Patent ID: 7128644

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a surface having a first end and a second end; a video screen located near the second end of the surface, wherein the video screen has a bottom and a top; a sensing device located near the second end of the surface; and a computer processor; wherein a coin can be rolled in a first direction from the first end of the surface to the second end of the surface; wherein the sensing device detects the coin near the second end of the surface; and wherein the sensing device causes the computer processor to display a coin generated video object at a first location near the bottom of the video screen and thereafter at one or more further locations on the video screen which are further from the bottom of the video screen than the first location in response to the detection of the coin near the second end of the surface; wherein the displaying of the coin generated video object at the first location and at one or more further locations makes it appear that the coin generated video object is moving in a second direction from the bottom of the video screen towards the top of the video screen; wherein the first direction is at a first angle with respect to an edge of the surface wherein the edge of the surface is substantially perpendicular to the first and second ends of the surface; and wherein the second direction is substantially at the first angel with respect to an edge of the video screen, wherein the edge of the video screen is substantially perpendicular to the bottom and the top of the video screen.