Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Rogier Winters

Johannes Henricus Maria Korst

Elmo Marcus Attila Diederiks

Murray Fulton Gillies

Jurgen Jean Louis Hoppenbrouwers

Nicolas De Jong

Thomas Caspar Kraan

Thomas Casper Kraan

Declan Patrick Kelly

Adrianus Sempel

Daniel Willem Elisabeth Schobben

Hubertus Maria Rene Cortenraad

A game board () with a board surface () and a scanning display, the scanning display comprises display means for displaying a game board layout on the board surface (), and detection means for scanning a code surface of a pawn () for detecting a pawn code when the code surface of the pawn () is directed towards the board surface (). The game board () further comprises or is coupled to a memory () for storing a set of codes, and a processor () for comparing the detected pawn code to the stored codes to identify the pawn (). The detection means preferably comprise a plurality of light sensors ().

Game board, pawn, sticker and system for detecting pawns on a game board

A scanning display apparatus includes a display operable to receive driver signals and generate corresponding visual information for presentation on the display, to sense radiation received at the display and generating corresponding sensing signals corresponding to a region proximate to the display. The apparatus also includes computer hardware coupled to the display for generating driver signals for the display and for receiving the sensing signals from the display. The computer hardware is operable to provide an interactive user interface at the display.

Scanning display apparatus

An image display including a touch-sensitive display, that creates tactile sensation and movement of an object (-) along its surface is provided. Actuators including conductive rods (--) attached together may be used, such that each rod of the actuator (-) may increase or decrease in size when current is applied to that rod to cause the actuator to bend toward a specified direction. Also, an image display that includes ball bearings (-) whose rotation is controlled by driving magnets (--) to cause an object to move is provided. Further, air holes (-) tilted in various directions to control object movement by air pressure may be provided. Moreover, rods (-) may be moved up or down as activated by driving magnets (-). The actuators, rods, ball bearing assemblies, or holes may provide touch sensitivity for the image display.

Image display that moves physical objects and causes tactile sensation

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Rogier Winters