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Portable game apparatus with acceleration sensor and information storage medium storing a game progam

  • US 6,375,572 B1
  • Filed: 02/24/2000
  • Issued: 04/23/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A portable game apparatus, comprising:

  • a housing to be gripped by a hand of a player;

    a display arranged on one surface of said housing to display game scenes;

    an acceleration sensor movable with said housing;

    a neutral position setter for setting a reference tilt for said housing;

    a temporary storage for temporarily storing as neutral position data a corresponding output value of said acceleration sensor to the neutral position;

    a corrector for correcting an output value of said acceleration sensor based on the neutral position data; and

    a game controller for changing a display state of a game scene to be displayed on said display based on an output value of said corrector.

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