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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2012
Mark L. Davis, West Jordan, UT (US);
John M. Black, West Jordan, UT (US);
Roger H. Hoole, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jeffrey Taylor, Naperville, IL (US);
Kirby Bisline, Cotton Wood Heights, UT (US);
Mark L. Davis, West Jordan, UT (US);
John M. Black, West Jordan, UT (US);
Roger H. Hoole, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jeffrey Taylor, Naperville, IL (US);
Kirby Bisline, Cotton Wood Heights, UT (US);
MEP Tech, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A scanning game input mechanism that includes a light-emitting mechanism that defines multiple input regions for a game in which there are multiple players. Each of the input regions is a portion of the playing surface in which a corresponding player subset is to provide physical input (such as rolling dice, playing cards, or placing game pieces, and so forth) to affect game state. A scanning mechanism scans objects placed within the input regions, while a communication mechanism communicates information regarding the scanned object. The information might, for example, be communicated to affect an electronic game state maintained in another device or distributed across multiple devices.