Video game system and camera accessory for a video game system

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(12) Ullltfild States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 7,972,216 B2 Arakawa et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jul. 5, 2011 (54) VIDEO GAME SYSTEMAN1) CAMERA gégfigi 2 : 1141335 IS1I,,‘_“’,iS1.“"’Y"’I’11~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 54387,;/31,33 I I a1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -I I ACCESSORY FORAVIDEO GAME SYSTEM 5,357,091 A * 10/1994 Ozawa et al. . 235/380 _ _ 5,387,955 A 2/1995 Cocca ..... .. 396/59 (75) Inventors: Mlnoru Arakawa, Medlna, WA (US); 5,414,444 A 5/1995 Brim 345/156 Donald W. James, Kirkland, WA (US); 5,428,528 A * 6/1995 Takenouchi et al 463/42 - . 5,475,441 A * 12/1995 Parulski et al. .. 348/552 ]‘),,,‘:,V',°,‘e1\,/§°g;‘,€fi{n’,3]f',1°1‘,_§1\,‘1’Vv‘$,%i); 5,527,251 A 5/1995 Monroe 5151. 500/109 y ' ’ ’ 5,595,389 A 1/1997 Parulski et al. .. 463/31 _ _ 5,604,551 A 2/1997 Choi et al. ..... .. 396/58 (73) Asslgnee: Nintendo C0. Ltd., Kyoto (JP) 5,613,045 A * 4/1997 Kagan @131, 463/40 5,633,678 A 5/1997 Parulski et al. 348/231.5 ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis 5I666I159 A 9/1997 P31111814 @181, 343/211-2 15 2;/;2;2;%: £41332 11.11.:/121:2 ~ ~ ~ 1 1 Y Y5" 5,760,824 A 6/1998 Hicks, III 348/14.02 5,773,332 A * 6/1998 G1 d ........................... .. 439/344 (21) APP1~N0~1 10/886,577 5,808,672 A * 9/1998 Wikabayashi 5151. 348/220.1 5,809,520 A 9/1998 Edwards et al. ............ .. 711/115 <1» 9, 2123212812‘ 1;/1222111111 1111111 .1211; , , c ee y et a . <65) PM Publication Data 23311331? Q * 3/1333 S210 '.sI.'I"I'.'I'. ..... .. 335/55 US 2004/0242333 A1 Dec. 2, 2004 2 §11<@m<>t<> <-="11~ I I ern IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII -I Relatedv-S-Application Data 33333323 ‘S 3/5383 1221.11‘ ‘.‘.‘.' 331%/18% (62) Division of application No. 09/726,224, filed on Nov. i * gfggi 28, 2000, HOW P31~ N0~ 6,811,492 6,120,379 A 9/2000 Tanaka @131, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, 463/44 (60) Provisional application No. 60/190,555, filed on Mar. (Continued) 20, 2000. Primary Examiner — Pierre E Elisca (51) Int. Cl. (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. A63F 9/24 (2006.01) (52) U.s. Cl. ....................................................... .. 463/47 (57) ABSTRACT (58) Field of Classification Search .................. .. 463/30, A digital camera accessory is provided for use With a game

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