RU2172639C1 - Card game apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: entertaining facilities. SUBSTANCE: card game apparatus has signal receiver, device for random generation of playing symbol value upon delivery of signal from receiver, unit for indicating image of randomly generated playing symbol. Mentioned device is made in the form of register-playing symbol code stop. Apparatus is further equipped with playing symbol code counter, synchronization pulse generator, and sign generator. Output of signal receiver is connected to input of register-playing symbol code stop. Output of synchronization pulse generator is connected to input of playing symbol code counter. Output of the latter is connected to second input of register-playing symbol code stop and output of the latter is connected through sign generator to image indicating unit. EFFECT: increased entertaining effect. 1 dwg

Description

 A device for card games containing a signal transmission device to the signal display unit (Magazine "Big Game", N 9, 1999, p. 25, top photo), which projects game symbols onto the screen of the image display unit during the game. This device serves to make players more informative and is a passive element of the gameplay.

 The closest is a device for card games containing a means for randomly generating game symbols (Patent RU 2142309, A 63 F 1/18), responsive to the input of the team leading the game. As a means for arbitrary generation of game symbols, either a mechanical card selection device, or a random number generator, or software card games that randomly select cards from a virtual deck are used. This device serves for an additional game in relation to the main one and significantly increases the entertainingness of card or other games using game symbols. The disadvantage of this device is the ability to predict or calculate the appearance of a game symbol, since the means for arbitrary generation of game symbols gives the value of game symbols according to a certain mathematical dependence.

 The objective of the invention is to provide a device to increase the fun of card and other games using game symbols, providing equally probable possibilities for the appearance of a game symbol and the inability to predict or calculate the appearance of the expected symbol.

 The achieved result is due to the fact that the device continuously changes the codes of game symbols at a high speed without stopping, even while fetching a game symbol code. The device is an active element of the gameplay, the selection result affects the course of the game.

 The essence of the invention lies in the fact that in the device for card games containing a signal receiver, means for randomly generating the value of game symbols from a signal from the receiver, an image display unit of a randomly generated game symbol, means for randomly generating the value of game symbols is made in the form of a code latch register game symbols, a game symbol code counter, a clock generator, a character generator are entered into the device, the output of the signal receiver being connected to the register input game symbol code latch, the output of the clock generator is connected to the input of the game symbol code counter, the output of the game symbol code counter is connected to the second input of the game symbol code latch register, and the output of the game symbol code latch register is connected to the image display unit through the character generator.

 The invention is illustrated in the drawing, which shows a block-functional diagram of the device.

 The device comprises: a signal receiver 1, a clock generator 2, a counter of game symbol codes 3, a register-latch of a game symbol code 4, a character generator 5, an image display unit 6. The output of the clock frequency 2 is connected to the input of the counter of game symbols 3, the counter output game symbol codes 3 is connected to the second input of the register-latch of the game symbol code 4. The first input of the register-latch of the game symbol code 4 is connected to the output of the signal receiver 1. The output of the register-latch of the game symbol code 4 is connected to the input acogenerator 5. The output of the character generator 5 is connected to the input of the image display unit 6. Elements included in the device are designated as functional, since well-known components of electronic devices can be used for their implementation. For example, an infrared radiation detector (TOSP 1238 photodetector from Telefunken semiconductor) can be used as signal receiver 1, the functions of a generator 2, counter 3, register-latch 4, character generator 5 are implemented by a typical single-chip computer PIC 16 F 84 from Microchip USA ( Single-chip microchip controllers Microchip. Publishing house ORMIX, 1997, Riga). The image display unit is made, for example, on LED matrices.

 The device operates as follows: a clock generator 2 continuously creates electrical pulses of a given frequency with a speed of at least 100,000 pulses per second. Electric pulses from the generator are fed to the game character code counter 3, which changes the code value when a pulse is received from the clock generator 2 in the specified order. The sequence of game characters is set arbitrarily. The pulse repetition rate of at least 100,000 pulses per second does not allow predicting the code of the subsequent game symbol, even if the player knows the sequence of their sequence. In the register-latch 4 is always one of the codes of game symbols. In the register-latch 4 there is always one of the codes of game symbols (the first of the counter of codes of game symbols). When a signal is received by the player or playing the game through the signal receiver 1 to the latch register 4, the latch register 4 stores the code of the game symbol and gives an impulse to the input of the character generator 5. The signal can be applied in any way, in particular using a wireless infrared transmitter. In the memory of the register-latch 4, this code is stored until the next signal from the receiver of signal 1. The device has a block for interrupting the passage of the signal for a given time (not shown in the drawing). Repeated signaling for a specified time does not cause a change in the operation of the device. The character generator 5 converts the game symbol code into an image for the image display unit 6. An image of the game symbol corresponding to the code is displayed on the screen of the image display unit.

 The introduction of a game symbol randomly selected by the device during the game allows you to diversify the game, for example, Oasis Poker. The rules of the game may provide for a single signal at a single distribution. The dropped game symbol is a joker. The player who holds the dropped game symbol in his hands receives advantages in the game.

Claims (1)

 A device for card games containing a signal receiver, means for randomly generating the value of game symbols from a signal from the receiver, an image display unit for a randomly generated game symbol, characterized in that the means for randomly generating the value of game symbols is made in the form of a register-latch of game symbol code, a gaming symbol code counter, a clock generator, a character generator are introduced into the device, and the output of the signal receiver is connected to the input of the register-latch of the game sim code oxen, the output of the clock generator is connected to the input of the game symbol code counter, the output of the game symbol code counter is connected to the second input of the game symbol code latch register, and the output of the game symbol code register-latch is connected to the image display unit through the character generator.