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Interactive video playback system
Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corp
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Filing: 1979-11-01
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Granted: 1982-11-16
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Expires: 1999-11-01
Abstract
Abstract Video images derived from a video recording medium (such as a video disc or tape) using a video playback unit are displayed on the screen of a cathode ray tube display simultaneously with video images generated from a microprocessor-controlled video game. The video game permits a user to manually control the position of some of the generated video images displayed. Signals in the horizontal interval portion of each field from the video playback unit are related to the video images in the pictorial portion of each such field and identify certain characteristics of the video images such as the location of the video images. This information is used in such a manner that the video images from the video playback unit can interact with the video images from the video game.
Inventors
- 👤 Ralph H. Baer
- 👤 Leonard D. Cope
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 15:27
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F13/00; A63F13/55; A63F13/57; A63F13/573; A63F13/50; A63F13/52; A63F13/53; A63F13/60; A63F13/65; A63F13/655
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
178 words
An interactive video training and amusement system, comprising: a video playback source of video signals of a television format for providing both pictorial training or amusement information to be displayed on the screen of a cathode ray tube display and digital data pertaining to said pictorial training or amusement information, said digital data being related to said pictorial training or amusement information on a field-by-field basis and identifies position and/or the nature of a video object in the pictorial portion of the video signals; means for generating signals which when coupled to a cathode ray tube display will cause display thereon of symbols distinct from the pictorial training or amusement information provided by the video signals from the video playback source; means for receiving said digital data for providing an input to said means for generating signals for influencing the signals generated thereby so as to alter the display on the cathode ray tube display; and means for coupling said video playback source of video signals and said means for generating signals to a cathode ray tube display.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
178 words
An interactive video training and amusement system, comprising: a video playback source of video signals of a television format for providing both pictorial training or amusement information to be displayed on the screen of a cathode ray tube display and digital data pertaining to said pictorial training or amusement information, said digital data being related to said pictorial training or amusement information on a field-by-field basis and identifies position and/or the nature of a video object in the pictorial portion of the video signals; means for generating signals which when coupled to a cathode ray tube display will cause display thereon of symbols distinct from the pictorial training or amusement information provided by the video signals from the video playback source; means for receiving said digital data for providing an input to said means for generating signals for influencing the signals generated thereby so as to alter the display on the cathode ray tube display; and means for coupling said video playback source of video signals and said means for generating signals to a cathode ray tube display.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said video playback unit is a video tape recorder.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said video playback unit is a video disc player.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said source of video signals is received from a television station.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said source of video signals is received from a broadcast television station.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said source of video signals is received from a cablecast television station.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said digital data defines the location of at least one object defined by said pictorial training or amusement information and contained in the same field interval of the television format.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said pictorial training or amusement information includes pictorial objects which interact with the symbols from said means for generating signals.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said means for generating signals includes a video game generator.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said means for generating signals includes a microprocessor.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said means for generating signals includes a microprocessor-controlled video game generator.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said receiving means includes means for ascertaining when certain pictorial information is located at substantially the same position in the television format as a symbol derived from said means for generating signals.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said receiving means includes means for positioning a symbol generated by said means for generating signals on the screen of a cathode ray tube display.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 13, having game means with said symbols generated by said means for generating signals including a moving symbol.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 14, wherein said moving symbol is a ball and said symbols generated by said video playback source receiving a barrier.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system of claim 15, wherein said receiving means includes means for moving said ball when it collides with said barrier.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
168 words
An interactive video training and amusement system, comprising: a first source of signals which when coupled to a television receiver will occasion the display of pictorial training or amusement information on the screen thereof; a second source of signals recorded on a video playback medium, said signals including signals which when coupled to a television receiver will occasion display of pictorial training or amusement information on the screen thereof and digital data signals related to said recorded pictorial training or amusement information signals and identifying position and/or the nature of a video object in the pictorial portion of the signals, said pictorial training or amusement information being distinct from the pictorial training or amusement information provided by the first source of signals; means for coupling the digital data signals from said second source of signals to said first source of signals to cause a change in the signals generated by said first source; and means for coupling said first and second sources of signals to a television receiver.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
168 words
An interactive video training and amusement system, comprising: a first source of signals which when coupled to a television receiver will occasion the display of pictorial training or amusement information on the screen thereof; a second source of signals recorded on a video playback medium, said signals including signals which when coupled to a television receiver will occasion display of pictorial training or amusement information on the screen thereof and digital data signals related to said recorded pictorial training or amusement information signals and identifying position and/or the nature of a video object in the pictorial portion of the signals, said pictorial training or amusement information being distinct from the pictorial training or amusement information provided by the first source of signals; means for coupling the digital data signals from said second source of signals to said first source of signals to cause a change in the signals generated by said first source; and means for coupling said first and second sources of signals to a television receiver.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system of claim 17, wherein said first source of signals is a video game generator.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 17, wherein said first source of signals is a computer.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system of claim 17, wherein said second source of signals is a video tape recorder.
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