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US 12,447,400 B2Granted
System, identification device, and identification method
AssigneeKonami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
InventorsYutaka Fujimoto, Naoya Kihara, Michio Horikiri, Masafumi Okuta, Takahiro Yoshida
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Abstract
At least one memory device of the game system that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: capture a surface on which an item is placed, read information stored in an IC tag provided to the item, and identify a type and a state of the item placed on the surface based on the captured image of the surface and a read result of the information.
Claims12
A system for identifying information of an item placed on a surface in a game that is performed by using the item placed on the surface, the system comprising:
- the item;
- and
- an identification system in communication with the item;
- the item comprising:
- a description surface on which information is described;
- and
- a holder that holds identifying information for identifying the information described on the description surface,
- the identification system comprising:
- a capturing unit that captures the surface on which the item is placed on the surface;
- at least one processor;
- at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:
- read the identifying information held in the holder of the item placed on the surface;
- identify the information described on the description surface of the item placed on the surface based on the read identifying information;
- identify a state of the item placed on the surface based on a captured image of the capturing unit and the read identifying information;
- identify a position and an orientation of the item placed on the surface based on the captured image;
- identify a position of the item placed on the surface based on the read identifying information;
- and
- identify a combination of an identification result identified based on the captured image and an identification result identified based on the read identifying information of a same item on the surface based on the position identified based on the captured image and the position identified based on the read identifying information.
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A system for identifying information of an item placed on a surface in a game that is performed by using the item placed on the surface, the system comprising:
- the item;
- and
- an identification system in communication with the item;
- the item comprising:
- a description surface on which information is described;
- and
- a holder that holds identifying information for identifying the information described on the description surface,
- the identification system comprising:
- a capturing unit that captures the surface on which the item is placed on the surface;
- and
- at least one processor;
- at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:
- read the identifying information held in the holder of the item placed on the surface;
- identify the information described on the description surface of the item placed on the surface based on the read identifying information;
- identify a state of the item placed on the surface based on a captured image of the capturing unit and the read identifying information;
- identify a position of the item placed on the surface and whether the item is placed on the surface such that the description surface faces the surface based on the captured image;
- identify a position of the item placed on the surface and the information described on the description surface of the item based on the read result;
- and
- identify a combination of an identification result based on the captured image and an identification result based on the read identifying information of a same item on the surface based on the position identified based on the captured image and the position identified based on the read identifying information.
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A system for identifying information of an item placed on a surface in a game that is performed by using the item placed on the surface, the system comprising:
- the item;
- and
- an identification system in communication with the item;
- the item comprises:
- a description surface on which information is described;
- a holder that holds identifying information for identifying the information described on the description surface,
- wherein the holder includes an IC tag that stores the identifying information;
- a first surface portion;
- a second surface portion;
- a first IC tag;
- a second IC;
- and
- a preventing unit that prevents communication between the first IC tag and a reading unit through the second surface portion and communication between the second IC tag and the reading unit through the first surface portion, the reading unit reading the identifying information stored in the first IC tag or the second IC tag, wherein
- the first IC tag is disposed between the first surface portion and the preventing unit,
- the second IC tag is disposed between the second surface portion and the preventing unit;
- the identification system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:
- read the identifying information held in the holder of the item placed on the surface;
- read the identifying information stored in the IC tag;
- identify the information described on the description surface of the item placed on the surface based on the read identifying information;
- and
- identify which of the first surface portion and the second surface portion faces the surface when the item is placed on the surface based on the read result of the information stored in the first IC tag or the second IC tag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.