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N u m b e r :

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Okada

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PUBLICATIONS

A t a r i ,

I n c . ,

O u t l a w - O p e r a t i o n , M a i n t e n a n c e , a n d S e r v i c e

. Manual 1976.

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J a p a n A t a r i ,

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Q w a k S e r v i c e I n f o r m a t i o n ( P C B L o g i c ) .

A t a r i ,

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Q w a k - O p e r a t i o n

&

M a i n t e n a n c e l l l a n u a l ,

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P r i m a r y E x a m i n e r - - M a r y a n n L a s t o v a

[ 2 1 ] APPL NOJ 6 9 , 8 0 1 A t t o r n e y ,

A g e n t ,

o r Firm-Larry A . J a c k s o n

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ABSTRACT

[22]

Filed: Jun.

10, 1987 _

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,

,

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,

A e l e v i s i o n ga me a p p a r a t u s a c c o r d i n g t o t h i s i n v e n t i o n

r e a d s w h i t e p i c t u r e d a t a

from a

program ROM 6 ) t o

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US_ A p p l i c a t i o n Data t r a n s f e r i t

t o a

v i d e o

RAM 8 ) and d i s p l a y s , on a t e l e v i

_ _ s i o n monitor ( 1 1 ) ,

t h e

white p i c t u r e d a t a , t o g e t h e r

with

[ 6 3 ] C o n t i n u a t i o n

o f S e r . N o . 7 6 4 , 2 1 1 , A u g . 9 , 1 9 8 5 ,

a b a n - t a r g e t

o r o t h e r d a t a r e a d

from a

C h a r a c t e r ROM 9 ) _

d o n e d '

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p i s t o l

( 4 )

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a

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t e l e v i s i o n

m o n i t o r ( 1 1 ) a n d

t h e

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[ 5 1 ] I n t . C l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A63F 9/22 s w i t c h ( 4 4 )

i s c l o s e d t o

produce a t r i g g e r s i g n a l , o n t h e

[ 5 2 ] U S .

C l .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 3 / 3 1 2 ; 2 7 3 / 3 1 3 ; b a s i s o f w h i c h b l a c k p i c t u r e d a t a i s r e a d from t h e pro

273/DIG.

2 8 ;

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a n d

d i s p l a y e d on

t h e t e l e v i s i o n m o n i t o r

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S e a r c h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.

3 4 0 / 7 0 8 , 7 0 7 ;

t h e

w h i t e p i c t u r e

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d i s p l a y e d i n t h e n e x t f r a m e

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1

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t h e p e r i p h e r y t h e r e o f .

The

l i g h t f r o m

t h i s

w h i t e p i c t u r e i s d e t e c t e d

b y a p h o t o t r a n s i s t o r

( 4 1 ) ,

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w h e n e x t r a c t e d by a

? l t e r ( 4 5 ,

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4 , 3 9 5 , 0 4 5 7 / 1 9 8 3 Baer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273/312

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