Integrated voice and data communication for laser tag systems
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1. A toy laser tag gun comprising:
- a housing having a trigger switch to initiate tag signals;
a processor coupled to the trigger switch to process tag signals initiated by the trigger switch;
a first transmitter coupled to the processor, the first transmitter being an infrared transmitter to transmit tag signals;
a first receiver coupled to the processor, the first receiver being an infrared receiver to receive tag signals from another toy laser tag gun and couple the received tag signals to the processor;
a speaker coupled to the processor to transduce receive voice signals into audible voice sounds and to transduce receive tag signals into audible tag sounds;
a microphone to receive and transduce voice sounds into transmit voice signals;
a second transmitter to couple to the microphone, the second transmitter to immediately transmit, without recording, the transmit voice signals as the transmit voice signals are received from the microphone; and
,a second receiver to couple to the speaker, the second receiver to receive transmit voice signals from another toy laser tag gun and to immediately couple, without recording, the transmit voice signals from another toy laser tag gun to the speaker as the transmit voice signals from another toy laser tag gun are received.
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Abstract
An electronic toy gun for data and audible sound/voice communication. Audible sound/voice may be communicated over an infrared beam or a radio frequency signal while data is communication over an infrared beam. The toy laser tag gun includes an IR receiver, an IR transmitter, a speaker, and a microphone 210. The IR receiver receives an incoming IR beam. The IR transmitter 206 generates an IR output beam. A pair of toy laser tag guns form an IR communication system with one or more RF and/or IR communication channels. Simplex and full duplex IR communication may be provided over one or more IR communication channels.
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1. A toy laser tag gun comprising:
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a housing having a trigger switch to initiate tag signals; a processor coupled to the trigger switch to process tag signals initiated by the trigger switch; a first transmitter coupled to the processor, the first transmitter being an infrared transmitter to transmit tag signals; a first receiver coupled to the processor, the first receiver being an infrared receiver to receive tag signals from another toy laser tag gun and couple the received tag signals to the processor; a speaker coupled to the processor to transduce receive voice signals into audible voice sounds and to transduce receive tag signals into audible tag sounds; a microphone to receive and transduce voice sounds into transmit voice signals; a second transmitter to couple to the microphone, the second transmitter to immediately transmit, without recording, the transmit voice signals as the transmit voice signals are received from the microphone; and
,a second receiver to couple to the speaker, the second receiver to receive transmit voice signals from another toy laser tag gun and to immediately couple, without recording, the transmit voice signals from another toy laser tag gun to the speaker as the transmit voice signals from another toy laser tag gun are received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A toy laser tag gun comprising:
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a housing having a trigger switch, the trigger switch to initiate a tag signal; a processor coupled to the trigger switch to process tag signals initiated by the trigger switch; a microphone to receive and transduce voice sounds into voice signals; a speaker to receive voice signals and transduce the voice signals into audible voice sounds; an infrared transmitter coupled to the processor, the infrared transmitter to immediately transmit voice signals from the microphone and tag signals initiated by the trigger switch without recording; and
,an infrared receiver coupled to the processor and the speaker, the infrared receiver to receive IR signals and provide tag signals to the processor and to receive voice signals immediately, without recording, to the speaker as IR signals are being received. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A laser tag system comprising:
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a first toy laser tag gun and a second toy laser tag gun for voice and data communication there-between, each of the toy laser tag guns including a trigger switch to initiate a tag signal; a processor coupled to the trigger switch to process tag signals generated by the trigger switch; a microphone to receive and transduce voice sounds into voice signals; a speaker to receive voice signals and to immediately, without recording, transduce the voice signals into audible voice sounds; an infrared transmitter coupled to the processor and the microphone, the infrared transmitter to directly transduce electrical signals into infrared signals of an infrared output light beam, the infrared transmitter to directly transmit, without recording, voice signals as received from the microphone and tag signals as initiated by the trigger switch; and
,an infrared receiver coupled to the processor and the speaker, the infrared receiver to receive an infrared input light beam and transduce infrared signals therein into electrical signals, the infrared receiver to receive tag signals from another toy laser tag gun to couple to the processor and to receive voice signals to immediately couple to the speaker, without recording, as the signals are received, the processor also being coupled to the speaker to generate sound effects on receipt of tag signals. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A portable electronic tagging system comprising:
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a toy laser tag gun for voice and data communication with another toy laser tag gun, the toy laser tag gun including a trigger switch to initiate a data signal; a processor coupled to the trigger switch to process data signals; an infrared receiver to transduce infrared signals of an infrared input light beam into electrical voice signals for reproduction; an external speaker coupled to the infrared receiver, the external speaker to immediately transduce the electrical voice signals, without recording, for reproduction into audible voice sounds as the infrared signals are received; a microphone to transduce audible voice sounds into electrical voice signals for transmission; a talk switch coupled to the microphone, the talk switch to enable transduction of electrical voice signals for transmission into infrared signals of an infrared output light beam; and an infrared transmitter coupled to the talk switch and to the processor, the infrared transmitter to immediately transduce the electrical voice signals for transmission into the infrared signals of the infrared output light beam, without recording, as the electrical voice signals are received from the talk switch, and to transmit data signals from the processor. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method comprising:
in a toy laser tag gun receiving a first infrared light beam; transducing infrared voice signals of the first infrared light beam into electrical voice signals without recording the electrical voice signals; coupling the electrical voice signals to a speaker as the first infrared light beam is received; and, immediately transducing the electrical voice signals into audible voice sounds. - View Dependent Claims (24, 28, 29)
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25. A method comprising:
in a toy laser tag gun receiving a first infrared light beam; transducing infrared voice signals of the first infrared light beam into electrical voice signals without recording the electrical voice signals; coupling the electrical voice signals to a speaker as the first infrared light beam is being received; immediately transducing the electrical voice signals into audible voice sounds; receiving a second infrared light beam; transducing infrared data signals of the second infrared light beam into electrical data signals; and, processing the electrical data signals to control the operation of the toy laser tag gun. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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30. A toy laser tag system comprising:
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a target including a first processor to process data signals, a first infrared receiver to receive a first infrared input light beam and transduce infrared signals therein into electrical signals, the first infrared receiver to receive voice signals, a second infrared receiver coupled to the first processor, the second infrared receiver to receive a second infrared input light beam and transduce infrared signals therein into electrical signals, the second infrared receiver to receive data signals to couple to the first processor, and a first speaker to couple to the first processor and the first infrared receiver, the first speaker to transduce electrical signals into audible sounds, the first speaker to receive electrical sound effects signals from the first processor and receive the electrical voice signals from the first infrared receiver as the first infrared light beam is received; and a toy laser tag gun including a second processor to generate data signals and sound effects signals, a trigger switch coupled to the second processor to initiate data signals, a microphone to receive and transduce, without recording, voice sounds into voice signals, an infrared transmitter to couple to the second processor and the microphone, the infrared transmitter to transduce electrical signals into infrared signals of an infrared output light beam, the infrared transmitter to transmit the data signals and the voice signals, without recording, over the infrared output light beam as the voice sounds are received by the microphone, and a second speaker coupled to the second processor, the second speaker to transduce the sound effects signals into audible sound effects. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A toy laser tag system comprising:
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a sound receiver including a first speaker to transduce electrical signals into audible voice sounds, and a first infrared receiver to receive voice signals over a first infrared input light beam, the first infrared receiver to transduce, without recording, infrared signals into electrical voice signals to couple to the speaker and the first speaker to transduce the electrical voice signals into audible voice sounds as the voice signals are received; and a toy laser tag gun including a processor to generate tag signals and sound effects signals, a trigger switch coupled to the processor to initiate a tag signal, a microphone to receive and transduce voice sounds into voice signals, a first infrared transmitter to couple to the processor, the first infrared transmitter to transduce electrical signals into infrared signals of the infrared output light beam, the first infrared transmitter to transmit the tag signals and the voice signals over the infrared output light beam as the voice sounds are received by the microphone without recording the voice signals, a second infrared receiver coupled to the processor, the second infrared receiver to receive an infrared input light beam and transduce infrared signals therein into electrical signals, the second infrared receiver to receive tag signals from another toy laser tag gun to couple to the processor, and a second speaker coupled to the processor, the second speaker to transduce the sound effects signals into audible sound effects responsive to the tag signals. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A toy laser tag gun comprising:
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a housing having a trigger switch, the trigger switch to initiate a tag signal; a processor coupled to the trigger switch to process tag signals; a microphone to receive and transduce voice sounds into transmit voice signals; a speaker to transduce receive voice signals into audible voice sounds; an infrared transmitter to selectively couple to the processor and the microphone, the infrared transmitter to selectively immediately transmit, without recording, the tag signal and the transmit voice signals as the voice sounds are received by the microphone; a first infrared receiver coupled to the processor, the first infrared receiver to receive tag signals from another toy laser tag gun and couple the received tag signals to the processor; and
,a second infrared receiver coupled to the speaker, the second infrared receiver to receive receive voice signals from another toy laser tag gun and to immediately couple the receive voice signals to the speaker as they are being received without recording. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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