US 12,324,979 B2
Modular interactive digital game board
Christophe Duteil, Paris (FR)
Assigned to MAPSANDMINIS, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
Appl. No. 17/798,194
Filed by MAPSANDMINIS, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
PCT Filed Feb. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/054336
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/165536, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2001711 (FR), filed on Feb. 20, 2020; and application No. 2003467 (FR), filed on Apr. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0073122 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/92 (2014.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 13/2145 (2014.09) [A63F 13/24 (2014.09); A63F 13/92 (2014.09); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/0383 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A Modular interactive digital game board, said board comprising:
one or more touch pads and one or more movable elements comprising at least one near field communication (NFC) tag;
wherein said at least one tag being configured such that an identifier is transmitted in the presence of an electromagnetic field; and
wherein each of said touch pads comprise a touchscreen which comprises a touch-sensitive surface which is configured to detect a position of at least one movable element comprising at least one conductive surface in a changed electrical state when said element is in contact with said touch-sensitive surface;
a means for detecting other touch pads comprising a plurality of physical connectors disposed on transverse sides of said touch pad;
a communication means for communicating with at least one other touch pad detected by said detection means comprises the plurality of physical connectors
a transmitter of the near field communication type which generates at least one electromagnetic field;
a receiver which receives an identifier transmitted by said at least one tag; and
an electronic circuit connected to the detection means, to the transmitter, to the touch-sensitive surface and to said receiver, said circuit being configured to associate a position information provided by the touch-sensitive surface with the identifier received by said receiver;
wherein said electronic circuit is configured to:
transmit display commands to the touch pads detected;
receive the display commands via said communication means; and
associate the position information provided by the touch-sensitive surface with the identifier received by said receiver.