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US 7,507,140 · App. 10/513,877 · Granted Mar 24, 2009

Play facility for remote-control system

Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,507,140
App. No.
10/513,877
Granted
Mar 24, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A play facility for a remote-control system including a transmitter 2 and a drive device 1 remote-controlled by drive data transmitted by the transmitter. The play facility includes a scramble signal generating device 106 which generates scramble signals to interfere with the remote control of the drive device by the transmitter, a scramble signal outputting device 55 which outputs the scramble signals to the play field, and a scramble signal control devices 100, 104 which switches between output and termination of the scramble signals from the scramble signal outputting device according to predetermined conditions.

Claims (23)

1. A play facility for a remote-control system to provide a play field for the remote-control system including a transmitter and a drive device remote-controlled by drive data transmitted from the transmitter, the play facility comprising:

a scramble signal generating device which generates scramble signals which interfere with the remote control of the drive device by the transmitter;

a scramble signal outputting device which outputs the scramble signals to the play field; and

a scramble signal control device which switches between output and termination of the scramble signals from the scramble signal outputting device according to predetermined conditions; wherein

the scramble signal control device allows the scramble signal outputting device to output the scramble signals until determining that the predetermined conditions are satisfied, and, when determining that the predetermined conditions are satisfied, terminates the output of the scramble signals.

2. The play facility according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a drive data relay device which inputs the drive data output from the transmitter, outputs the drive data toward the play field when determining that the predetermined condition is satisfied.

3. The play facility according to claim 2 , wherein the scramble signal control device has an output switching device which selectively switches between relay of the drive data by the drive data relay device and output of the scramble signal toward the play field according to the predetermined conditions.

4. The play facility according to claim 1 , wherein the scramble signal control device terminates the output of the scramble signals within a range according to a dropped value.

5. The play facility according to claim 1 , wherein the remote-control system has a plurality of drive devices, and each drive device is remote-controlled individually by each of a plurality of transmitters, each corresponding to each of the drive devices,

the drive data transmitted by each of the plurality of transmitters includes identification information, which is unique to each transmitter for identifying the transmitter, and control information for controlling the drive device, and

each of the plurality of drive devices compares the identification information included in the received drive data with identification information allocated to the drive device to determine whether the received drive data is the drive data transmitted to the drive device, and performs an operation control based on the drive data when the received drive data is the drive data transmitted to the drive device.

6. The play facility according to claim 5 , wherein the scramble signal generating device generates the scramble signals for interfering with the remote control by the transmitter to which particular identification information is allocated.

7. The play facility according to claim 5 , wherein each of the plurality of transmitters comprises:

a device which receives the drive data transmitted from other transmitters;

a transmission timing device which sets transmission timing of the drive data of the transmission timing device based on the identification information included in the received drive data, and transmits the drive data according to the set transmission timing; and

a suspending device which determines whether the identification information included in the drive data transmitted from other transmitters is identical to the identification information set in the transmitter, and suspends the setting of the transmission timing by the timing setting device until the drive data including the identification information different from the identification information in the suspending device is received, when the identification information included in the drive data transmitted from other transmitters is identical to the identification information set in the transmitter,

wherein the scramble signals includes the identification information.

8. The play facility according to claim 5 , wherein, when a predetermined race take places with the plurality of drive devices in the play field,

the drive device has a transmission source which transmits the identification information allocated to the driving device,

the play field has at least one reception terminal to receive contents of the transmission at least at one predetermined place, and

the remote-control system has a race management device which judges whether each of the drive devices participating in the race passes through the predetermined places based on the data received by the reception terminals, and manages data concerning wins and losses of the race.

9. The play facility according to claim 8 , wherein the race management device returns a refund of the value according to the result of the race.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2008
From: KONAMI CORPORATION
To: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020478/0628 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2004
From: YAMAGUCHI, TAKASHI
To: KONAMI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016581/0001 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2002-133396 · May 8, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050186883A1 · Aug 25, 2005