1. A movable target game comprising:
a base;
a first movable element, the first movable element being coupled to the base for movement relative to the base in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the first movable element being selectively disposable in a first position and in a second position relative to the base;
a second movable element, the second movable element being coupled to the first movable element, the second movable element being movable relative to the first movable element, the second movable element being selectively disposable in its own first position and its own second position; and
a drive mechanism, the drive mechanism being coupled to the first movable element, the drive mechanism being configured to cause the first movable element to move in a third direction during operation of the drive mechanism, wherein upon movement of the first movable element in the first direction causes the drive mechanism to operate, and after a period of time has elapsed, the first movable element is moved in the second direction and the movement of the first movable element in the third direction is stopped.
2. The movable target game of claim 1, wherein the first movable element is movable in the first direction toward the base and in the second direction away from the base.
3. The movable target game of claim 1, wherein the first movable element has a longitudinal axis and movement of the first movable element in the third direction is rotational movement of the first movable element about its longitudinal axis.
4. The movable target game of claim 1, wherein movement of the first movable element in the second direction causes the second movable element to move relative to the first movable element.
5. The movable target game of claim 1, wherein the first movable element is configured to be moved by a user from its first position to its second position.
6. The movable target game of claim 5, wherein the drive mechanism is operable when the first movable element is in its second position.
7. The movable target game of claim 6, wherein after the period of time has elapsed, the drive mechanism causes the first movable element to move along the second direction from its second position to its first position, thereby stopping movement of the first movable element and deactivating the drive mechanism.
8. The movable target game of claim 1, wherein as the first movable element is moved from its first position to its second position, the second movable element moves from its own first position to its own second position.
9. The movable target game of claim 8, wherein the first movable element moves linearly between its first position and its second position, and the second movable element pivots between its first position and its second position.
10. The movable target game of claim 1, wherein the first movable element includes an elongate member coupled thereto, and as the first movable element moves from its second position to its first position, the elongate member engages the second movable element and causes the second movable element to move.
11. The movable target game of claim 10, wherein the first movable element includes a channel, and the elongate member is movably disposed in the channel.
12. The movable target game of claim 1, wherein the first movable element is an elongate support with a longitudinal axis, and the second movable element extends outwardly from the elongate support substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis.
13. The movable target game of claim 1, wherein the first movable element has a first end and an opposite, second end, the first movable element being coupled to the base proximate its first end, the second movable element is coupled to the first movable element at a location between the first end and the second end, the second movable element being configured to be a target, and the game further comprises:
a third element, the third element being coupled to the second end of the first movable element, the third element being configured to be a target.
14. The movable target game of claim 1, further comprising:
an object configured to be launched; and
a launching mechanism, the launching mechanism being configured to be actuated to impart motion to the object, wherein the second movable element is configured to be a target for the object and to retain the object thereon.
15. The movable target game of claim 14, wherein the first movable element includes a target area that defines a plurality of openings, the second movable element includes a target area that defines a plurality of openings, and the object is configured to engage at least one opening of the first movable element target area or at least one opening of the second movable element target area.
16. The movable target game of claim 15, wherein the first movable element has a longitudinal axis, movement of the first movable element in the third direction includes rotating the first movable element about its longitudinal axis, and the launching mechanism can be used to project the object at the target areas as the first movable element moves in the third direction.
17. The movable target game of claim 16, wherein the first movable element and the second movable elements are in their respective second positions as the first movable element rotates in the third direction, and the first movable element and the second movable element move to their respective first positions after the period of time elapses.
18. A device for a target game comprising:
a base;
a support member, the support member being coupled to the base for movement relative thereto, the support member including a target area; and
a drive mechanism, the drive mechanism being coupled to the support member to move the support member relative to the base, the drive mechanism being activated in response to movement of the support member toward the base, the drive mechanism being configured to operate for a period of time, and after the period of time has elapsed, the drive mechanism moves the support member along a direction away from the base and the drive mechanism is deactivated.
19. The device of claim 18, further comprising:
an object; and
a launching mechanism, the launching mechanism being configured to propel the object toward the target area of the support member while the support member moves relative to the base.
20. The device of claim 18, wherein the support member includes a longitudinal axis, and the support member is coupled to the base so that the support member rotates relative to the base around its longitudinal axis.
21. The device of claim 18, wherein the target area is a first target area, the support member includes a second target area, and one of the first target area and the second target area is coupled to the support member for movement relative to the support member.
22. The device of claim 21, wherein the support member includes a first end and a second end, the first end of the support member being coupled to the base, the first target area being coupled to the second end of the support member, and the second target area is movably coupled to the support member.
23. The device of claim 22, wherein the second target area moves from a first position to a second position relative to the support member as the support member moves toward the base.
24. The device of claim 23, wherein the second target area moves from the second position to the first position relative to the support member as the support member moves away from the base.
25. The device of claim 24, further comprising:
a third target area, the third target area being coupled to the support member, the third target area having its own first position and its own second position, the third target area moving from its first position to its second position as the support member moves toward the base, and the third target area moving from its second position to its first position as the support member moves away from the base.
26. A toy launching game comprising:
a target assembly, the target assembly being disposable in a first configuration and in a second configuration different from the first configuration, the target assembly being movable in a first direction, in a second direction, and in a third direction, the target assembly including a target area;
an object configured to engage the target area; and
a launching mechanism, the launching mechanism being configured to propel the object toward the target assembly as the target assembly moves in the third direction.
27. The toy launching game of claim 26, wherein the target assembly includes a base and a support, the support being movable relative to the base in the first direction, in the second direction, and in the third direction, the first direction being toward the base and the second direction being away from the base.
28. The toy launching game of claim 27, wherein the support includes a longitudinal axis, and the movement of the support in the third direction includes rotation of the support substantially about the longitudinal axis.
29. The toy launching game of claim 26, wherein the target assembly includes a base, a support, and a drive mechanism coupled to the support, the support being movable relative to the base in the first direction from its first configuration to its second configuration, in the second direction from its second configuration to its first configuration, and in the third direction while the support is in its second configuration.
30. The toy launching game of claim 29, wherein movement of the support in the first direction activates the drive mechanism, and the drive mechanism causes the support to rotate in the third direction.
31. The toy launching game of claim 30, wherein movement of the support in the second direction deactivates the drive mechanism, thereby stopping rotation of the support.
32. The toy launching game of claim 26, wherein as the target assembly moves along the first direction, the target assembly changes from its first configuration to its second configuration, the target assembly being movable in the third direction while the target assembly is in its second configuration.
33. The toy launching game of claim 32, wherein as the target assembly moves along the second direction, the target assembly changes from its second configuration to its first configuration, and the target assembly ceases movement in the third direction.
34. The toy launching game of claim 33, wherein the target assembly includes a drive mechanism coupled to the support, the drive mechanism being activated when the target assembly is in its second configuration, the drive mechanism being deactivated when the target assembly is in its first configuration.
35. The toy launching game of claim 34, wherein the drive mechanism is configured to move the target assembly from its second configuration to its first configuration after the target assembly has been in its second configuration for a certain period of time.
36. The toy launching game of claim 26, wherein the target assembly includes a base, a support coupled to the base, the support including a longitudinal axis, the target area being movably coupled to the support, the support being movable relative to the base in the first direction, in the second direction, and in the third direction, the first direction being toward the base, the second direction being away from the base, and the third direction being the direction of rotation of the support about its longitudinal axis.
37. The toy launching game of claim 36, wherein the target area moves relative to the support as the support moves in the first direction and as the support moves in the second direction.
38. The toy launching game of claim 37, wherein the target area moves with the support as the support moves in the third direction.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An optical disk device comprising:
a rotation driving means for driving rotation of an optical recording medium comprising a substrate formed with a recessed portion and a projection portion in a surface thereof, an optical recording layer formed on the substrate at the surface formed with the recessed portion and the projecting portion and having a topography corresponding to the recessed portion and the projecting portion, and a light transmission type protection layer formed on the optical recording layer;
a light source for emitting light for recording or playback having a wavelength of 405\xb15 nm to the optical recording layer;
an optical system including an objective lens having a numerical aperture of 0.85\xb10.1 for focusing and emitting the light from the protection film side to the optical recording layer;
a light receiving element for receiving a return light reflected at the optical recording layer, the light receiving element including four square-shaped adjacent light detection elements each having one corner contacting all of the other three light detection elements, such that the return light is received as one main spot by all four light detecting elements with a center of the one main spot arranged at said one corner of each of the light detection elements; and
a signal processing circuit for generating a predetermined signal based on the return light received by the light receiving element wherein only the light for an underside of the recording layer in the recessed portion and a top side of the optical recording layer of the projecting portion is used as-a recording area; and
the optical recording medium has a distance between a center of one projecting portion and a center of an adjacent projecting portion used as the recording area of 0.32\xb10.01 \u03bcm or a distance between the center of one recessed portion and the center of an adjacent recessed portion used as the recording area of 0.32\xb10.01 \u03bcm and has a depth of the recessed portion with respect to the projecting portion in a range of 19 to 24 nm.