Game table with sounds and lights coordinated to game action

Abstract

A game table with sounds and lights coordinated to game action has a tabletop, a sidewall assembly, a skirt, at least one scoring receptacle, a game action sensing device and a sound and light generating device. The tabletop has a top surface, two long edges, two short edges, four corners and at least two scoring notches. The sidewall assembly has two sidewalls, two end walls and four connectors. The game action sensing device has a micro-controller, an oscillator, sensor modules and switch circuits. Each sensor module is mounted in and exposed through the sidewall assembly and has a resistor, an optical signal emitting diode and a phototransistor. Switch circuits are connected to the micro-controller and respectively to the sensor modules. The sound and light generating device is connected to the micro-controller.

1 . A game table with sounds and lights coordinated to game action comprising: 
 a tabletop being rectangular and having a top surface, two long edges, two short edges having a center, four comers and at least two scoring notches;    a sidewall assembly mounted on the top surface of the tabletop and having 
 two sidewalls mounted respectively along the long edges of the tabletop;  
 two end walls mounted respectively along the short edges of the tabletop and having a center; and  
 four connectors mounted on the top surface of the tabletop respectively at the comers between adjacent sidewalls and end walls;  
   a skirt connected to and extending down from the sidewall assembly;    at least one scoring receptacle formed under the tabletop and on the skirt;    a game action sensing device having 
 a micro-controller mounted under the tabletop;  
 an oscillator mounted under the tabletop and connected to the micro-controller;  
 sensor modules mounted in and exposed through the sidewall assembly and each having 
 a resistor;  
 an optical signal emitting diode mounted in and exposed through one of the connectors, facing another corresponding connector at an adjacent corner and connected to the resistor; and  
 a phototransistor mounted in and exposed through one of the connectors, facing the optical signal emitting diode in an adjacent connector and having a collector; and  
 
 switch circuits connected to the micro-controller and respectively corresponding and connected to the sensor modules, and each switch circuit having 
 resistors; and  
 a transistor being an NPN type transistor and having 
 a base connected in parallel to one of the resistors and the collector of the phototransistor in a corresponding sensor module; and  
 a collector connected in parallel to another resistor of the resistors and the micro-controller; and  
 
 
   a sound and light generating device connected to the micro-controller and having 
 a sound module mounted under the tabletop, connected to the micro-controller-and having 
 a sound generator connected to the micro-controller;  
 a transistor connected to the sound generator and having 
 a base connected to the sound generator; and  
 a collector; and  
 
 a speaker connected to the collector of the transistor; and  
 
 a light module connected to the micro-controller and having 
 multiple resistors; and  
 multiple LEDs mounted in and exposed through the sidewall assembly at equal intervals and connected to the micro-controller respectively through the resistors in the light module.  
 
   
   
   
       2 . The game table as claimed in  claim 1  is an air hockey table.  
   
   
       3 . The game table as claimed in  claim 1  further comprises legs mounted under the skirt.  
   
   
       4 . The game table as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein 
 the tabletop is perforated and has multiple perforations defined through the tabletop for emitting jets of air;    two scoring notches are formed respectively at the centers of the two short edges of the tabletop;    two scoring receptacles respectively correspond to scoring notches in the tabletop; and    each end wall has a scoring recess formed at the center of the end wall.    
   
   
       5 . The game table as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein each end wall further has a tab mounted at the center of the end wall and above a corresponding one of the scoring notches in the tabletop.  
   
   
       6 . The game table as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the optical signal emitting diode is an infrared emitting diode.  
   
   
       7 . The game table as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the optical signal emitting diode is a laser emitting diode.  
   
   
       8 . The game table as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the sound generator is a sound generating integrated circuit (IC).