Method and system for multiplayer multifunctional electronic surface gaming apparatus
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1. A method for playing a board game comprising:
- producing on a display surface a first image, wherein the first image is a game board image, and wherein the entire display surface is divided into a plurality of selectable regions;
sensing at least one object on the display surface, wherein the object is in contact with the display surface;
showing on the display surface at least one game piece image at a first position overlaid on the game board image, wherein the game piece image is created by sensing the object on the display surface;
moving the game piece image from the first position on the game board image to a second position on the game board image by contacting the object at the first position and subsequently at the second position; and
selectively rendering selected ones of said selectable regions unintelligible using optical louvers comprising one or more active filter elements.
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Abstract
A method for electronic board game play by producing on a display surface a first image which is a field of play image that senses at least one object on the display surface. The object is proximate or in contact with the display surface thus forming on a table-top horizontal display surface, at least one game piece image overlaid on the field of play image, and determined by sensing a position of the object on the display surface.
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1. A method for playing a board game comprising:
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producing on a display surface a first image, wherein the first image is a game board image, and wherein the entire display surface is divided into a plurality of selectable regions; sensing at least one object on the display surface, wherein the object is in contact with the display surface; showing on the display surface at least one game piece image at a first position overlaid on the game board image, wherein the game piece image is created by sensing the object on the display surface; moving the game piece image from the first position on the game board image to a second position on the game board image by contacting the object at the first position and subsequently at the second position; and
selectively rendering selected ones of said selectable regions unintelligible using optical louvers comprising one or more active filter elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A board game apparatus, comprising:
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a display surface adapted to display a game board image; a touch sensitive game board surface adapted to receive user input from a pointing device in contact with the touch sensitive game board surface, wherein the touch sensitive game board surface senses user input comprising movement of a pointing device from a first position to a second position; a software driver wherein the software driver translates the sensed user input into movement of a game piece image from a first position to a second position; the game piece image being moved from the first position on the game board image to a second position on the game board image by contacting the object at the first position and subsequently at the second position, wherein the touch sensitive game board surface is adapted to receive input from multiple players, wherein the game system comprises no physical game pieces, and wherein the entire display surface is divided into a plurality of selectable regions, and selected ones of said selectable regions are selectively rendered unintelligible using optical louvers comprising one or more active filter elements. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A board game apparatus, comprising:
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a display surface adapted to display a game board image, the display surface being divided into a plurality of selectable regions associated with a plurality of optical louvers; a camera embedded in the display surface, wherein said camera is configured as a gaze-tracking device so as to detect where a player'"'"'s eyes are focused, wherein selected ones of said selectable regions are rendered unintelligible using the optical louvers based on where the player'"'"'s eyes are detected as being focused; a touch sensitive game board surface adapted to receive user input from a pointing device in contact with the touch sensitive game board surface, wherein the touch sensitive game board surface senses user input comprising movement of a pointing device from a first position to a second position; a software driver wherein the software driver translates the sensed user input into movement of a game piece image from a first position to a second position; the game piece image being moved from the first position on the game board image to a second position on the game board image via user input by contacting the object at the first position and subsequently at the second position, wherein the touch sensitive game board surface is adapted to receive input from multiple players, and wherein the game system comprises no physical game pieces.
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