Games board with squares with digital recognition and associated digital playing piece
First Claim
1. A game board and digital playing piece assembly comprising:
- a plurality of individualized playing pieces for a plurality of players;
a game board comprising a series of squares, the squares representing the locations on which the playing pieces of each player are restricted in terms of movement by the rules of the game, wherein each square on the game board comprises a digital recognition pictogram; and
wherein each playing piece is a digital playing piece which incorporates a calculator, a touch screen interface, game representation software for the screen interface, pictogram recognition means for recognizing a pictogram on the board, movement calculation means for calculating movement of the playing piece on the board, and a casing which accommodates digital functions and the touch screen interface,wherein the touch screen interface displays, according to the position of the digital playing piece on the game board, the characteristics of the square and/or of an updated game data field on which the digital playing piece is physically positioned, and wherein positional recognition of the digital playing piece on the board is obtained through integration of the calculator which measures the movement of the playing piece on the board and automatically calculates the position of the game square on which the playing piece is positioned.
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Abstract
The present invention therefore relates to a games board assembly comprising a series of squares, the squares representing the locations on which the individualised playing pieces of each player are restricted in terms of movement by the rules of the game, characterised in that each square on the games board comprises a digital recognition pictogram, the playing piece is a digital playing piece which incorporates a calculator, a screen interface, game software, pictogram recognition means on the board, playing piece movement calculation means on the board, a touchscreen which represents, according to the position of the digital playing piece on the games board, the characteristics of the square and/or of the updated game data field on which the digital playing piece is physically positioned.
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4 Claims
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1. A game board and digital playing piece assembly comprising:
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a plurality of individualized playing pieces for a plurality of players; a game board comprising a series of squares, the squares representing the locations on which the playing pieces of each player are restricted in terms of movement by the rules of the game, wherein each square on the game board comprises a digital recognition pictogram; and wherein each playing piece is a digital playing piece which incorporates a calculator, a touch screen interface, game representation software for the screen interface, pictogram recognition means for recognizing a pictogram on the board, movement calculation means for calculating movement of the playing piece on the board, and a casing which accommodates digital functions and the touch screen interface, wherein the touch screen interface displays, according to the position of the digital playing piece on the game board, the characteristics of the square and/or of an updated game data field on which the digital playing piece is physically positioned, and wherein positional recognition of the digital playing piece on the board is obtained through integration of the calculator which measures the movement of the playing piece on the board and automatically calculates the position of the game square on which the playing piece is positioned. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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