TH18746Y - A card game for the visually impaired that combines English words, along with instructions on how to play the game. - Google Patents

Abstract

Page 1 of 1. Summary of the Invention: This English word game card for the visually impaired consists of a game format using letter cards and number cards with different characteristics. The game is played by four players. Each player randomly draws seven letter cards, which remain in their hand throughout the game. Each player then draws one number card from the deck (1-7) to determine who goes first. The rules are as follows: Players are numbered 1-7 in order. The first player draws a number card to determine the letters for their turn. Each player must arrange words according to the number they drew (e.g., if they drew a 5 card, they must combine five letters that have a dictionary meaning). Players can change letter cards in the next round, but only one letter at a time. Once a word is formed, the score is counted, the formed word is separated, and new letter cards are drawn equal to the number of letters removed. Scoring: Each letter card has a numerical score indicated on the bottom. These points are added together after combining words to create meaning. If a player cannot combine the required number of words, they will not receive any points for that round. The scores from all rounds are added together, and the player with the highest score wins. The objective is to create an English language game for the visually impaired and to use English language activities for learning, in order to create a toy that stimulates the development of language, speaking, and communication skills in visually impaired individuals.

Claims (4)

------10/09/2020------(OCR) 1. Word-matching game cards for the visually impaired. Consists of two sets of letter cards and number cards with different characteristics as follows: The first set of cards (1) are square cards on which the front surface, or both front and back of each card, is printed with the letter (2), which represents uppercase English letters in cool gray and slate gray. The image on the card represents the first letter of that English word. The letter cards (2) contain 100 mixed English letters A to Z, arranged in the center of the card. The front surface, or both front and back of each card, consists of uppercase cursive letters (3) in the top left corner, lowercase cursive letters (4) in the middle left corner, lowercase letters (5) in the bottom left corner, and the number (6) representing the score of that letter (2). The top right corner contains English Braille letters (7), and the bottom right corner contains Braille letters representing the score of that letter. The second set of cards (8) are smaller square cards than the first set (1), on the surface of which are printed the numbers one through seven representing numbers. On one side of each card is a cartoon image of an animal (9) next to the number. The animal of the number one is a giraffe, the animal of the number two is a fox, the animal of the number three is a zebra, the animal of the number four is an elephant, the animal of the number five is a parrot, the animal of the number six is a horse, and the animal of the number seven is a human-like crocodile standing up. It has no significant function but is there to serve a unique aesthetic purpose, similar to the design of the alphabet cards. The number and the cartoon image of the animal (9) are in the center of the second set of cards (8), and the cards are in cool gray (Cool Gray) with the numbers and the animal in slate gray (Slate Gray) lines. Players must form words according to the game. In the upper right corner of the second set of cards (8) there is Braille text representing the number. ------------ Page 1 of 1 page Claim 1. Word-forming game cards for the visually impaired consisting of alphabet cards and numeral cards. There are two sets of cards with different characteristics, as follows: The first set of cards (1) are square cards, on the front surface or both front and back of each card are printed the letter (2), which represents uppercase English letters in more than two colors and is a new English alphabet design. There are 50-100 of the letter (2) cards, with the optimal number being 100, arranged in the center of the card. On the front surface or both front and back of each card are: the top left of the card is uppercase cursive (3), below the middle left of the card is lowercase cursive (4), the bottom left is lowercase (5), and the number (6) represents the score of that letter (2). The top right contains English Braille (7), and the bottom right contains Braille representing the score of that letter. The second set of cards (8) are smaller square cards than the first set of cards (1), on the surface of each card are printed the numbers 1 to 7, which represent the numbers. In which the player must combine words according to the game (9) which are newly designed numbers in more than two colors, and in the upper right corner there is Braille lettering that represents that number. 2. How to play the word combining game for the visually impaired according to claim 1, which has the following steps: 1. The game begins with the referee distributing seven English alphabet cards (1) to each of the four players. The English alphabet cards will remain in the players' hands for the entire game. 2. Each player draws one number card from 1 to 7 to determine who goes first. The cards are arranged in ascending order from largest to smallest, 1-7. The player with the higher number card starts the game. 3. When the first player is chosen, the first player draws a second set of (8) cards printed with numbers. Then, players begin arranging words according to the number of letters drawn that have a dictionary meaning. Players can change one letter card at a time in subsequent rounds by randomly selecting a letter card from the deck. 4. Once a word is formed, score it using the numerical values printed on the bottom of each letter card. These numerical values are added together after the word is formed. The formed word is then separated. Next, each player draws new letter cards equal to the number of cards removed. The scores from each round are added together, and the player with the highest score wins.