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(19) United States (12) Reissued Patent Ghaly (54)
(10) Patent Number: US RE40,340 E (45) Date of Reissued Patent: May 27, 2008
ELECTRONIC HAND HELD LOGIC GAME
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Parker Brothers Instruction Booklet for its product, “Mer
(76) Inventor: Nabil N. Ghaly, 14 Longwood Dr., South Huntington, NY (U S) 11746
lin”, Magic Square Game, 1978* Internet
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(21) Appl. No.: 08/962,971 Oct. 27, 1997 (22) Filed:
Internet DocumentiwwwNYX.NET/~LTURNER/Pub liciHTML/TMS1000INS.HTMLiInstruction Set for Texas Instruments TMS1000.
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Reissue of:
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Patent No.:
5,286,037
Issued:
Feb. 15, 1994
Primary ExamineriRobert PeZZuto Assistant ExamineriSunit Pandya
Appl. No.:
07/754,465 Sep. 3, 1991
(57)
Filed:
An electronic game, method and apparatus, is disclosed
US. Applications: (63)
Continuation ofapplication No. 08/376,789, ?led on Jan. 23, 1995, now abandoned.
(51)
Int. Cl. A63F 9/24 A63F 9/06 A63F 7/04 A63F 3/00
(2006.01) (2006.01) (2006.01) (2006.01)
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US. Cl. ................. .. 273/153 R; 273/460; 273/433;
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Field of Classi?cation Search ............... .. 273/153,
273/153; 273/85 G 273/237
See application ?le for complete search history. (56)
ABSTRACT
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which includes individually operable electric switches to control the device, and electric light emitting means to provide multi-color displays. The object of the game is for the player to manipulate the switches until all multi-color displays indicate the same color. The device functions by matching electrical operating codes, transmitted from its left and bottom edges, with electrical operating codes stored at its top and right edges, to generate electrical color codes. The electric switches control the routing of the operating codes within the device, and the distribution of the color codes to the multi-color displays. In the preferred embodiment, the device utilizes a microprocessor to control the progress of the game, monitor the position of electric switches, and control the display of multi-color indications. The microprocessor also controls the generation of operating codes, the routing of operating codes from the left and bottom edges to the top and right edges, the determination of color codes at the top and right edges, and the distribution of those color codes from the top and right edges to the multi-color displays. The preferred embodiment also includes multi-color lighted switches to implement the elec tric control switches and the multi-color displays. The device also comprises an electric control means to select a
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Internet Documentihttp://WWW.cacs.louisiana.edu/~mgr/ 404/burks/pcinfo/hardWare/cpu.htmliDescription of the Texas Instrument TMS1000 microcontroller, Indicating the use of “hardwired” instructions.
House Webster’s College Dictionary, p. 1097. Parker Brothers Instruction Booklet for its product, “Mer
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INITIAL FIAG = 1?
SET INITIAL FLAG TO "0“
GENERA'I‘B HIGH PITCH BEEP TONE
FOR EACH OPCODE TRANSlIT ‘PER, '1‘, FIND RECEIVER R'
FOR EACH RECEIVER 1 MATCH OPCODES TO GENERATE COLOR CODES
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IDENTIFY MULTI-COLOR DISPLAYS CONNECTED TO
EACH RECEIVER‘.
V DETERMINE COLOR TO BE DISPLAYED AT EACH MULTI
COLOR DISPLAY.
SET READY BEEP FLAG To "1"
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UPDATE DISPLAYS
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BEEP sz'r READY FLAG
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ACTIVATES FLASHING CONTROL CIRCUITS
INITIALIZE FLASHING TIMER
DECREMENT TIMER
NO
YES
DEACTIVATES FLASHING CONTROL CIRCUITS. INITIALIZE SELECTED MELODY ENABLE TONE GENERATOR
SELECT END
DETERMINE NEXT TONE TYPE. DETERMINE # OF MULTI-COLOR DISPLAYS TO BE ACTIVATED. RANDOMLY SELECT LOCATIONS OF MULTI COLOR DISPLAYS TO BE ACTIVATED. SET COLOR CODES FOR SELECTED
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ACTIVATES FLASHING CONTROL CIRCUITS
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YES * DEACTIVATES FLASHING CONTROL CIRCUITS. * INITIALIZE SELECTED MEODY. ' ENABLE TONE GBIERATOR
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V DETERMINE NEXT TONE TYPE.
DETERMINE # OF HULTI~COLOR DISPLAYS TO BE ACTIVATED. DETERMINE COLOR CODE 'BASED ON TONE TYPE. RANDOM-LY SELECT LOCATIONS OF MULTI-COLOR DISPLAYS TO BE ACTIVATED. SET COLOR CODES OF SELECTED DISPLAYS SET RMINING COLOR CODES TO "DARK" CODE "O00".
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ALL MULTI-COLOR DISPLAYS TO "000". ' UPDATE ALL DISPLAYS.
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NEW GAME SWITCH
SET NEW was me
SET END GAME FLAG To "1"
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DI $BLE TIMER
SET NEW GAME FLAG To .00"
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GENERATOR
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GENERATE A $21‘. 2. OF FOUR (N=4) RANDOM NUMBERS TO IDENTIFY FOUR (4) LOCATIONS AT THE LEFT EDGE OF THE
SQUARE.
ASSIGN OPCODE "000" TO THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED BY 2(1) AS513‘ OPCODE "001" TO THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED BY Z(2)
ASSIG‘I OPCODE "010" TO THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED BY. 2(3) ASSIW OPCODE - "011" TO THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED BY 2(4)
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ASSIGN OPCODE "100" TO THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED BY Z(1)
ASSIGN OPCODE "101" TO THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED BY 2(2) ASSIGN OPCODE "110" TO THE LOCATION IDHVTIFIED BY 2(3) ASSIGN OPCODE "111" TO THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED BY 2(4)
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GENERA'I'E A sm‘. z.- OF FOUR (N54)
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RANDOM NUMBERS TO IDENTIFY FOUR (4) LOCATIONS AT THE TOP EDGE OF THE SQUARE .
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GENERA'I‘E A SET. 2. OF FOUR '(N-4) _' RANDOM NUMBERS TO IDENTIFY FOUR (4)' LOCATIONS AT THE RIGHT‘ EDGE OF THE
SQUARE.
ASSIGN OPCODE "100" TO THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED BY Z( AssIGN OPCODE "101" TO THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED BY z(
ASSIGN OPCODE "110" TO THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED BY z( ASSIGN OPCODE "111" TO THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED BY z(
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GENERATE A SET, Z, OF SIXTEEN (Nil-6) ‘RANDOM NlM-BERS TO REARRANGE SWITCH POSITIONS 1 THROUGH 16
ALLOCATE THE MEMORY ADDRESS ASSIGNED TO THE SWITCH IDENTIFIED BY THE RANDOM NUMBER 2(1) ~TO SWITCH 1, FOR 1:]. TO 16.
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GENERATE A SET, Z, OF SIXTEEN (N=16) RANDOM NUMBERS TO REARRANGB DISPLAY POSITIONS 1 THROUGH 15
ALLOCATE THE MEMORY ADDRESS ASSIGNED TO THE COLOR CODE FOR THE DISPLAY IDENTIFIED BY THE RANDOM NUMBER 2(1) TO THE COLOR CODE FOR THE DISPLAY I. FOR I=1 THROUGH 16.
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LEGEND DIMENSION OF LOGIC‘ GAME =
- NUMBER OF PREDETERMINED COLORS
WHICH MAY BE DISPLAYED. 4 (FOR THE PREFERED _ FMBODIMEI‘IT)
NUMBER or BINARY BITS IN OPCODE AND COLOR coma. In N + 1 = 3 (FOR THE PREFERED mBoBmBNT) ROW NUMBER 1. I = 1,‘ ..., N COLUMN NUMBER J, J = 1, DIR
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COLOR CODE AT THE TOP EDGE O1“v THE ROUTING SQUARE LOCATED AT ROW "I" AND COLUMN "J"
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EXPLANATION OF PROGRAM VARIABLES OF FIGS.
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NOTEI * SEE FIGURE 18 FOR EXPLA NATION OF PROGRAM VARIABLES.
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