MULTI PLAYER MATERIAL FIGURE / ELECTRONIC GAMES BOARD INTERACTIVE ASSEMBLY WITH AUTOMATIC FIGURE AUTHENTIFICATION

• US 20130072303A1
• Filed: 01/12/2011
• Published: 03/21/2013
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 8,702,512 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 recognised by a capacitive screen, characterised in that it is achieved by a zone of dots (60) that are meshed (61) with one another printed in conductive ink, the signature zone being pressed against the capacitive screen by conductive means (80) by the user on the capacitive screen.

Claims

1. An authentication signature recognised by a capacitive screen, characterised in that it is achieved by a signature zone comprising a conductive mesh (61) of dots (60), the signature zone being pressed against the capacitive screen by conductive means (80) by the user on the capacitive screen.

2. A multi-player material figure (20)/electronic games board interactive assembly run by game software which represents the games board plan on a screen, characterised in that the conductive figures move on a touchscreen (2) and include a pad with an authentication signature according to claim 1, which is an authentication grid which can be identified by moving them on the reading grid of the board'"'"'s touchscreen.

3. The multi-player material figure (20)/electronic games board interactive assembly according to claim 2, characterised in that the authentication grid is a pinhole grid.

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