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US 11,298,607 B2Granted
Interactive game suitable for persons with mobility issues
AssigneeSmiley Goat LLC
InventorsGrace Silverberg, Mackenzie Novean, Elizabeth Biehle, Logan Fox
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Abstract
A board game in which game action is initiated by the use of easy-to-hit buttons, switches or joysticks incorporated into the game, which stimulate board interaction and motion. The board game “pieces” need not be directly manipulated and cannot move about the board unintentionally. Rather, the pieces are lights or illuminated icons which are fixed to the playing surface, and which are controlled to advance in a pattern.
Claims17
A game system comprising:
- a game board having a first string of illuminable indicia and a second string of illuminable indicia thereon, each of the first string of illuminable indicia and the second string of illuminable indicia having individual light elements;
- a first controller comprising at least one controller input for use by a first player to interact with the game board to participate in a game by controlling the first string of illuminable indicia;
- a second controller comprising at least one controller input for use by a second player to interact with the game board to participate in the game by controlling the second string of illuminable indicia;
- a virtualized turn generator having an input and an output display, wherein actuation of the input causes the virtualized turn generator to generate a value, where the value on the output display can be designated by the first controller and the second controller;
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- a processor programmed by program code stored in memory to interact with the first controller to selectively turn on or off the individual light elements of the first string of illuminable indicia and interact with the second controller to selectively turn on or off the individual light elements of the second string of illuminable indicia.
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A game system comprising:
- a game board having a string of illuminable indicia having individual light elements;
- a first controller comprising at least one controller input for use by a first player to interact with the game board to participate in a game by controlling a first characteristic of the string of illuminable indicia;
- a second controller comprising at least one controller input for use by a second player to interact with the game board to participate in the game by controlling a second characteristic of the string of illuminable indicia;
- a virtualized turn generator having an input and an output display, wherein actuation of the input causes the virtualized turn generator to generate a value, where the value on the output display can be designated by the first controller and the second controller;
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- a processor programmed by program code stored in memory to interact with the first controller to selectively control the first characteristic of the individual light elements of the string of illuminable indicia and interact with the second controller to selectively control the second characteristic of the individual light elements of the string of illuminable indicia.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.