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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2005
Hubertus Maria Rene Cortenraad, Eindhoven, NL;
Rogier Winters, Heerlen, NL;
Hubertus Maria Rene Cortenraad, Eindhoven, NL;
Rogier Winters, Heerlen, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
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 ().