
• US Class Current: 463/7
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/021 operated by electrical means A61M16/202 – A61M16/205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0672 Nasal cannula assemblies for oxygen therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/205 partial oxygen pressure (P-O2)
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2213/006 under hypoxy conditions, i.e. oxygen supply subnormal
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/70 Coin-operated
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/207 P-O2, i.e. partial O2 value
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/30 blood pressure A63B2230/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/00 Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of preceding groups; Controlling or monitoring of exercises, sportive games, training or athletic performances
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3206 Player sensing means, e.g. presence detection, biometrics

Abstract

A skill-testing, entertainment or game equipment operating on the basis of user'"'"'s physical values comprises units for non-invasive measuring physical values of a user, a computer unit arranged to receive the physical values of a user measured by the measuring units, the normal game score of the equipment and also to receive multiplication factors for certain physical values and units for displaying the scores produced by multiplication of the physical values measured by the measuring units on game scores with the multiplication factors supplied to the computer unit.

Claims

1. A system for evaluation of the normal game score of any game equipment having game scoring means on the basis of players'"'"'physical values, said game scoring evaluation system comprising:

measuring means for non-invasive measuring of physical values of a player completely painless and bloodless and without the necessity of a surgical treatment, arranged to transmit measured physical values to a computer unit for producing evaluated scores;

a computer arranged to receive any physical values of a player measured by said measuring means and to receive the normal game score from the game scoring means of said game equipment, and also to receive any multiplication factors for certain physical values, for the evaluation of said normal game score in dependence on physical values of a player, said evaluation to be effected by multiplication of said normal game score with said multiplication factors;

game scoring means arranged to transmit the normal game score to said computer unit;

any game equipment designed to enable a player to obtain a certain game score with his playing activities; and

display means for displaying said scores evaluated by physical values of a player received from said computer unit.

2. System for evaluation of the normal game score as defined in claim 1, wherein said equipment is a video game equipment.

3. System for evaluation of the normal game score as defined in claim 1, wherein said equipment is a pinball machine.

4. System for evaluation of the normal game score as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising additional display means connected with said measuring means and operative for displaying the physical values of a player measured by said measuring means to enable a player to have a continuous checking of his physical values.

5. System for the control of one of game, entertainment and skill-testing equipment operating on the basis of player'"'"'s physical values, said control system comprising:

measuring means for non-invasive measuring of physical values of a player completely painless and bloodless and without the necessity of a surgical treatment, arranged to transmit physical values to controlling means;

controlling means arranged to receive physical values from said measuring means, programmed for at least one of turning one of game, entertainment and skill-testing equipment, and only a part of it on and off, changing intensity of current supplied to one of this equipment and a part of it, and putting any game units common in use in game machines into operation, in dependence on any desired physical values measured by said measuring means;

one of game, entertainment and skill-testing equipment and known game units to be actuated by said controlling means, said known game units producing, in response to actuation by said controlling means, at least one of a game speed, a game activity, a sequence of game actions and an appearance in a game of a game figure with playing abilities.

6. System for the control of one of game, entertainment and skill-testing equipment as defined in claim 5, wherein said measuring means include means operating on the basis of electro-chemical measurements.

7. System for the control of one of game, entertainment and skill-testing equipment as defined in claim 5, wherein said measuring means include means operating on the basis of photoelectric measurements.

8. System for the control of one of game, entertainment and skill-testing equipment as defined in claim 5, wherein said measuring means include means operating on the basis of ultrasonic measurements.

9. System for the control of one of game, entertainment and skill-testing equipment as defined in claim 5, wherein said measuring means include means operating on the basis of measuring one of an electric current and the electric resistance of the skin of a user.

10. System for the control of one of game, entertainment and skill-testing equipment as defined in claim 5, wherein said measuring means include means operating on the basis of measuring one of the temperature and the moisture of the skin of a user.

11. System for the control of one of game, entertainment and skill-testing equipment as defined in claim 5, wherein said measuring means include means operating on the basis of measuring muscle activities of a user.

12. System for the control of one of game, entertainment and skill-testing equipment as defined in claim 5, wherein said measuring means include means operating on the basis of measuring the content of alcohol in the exhaled breath of a user.

13. System for the control of one of game, entertainment and skill-testing equipment as defined in claim 5, wherein said measuring means include means operating on the basis of measuring the content of any gas in the exhaled breath of a user.

14. System for the control of one of game, entertainment and skill-testing equipment as defined in claim 5, wherein said measuring means include an electroencephalograph.