Patent ID: 8888100

Claim:
An electronic game device comprising: a first sensor section hingedly connected to a second sensor section by a hinged connection; one or more proximity sensors and one or more output devices operatively connected to the sensor sections; and circuitry connected to the one or more proximity sensors and the one or more output devices; wherein the first sensor section and the second sensor section each includes a sensor space such that placement of an object in the sensor space of the associated sensor section actuates the one or more proximity sensors of that sensor section; wherein the hinged connection allows the electronic game device to be used: in a linear game orientation with at least two sensor spaces in an approximate line, in a multi-dimensional game orientation with the sensor space of the first sensor section oriented along a line transverse to the orientation of the sensor space of the second sensor section, and in a bi-linear game orientation with the first sensor section and the second sensor section on opposing sides of an approximate plane to form at least one matched sensor space; and wherein the circuitry is configured to determine whether the proximity sensors are actuated and to emit an output signal.