Multi player material figure/electronic games board interactive assembly with automatic figure authentification

• US 8,702,512 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2011
• Issued: 04/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bertrand Duplat, Jean Etienne Mineur
• Original Assignee: Bertrand Duplat, Jean Etienne Mineur
• Inventors: Mineur, Jean Etienne, Duplat, Bertrand
• Primary Examiner(s): Hylinski, Steven J
• Application Number:
  US13/261,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20130072303A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,196 Days
• Field of Search: 463/36, 463/37, 273/237, 345/179
• US Class Current: 463/37
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/2145 the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/28 responding to control signals received from the game device for affecting ambient conditions, e.g. for vibrating players' seats, activating scent dispensers or affecting temperature or light controlling the output signals based on the game progress A63F13/50
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/42 by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/71 using secure communication between game devices and game servers, e.g. by encrypting game data or authenticating players
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/98 Accessories, i.e. detachable arrangements optional for the use of the video game device, e.g. grip supports of game controllers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1075 using a touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/002 Switching arrangements with several input- or output terminals code converters H03M5/00, H03M7/00

Abstract

The present invention relates to an authentication signature recognized by a capacitive screen, characterized in that it is achieved by a zone of dots that are meshed with one another printed in conductive ink, the signature zone being pressed against the capacitive screen by conductive means by the user on the capacitive screen.

Claims

1. A material figure (20) including:

a pad with an authentication signature, the authentication signature being achieved by a signature zone comprising a conductive mesh (61) of dots (60), and

conductive means supplying the conductive mesh (61) of conductive dots (60) with static electricity of a user holding the material figure;

whereby the material figure can be identified by a reading grid of a capacitive screen of an electronic game board, when the pad of the material figure is pressed against the capacitive screen by the user holding the material figure.

2. A multi-player material figure (20) and electronic games board interactive assembly run by game software which represents the games board plan on a screen, wherein the figures are conductive figures and the screen is a capacitive touchscreen having a reading grid, the figures being moveable on the capacitive touchscreen (2), each figure including:

a pad with an authentication grid comprising a conductive mesh (61) of conductive dots (60); and

conductive means arranged to feed the conductive mesh (61) of conductive dots (60) with static electricity of a user holding the material figure;

wherein each figure can be identified by the reading grid of the board'"'"'s touchscreen when the pad of the material figure is placed on the capacitive screen by the user holding the material figure.

4. The multi-player material figure (20) and electronic games board interactive assembly according to claim 2, wherein figure (20) is a robot that rests on its pad (30) which recognized by the grid of the screen but is likewise navigated by a control chip (41) of the board, the control chip controlling the emission of light rays (43) issued by the board'"'"'s light-emitting layer (42), according to specific encoded characteristics.

6. The multi-player material figure (20) and electronic games board interactive assembly according to claim 4, characterized in that the figure (20) is able to read luminous instructions channeled by the games board below the figure'"'"'s pad.

3. A multi-player material figure (20) electronic games board interactive assembly run by game software which represents the games board plan on a screen, wherein the figures are conductive figures and the screen is a capacitive touchscreen having a reading grid, the figures being moveable on the capacitive touchscreen (2), each figure including:

a pad with an authentication grid comprising a conductive mesh (61) of conductive pins (60); and

conductive means arranged to feed the conductive mesh (61) of conductive pins (60) with static electricity of a user holding the material figure;

wherein each figure can be identified by the reading grid of the board'"'"'s touchscreen when the pad of the material figure is placed on the capacitive screen by the user holding the material figure.

5. The multi-player material figure (20) and electronic games board interactive assembly according to claim 3, characterized in that the figure (20) is a robot that rests on its pad (30) which is recognized by the grid of the screen but is likewise navigated by a control chip (41) of the board, the control chip controlling the emission of light rays (43) issued by the board'"'"'s light-emitting layer (42), according to specific encoded characteristics.

7. The multi-player material figure (20) and electronic games board interactive assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that the figure (20) is able to read luminous instructions channeled by the games board below the figure'"'"'s pad.