Gaming device

• US 10,967,249 B2
• Filed: 01/10/2019
• Issued: 04/06/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bulk Unlimited Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bulk Unlimited Corp.
• Inventors: Margareten, Isamar
• Primary Examiner(s): Suhol, Dmitry
• Assistant Examiner(s): Larsen, Carl V
• Application Number:
  US16/244,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20190321718A1
• Time in Patent Office: 817 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2444 Light detector
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2250/49 with provisions for connecting to a part of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/0204 Targets therefor for ball games A63B63/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/0291 with a simulated projectile, e.g. an image on a screen
• CPC Class Codes: F41J 5/02 Photo-electric hit-detector systems comprising a light-emitting device for simulating the firing of a gun F41G3/2622; detecting by optical means G01V8/10

Abstract

The present invention provides a gaining device for playing a game of laser tag. The gaining device includes a controller configured to control and coordinate functions between various components thereof. The gaining device includes an aiming unit configured to generate infrared light signals and a receiver configured to detect the generated infrared light signals. The gaining device includes a targeting unit configured to generate a vibration when the receiver in the targeting unit detects infrared light signals. The gaining device further includes one or more lights configured to indicate one or more states of the aiming unit and targeting unit. The controller is configured to engage the aiming unit and targeting unit in a stealth mode in which the one or more lights are switched off.

Claims

1. A gaming device comprising:

a controller;

an aiming unit configured to generate infrared light signals, wherein the aiming unit comprises a reload lever configured to load a default number of shots in the aiming unit when pressed;

a receiver configured to detect the generated infrared light signals; and

one or more lights configured to indicate one or more states of the aiming unit, wherein

the controller is configured to engage the aiming unit in a stealth mode in which the one or more lights are switched off, and wherein the controller is configured to engage the stealth mode in the aiming unit when the reload lever is pressed for a predetermined period of time.

2. The gaming device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiver is provided in the aiming unit.

3. The gaming device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a targeting unit having a secondary receiver provided therein.

4. The gaming device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to switch off the secondary receiver in the targeting unit, when the receiver in the aiming unit is switched on.

5. The gaming device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to switch on the secondary receiver in the targeting unit, when the receiver in the aiming unit is switched off.

6. The gaming device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to engage the stealth mode in the aiming unit and the targeting unit when the reload lever is pressed for a predetermined period of time.

7. The gaming device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to engage the stealth mode in the aiming unit and the targeting unit when a switch is pressed on the aiming unit.

8. The gaming device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to engage the stealth mode in the aiming unit and the targeting unit when a switch is pressed on the targeting unit.

9. The gaming device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the targeting unit further comprises a life indicator arrangement configured to indicate a number of lives remaining therein.

10. The gaming device as claimed in claim 3, wherein an indication arrangement disposed in one or more of the aiming unit and the targeting unit, and configured to generate a vibration in one or more of the aiming unit or the targeting unit when the corresponding receiver in the aiming unit or the targeting unit detects the infrared light signals.

11. The gaming device as claimed in claim 3, wherein one or more of the aiming unit or the targeting unit generates a vibration when the controller is configured to engage the stealth mode in one or more of the aiming unit or the targeting unit.

12. The gaming device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the aiming unit further comprises a flashlight.

13. The gaming device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to engage the stealth mode in the aiming unit when a switch is pressed on the aiming unit.

14. The gaming device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the aiming unit further comprises a life indicator arrangement configured to indicate a number of lives remaining therein.

15. The gaming device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the aiming unit further comprises a flashlight.