Board game apparatus for teaching electoral college, historical and geographical concepts
    21.
    发明授权
    Board game apparatus for teaching electoral college, historical and geographical concepts 有权
    教学选举大学棋盘游戏机,历史地理概念

    公开(公告)号:US07520508B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-21

    申请号:US11465644

    申请日:2006-08-18

    申请人: Cathy Redd

    发明人: Cathy Redd

    IPC分类号: A63F3/00

    摘要: A game includes a board displaying a map showing cartographic outlines of the U.S. states, and optionally each state's capital. The game includes at least one deck of cards including a respective card for each state shown on the game board. Geography playing cards include an image and/or identifying text for each state. Electoral college playing cards are similar but further include text identifying each state's number of electoral college votes, and optionally, capital. The game may further include a state capital overlay obscuring or providing state capital names, and/or a historical map overlay for showing as available only the states of the union in an associated election year. Historical playing cards, similar to the electoral college or geography playing cards, corresponding to each historical map overlay may also be provided. A workbook including stimulating topical questions may also be provided.

    摘要翻译: 一个游戏包括一张显示美国国家制图大纲的图表,以及每个州的首都。 该游戏包括至少一张牌,包括在游戏板上显示的每个状态的相应卡。 地理纸牌包括每个状态的图像和/或识别文本。 选举大学的扑克牌是相似的,但进一步包括确定每个州选举人数的选票,以及可选的资本。 该游戏还可以包括国家资本重叠覆盖或提供国家资本名称,和/或历史地图重叠,仅在相关联的选举年中仅显示工会的状态。 也可以提供与每个历史地图重叠相对应的历史扑克牌,类似于选举团体或地理纸牌。 还可以提供包括刺激性专题的工作簿。

    Method and system for the copying of documents
    22.
    发明授权
    Method and system for the copying of documents 失效
    复印文件的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07110126B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-09-19

    申请号:US09693219

    申请日:2000-10-20

    IPC分类号: G06F15/00 G06K9/18

    摘要: The invention concerns a system and method enabling the copying of documents. It has specific application to the archiving and retrieval, and the scanning and reproduction, of documents which are or which may be capable of interacting with a computer system or network. Such a document has coded data printed on it allowing it to interact with the computer system or network by use of a sensing device operated by a user.Specifically, the method involves scanning a document which may contain both document information and coded data indicative of an identity of the document, forming a digital image of the document, and detecting, if the document contains said coded data indicative of the identity of the document, the coded data. If the document does contain such coded data, stored data representing the content of the document is accessed, and, depending on the operating instructions, either a copy of the document is printed, together with coded data indicative of an identity of the copy being printed on the copy, or data representing a copy of the document is stored, the stored data including a unique identifier for said copy.The invention can be employed for the printing of documents, the archiving and retrieval of documents, and the scanning and reproduction of documents. In copying documents, it can be used to produce pages of far higher quality than those produced by conventional photocopying means, often irrespective of the physical quality of the page to be copied.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及能够复制文件的系统和方法。 它具有对归档和检索以及扫描和再现可能与计算机系统或网络进行交互的文档的具体应用。 这种文档具有打印在其上的编码数据,允许其通过使用由用户操作的感测装置与计算机系统或网络交互。 具体地说,该方法涉及扫描可能包含文件信息和指示文档的身份的编码数据的文档,形成文档的数字图像,以及如果文档包含指示文档的身份的所述编码数据, ,编码数据。 如果文档确实包含这样的编码数据,则访问表示文档内容的存储数据,并且根据操作指令,打印文档的副本以及指示正在打印的副本的标识的编码数据 在副本上,或存储表示文档的副本的数据,所存储的数据包括所述副本的唯一标识符。 本发明可用于文件的印刷,文件的归档和检索以及文件的扫描和再现。 在复印文件时,可以使用比常规复印手段生产的页面更高质量的页面,通常不考虑要复印的页面的物理质量。

    Methods and apparatus for facilitating conceptual development
    25.
    发明申请
    Methods and apparatus for facilitating conceptual development 审中-公开
    促进概念发展的方法和手段

    公开(公告)号:US20040157195A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-08-12

    申请号:US10365301

    申请日:2003-02-12

    发明人: Roger Andresen

    IPC分类号: G09B025/06

    摘要: Methods, teaching apparatus, and educational puzzles for facilitating conceptual development are provided. One embodiment is a teaching apparatus comprising: a lenticular material having an array of lenticules with cylindrical lenses; and a lenticular image associated with the lenticular material and designed to teach an educational concept, the lenticular image comprising a first image corresponding to a first category related to the educational concept and a second image corresponding to a second category related to the educational concept, the first and second categories selected such that relative movement between the teaching apparatus and a viewer enables the viewer to easily perceive the association between the first and second images and thereby learn the educational concept.

    摘要翻译: 提供了促进概念发展的方法,教学设备和教学难题。 一个实施例是一种教学装置,包括:具有带圆柱形透镜的微透镜阵列的透镜材料; 以及与所述透镜材料相关联并被设计为教导教育概念的透镜图像,所述透镜图像包括对应于与所述教育概念相关的第一类别的第一图像和对应于与所述教育概念相关的第二类别的第二图像, 选择第一和第二类别,使得教学装置和观看者之间的相对运动使得观看者能够容易地感知第一和第二图像之间的关联,从而学习教育概念。

    Map puzzle game
    27.
    发明授权
    Map puzzle game 失效
    地图益智游戏

    公开(公告)号:US06425581B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-07-30

    申请号:US09714092

    申请日:2000-11-16

    IPC分类号: A63F304

    摘要: An educational map puzzle game teaches children and adults to locate political entities of the world on a map. Puzzle pieces comprised of postage stamp reproductions or simulated postage stamp reproductions correspond to specific sites on large-format continental and regional outline maps. Players earn points for matching puzzle pieces with correct map sites within a predetermined time period. Learning value is enhanced by reference material relating the significance of each postage stamp image to the country or territory it represents. Self-adhesive hook-and-loop members removably attach game pieces to the base. The game can be played on a vertical or horizontal surface. The base is attractive enough to be framed and vertically suspended, or pasted directly to a wall and used interactively with the puzzle pieces. In an alternate embodiment, the map base serves as an ornamental display device for stamp and coin exhibitors and collectors.

    摘要翻译: 教育地图益智游戏教导儿童和成人在地图上查找世界的政治实体。 包含邮票复制品或模拟邮票复制品的拼图作品对应于大幅面大陆和区域轮廓图上的特定地点。 玩家可以在预定时间段内获得与正确地图站点匹配的拼图的积分。 通过参考资料增强学习价值,将每张邮票图像的意义与其所代表的国家或地区相关联。 自粘式钩环构件将游戏件可拆卸地连接到底座上。 游戏可以在垂直或水平的表面上玩。 底座是有吸引力的框架和垂直悬挂,或直接粘贴在墙上,并与拼图件交互使用。 在替代实施例中,地图基座用作印章和硬币参展商和收藏家的装饰显示装置。

    Educational game set and method of play
    30.
    发明申请
    Educational game set and method of play 审中-公开
    教育游戏集和玩法

    公开(公告)号:US20120156657A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-21

    申请号:US12928838

    申请日:2010-12-21

    申请人: Thomas Cogan

    发明人: Thomas Cogan

    IPC分类号: G09B19/22

    摘要: A method of playing an educational card game designed to entertain while teaching children the geography of the United States of America. The invention includes a game board and a deck of specialized game cards. The game board displays a map of the United States with each state specifically color-coded. Each respective card identifies a particular State and bears color-coding corresponding to the State's particular color-coding on the game board. In a preferred embodiment, the object of the game is to dispose of all of the cards in one's hand through the play of cards identifying states which are geographically contiguous with one another. Various versions of the method of play are presented herein.

    摘要翻译: 一种玩教育纸牌游戏的方式,旨在在教孩子们的地方学习美国时娱乐。 本发明包括一个游戏板和一套专门的游戏卡。 游戏板显示美国的地图,每个州都有明确的颜色编码。 每个相应的卡识别特定状态,并且在游戏板上承载对应于状态的特定颜色编码的颜色编码。 在一个优选实施例中,游戏的目的是通过播放识别在地理上彼此连续的状态的卡来处理他们手中的所有卡。 本文介绍了游戏方法的各种版本。