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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2006
Michel Marcel Jose Decre, Eindhoven, NL;
Anthonie Hendrik Bergman, Eindhoven, NL;
Hubertus Maria Rene Cortenraad, Maastricht, NL;
Michel Marcel Jose Decre, Eindhoven, NL;
Anthonie Hendrik Bergman, Eindhoven, NL;
Hubertus Maria Rene Cortenraad, Maastricht, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A pawn () for use on a board () is provided. The pawn () is arranged to provide a trigger signal upon a touch of a triggerable part of the pawn () by a user, and comprises communication means for communicating the trigger signal to a board (). The pawn () comprises at least two separate triggerable sub-parts () for, upon a touch of each respective one of the at least two separate triggerable sub-parts () by a user, respectively providing a first and a second trigger signal. The first and the second trigger signal are mutually distinguishable. Such a pawn () can easily be used for activating a certain function of a set of functions. A function is selected by touching a corresponding triggerable sub-part ().