Class 273/237 - Electrical

Subclass of Class 273 - Amusement devices: games
Definition: Game structure in which (1) the surface having a pattern
No. of applications: 38
Last issue date: 04/05/2012

Application No.	Application Title	Issue Date
20120080842	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A GAME PIECE A method and system for determining the presence and identity of a game piece placed at a sensing location by attaching one or more conductive rings at fixed concentric locations on the bottom of the game piece and sensing the presence or absence of the conductive rings...	04/05/2012
20110272884	TRANSPORT OF AN OBJECT ACROSS A SURFACE A basic idea of the present application is that in case of determining a position of the object on the surface, it is possible to also use transport mechanisms for the transport of the object on the surface which leads to less reproducible transport movements as the reg...	11/10/2011
20110221129	Board Game System With Integral Docking System A board game system including a game board that defines a playing surface, the playing surface being marked with indicia for directing placement of game pieces on the playing surface, and a support structure for supporting a mobile electronic device, the support structu...	09/15/2011
20110204565	GAMING TABLE PROTECTING ANTENNAS FROM ELECTOMAGNETIC INTERFERENCES A gaming table comprising a tabletop configured to receive gaming accessories, a base connected to and configured to support the tabletop, an antenna located in the tabletop and configured to operate by at least one of, detecting, reading, writing to, tracking, or any c...	08/25/2011
20110204564	ELECTRONIC GAME BOARD An electronic game board contains a casing; a display panel in the casing exposed from a top side of the casing; a touch-sensitive module on the top side of the casing against the display panel; and a control device in the casing with a built-in game program. The electr...	08/25/2011
20110148041	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ELECTRIC POWER TO MOBILE AND ARBITRARILY POSITIONED DEVICES Various contact systems and methods for manufacturing and using such are disclosed herein. Examples of the contact systems include a surface with one set of pads biased at a first voltage level, and another set of pads biased at a second voltage level. Such a contact sy...	06/23/2011
20110115157	GAME TOWER A game apparatus and a method using a light source, a convex mirror and an optical sensor, all disposed within a housing, are described. The housing is transparent to the range of wavelengths from the light source and is composed of a low distortion scratch-resistant ma...	05/19/2011
20110042894	Rotatable Illuminated Game Board A rotatable illuminated game board system to adapt to contemporary board games or for use with newly-conceived games, the system including stained glass elements adhered to a translucent plate beneath a modified printed sheet of game instructions and rules, all atop a q...	02/24/2011
20110031690	Bible walk board game A board game, Bible Walk provides fun while testing one's knowledge of the bible and teaches as you play. The game Bible Walk is designed to be and interactive multi-player game which includes a board, playing pieces and an electronic device which displays questions. Th...	02/10/2011
20110018198	MOTION CONTROL USING ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES The control of motion in unpowered apparatus and an apparatus driven by electric motors and/or other prime movers utilizes electromagnetic force/torque for control of motion. One objective is to extend the domain of electric motor speed control, traditionally characteri...	01/27/2011
20100331083	INTELLIGENT GAME SYSTEM INCLUDING INTELLIGENT FOLDABLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL TERRAIN An intelligent game system and apparatus comprises one or more sensors, a controller, a projector, one or more game pieces and one or more foldable three-dimensional terrain pieces. The game board and terrain pieces comprise one or more sensors each having an identifier...	12/30/2010
20100289216	EDUCATIONAL KIT AND METHOD FOR TEACHING ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS A system includes software for customization of one or more game boards or elements, and/or for educational game play. An example embodiment includes a plurality of polygonal game-board segments, which can be assembled into a game-board, where each game-board segment pr...	11/18/2010
20100210355	GAMING SYSTEM A gaming system is provided enabling real-time cash management to be performed, even while in the play of a game to be performed by employing game media rendering their items of recorded information readable. Having received a result of detection of game chips on a game...	08/19/2010
20100201069	MULTIPLE OBJECTS LOCATION APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS, AND LOCATION METHODS AND ERROR ADJUSTMENT METHODS THEREOF Location system and location method are provided to identify and measure the positions of multiple objects located on a plane, such as a game board. Each of the objects includes means for transmitting an identification signal. The location system includes at least two s...	08/12/2010
20100090401	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A BOARD GAME A board game uses a board (1) which is marked with centre (2) middle (3) and outer (4) playing circuits and player tokens (107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113) which move on the board (1). The game ends when a player's token (107, 111)...	04/15/2010
20100066016	DETERMINING THE ORIENTATION OF AN OBJECT A touch screen (10) is disclosed comprising a plurality of light emitters (Lo . . . L₁₅) and light detectors (S_o. . . S₁₁) arranged around a periphery thereof. The position, shape and size of objects (16) may be determined by swi...	03/18/2010
20100052253	INTERACTIVE MODULAR TILE SYSTEM The interactive modular tile system of the invention comprises a plurality of modular interactive tiles (11, 13). The system comprises electronic circuitry which is operative to determine a configuration of the plurality of modular interactive tiles, and determin...	03/04/2010
20100032900	ARRANGEMENT FOR ELECTRONICALLY CARRYING OUT BOARD ROLE-PLAY AND CARD GAMES The invention relates to an assembly for electronically performing board-, role-, or collection card games through data transmission from and to a game console and RFID elements, for reading out and/or changing game status or game course representing data and data chara...	02/11/2010
20100013153	Game System With Robotic Game Pieces A game system comprises a game board having a playing area and game pieces for playing a game on the game board. Each game piece comprises a mobile robot for sensing and decoding a position-coding pattern printed on the game board. Each game piece is in communication wi...	01/21/2010
20100001464	BLACK LIGHT BOARD GAME A board game 100 comprising an enclosure 110 wherein one portion of the enclosure 110 includes a panel 114 wherein the panel 114 further includes a board game design 120 with the panel 114; a means for black light illumin...	01/07/2010
20090315257	MUSICAL PLAYING CARD BOARD GAME A musical board game and playing method that permits players to respond to playing cards both visually and aurally without requiring additional manual intervention by the game player. By incorporating computer-readable indicia such as RFID tags or bar codes in player's ...	12/24/2009
20090309303	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A GAME PIECE A method and system for determining the presence and identity of a game piece placed at a sensing location by attaching one or more conductive rings at fixed concentric locations on the bottom of the game piece and sensing the presence or absence of the conductive rings...	12/17/2009
20090224477	BOARD GAME AND METHOD OF PLAY A game apparatus for one or more players having at least a first game member that includes a puzzle or a game area having indicia forming a grid having a plurality of cells, the first game member displaying the solution indicia for some of the cells and the remaining ce...	09/10/2009
20090184468	Electrical chess module An electrical chess module is disclosed. A LED and a first coil are configured at every chessman, and the LED and the first coil are parallel connection. A electric power and a second coil are configured at the chessboard, wherein the second coil makes the electromagnet...	07/23/2009
20090102121	BOARD AND BOARD GAME WITH TIMING FEATURES A board game with a timing feature is disclosed. The board game includes a board with several bonus spaces or premium spaces that can change in value and/or availability as a game progresses. The board also includes indicator associated with the bonus or premium spaces ...	04/23/2009
20090042642	Gaming chips and table game security system Gaming chips are provided with embedded radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tags incorporated into a gaming chip for identifying and tracking the gaming chips within a casino, and even upon a gaming table. The gaming chips have a body in the shape of a disc whic...	02/12/2009
20080297317	GAME SYSTEM USING RFID TAGS A game can comprise a board with multiple RFID antennas and a game piece with a RFID antenna. When one of the multiple RFID antennas is adjacent to the RFID antenna in the game piece, the response characteristics of these RFID antennas can change so that the position of...	12/04/2008
20080265506	Closable-type electronic game grid box with digital display for strategic word pattern engagement My child educational board game, “Electronic Word Battle”, requires players to approach word learning, sequencing, and construction from a naval/military strategist point of view in that instead of targeting objectives in a mere hit-or-miss salvo situation, where th...	10/30/2008
20080246215	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ELECTRIC POWER TO MOBILE AND ARBITRARILY POSITIONED DEVICES Various contact systems and methods for manufacturing and using such are disclosed herein. Examples of the contact systems include a surface with one set of pads biased at a first voltage level, and another set of pads biased at a second voltage level. Such a contact sy...	10/09/2008
20080211183	Computer Controlled Pawn A pawn is provided (10) with a bottom surface (11) for supporting the pawn (10) on a display surface (19) of a display (18). The bottom surface (11) comprises an image detector (12) for detecting a control image on the di...	09/04/2008
20070273095	CHESSBOARD DEVICE WITH AUTO-ELECTRONIC SCORING A chessboard device with auto-electronic scoring at least provides a display component to generate at least a light, a color and a figure once an induction switch device is pressed, touched or felt. The central processing unit (CPU) of a microcomputer is capable of dist...	11/29/2007
20070194526	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING POWER TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE An electronic system includes a power delivery support structure having a power delivery surface with first and second conductive regions. An electronic device includes a plurality of contacts arranged so at least one of them engages the first conductive region and at l...	08/23/2007
20070135934	Variable specification functional blocks integrated circuit system suitable for detecting resistor identifications The invention discloses a specially designed resistor identity IC provided for products that require article identification on contact. The invention is further developed to provide a family of Variable Specification Functional Block ICs that can be selected to form a C...	06/14/2007
20060175753	Electronic game board An electronic game board is provided for use in a DVD gaming system including a DVD player where DVD media incorporating commands and audio visual content is accessed by the DVD player as part of game play. The electronic board may be used with play pieces and the board...	08/10/2006
20050151318	Trading day board game Trading Day is a board game in which players buy and sell stocks and real estate. While moving around the board, each player monitors their stock and/or real estate values changing over time on the electronic Market Ticker Board. Players can only buy and/or sell stock o...	07/14/2005
20050133995	African American board game apparatus and method An African American board game apparatus and method. The board game apparatus and method is specifically related to African American culture categories, including, but not limited to, history, language including slang, music, movies, sitcoms and sports. It includes an a...	06/23/2005
20050046108	Game apparatus and method A game board apparatus (10) includes a channel (12) that contains and guides a game position marker (11) to a game position marker station as selected by a game player. An access channel (28) serves to provide convenient access to both the ma...	03/03/2005
20050035545	Board for cross-and-circle game An XO board for cross-and-circle game is internally provided with a circuit board, on which an IC sound effect component is provided. Chess pieces used with the XO board are divided into two types, depending on the mounting position of a metal sheet at the bottom surfac...	02/17/2005

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