US 11,717,754 B2
Game support system, program, information communication terminal, and connection device
Ryuya Watanabe, Tokyo (JP); and Yusaku Kubota, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to BANDAI CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by BANDAI CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/382,205.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-143855 (JP), filed on Aug. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0062765 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/537 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/537 (2014.09) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A game assisting system for assisting execution of a game progressing through presentation of physical game items executed between players, the game assisting system comprising:
a plurality of information communication terminals associated with players participating in the game, one or more information communication terminals of the plurality of information communication terminals comprising: an acquisition unit to acquire information of a physical game item presented by the player; a display controller to control displaying of information on a display; and an information communication unit; and
a connection device comprising a connector to establish communicable connection between the plurality of information communication terminals associated with players participating in the game, wherein
the display controller causes the display to display the information of the physical game item acquired by the acquisition unit of the information communication terminal of a communication counterpart, when the communicable connection is established by the connector,
wherein the game comprises a plurality of types of games that are selectable,
wherein the one or more of the information communication terminals further comprises a selection unit for receiving a selection of one of the plurality of types of games that is executed,
wherein the connector establishes, when the selection unit of at least one of the plurality of information communication terminals receives the selection of the one of the plurality of types of games, the communicable connection between the plurality of information communication terminals including the information communication terminal,
wherein the information of the physical game item acquired by the acquisition unit comprises image information on a captured image of a game board and a placed object placed on the game board,
wherein the display controller causes the display to display, together with the image information, a guide display for a predetermined arrangement of the physical game item for the one of the plurality of types of games, and
wherein when causing the display to display the image information acquired for an information communication terminal that is the communication counterpart, the display controller applies deformation for changing an outer shape of an image of at least one of the game board and the placed object into a predetermined shape in the image information.