Game machine and information communication system using data carrier

• US 7,890,058 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2008
• Issued: 02/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: United Microelectronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: United Microelectronics Corporation
• Inventors: Hazama, Katsuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Wendell, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US12/192,124
• Publication Number:
  US 20080306644A1
• Time in Patent Office: 914 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/68, 455/70, 455/556.1, 340/5.62, 340/5.7, 340/10.1, 340/10.3, 340/10.4, 340/500, 340/550, 340/564
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2489 by radio transmitters, e.g. using RFID
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00643 Electric board games; Electric features of board games electric word or number games A63F3/0421; computer chess G06F; electric raffle games A63F3/081

Abstract

A game apparatus includes an apparatus body; and a plurality of small playing members each having a data carrier for transmitting driving electric power and performing mutual communications with the apparatus body. The number of points is added by the apparatus body when a change is given from the outside to an arbitrarily selected small playing member among the plurality of small playing members under a predetermined condition. In another aspect, an automated traveling control system for executing a process corresponding to a kind of a carrier object traveling by a gate is disclosed.

Claims

1. An automated traveling control system for executing a process corresponding to a kind of a carrier object traveling by a gate, comprising:

first and second gates;

a carrier object traveling by said first and second gates and mounted with an inquiry machine for transmitting a radio wave containing information;

a partition wall for partitioning said first and second gate from each other; and

a non-contact type data carrier embedded into said partition wall and including a control unit for detecting which side of said first or second gate by receiving the incoming radio wave transmitted from said inquiry machine and executing an opening/closing process of said gate at least on the relevant side depending on any one of said first and second gate sides, and the control unit comprising a surface/underside judging circuit for judging which side of the non-contact type data carrier receives the incoming radio wave.