TWI806727B - Intelligent board game teaching aid - Google Patents

Abstract

An intelligent board game teaching aid, through the design of a game board device, a game glove that can be used to sense and read coil data on the game board device, and an electronic device that is signal-connected to the game glove, the electronic device can be used during the game. The device automatically judges whether the game action made by the user is correct or not, and automatically gives corresponding sound and video action prompts, and when the user forgets which game grid to go to, he can also drive the game by raising his hand. The electronic device gives prompts and can effectively guide dementia patients to play games. Therefore, the intelligent board game teaching aid of the present invention can indeed combine training, learning and play, and has the effect of improving the effectiveness of cognitive training for dementia patients.

Description

Intelligent board game teaching aid

The present invention relates to a game system, in particular to a table game system.

Dementia is caused by the degeneration of brain cells, which will cause the decline of memory and other neurological functions, so that the mental abilities are gradually lost. The mental abilities include thinking ability, memory ability, judgment ability, learning ability and solving ability, etc., but The patient himself may not feel the above changes in sensory perception.

For the treatment of dementia, in addition to drug treatment, it is also important to delay the cognitive decline of dementia through cognitive training. Cognitive training can be carried out through activities such as hands-on, foot-moving, and brain-moving, such as outdoor activities, hand-made games, etc., combining training, learning and play, and using a three-pronged approach to improve the effectiveness of cognitive training.

Board games are a kind of game devices that can interact with multiple people, but the current board games are designed for the general public, and are usually not suitable for people with dementia.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide an intelligent board game teaching aid that can improve at least one shortcoming of the prior art.

Therefore, the intelligent board game teaching aid of the present invention includes a game board device, at least one game glove, and an electronic device.

The game board device includes a game board provided with a plurality of game grids, and a plurality of lattice coils arranged in the game board and respectively corresponding to the corresponding game grids.

The at least one game glove includes a glove body, a coil reading module, a processor and a first wireless communication module arranged on the glove body. The coil reading module can be moved close to the game board by the glove body, and can read a grid number of the grid coil corresponding to each game grid approached by proximity sensing. The processor wirelessly sends a moving signal corresponding to the cell number through the first wireless communication module.

The electronic device includes a second wireless communication module capable of wirelessly receiving the position signal, an output module, and a control module. The control module can control the output module to output a traveling instruction, and according to the traveling instruction, judge whether the number of game grids represented by all the moving signals sent by the at least one game glove within a predetermined game time is correct, and determine if the error , control the output module to output a prompt message.

The effect of the present invention is: through the design of the game board device, the game glove and the electronic device, the electronic device can automatically judge whether the user's game action is correct during the game process, and automatically give the corresponding It is suggested that training, learning and play can be combined to improve the effectiveness of cognitive training for dementia patients.

Referring to Figures 1-4, an embodiment of the intelligent board game teaching aid 200 of the present invention is suitable for use by multiple users, including a game board device 3, a plurality of cards 4, a plurality of dice 5, and a plurality of game gloves 6 , and an electronic device 7 connecting the dice 5 and the game gloves 6 with a wireless signal.

The game board device 3 includes a game board 31 , and a plurality of grid coils 32 and a plurality of map coils 33 embedded in the game board 31 . The top surface of the game board 31 is provided with a plurality of sequentially arranged game grids 311 and a map pattern 312 surrounded by the game grids 311 . The map pattern 312 is divided into a plurality of map areas 313 . The grid coils 32 are distributed and arranged corresponding to the game grids 311 respectively, and each grid coil 32 is built with a grid number that can be read by proximity sensing. The map coils 33 are respectively arranged in distribution corresponding to the map areas 313 , and each map coil 33 is built with a map area number which can be read by proximity sensing. In this embodiment, the game grids 311 are arranged in a rectangular ring, but the implementation is not limited thereto.

The cards are divided into multiple types. In this embodiment, they are divided into four types, such as but not limited to "Famous Products", "Fruits", "Sports", and "Sight Spots". Each type has a plurality of cards 4 , and these cards 4 of the same type can be stacked up and down on the game board 31 . Each card 4 includes a card-shaped card body 41 and a card coil 42 embedded in the card body 41 . Each card coil 42 is built with a card number that can be read by proximity sensing.

In this embodiment, the above-mentioned various coils are RFID coils, which can be sensed and read through wireless radio frequency induction technology, but during implementation, these coils can also be sensed and read through NFC (Near Field Communication, short-range wireless communication) technology .

These dice 5 can be thrown to roll out points. Each dice 5 includes a dice body 51 , and an orientation sensor 52 and a wireless transmitter 53 embedded in the dice body 51 . Each of the dice bodies 51 has a plurality of dice faces 510 respectively representing different points, and when thrown on a plane, one of the dice faces 510 will face upward. Each orientation sensor 52 can be used to sense which dice face 510 of the corresponding dice body 51 is facing up, and wirelessly transmit a corresponding orientation signal through the wireless transmitter 53 . The wireless transmitter 53 can wirelessly transmit the orientation signal through a currently known wireless communication technology, such as Bluetooth technology. Since there are many wireless communication technologies that can wirelessly send the orientation signal, and are not the focus of improvement of the present invention, they will not be described in detail.

Each orientation sensor 52 may be a six-axis gyroscope; or be composed of a plurality of gravity sensing elements for sensing gravity in different directions, and each gravity sensing element may be used to sense two corresponding opposite directions. Which one of the dice faces 510 is facing upwards; or an optical sensor, which can detect which dice face 510 is facing downwards and is shielded, so as to obtain the current relatively upward facing dice face 510 . Since there are many types of the orientation sensor 52 that can be used to sense the upward facing dice surface 510 of the corresponding dice body 51 , the implementation is not limited to the above embodiments.

Each game glove 6 includes a glove body 61 for one of the users to wear on the hand, and a coil reading module 62, a posture sensing module 63, a The processor 64 is connected with a first wireless communication module 65 . In this embodiment, the posture sensing module 63 , the processor 64 and the first wireless communication module 65 are integrated into a control circuit 60 , but the implementation is not limited thereto.

The processor 64 is signally connected to the coil reading module 62 and the posture sensing module 63, may be a Microprocessor (Microprocessor), and is operable to wirelessly send a pairing signal through the first wireless communication module 65 , such as a Bluetooth pairing signal, and can be remotely activated or deactivated by the electronic device 7 that has been paired and connected. When the processor 64 is activated by the remote control, it will control and activate the coil reading module 62 and the attitude sensing module 63 , and start to transmit data to the electronic device 7 through the first wireless communication module 65 .

The coil reading module 62 is arranged on the fingers of the glove body 61, for example, only on the index finger or on multiple fingers, and can be driven by the glove body 61 to move close to the game board 31 and the cards 4 . The coil reading module 62 can read the grid number of the grid coil 32 corresponding to the game grid 311 by proximity sensing when approaching one of the game grids 311 within a predetermined distance, such as but not limited to within 0.5 cm. Alternatively, when approaching one of the map areas 313 within a predetermined distance, such as but not limited to within 0.5 cm, the proximity sensing reads the map area number of the map coil 33 corresponding to the map area 313 . The processor 64 will wirelessly send a position signal for each cell number read by sensing through the first wireless communication module 65, and will send a signal for each block number read by sensing through the first wireless communication module 65. The communication module 65 wirelessly sends a map area signal.

When the user approaches one of the stacks of cards 4 with the hand wearing the glove body 61 and takes one of the cards 4, for example but not limited to the card 4 stacked on the top, the coil reads The module fetching unit 62 will be driven by the glove body 61 to move close to the cards 4. At the beginning, multiple cards 4 will be sensed, and multiple card numbers will be sensed. The processor 64 will start counting after the coil reading module 62 starts to sense a card number, and after counting a predetermined picking time, such as but not limited to 5 seconds or 10 seconds after counting, if only sensing When a card number is read, it means that the user has completed taking one of the cards 4, and the processor 64 will wirelessly send a card signal through the first wireless communication module 65 for the card number.

The posture sensing module 63 can sense the posture that the glove body 61 is operated to make, and when it senses that the glove body 61 makes a predetermined gesture posture, for example, make a gesture gesture of raising the hand upwards, corresponding Generate a trigger signal. The processor 64 is triggered by the trigger signal, and wirelessly sends a gesture signal through the first wireless communication module 65 . The attitude sensing module 63 is for example but not limited to a three-axis gyroscope, a three-axis accelerometer, and a three-axis electronic compass.

The electronic device 7, such as but not limited to mobile phones, tablet computers, desktop computers and other devices with wireless communication functions and audio-visual playback output functions, has a built-in pairing relationship between the grid numbers and the card numbers. Related data, related data of the mutual pairing relationship between the card numbers and the map area numbers, multiple card data corresponding to the corresponding card numbers, multiple map area data corresponding to the corresponding map area numbers , and a plurality of score values respectively corresponding to the corresponding card numbers, and a plurality of score data respectively corresponding to the corresponding game gloves 6 are stored.

The content of the card data can have different designs according to the type, such as images and introductions of various fruits; images, introductions and scores of various famous products; images, introductions, etc. of various attractions; method, introduction, etc. The data content of the map area is for example but not limited to the place name, agricultural products, famous products and scenic spots of the corresponding map area 313 .

The electronic device 7 includes an output module 71 , a control module 72 , and a second wireless communication module 73 . The output module 71 has a loudspeaker 711 capable of outputting information through sound amplification, and a display 712 capable of outputting information through video. The second wireless communication module 73 can be connected to the first wireless communication modules 65 and the wireless transmitters 53 through various currently known wireless communication technology signals, and can be used to wirelessly receive the orientation signals, the pairing signals, the position signals, the map area signals, the card signals and the gesture signals.

The control module 72 can establish a connection with the game glove 6 according to the pairing signal sent by each game glove 6 , and then can wirelessly control the game glove 6 . In addition, when the control module 72 is operated to start a game mode, it can also be operated to establish a user sequence for all the game gloves 6 that have been paired and linked, and will control the corresponding sequence of the corresponding sequence according to the user sequence. The game glove 6 is enabled, so that the game glove 6 can be used for wireless sensing to read the grid coils 32, the map coils 33 and the card coils 42, and wirelessly send the position signals and the map areas. signals, the card signals and the hand signal.

When the smart board game teaching aid 200 of the present invention is used, each user is allowed to wear a game glove 6 , and establish the user order by operating the electronic device 7 , and activate the game mode of the electronic device 7 . At this time, the electronic device 7 will sequentially control each game glove 6 to activate according to the order of the user, so that the corresponding user can play the game.

The user currently playing the game can throw the dice 5 . When each dice 5 stops moving, it senses the upward facing dice surface 510 and wirelessly sends the corresponding orientation signal. The electronic device 7 will analyze the orientation signals sent by the dice 5, and know the total points of all the dice faces 510 of all the dice 5 currently facing up, and update the corresponding game glove 6 according to the total points. The final game grid position, and output the progress instruction of the number of game grids to be advanced through the loudspeaker 711 and the display 712 . In this embodiment, multiple dice 5 are thrown, but during implementation, in other embodiments of the present invention, only one dice 5 may be thrown.

Then, the current user can start to touch other game grids 311 behind the last game grid 311 in the previous game with the worn game glove 6 according to the advancing instruction, so as to advance the corresponding game grid 311 quantity. The game glove 6 will sense the grid position coil 32 of each game grid 311 that it touches and correspondingly send the position moving signal.

The electronic device 7 will calculate the number of game grids to advance according to the movement signals received during the period when the user touches the game board 31 with the game glove 6 , and will judge whether the number of game grids to advance is based on the travel instructions. correct, and judge whether the grid number corresponding to the last move signal is correct according to the last game grid position. If it is judged that the number of game grids is wrong or the position of the game grid corresponding to the last grid number is wrong, it will control the loudspeaker 711 and the display 712 to send an error message; if the judgment is correct, it will control the loudspeaker 711 and the The display 712 sends an action instruction to take the card 4 .

When the electronic device 7 issues an instruction to take the card 4 , the user can take the card 4 of the corresponding type with the hand wearing the game glove 6 . The game glove 6 will read the card coil 42 of the card 4 taken last, and send the corresponding card signal to the electronic device 7 . The electronic device 7 will determine whether the card number represented by the card signal is associated with the current slot number of the game grid 311 . If it is judged not to be associated, the loudspeaker 711 and the display 712 will be controlled to output an error message, and if it is judged to be associated, the loudspeaker 711 and the display 712 will be controlled to output the card data corresponding to the card 4, and An action instruction to find the map area 313 is output.

When the electronic device outputs an action instruction to find the map area 313 , the user can choose to touch the map area 313 corresponding to the card 4 with the hand wearing the game glove 6 . The game glove 6 will sense the map coil 33 of the map area 313 touched, and send the map area signal to the electronic device 7 . The electronic device 7 will analyze whether the zone number represented by the zone signal is associated with the card number of the card 4 . If it is determined that it is not related, the loudspeaker 711 and the display 712 will be controlled to output an error message;

During the game, the electronic device 7 will accumulate errors when judging that the current user has gone to the wrong game grid 311, selected the wrong card 4 or selected the wrong map area 313, etc., and controls the output module 71 to send an error message. once. When the accumulated number of errors is less than N times, the electronic device 7 will control the output module 71 to send a corresponding prompt message, such as but not limited to the prompt of the game grid position, the prompt of the card type and the prompt of the map area position, so as to Remind the current user how to play the game, and re-analyze and judge whether the position signals, the card signals and the map area signals continuously sent by the game glove 6 are correct; when the cumulative number of errors of the electronic device 7 is equal to N times , then end the game authority of the user of the current sorting, that is, the remote control of the user’s game glove 6 is disabled, and the remote control of another game glove 6 of the next sorting is enabled and the game can be played.

In addition, the electronic device 7 will also end the user's game authority after the user in the current sequence correctly selects the map area 313, and change the remote control of another game glove 6 in the next sequence to activate and start the game. .

Furthermore, the electronic device 7 will also update the score data of the corresponding game glove 6 according to the predetermined score of the selected card 4 when the currently sorted user selects the correct map area 313 . The electronic device 7 will also record the last game grid position corresponding to the game glove 6 after the remote control ends a user's game authority, and when it is the user's turn to play the game again, the final game grid position will be recorded according to the last game grid position. The position is used to carry out the traveling instructions of the game grid 311 .

In addition, when the user cannot clearly recognize the number of game grids that he should advance, the type of card to be taken, or the position of the map area to be selected, he can make the game glove 6 by raising his hand wearing the game glove 6 6 Send out the gesture signal. The electronic device 7 will be triggered by the gesture signal, and output corresponding prompt messages, such as clearly prompting which game grid 311 to walk, which type of card 4 to take, and which map area 313 to click, etc.

To sum up, through the design of the game board device 3, the cards 4, the dice 5, the game gloves 6 and the electronic device 7, the electronic device 7 can automatically determine whether to use it during the game. Whether the player’s game action is correct, and automatically give a prompt message of the sound type and/or image type, and when the user forgets which game grid 311 to go to, the electronic device can also be driven by raising his hand. The device 7 gives prompt messages, which can effectively guide dementia patients to play games. Therefore, the intelligent board game teaching aid 200 of the present invention can indeed combine training, learning and play, and has the effect of improving the effectiveness of cognitive training for dementia patients. It is indeed a rather innovative creation and can indeed achieve the purpose of the present invention.

But the above-mentioned ones are only embodiments of the present invention, and should not limit the scope of the present invention. All simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the patent scope of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present invention. Within the scope covered by the patent of the present invention.

200: Intelligent board game teaching aids 3: Game board device 31: Game board 311: game grid 312: map pattern 313: map area 32: grid coil 33: Map Coil 4: Card 41: Card body 42: Card coil 5: dice 51: dice body 510: dice face 52: Orientation sensor 53: Wireless transmitter 6: Gaming Gloves 60: Control circuit 61: Glove body 62: Coil reading module 63: Attitude sensor 64: Processor 65: The first wireless communication module 7: Electronic device 71: Output module 711: Megaphone 712: display 72: Control module 73: Second wireless communication module

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the implementation manner with reference to the drawings, wherein: Fig. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram schematically illustrating the structure of an embodiment of the intelligent board game teaching aid of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a top view illustrating the structure of a game board device of this embodiment; Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the structure of a game glove of this embodiment; and FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram illustrating the functional architecture of this embodiment.

3: Game board device

32: grid coil

33: Map Coil

4: Card

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5: dice

52: Orientation sensor

53: Wireless transmitter

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62: Coil reading module

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64: Processor

65: The first wireless communication module

7: Electronic device

71: Output module

711: Megaphone

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72: Control module

73: Second wireless communication module

Claims (9)

An intelligent board game teaching aid, comprising: a game board device, including a game board provided with a plurality of game grids, and a plurality of lattice coils arranged in the game board and respectively corresponding to the corresponding game grids; at least one game glove , including a glove body, a coil reading module, a processor, and a first wireless communication module arranged on the glove body, the coil reading module can be linked to the game board by the glove body, and can be Proximity sensing reads a grid number of the grid coil corresponding to each game grid approached, and the processor will wirelessly send a moving signal corresponding to the grid number through the first wireless communication module; and a The electronic device includes a second wireless communication module capable of wirelessly receiving the moving signal, an output module, and a control module, the control module can control the output module to output a traveling instruction, and according to the traveling Instructing to judge whether the number of game grids represented by all the moving signals sent by the at least one game glove within a predetermined game time is correct, and when the judgment is wrong, control the output module to output a prompt message. The intelligent board game teaching aid as described in claim 1, further comprising a dice, the dice includes a dice body with a plurality of dice faces, and an orientation sensor and a wireless transmitter arranged in the dice body, the The orientation sensor can sense which dice of the dice body is facing up, and send a corresponding orientation signal through the wireless transmitter, and the second wireless communication module can receive the orientation signal wirelessly, and the control module will analyze The dice points obtained by the orientation signal are used to update the last game grid position recorded for the at least one game glove, and the output module is controlled to output the travel instruction according to the dice points, and according to the updated last game The grid position judges whether the grid number corresponding to the movement signal last transmitted by the at least one game glove within the predetermined game time is correct, and when the judgment is wrong, the output module is controlled to output a prompt message. The intelligent board game teaching aid as described in request item 2 also includes a plurality of cards, each card has a card coil for the proximity sensing of the coil reading module to read a card number, the processor When the coil reading module only reads a card number by proximity sensing, it will wirelessly send a card signal corresponding to the card number through the first wireless communication module, and the second wireless communication module can wirelessly Receiving the card signal, the electronic device is built with the relationship between the grid numbers of the grid coils and the card numbers of the cards, and a plurality of cards corresponding to the card numbers Card data, the control module will update the position of the last game grid, and control the output module to output the travel instructions, and judge that the number of game grids represented by all the moving signals is correct, and judge the corresponding position of the last moving signal. When the grid position number is correct, control the output module to output an action instruction, and analyze and judge the card number corresponding to the card signal sent by the at least one game glove successively, and the corresponding card number corresponding to the last move signal When the slot number is associated, the output module is controlled to output the card data corresponding to the card number. The intelligent board game teaching aid as described in claim 3, wherein, the game board is also set There is a map pattern, the map pattern has a plurality of map areas, and the game board device also includes a plurality of map coils arranged on the game board and respectively corresponding to the corresponding map areas, and the coil reading module can be read by proximity induction. A map area number of the map coil corresponding to one of the map areas approaching, the processor will wirelessly send a map area signal corresponding to the map area number through the first wireless communication module, and the second wireless communication module can Receive the area signal wirelessly, and the electronic device also has the relationship between the card numbers and the area numbers of the map coils, and a plurality of area data corresponding to the area numbers. The control After the module controls the output module to continuously output the card data corresponding to the action instruction and the card number, if it is analyzed and judged that the map area number corresponding to the map area signal transmitted by the at least one game glove is the same as the card When the card number is associated, the output module is controlled to output the map area data corresponding to the map area number. The intelligent board game teaching aid as described in claim 4, comprising a plurality of the game gloves, the electronic device is operable to establish a user sequence for the game gloves, and when the control module is operated to start a game mode, According to the order of the user, each game glove correspondingly sorted will be activated by remote control, so that the activated game glove can be used to sense the grid coils, the card coils and the map coils , and the control module will switch the remote control next sequence when it judges that the zone number transmitted by the currently enabled game glove is not associated with the card number, or that the zone number is associated with the card number Another game glove enables activation. The intelligent board game teaching aid as described in claim 5, wherein the control module will match the number of the map area sent by the currently enabled game glove with the card When the card number is not associated, accumulate an error, and when it is judged that the current accumulated number of errors is less than N, control the output module to output a prompt message, and re-analyze to determine whether the number of the map area sent by the game glove is consistent with the number of the game glove Card numbers are associated, and when it is judged that the current cumulative number of errors is equal to N, another game glove that switches the remote control to the next sequence can be activated. The intelligent board game teaching aid as described in claim 4, wherein the at least one game glove further includes a posture sensing module arranged on the glove body, and the posture sensing module can sense the glove body being operated. A trigger signal is generated when a predetermined gesture is made, the processor will be triggered by the trigger signal to wirelessly send a gesture signal through the first wireless communication module, and the control module will be received by the second wireless communication module The gesture signal is triggered to control the output module to output a prompt message. The intelligent board game teaching aid as described in claim item 7, wherein the output module has a loudspeaker for outputting the prompt message, the card data and the map area data through sound amplification, and/or a A display for outputting the prompt message, the card data and the map area data through video. The intelligent board game teaching aid as described in claim 5, wherein the electronic device also stores a plurality of score values respectively corresponding to the card numbers, and the control module will judge the currently enabled game glove to send the When the map area number is associated with the card number, a point data corresponding to the game glove is updated according to the score value corresponding to the card number.

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