Card game system for the visually and/or hearing impaired
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Abstract
This present invention relates to a card game system that assists visually and/or hearing-impaired individuals play card games. The card game system is comprised of a game board, one or more decks of playing cards, and a choice of Bluetooth or embedded speakers. Each card has a printed suit and a rank, and an optical code encoded with the suit and the rank of the card. A braille pad can be used for denoting the suit and the rank of the card. The game board has an optical scanner for scanning the optical code of cards placed on the board for identifying the suit and the rank of the cards and for announcing the suit and the rank using the Bluetooth or embedded speakers. The board has a processor identifying a winner of a game based on the moves and sequence of cards placed on the board.
Claims20
A card game system for blind or deaf players, the card game system comprising:
- a braille playing card game;
- at least one deck of playing cards;
- a game board including a processor, an optical scanner, and a speaker;
- wherein said each playing card includes a visual representation representing a suit and a value of said playing card;
- wherein each said playing card includes a braille tactile indicator related to said visual representation;
- wherein each said playing card includes a printed optical pattern on said face of said playing card to uniquely identify each said playing card from any other said playing card in said deck of playing cards;
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- further wherein said processor for activating said optical scanner to scan said printed optical pattern of each said playing card placed on a playing surface of said game board and for announcing said suit and said value of said scanned said playing card.
A card game system for blind or deaf players, the card game system comprising:
- a braille playing card game;
- at least one deck of playing cards;
- a game board including a processor, an optical scanner, and a speaker;
- wherein said each playing card includes a visual representation representing a suit and a value of said playing card;
- wherein each said playing card includes a braille tactile indicator related to said visual representation;
- wherein each said playing card includes a printed optical pattern on said face of said playing card to uniquely identify each said playing card from any other said playing card in said deck of playing cards;
- wherein said processor for activating said optical scanner to scan said printed optical pattern of each said playing card placed on a playing surface of said game board and for announcing said suit and said value of said scanned said playing card;
- wherein said processor includes an internal memory for storing said suit and said value of said scanned said playing card;
- wherein said internal memory stores a set of rules of a plurality of games;
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- further wherein said processor includes a selection button for choosing and announcing one of said plurality of games.
A card game system for blind or deaf players, the card game system comprising:
- a braille playing card game;
- at least one deck of playing cards;
- a game board including a processor, an optical scanner, and a speaker;
- wherein said each playing card includes a visual representation representing a suit and a value of said playing card;
- wherein each said playing card includes a braille tactile indicator related to said visual representation;
- wherein each said playing card includes a printed optical pattern on said face of said playing card to uniquely identify each said playing card from any other said playing card in said deck of playing cards;
- wherein said processor for activating said optical scanner to scan said printed optical pattern of each said playing card placed on a playing surface of said game board and for announcing said suit and said value of said scanned said playing card;
- wherein said processor includes an internal memory for storing said suit and said value of said scanned said playing card;
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- a braille tablet for displaying in braille each said playing card placed on said playing surface of said game board.
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