摘要:
Interactive jigsaw puzzles have jigsaw pieces with verbiage thereon, such as letters or words. The pieces are assembled to form verbal expressions such as words, sentences, phrases, quotations, nursery rhymes, poems, stories or books. Puzzles may be designed for toddlers, children, young adults and adults who will assemble jigsaw puzzle pieces to complete a word, sentence or story, etc., pertinent to their age, ability and interest levels. Pieces may be color and shape coded with increasing difficulty as readers advance. Puzzles may have interchangeable pieces, allowing the reader/assembler to also become the author by varying the expression. Simple sentences and stories will be completed in one puzzle assembly. Chapter books will have one puzzle per chapter. Pieces may also include illustrations, tactile components to increase sensory involvement, or Braille printing.
摘要:
A question and answer game is disclosed comprising a card. The card has a first and second side. On the first side, a question and a code key are displayed. The code key correlates answer indicia to key indicia. On the second side, a list of possible answers, only one of which is a correct, is displayed along with a particular key indicium. Each possible answer has a corresponding answer indicium. The particular key indicium corresponds to a correct answer indicium in the code key, and the correct answer indicium corresponds, in turn, to the correct answer. In the method embodiment of the invention, a player reads the question displayed on the first side of the card. Next, the list of possible answers displayed on the second side is read. At any point after the question is read, answers may be proffered. To determine the correct answer, a player reads the particular key indicium displayed on the second side of the card. The player then flips the card around to the first side to associate the particular key indicium to the correct answer indicium using the code key. Next, the player again flips the card over to associate the correct answer indicium with the correct answer on the second side.
摘要:
A system for providing haptic information to a human operator. The system utilizes display devices that dynamically convey touch sensations to the human operator, thereby creating various tactile sensations such as texture and slippage. The system can combine multiple display devices as needed in order to create a specified sense.
摘要:
A history-based trivia game wherein the answers to all questions are given in the form of a calendar year. Game components include a game board, throwing die, game pieces, playing cards and bonus markers. The object of the game is to be the first player to advance a game piece across a calendar year imprinted on the playing board by correctly answering questions found on the playing cards. A player may advance his or her playing piece one day of the calendar year for each point earned by correctly answering a question. Questions of greater difficulty are awarded a greater number of points. A weighted scoring system allows players to earn partial credit as calculated by the total number of points possible for a correct response minus a predesignated number of points depending on the degree of variation of the player's response from said correct answer.
摘要:
A mathematical Board Game for a plurality of players has a rectangular game board with a plurality of card stations or chambers arranged in a matrix of horizontal and vertical rows. The card chambers include a start card chamber in each corner of the board and a plurality of problem card chambers in a perimeter of the board between the start card chambers. A plurality of answer card chambers on the board are surrounded by the start card chambers and the problem card chambers. A start card is removably placed in each of the start card chambers. A problem card is removably placed in each one the problem card chambers. There is a different mathematical problem on each problem card. An answer card is removably placed in each one the answer card chambers. There is an answer to one of the mathematical problems on each of the answer cards. A plurality of position tokens is removably and selectively placed on the start cards and on the problem cards to assist the players in keeping track of their and other player's moves. A set of dice are thrown and placed on the board to randomly select which player of the plurality of players will move one of the position tokens before another player moves another one of the other position tokens. Each player takes his or her turn in that order until the game is finished.
摘要:
An electronic card and board game for playing bingo, keno, and the like games, wherein the master game board being operated by the caller generates and transmits random bingo numbers and game patterns, and the player's game board receives and processes the bingo numbers and game patterns, and the player's game board receives and processes the received information in conjunction with locally originated data determining the contents of a multiple bingo card. The multiple bingo card is implemented as a replaceable, removable transparent template bearing imprinted bingo numbers. In working position, the card overlays a dot-matrix display incorporated in the player's game board. The display is controlled by a microprocessor. The microprocessor activates the display dots located beneath the bingo numbers matching those transmitted by the master board via a radio channel. The microprocessor computes bingo numbers on the card using the identification number of the card in accordance with a predefined algorithm.
摘要:
A game involving the placing of checkers on a game board made up of 20 vertical columns and 20 horizontal files of squares in an attempt to align six or more checkers belonging to one team horizontally, vertically or diagonally is played by two opposing teams of two players per team. Each row of squares running diagonally in one direction is colored entirely in one of three separate colors. The squares making up the longests diagonal row appear in a neutral color, the squares in the next adjacent contiguous diagonal row on one side are colored pink and the squares on the next adjacent contiguous diagonal row on the other side of the neutral row are colored blue. The colors repeat and no two contiguous diagonal rows are the same color. Each team has 72 checkers colored either black or white to represent that team. Each checker has a spot on one side colored pink and a spot on the other side colored blue. Each player puts one checker on the board in turn. One of the players of each team places his checkers on the board with the pink spot uppermost while the other player must place his checkers with the blue spot uppermost. Pink spotted checkers cannot be placed on blue squares and blue spotted checkers cannot be placed on pink squares. Play proceeds in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction around the table until a player scores by placing the sixth or higher numbered checker in a straight line, at which time the direction of play reverses, and this is indicated by changing the position of a novel direction indicator. When a player scores, a counter indicating that score is placed on top of the scoring checker.
摘要:
An elongate indicia bearing strip having preprogrammed indicia thereon for guiding the user through the bidding and playing procedures of a bridge hand. A mechanism for supporting the strip so that the strip can be positioned and advanced as bidding and playing proceed. The mechanism includes interchangeable opaque plates having openings therein that are positioned so as to reveal to the user indicia corresponding to the bidding and playing steps in proper sequence. A rotatable disc that has openings therein proportioned to reveal bids and plays in proper sequence. An auxiliary elongate scroll sheet that contains explanatory and educational material thereon which is descriptive of the bids and plays appearing on the first-mentioned strip together with a support mechanism for advancing the scroll in proper correlation with the strip advance.
摘要:
A game controller with haptic Braille chording capability. While a conventional game controller are geared to sighted players, the disclosed controller configurations include various adaptations that provide alternative input and outputs to facilitate game play by sight-impaired or blind users, as well as other users knowledgeable of Braille. A number of paddles may be arranged on a game controller housing so that a player may engage selected ones of the paddles to enable encoding braille characters using the paddles. This input may be used to control a game, enter text into a chat session or take any other action desired. The converse may also occur, where a combination of the paddles may provide haptic feedback detectable by a user holding a game controller so that the paddles encode braille output (or other data), allowing a user to receive output simply by contact with the paddles.
摘要:
A system for permitting a visually impaired person to engage in a game requiring a plurality of gaming chips representing a plurality of game parameter values wherein each gaming chip of the plurality of gaming chips represents a corresponding parameter value of the plurality of parameter values. A plurality of braille type symbols is disposed upon the plurality of gaming chips, wherein a braille type symbol of the plurality of braille type symbols disposed upon a selected gaming chip of the plurality of gaming chips indicates a parameter value of the plurality of parameter values corresponding to the selected gaming chip. The braille type symbol of the plurality of braille type symbols can include an elevated dot that is part of standard English braille.