MULTI-PURPOSE BOARD GAME EMPLOYING A GAME BOARD AND GAME PIECES WITH WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY TO COMMUNICATE TO THE INTERNET

An electronic game board wherein the board comprises a plurality of sensors and indicators such that two or more players may play the same game with each other using two or more different game boards that may communicate with each other either directly or through a server. The game board comprises a memory, antenna, and microprocessor associated with the sensors and indicators so that the game board may determine, store, and display a game state based-in-part on data obtained from the game board itself and either another game board or an artificially intelligent player operating in response the present game board. 1. An electronic game board comprising:a. one or more sensors for monitoring a state of a first game board, wherein each of the one or more sensors is associated with one of a plurality of locations on the first game board and the one or more sensors detect one or more first game pieces placed on one or more of the plurality of locations on the first board;b. a controller;c. a wireless antenna associated with a wireless device or a game server configured to receive the state of the first game board and a state of a second game board remote from the first game board, wherein the state of the second game board corresponds to locations of one or more second game pieces placed on one or more locations of the second game board;d. one or more first set of indicators for communicating or displaying the state of a second game board on the first game board; ande. one or more second set of indicators for communicating or displaying the state of the first game board on the second game board.2. The electronic game board of claim 1 , wherein said one or more sensors for monitoring the first game board's state are operable to track movement of the one or more first game pieces on the board and provide sensor data to the controller; and wherein said controller is operable to store the sensor data provided by the one or more sensors in a memory.3. The electronic game ...

Modular expansion system for board games with electronic control

The present invention aims at making a modular expansion system for hybrid or table games with electronic control, allowing to extend the traceability and extend the interaction area outside an original sensorized surface and especially outside the investigation area of a contactless identification system associated with the main board of the gaming system. This allows the user to enlarge the gaming surface outside the interactive surface of the original system and to obtain an interactive gaming surface which reproduces, for example the environment layout, enabling to interact in a more realistic way with the virtual gaming events and environments. According to the proposed solution, any gaming board, equipped with an original magnetic tracking system for tracking position and a identifying system (for example contactless or RFID type) for the identification of the playable elements and accompanied by physical interaction elements and a system communicating with a gaming apparatus (PC, tablet, console) where a software or an interacting video game is running, is expanded/extended by means of a series of additional elements, able to connect to each other and to said gaming board, said elements being provided with an extremely economical and reliable position tracing system based only on magnetic sensors and an appropriate tracing method.

Motorized circuit game board

Dice game apparatus

Apparatus with function of detecting location of metal body

The present invention consists of an apparatus comprising a signal sending line which has a folded-back shape, and which serves to send a current for generating a magnetic field; and a signal receiving line which has a folded-back shape, which is arranged at a position permitting it to be electromagnetically coupled with the signal sending line, and which serves to detect a magnetic flux change caused by the approach of metal. The plurality of signal sending lines are arranged coplanarly, while the plurality of signal receiving lines are arranged coplanarly. The signal sending lines and the signal receiving lines are arranged with their planes held in parallel and in directions intersecting to each other, thereby constructing a sensing matrix. The sensing matrix is arranged in opposition to a panel along which a metal body to be detected moves, while holding therebetween a space which is, at least, large enough to pass the metal body. Signal sending means and signal receiving means are connected to the sensing matrix so as to detect the location the metal body.

Shape changing playing pieces

A playing piece (10, 20) for use in a board game, and comprising at least one shapeable segment (11, 21), an input (12) and shaping means (13). An input signal from an outside control unit (17) is received at the input (12), the input signal representing a particular shape and/ or size of the playing piece (10, 20). The shaping means (13) couples the input (12) to the shapeable segment (11, 21) to deform the shapeable segment (11, 21) in dependence of the input signal, for obtaining the particular shape and/ or size of the playing piece (10, 20).

Game apparatus

Pre-programmable obstacle positioning electronic game

An electronic game comprising a board provided with plural discrete positions including a predetermined target position. A plurality of light sources is associated with the board, each light source being associated with one of the board positions. A light source indicates the position of the player on the board. Plural manually operable direction switches advance the position of the player via a direction logic gating circuit in combination with plural up/down counters and a binary to decimal decoder. A programmable board provided with plural obstacle positions correlated to the positions of the playing board prevents the advance of the player to preselected board positions via an obstacle check circuit, an initiate obstacle encounter gate, and a three bit counter.

Apparatus with function of detecting location of metal body

The present invention consists of an apparatus comprising a signal sending line which has a folded-back shape, and which serves to send a current for generating a magnetic field; and a signal receiving line which has a folded-back shape, which is arranged at a position permitting it to be electromagnetically coupled with the signal sending line, and which serves to detect a magnetic flux change caused by the approach of metal. The plurality of signal sending lines are arranged coplanarly, while the plurality of signal receiving lines are arranged coplanarly. The signal sending lines and the signal receiving lines are arranged with their planes held in parallel and in directions intersecting to each other, thereby constructing a sensing matrix. The sensing matrix is arranged in opposition to a panel along which a metal body to be detected moves, while holding therebetween a space which is, at least, large enough to pass the metal body. Signal sending means and signal receiving means are connected to the sensing matrix so as to detect the location the metal body.

Device having function for detecting position of presence of metal member

The device according to the present invention comprises: transmitting lines having folded-back forms for feeding current to generate magnetic fields; and receiving lines having folded-back forms and disposed in a position where the receiving lines can be electromagnetically connected to the transmitting lines for detecting changes in magnetic fluxes which are changed by an approaching metal member. A plurality of the said transmitting lines are arranged on one and the same plane and also a plurality of the said receiving lines are arranged on one and the same plane. These transmitting lines and receiving lines are surface-parallel to each other and arranged in directions intersecting each other, to thereby form a sensing matrix. This sensing matrix is opposed to the surface of a board, along which a metal member to be detected moves, with a space, through which at least the metal member can pass, held therebetween, and transmitting means and receiving means are connected to this sensing matrix, thereby detecting the position of presence of the metal member.

Card game interface

Information processing device, information processing method, program and toy system

为了允许宽年龄范围的用户在存在于真实空间中的角色比如如机器人之间的战斗中享受战斗。提供了一种信息处理设备，其配备有：属性管理单元，管理与存在于真实空间中的一个或更多个角色中的每一个相关联的可变属性值；检测单元，使用来自捕获真实空间的摄像装置的捕获图像检测第一角色与真实对象之间的交互事件；以及设置单元，响应于交互事件而设置用于改变第一角色的属性值的规则。在检测单元检测到交互事件时，属性管理单元根据设置单元设置的规则而改变第一角色的属性值。

Device having function for detecting position of presence of metal member

The device according to the present invention comprises: transmitting lines having folded-back forms for feeding current to generate magnetic fields; and receiving lines having folded-back forms and disposed in a position where the receiving lines can be electromagnetically connected to the transmitting lines for detecting changes in magnetic fluxes which are changed by an approaching metal member. A plurality of the said transmitting lines are arranged on one and the same plane and also a plurality of the said receiving lines are arranged on one and the same plane. These transmitting lines and receiving lines are surface-parallel to each other and arranged in directions intersecting each other, to thereby form a sensing matrix. This sensing matrix is opposed to the surface of a board, along which a metal member to be detected moves, with a space, through which at least the metal member can pass, held therebetween, and transmitting means and receiving means are connected to this sensing matrix, thereby detecting the position of presence of the metal member.

Use the real square game instructional device and its control method of voice combination principle

本申请的发明是一种使用声音组合原理的现实方块游戏教育装置，该装置包括：板，用于识别方块的多个传感器在板上布置在网格中；多个方块，多个方块布置在板上，并且每个方块都指示声音组合原理；以及控制单元，如果多个块中的至少一个布置在板上，则该控制单元识别布置在板上的方块，提取对应于所识别的方块的声音，并输出所提取的声音，其中，如果在板上布置至少两个或多个方块，控制单元感测所布置的方块之间的距离，并根据所感测的距离来调整每个所提取的声音的输出时间差。

Information processing device, information processing method, program and toy system

Electronic game board and control unit

An electronic game board and DVD system in which the game board is provided with a plurality of game squares or spaces arranged on the surface of the game board. Each of the game squares or spaces is provided with a depressable switch. The depression of the switch would indicate a particular square or space on which a player has landed and this information is transmitted to a microprocessor by either a wired or wireless connection. A display associated with the microprocessor would project an appropriate scene, word, phrase or question based upon the position of the game piece as relayed to the microprocessor by the depression of the appropriate switch.

Information processing device, information processing method, program and toy system

Toy dice

A toy dice comprising a cubical body having six sides, and an internal electronic operating circuit including an integrated circuit configured to perform six electronic playing functions associated with the sides of the dice body respectively. A position sensor is located within the dice body and connected to the integrated circuit for sensing which side of the dice body faces up when the dice is rolled and, in response, triggering the integrated circuit to perform the corresponding playing function associated with that side.

Board game apparatus

The present invention provides a board game apparatus comprising a board game base; an active layer disposed on the board game base, the active layer including a plurality of graticules configured to detect at least one of a radio-frequency identification antenna, a magnetic particle, and a programmable memory chip; and an activity game board configured to generally overlay the active layer.

Game tile system

A tile game system is provided that includes a plurality of two-dimensional and three-dimensional components. The two-dimensional components can include a plurality of modular tiles provided in various sizes and configurations that can be joined together to form a grid-based gameplay area. The three-dimensional components can include external boundaries for the gameplay area, internal boundaries, terrain elements such as columns and staircases, and game figures. According to aspects of the present disclosure, the external and internal boundaries can be provided with recessed sections that allow a game figure to be contained within a single grid square and prevent the grid of the gameplay area from becoming warped. According to some aspects of the present disclosure the internal and external boundaries can be illuminated and provided with removable and interchangeable light-permeable skins that allow a user to switch between various illuminated designs.

Interactive exercise pad system

An interactive exercise pad system (10) receives exercise data (108) from a user (24) stepping on and off of an exercise pad (12). The exercise data (108) is optionally pre-processed in a data acquisition unit (14), before being communicated to a communications port (30) of a computer (16). The computer (16) obtains data files (82) which have been prestored on media (80). The data files (82) include video files (84), optional audio files (86), and table files (88) of location and terrain information. The video files (84) and the table files (88) are collected from a real exercise course. The computer (16) processes the exercise data (108) and the data files (82) to playback the video files (84) and the optional audio files (86) so that the user (24) experiences a realistic simulation of the real exercise course.

Playfield arrangement e.g. for sport games, has impulse-permeable playing field, sensor, digital control unit and output device and play figure

The arrangement has an impulse-permeable playing field (3), a sensor (6), a digital control unit (4), an output device and a play figure (5). The impulse-permeable playing field has sensors which are connected by wire (7) or wirelessly connected to digital control unit. The control unit connects to the output device to represent spectator reactions. The sensors and the impulse-permeable playing field can be combined into a housing. The impulse-permeable field is a laptop keyboard with the sensor cooperating with it.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and toy system

There is provided an information processing apparatus including an attribute management unit configured to manage a variable attribute value associated with each one or more characters existing in a real space, a detection unit configured to detect an interaction event between a first character and a real object by using an image captured by a camera that captures the real space, and a setting unit configured to set a rule for changing the attribute value of the first character depending on the interaction event. In a case where the detection unit has detected the interaction event, the attribute management unit changes the attribute value of the first character in accordance with the rule set by the setting unit.

Assemblable module for toy electric circuits

Game apparatus and method

一种用于通过重量识别棋子身份及位置的装置和方法

本发明提出了一种用于通过重量识别棋子身份及位置的装置和方法。通过该装置中的溶液浮力模块、光电感应组件和重量感应芯片电路，经由浮力来计算棋子的重量，并基于计算出的重量来确定棋子的身份及其在棋盘上的实时位置。

一种用于通过重量识别棋子身份及位置的装置和方法

一种用于通过重量识别棋子（1）身份及位置的装置和方法。通过该装置中的溶液浮力模块、光电感应组件（8）和重量感应芯片电路（4），经由浮力来计算棋子（1）的重量，并基于计算出的重量来确定棋子（1）的身份及其在棋盘（3）上的实时位置。

Vorrichtung mit einer funktion zum feststellen der position von metallelementen.

Assemblable module for toy electric circuits

游戏装置和方法

一种游戏板装置(10)包括通道(12)，所述通道容纳游戏位标器(11)并按照游戏选手的选择将游戏位标器(11)导向到游戏位标器位置上。入口通道(28)用来给位标器(11)和通道(12)提供方便入口以促进所述的选择移动和定位。在游戏位标器(11)附近施加在装置上的压力将使游戏位标器(11)关闭电路，该电路包括两个相对电极(13和15)。这个电路的完成可以用来接通相应的警报(例如视觉提示、听觉提示等)。在优选实施例中，两个上述游戏板彼此连接在一起便于游戏。

棋类对弈方法、装置、介质及设备

本公开涉及一种棋类对弈方法、装置、介质及设备。该棋类对弈方法包括：获取棋盘上棋子的压力数据和位置数据，每个棋子或者每类棋子的重量不同；根据所述压力数据和所述位置数据，生成棋子信息，所述棋子信息包括棋子身份和棋子位置。本公开技术方案利用压力数据识别棋盘上棋位处的棋子，能够降低电子棋盘的成本，且采用本公开的棋类对弈方法，能够降低电子棋盘的整体功耗，同时提高对棋子识别的准确性。

Electronic interfaced board game

Formverändernde, spielende teile

Tactile and audio-enabled gaming

Systems and methods are disclosed for playing a game by providing a board with tactile and/or sound annotations uniquely referencing play positions on the board; and providing tactile and/or audible pieces to be used with the tactile and sound-annotated board.

Jeu de société, dit d'électro-détection

Improvements in sensory games

Tactile and audio-enabled gaming

Systems and methods are disclosed for playing a game by providing a board with tactile and/or sound annotations uniquely referencing play positions on the board; and providing tactile and/or audible pieces to be used with the tactile and sound-annotated board.

Modular expansion system for board games with electronic control

The present invention aims at making a modular expansion system for hybrid or table games with electronic control, allowing to extend the traceability and extend the interaction area outside an original sensorized surface and especially outside the investigation area of a contactless identification system associated with the main board of the gaming system. This allows the user to enlarge the gaming surface outside the interactive surface of the original system and to obtain an interactive gaming surface which reproduces, for example the environment layout, enabling to interact in a more realistic way with the virtual gaming events and environments. According to the proposed solution, any gaming board, equipped with an original magnetic tracking system for tracking position and a identifying system (for example contactless or RFID type) for the identification of the playable elements and accompanied by physical interaction elements and a system communicating with a gaming apparatus (PC, tablet, console) where a software or an interacting video game is running, is expanded/extended by means of a series of additional elements, able to connect to each other and to said gaming board, said elements being provided with an extremely economical and reliable position tracing system based only on magnetic sensors and an appropriate tracing method.

执子姿势训练用围棋棋子及其使用方法

本申请揭示了一种执子姿势训练用围棋棋子及其使用方法，所述棋子包括：多层交替外壳、棋子内核、棋子底板、横向压力传感器、顶部压力传感器、底部压力传感器、三轴加速度传感器、电池和控制芯片；所述多层交替外壳由至少三层外壳构成，每个奇数层外壳中的至少一部分由第一材料制成，每个偶数层外壳中的至少一部分由第二材料制成；所述棋子内核中具有第一液体容腔和第二液体容腔，第一液体容腔用于容纳第一种液体，第二液体容腔用于容纳第二种液体，所述第一液体容腔具有由第一压电材料封堵住的第一开口，所述第二液体容腔具有由第二压电材料封堵住的第二开口。从而提供了无需监督指导的执子姿势训练用围棋棋子。

Vorrichtung zum selbsttätigen Umschalten von Schachuhren o.dgl

ゲームタイルシステム

複数の２次元および３次元構成要素を含むタイルゲームシステムが提供される。２次元構成要素は、グリッドベースのゲームプレイエリアを形成するために互いに接合することができる様々なサイズおよび構成で提供される複数のモジュール式タイルを含むことができる。３次元構成要素は、ゲームプレイエリアの外側境界、内側境界、柱や階段などの地形要素、およびゲーム人物を含むことができる。本開示の態様によれば、外側境界および内側境界には、ゲーム人物を単一のグリッド正方形内に収容することを可能にし、ゲームプレイエリアのグリッドが反るのを防止する凹部を設けることができる。本開示のいくつかの態様によれば、内側境界および外側境界を照明することができ、ユーザが様々な照明付き設計を切り替えることを可能にする取り外し可能かつ交換可能な光透過性スキンを設けることができる。

Game tile system

A tile game system is provided that includes a plurality of two-dimensional and three-dimensional components. The two-dimensional components can include a plurality of modular tiles provided in various sizes and configurations that can be joined together to form a grid-based gameplay area. The three-dimensional components can include external boundaries for the gameplay area, internal boundaries, terrain elements such as columns and staircases, and game figures. According to aspects of the present disclosure, the external and internal boundaries can be provided with recessed sections that allow a game figure to be contained within a single grid square and prevent the grid of the gameplay area from becoming warped. According to some aspects of the present disclosure the internal and external boundaries can be illuminated and provided with removable and interchangeable light-permeable skins that allow a user to switch between various illuminated designs.

Jeu électrique comprenant deux circuits adverses disposés sur un plateau

ゲームタイルシステム

Modular expansion system for board games with electronic control

The present invention aims at making a modular expansion system for hybrid or table games with electronic control, allowing to extend the traceability and extend the interaction area outside an original sensorized surface and especially outside the investigation area of a contactless identification system associated with the main board of the gaming system. This allows the user to enlarge the gaming surface outside the interactive surface of the original system and to obtain an interactive gaming surface which reproduces, for example the environment layout, enabling to interact in a more realistic way with the virtual gaming events and environments. According to the proposed solution, any gaming board, equipped with an original magnetic tracking system for tracking position and a identifying system (for example contactless or RFID type) for the identification of the playable elements and accompanied by physical interaction elements and a system communicating with a gaming apparatus (PC, tablet, console) where a software or an interacting video game is running, is expanded/extended by means of a series of additional elements, able to connect to each other and to said gaming board, said elements being provided with an extremely economical and reliable position tracing system based only on magnetic sensors and an appropriate tracing method.

一种用于通过重量识别棋子身份及位置的装置和方法

本发明提出了一种用于通过重量识别棋子身份及位置的装置和方法。通过该装置中的溶液浮力模块、光电感应组件和重量感应芯片电路，经由浮力来计算棋子的重量，并基于计算出的重量来确定棋子的身份及其在棋盘上的实时位置。

棋类对弈方法、装置、介质及设备

本公开涉及一种棋类对弈方法、装置、介质及设备。该棋类对弈方法包括：获取棋盘上棋子的压力数据和位置数据，每个棋子或者每类棋子的重量不同；根据所述压力数据和所述位置数据，生成棋子信息，所述棋子信息包括棋子身份和棋子位置。本公开技术方案利用压力数据识别棋盘上棋位处的棋子，能够降低电子棋盘的成本，且采用本公开的棋类对弈方法，能够降低电子棋盘的整体功耗，同时提高对棋子识别的准确性。

执子姿势训练用围棋棋子及其使用方法

本申请揭示了一种执子姿势训练用围棋棋子及其使用方法，所述棋子包括：多层交替外壳、棋子内核、棋子底板、横向压力传感器、顶部压力传感器、底部压力传感器、三轴加速度传感器、电池和控制芯片；所述多层交替外壳由至少三层外壳构成，每个奇数层外壳中的至少一部分由第一材料制成，每个偶数层外壳中的至少一部分由第二材料制成；所述棋子内核中具有第一液体容腔和第二液体容腔，第一液体容腔用于容纳第一种液体，第二液体容腔用于容纳第二种液体，所述第一液体容腔具有由第一压电材料封堵住的第一开口，所述第二液体容腔具有由第二压电材料封堵住的第二开口。从而提供了无需监督指导的执子姿势训练用围棋棋子。

适用于智能棋具的传感交互系统

本发明提供了一种适用于智能棋具的传感交互系统，包括：传感交互集成电路单元、路径显示单元、感测触发单元；传感交互集成电路单元包括：PCB集成电路主板、电路触点、MCU控制芯片、通讯单元；所述电路触点、MCU控制芯片、通讯单元固定在PCB集成电路主板上；所述路径显示单元、感测触发单元与MCU控制芯片相连；所述通讯单元与上位机单位连接；所述电路触点设置在PCB集成电路主板的底面上；所述电路触点采用一个或者多个相邻但不相连的导线触点。本发明能够使智能棋具具有体积小、轻薄、成本低、技术成熟、性能稳定的特点。

使用声音组合原理的现实方块游戏教学装置及其控制方法

本申请的发明是一种使用声音组合原理的现实方块游戏教育装置，该装置包括：板，用于识别方块的多个传感器在板上布置在网格中；多个方块，多个方块布置在板上，并且每个方块都指示声音组合原理；以及控制单元，如果多个块中的至少一个布置在板上，则该控制单元识别布置在板上的方块，提取对应于所识别的方块的声音，并输出所提取的声音，其中，如果在板上布置至少两个或多个方块，控制单元感测所布置的方块之间的距离，并根据所感测的距离来调整每个所提取的声音的输出时间差。