Electronic dice
AssigneeCibro Technologies Ltd.
InventorsRefael Sity, Joshua Bronfeld
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Abstract
An object (10) having n faces, includes wireless transmitting means (12) for transmitting the value of at least the face of the object lying on a surface. In one embodiment, the face of the object (10) has n faces, includes at least n−1 sensors (S) installed therein, a controller (27, 101) coupled to each of the n−1 sensors (S) and a wireless transmitter device (12) coupled to the controller unit (27, 101) for transmitting data from each of the n−1 sensors (S).
Claims40
A die having n faces, where n is greater than 2, each face being identifiable and comprising wireless transmitting means for transmitting data to identify at least which of the n faces is lying face down when the die is lying on a surface.
A die having n faces, where n is greater than 2, each face being identifiable and comprising:
- a. at least n−1 sensors, each of n−1 faces of said die having one of said at least n−1 sensors installed therein;
- b. a controller coupled to each of said at least n−1 sensors;
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- c. wireless transmitter device coupled to said controller, said wireless transmitter device transmitting data from at least one of said at least n−1 sensors to identify at least which of the n faces is lying face down when the die is lying on a surface.
A die having n faces, where n is greater than 2, each face being identifiable, the die comprising at least n−1 transponders, installed therein for transmitting data to identify at least which of the n faces is lying face down when the die is lying on a surface.
A system for communicating with at least one die, each die having n faces, where n is greater than 2, each face being identifiable, said system comprising:
- a wireless transmitter device installed in said die, for transmitting data to identify at least which of the n faces is lying face down when the die is lying on a surface;
- a read/write unit for receiving said transmitted data;
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- a processing unit coupled to said read/write unit, for processing said data.
A system for identifying a die having n faces, where n is greater than 2, each face being identifiable, said system comprising:
- a CCD (charge coupled camera) for imaging at least one face of said die;
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- a processing unit coupled to said CCD, for processing said image to identify the uppermost or lowermost face of the die.
Apparatus for a software driven application comprising:
- c. at least one die, each of said at least one die having n faces, where n is greater than 2, each face being identifiable an having an ID code encrypted therein and comprising a wireless transceiver for transmitting data to identify at least which of the n faces is lying face down when the die is lying on a surface;
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- d. a software application for verifying the authenticity of said encrypted ID code for each of said at least one die in order to run the software application.
A method for identifying which of the faces of A die is laying on a surface, each face of the die being identifiable, said method comprising the steps of:
- said at least one n-sided die transmitting data from at least the uppermost or lowermost face of said die and;
- processing said data.
A method for protecting a plurality of software applications running in a multi-tasking environment, said method comprising:
- storing data associated with each of said plurality of software applications in each of a plurality of dice, each of said plurality of dice having an ID code encrypted therein and having n faces, where n>2, each face being identifiable and comprising wireless transmitting means for transmitting data to identify at least which of the n faces is lying face down when the die is lying on a surface,
- said software applications verifying the ID code of the die;
- transmitting data from each of said plurality of dice to said software applications;
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- verifying the authenticity of said transmitted data in order to run each of said plurality of software applications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.