Mobile wireless handset and system including mobile wireless handset

• US 9,205,331 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2011
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Masuyama, Iwao, Suzuki, Toshiaki, Takara, Akira
• Primary Examiner(s): D'Agostino, Paul A
• Assistant Examiner(s): DOSHI, ANKIT B
• Application Number:
  US13/167,527
• Publication Number:
  US 20110312419A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,629 Days
• Field of Search: 463/7, 345/30
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/216 using geographical information, e.g. location of the game device or player using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/327 using wireless networks, e.g. Wi-Fi® or piconet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/428 involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1006 having additional degrees of freedom
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/205 for detecting the geographical location of the game platform
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/405 being a wireless ad hoc network, e.g. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Pico net
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5573 player location
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video

Abstract

An example mobile wireless handset includes a housing configured to be held in at least one hand of a user and a display disposed on the housing. A motion sensor is disposed in the housing and is configured to generate an output in response to movement of the handset. A communication interface is configured to wirelessly receive game data from a source external to the mobile wireless handset. The communication interface includes wireless telephone circuitry; a memory configured to store the received game data; and a processor configured to execute a gaming process including the game data and the output from the motion sensor.

Claims

1. A game system comprising:

a portable, hand-held motion sensing gaming device including;

a housing configured to be held in at least one hand of a user;

a first motion sensor embodied in the housing and configured to generate a first output in response to movement of the housing;

a second motion sensor embodied in the housing and configured to generate a second output in response to movement of the housing;

memory embodied in the housing for storing an identifying number;

a wireless transmitter embodied in the housing for transmitting at least the identifying number and information based on at least one of the first and second outputs, and

a remotely located system including;

a wireless receiver configured to receive the identifying number and the output information;

memory storing information associated with a plurality of identifying numbers; and

processing circuitry configured to access information from the memory that is associated with the received identifying number by comparing the received identifying number with the plurality of identifying numbers, the processing circuitry being further configured to generate game-related data for communication to a user, the game-related data including information related to at least one characteristic of game play based upon at least the information accessed that is associated with the received identifying number.

2. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless transmitter comprises a radiotelephone circuit.

3. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the portable, hand-held motion sensing gaming device further comprises at least one physical key coupled to the housing and configured to initiate an output in response to operation of the key.

4. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the first motion sensor comprises an accelerometer.

5. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the first motion sensor comprises at least one stationary contact and a spherical contact.