TWM624160U - Intelligent board game system - Google Patents

Abstract

An intelligent board game system for players to play, and includes a plurality of game cards and an intelligent device, each game card has an identification barcode containing a question bank number, and the intelligent device includes a display unit, a photographing unit, a processing unit, a storage unit and an input unit . The storage unit stores a question bank corresponding to the question bank number contained in the identification barcode. The photographing unit captures the identification barcode of a game card to generate an image to be identified and transmits it to the processing unit; the processing unit executes a decoding module to decode the identification barcode contained in the identification image. The question bank number is obtained, and a training question in the question bank corresponding to the question bank number is found from the storage unit and displayed on the display unit; the processing unit receives the answer through the input unit and judges whether the answer matches the correct answer to generate a judgment result , and the judgment result is displayed through the display unit.

Description

Intelligent board game system

The present invention relates to a board game, in particular to an intelligent board game system implemented by an intelligent device.

With the increase of age, the elderly are often accompanied by a decline in cognitive function, and when the cognitive function declines to a certain degree of severity (such as reaching the level of dementia), they will lose their ability to take care of themselves and increase medical costs, resulting in life cause difficulty.

Current studies have pointed out that non-drug treatments (such as cognitive training on objects and behaviors in daily life, such as playing board games) can stimulate the prefrontal and bilateral parietal lobes of the brain, thereby delaying cognition in the elderly The function is degraded, and with the advancement of technology and the emergence of artificial intelligence, if information technology can be integrated into board games, it can provide more interesting and instant feedback games for the elderly to play, so as to train the elderly in daily life. cognitive ability.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an intelligent board game system that generates audio-visual effects and interactivity through an intelligent device containing artificial intelligence.

Therefore, the present invention provides an intelligent board game system for a player to play, and includes a plurality of game cards and an intelligent device, each game card has an identification barcode containing a question bank number, and the intelligent device includes a display unit , a photographing unit, a processing unit, a storage unit and an input unit, the processing unit includes a game application program and a decoding module, and the storage unit stores a plurality of barcodes corresponding to one of the barcodes. The question bank of the question bank number, each question bank contains multiple training questions; wherein, the processing unit executes the game application program, so that the player is required to take a game card and approach the photographing unit, so that the photographing unit shoots the game The identification barcode of the card generates an image to be identified, and sends the image to be identified to the processing unit; the processing unit executes the decoding module to decode the identification barcode contained in the image to be identified to obtain the question bank number, and automatically A training question in the question bank corresponding to the question bank number is found in the storage unit, and the training question is displayed on the display unit; the processing unit receives an answer related to the training question through the input unit, and determines Whether the answer matches a correct answer generates a judgment result, and displays the judgment result through the display unit.

In some embodiments, when the processing unit judges that the answer is consistent with the correct answer, the judgment result displayed by the display unit is consistent; when the processing unit judges that the answer does not match the correct answer, the display unit displays the judgment result. The displayed judgment result is a mismatch.

In some implementations, the identification barcodes are two-dimensional barcodes.

In some embodiments, the display unit is a screen, and the input unit is a touch panel disposed on the display unit.

In some implementations, the smart device further includes an audio unit, and when the processing unit determines that the answer is consistent with the correct answer, the audio unit sends out an audio message indicating that the determination result is consistent; the processing unit determines that the answer is consistent with the correct answer. When the inconsistency is correctly answered, the audio unit will send out the audio that the judgment result is inconsistency.

In some implementations, the processing unit receives a player code related to the player through the input unit and stores it in the storage unit, and when the processing unit determines that the answer is consistent with the correct answer, it will match the A correct mark corresponding to the judgment result representing the correct answer is stored in the storage unit corresponding to the player code; when the processing unit judges that the answer does not match the correct answer, a corresponding error mark corresponding to the judgment result representing an incorrect answer is stored in the storage unit The corresponding player code is stored in the storage unit.

In the above embodiment, the processing unit stores the correct flag and the incorrect flag in an answer record related to the player code in the storage unit.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, a cloud computing device is further included, and the intelligent device further includes a communication unit for communicating with the cloud computing device, and the processing unit transmits the player code and the answer record to the cloud computing device.

In the above embodiment, the cloud computing device generates a large data analysis data according to the player code and the answer record.

In some implementation aspects, it also includes a game map, the game map includes a card placement area for the game cards to be placed, at least one indicator, and a plurality of game areas for the indicators to be placed, wherein the game Cards are divided into multiple categories, each category corresponding to one of the corresponding play areas.

In the above embodiment, each game card has a front side and a back side, each front side is printed with the identification barcode, each back side has a category number related to one of the categories, the game areas These category numbers are printed separately.

The effect of the present invention lies in that the processing unit generates an image to be identified by photographing the identification barcode of one of the game cards according to the photographing unit, and the corresponding identification barcode contained in the image to be identified is obtained by executing the decoding module. the question bank number, and find out the training question in the question bank corresponding to the question bank number from the storage unit, and display the training question on the display unit, and the processing unit receives the relevant information on the question bank through the input unit The answer to the training question, and the judgment result is generated through the answer, so that the player can interact with the smart device when playing the board game, and the smart device can generate audio-visual and interactive effects, providing more interesting and The game mode of instant feedback allows the player to continue playing to achieve the effect of continuous training.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are designated by the same reference numerals.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 , an embodiment of the smart board game system 100 of the present invention includes a plurality of game cards 1 , a game map 2 , a smart device 3 and a cloud computing device 4 .

Each game card 1 has a front side 11 and a back side 12, each front side 11 is printed with an identification barcode 111 containing a question bank number, and each back side 12 is printed with a category number 121, the identification barcode 111 is two examples. QRCODE, but not limited to this.

The intelligent device 3 is, for example, an intelligent robot, and includes a display unit 31 , an input unit 32 , a camera unit 33 , a storage unit 34 , an audio unit 35 , a communication unit 36 , and an electrical coupling with the above units connected processing unit 37. In this embodiment, the display unit 31 is a screen, the input unit 32 is a touch panel disposed on the display unit 31, the photographing unit 33 is a camera, and the storage unit 34 is a memory or any computer accessible the recording medium, the audio unit 35 can receive or send out audio, the communication unit 36 is electrically coupled to the cloud computing device 4 and can communicate with it, the processing unit 37 is a central processing unit (CPU) and includes a game application and A decoding module, the processing unit 37 can decode the identification barcode 111 on the game card 1 after the processing unit 37 executes the decoding module. The above is only an example, and is not limited thereto.

The storage unit 34 stores a plurality of question banks respectively corresponding to the question bank number contained in one of the identification barcodes, wherein each question bank includes a plurality of training questions, for example, an identification barcode printed on a game card 1 111 contains the question bank number 1-1. The question bank number 1-1 corresponds to the question bank 1-1 stored in the storage unit 34. There are 4 training questions and 3 easy-to-level training questions, but not limited to this embodiment. In addition, each question is related to one of the six abilities defined in the Mini-Mental Inventory (MMSE). The six abilities are "orientation", "attention and calculation", "memory", "language", "oral comprehension and behavior" and "construction". The six abilities are described in detail below. "Orientation" refers to the subject's ability to perceive and recognize the surrounding environment (person, time, place) and their own situation (name, age, occupation, etc.), "attention". "And computing ability" refers to the ability to log in through a message, asking the subject to perform numerical calculations, and "memory" refers to short-term memory. Short-term recall test ability, "language ability" refers to whether the subject can name commonly used items, or recite a sentence and understand its meaning, or whether the ability to write sentences, "oral comprehension and behavior". "Ability" refers to the subject's ability to perform actions according to the content after providing instructions, and "constructive power" refers to the subject's ability to understand how things are composed, and whether they can identify the shapes composed of three-dimensional space figures.

In particular, this new model aims to train the six abilities defined in the Mini-Mental Inventory (MMSE) - "orientation", "attention and calculation ability", "memory", "language ability", "oral comprehension and There are six game maps 2 corresponding to one of the six abilities, and each game map 2 corresponds to multiple game cards 1, for example, corresponding to "attention and computing ability" The game map 2 corresponding to the game cards 1 is related to "attention and computing power". For the convenience of description, this embodiment takes the game map 2 of "Attention and Computational Ability" as an example. In different embodiments, training can also be performed only through the same game map 2 and its corresponding multiple game cards 1 .

Taking the multiple game cards 1 corresponding to the game map 2 of "Attention and Computing Power" as an example, the subjects of the training questions in the question bank corresponding to the question bank numbers contained in the game cards 1 are divided into multiple categories. For example, Divided into time (category 1), location (category 2), exercise (category 3), nutrition (category 4), hospital (category 5), life field (category 6), leisure field (category 4) Category 7) and Others (Category 8), a total of 8 kinds of questions, and each category has 3 kinds of cards attached, taking the "Time" category (category 1) as an example, the identification barcodes corresponding to 3 game cards 1 The question banks corresponding to the question bank numbers included in 111 are training questions related to the year (type 1, type 1), month (type 1, type 2), and day (type 1, type 3) in the "time" category, but This embodiment is not limited.

The back 12 of each game card 1 is printed with a category number 121, and each category number includes a category code and a category code. For example, a game card with category number 121 from 1 to 3 has a category code of 1 and a category code of 1. 3, which means that the category is the first category (time), and the type is the third category (day), but it is not limited to this.

The game map 2 includes a card placement area 21 printed with the class numbers 121 for the game cards 1 to be placed. For example, the player can place 3 kinds of cards of the first class on the same stack. It is placed on the part where the category code 1 is printed on the card placement area 21 . . In addition, the game map 2 also includes a plurality of indicators 22, a plurality of game areas 23 for placing the indicators 22, and a moving prop 24, wherein the game areas 23 are respectively printed with the category numbers 121, When the player moves one of the pointers 22 to one of the game areas 23 , the playing player draws and places the card correspondingly according to the category number 121 printed on the game area 23 where the pointer 22 stays. The game card 1 corresponding to the category number 121 in the area 21. For example, when the indicator 22 stays in the game area 23 and the category number 121 of the category number 121 is 1-3, the game cards 1 printed on the back 12 are drawn. The game card 1 whose category number 121 is 1-3. These tokens can be used by a corresponding number of players (ie, one player uses one token), so when only one player is playing, only one token 22 needs to be used.

In this embodiment, there are also game cards 1 of "chance" and "destiny" categories, and the same as the other categories of game cards 1, the game cards 1 of the categories of "chance" and "destiny" also include the front 11 and the back 12. Each front 11 is also printed with an identification barcode containing a question bank number. In particular, the category codes 121 printed on the back of the game cards 1 of the "Chance" and "Fate" categories are "Chance" and "Fate" respectively. destiny".

The cloud computing device 4 is, for example, a cloud server, but not limited thereto, the cloud computing device 4 can generate big data analysis data related to the player code by using a player code and the answer record corresponding to the player code, For example, the cloud computing device 4 divides the players into groups according to age, analyzes the ranking of the players in the same age group, and draws a six-force radar chart (as shown in FIG. 6 ) according to the percentages of the six abilities. Players are divided into 5 intervals according to their performance, and each 20% is an interval, which are respectively excellent, good, average, more practice, and more refueling. Players can visually see their performance status through the chart. Scores and comments can give players the motivation to continue to challenge and improve, and encourage players to have a desire to achieve better results. If they can continue to play, it is hoped that they can activate their brain power through continuous practice. The cloud computing device 4 will send the big data analysis data to the game. The smart device 3 allows the player or others to view the results of the player's cognitive training based on the big data analysis data, but is not limited by this.

Referring to FIG. 4 , it is a flow chart of the smart board game system 100 for a player to play. In step S401 of FIG. 4 , first, the processing unit 37 of the smart device 3 executes the game application program and requires the player to input an input representing the A player code of the player, the processing unit 37 of the smart device 3 receives a player code related to the player through the input unit 32 and stores it in the storage unit 34, wherein the storage unit 34 can also store multiple a player code, the processing unit 37 of the smart device 3 also causes the display unit 31 to display six training items corresponding to the above-mentioned six abilities for selection. After an ability training item, the input unit 32 transmits an instruction signal corresponding to the selected training item to the processing unit 37 . Next, the processing unit 37 stores the selected training item corresponding to the player code in the storage unit 34 according to the instruction signal. The selected training item indicates which one of the six abilities the player currently wants to train. The input unit 32 inputs the instruction signal related to "attention and computing power", that is, the training item, to the processing unit 37 .

Then, as shown in step S402 in FIG. 4 , the processing unit 37 executes the game application program, so that the player is required to take a game card 1 and approach the photographing unit 33 , so that the photographing unit 33 can photograph the identification of the game card 1 The barcode 111 generates a to-be-recognized image and transmits the to-be-recognized image to the processing unit 37. In this embodiment, the player first decides to use the indicator by operating the moving prop 24 (eg, rolling a dice). 22 moves to which game area 23 of the game areas 23, and according to the category number 121 printed on the game area 23 where the pointer 22 moves and stays, extracts the game area 23 that is placed and stayed with the pointer 22. The game card 1 corresponding to the category number 121 in the card placement area 21 corresponding to the category number 121 of the game area 23 is placed close to the photographing unit 33 .

Next, as shown in step S403 in FIG. 4 , the processing unit 37 executes the decoding module to decode the identification barcode 111 contained in the image to be identified to obtain the question bank number, and finds the question bank number corresponding to the question bank number from the storage unit 34 the question bank, and find a training question from 10 training questions in the question bank. In this embodiment, the storage unit 34 also stores a pair of difficulty settings corresponding to the player code, and the processing unit 37 is based on the difficulty setting. To find the training question, for example, if the difficulty corresponding to a player is set as difficult, the processing unit 37 randomly selects one of the three difficult training questions in the question bank as the training question. In this embodiment, the difficulty setting is set to medium by default, and the player will increase or decrease the difficulty setting after answering 3 consecutive questions correctly or incorrectly. , then the processing unit 37 adjusts the difficulty setting corresponding to the player to difficult and stores the corresponding player in the storage unit 37 .

Then, as shown in step S404 in FIG. 4 , the processing unit 37 displays the training topic on the display unit 31 . The game application executed by the processing device 37 will display a game screen on the display unit 31 according to the training problem. Taking the training problem of "orientation" as an example, the game screen is a scene of a living room in a home. In the scene of the living room, the positions of the sofa, TV and dining table are hollowed out, and the patterns of the sofa, TV and dining table are displayed in an option area of the game screen.

Next, as shown in step S405 in FIG. 4 , the processing unit 37 receives an answer related to the training question through the input unit 32, and determines whether the answer is consistent with a correct answer, if so, proceed to step S406, if not , the step proceeds to step S407. For example, the player will move the sofa, TV and dining table placed in the option area of the game screen to the game by touching the input unit 32, that is, the touch panel disposed on the display unit 31, respectively. In the hollowed out place in the screen, when the sofa, TV and dining table in the option area are respectively moved to the hollowed out place in the game screen, the processing unit 37 receives the answer related to the training question, but does not This is a limitation. In different embodiments, the input unit 32 can also be an audio unit 35, the training topic can be related to sound, and the processing unit 37 obtains the audio data of the player through the audio unit 35 as the training topic. the answer to the question.

Therefore, in step S405 of FIG. 4 , when the processing unit 37 determines that the answer is consistent with a correct answer (for example, the player correctly moves the sofa, TV and dining table in the option area of the game screen to the game screen should When placing the sofa, TV and dining table), as shown in step S406 in FIG. 4 , the processing unit 37 generates a judgment result indicating that it is consistent, and the display unit 31 displays that the judgment result is consistent, and through the The audio unit 35 sends out the audio that the judgment result is a match. For example, the processing unit 37 will display the text or icon of "correct answer" through the display unit 31, and send out the audio of "correct answer" through the audio unit 35, but not limited to this, in addition, the processing The unit 37 also stores in the storage unit 34 a correct mark corresponding to the judgment result, which represents the correct answer and corresponds to the player code and the training item. Therefore, the storage unit 34 can store a plurality of correct marks corresponding to the player code and corresponding to the training item.

On the contrary, when the processing unit 37 judges that the answer does not match the correct answer (for example, the player has not correctly moved the sofa, TV and dining table in the option area of the game screen to the game screen where the sofa, TV and dining table should be placed correctly). When the hollow of the dining table), as shown in step S407 of FIG. 4 , the processing unit 37 generates a judgment result indicating inconsistency, and the display unit 31 displays that the judgment result is inconsistent, and the audio unit 35 sends out a message that the judgment result is inconsistency. For example, the processing unit 37 will display the text or icon of "wrong answer" through the display unit 31, and send out the audio of "wrong answer" through the audio unit 35, but not limited to this. In addition, the processing The unit 37 stores in the storage unit 34 an error flag corresponding to the judgment result representing an incorrect answer corresponding to the player code and the training item. Therefore, the storage unit 34 can store the player code and the training item. Multiple error flags. In this embodiment, the processing unit 37 stores the correct flag and the incorrect flag in an answer record related to the player code in the storage unit 34 . In particular, when multiple players play, the processing unit 34 may store the correct marks and the wrong marks corresponding to the player codes in the answer records corresponding to the player codes respectively. In particular, the main function of the training topics of the "Chance" and "Fate" categories is to make the training more interesting and entertaining. ” and “Fate” categories of training topics randomly add and deduct money (such as the existing Monopoly), so that learners have different reactions and feedback to the learning content, and are willing to devote more attention to the activities.

The questions in the "Opportunity" category are based on the basic questions of the six abilities, and extend to different aspects. Taking "Direction" as an example, one of the questions is "Who is the President of the Legislative Yuan with the longest tenure?" Get game tokens of 200 yuan, and the "Fate" category will add context. Take the fate question in "Oral Comprehension and Behavioral Ability" as an example, "Follow the doctor's instructions, take medicine half an hour after meals, and get game tokens of 200 yuan" , so that learners can understand how to combine and apply the "Oral Comprehension and Behavioral Ability" with life.

In addition, please refer to FIG. 5 , the intelligent board game system 100 also includes a program for generating big data analysis data. It should be noted that this process requires the process of storing player answer records as shown in FIG. 4 in advance. The steps of this process are as follows , first, as shown in step S501 of FIG. 5 , the processing unit 37 of the smart device 3 transmits the player code and the corresponding answer record stored in the storage unit 34 to the cloud computing device through the communication unit 36 4. In addition, when there are multiple players playing, the processing unit 37 can also transmit the player codes corresponding to the multiple players and the answer records corresponding to the corresponding player codes to the cloud computing device 4 .

Next, as shown in step S502 of FIG. 5 , the cloud computing device 4 generates a big data analysis data according to the player code and the corresponding answer record. In addition, the cloud computing device 4 can also generate a plurality of big data analysis data corresponding to the corresponding player codes according to the plurality of player codes and the answer records corresponding to the corresponding player codes respectively.

Next, as shown in step S503 of FIG. 5 , the cloud computing device 4 transmits the big data analysis data back to the smart device 3 for the player or others to view.

To sum up, in the present invention, the processing unit 37 captures the identification barcode 111 of one of the game cards 1 according to the photographing unit 33 to generate a to-be-identified image, and the to-be-identified image is obtained by executing the decoding module including: The identification barcode 111 corresponds to the question bank number, and the training question of the question bank corresponding to the question bank number is found from the storage unit 34, and the training question is displayed on the display unit 31, and the processing unit 37 through the The input unit receives an answer related to the training question, and generates a judgment result according to the answer, so as to enable the player to interact with the smart device 3, and the smart device 3 can generate audio-visual and interactive effects to provide more rich The fun and instant feedback gameplay allows the player to keep playing to achieve the effect of continuous training.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention, which should not limit the scope of the present invention. Any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application for this new model and the contents of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present invention. within the scope of this new patent.

1: Game Card 11: Front 111: Identify barcodes 12: Back 121: Category number 2: Game map 21: Card placement area 22: Counter 23: Game area 24: Moving props 3: Smart Devices 31: Display unit 32: Input unit 33: Photography Unit 34: Storage unit 35: Audio Unit 36: Communication unit 37: Processing unit 4: Cloud computing device 100: Intelligent Board Game System S401~S407: Steps S501~S503: Steps

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, wherein: 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an intelligent board game system of the present invention; 2 is a schematic diagram of a plurality of game cards of the present embodiment; 3 is a schematic diagram of a game map of the present embodiment; Fig. 4 is a main flow chart of this embodiment; FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a procedure for generating big data analysis data of the embodiment; and FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a large data analysis data of this embodiment.

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Claims (11)

An intelligent board game system for one player to play, comprising: a plurality of game cards, each game card having an identification bar code containing a question bank number; and A smart device includes a display unit, a camera unit, a processing unit, a storage unit, and an input unit, the processing unit includes a game application program and a decoding module, and the storage unit stores a plurality of records corresponding to the Identify the question bank of the question bank number contained in one of the barcodes, and each question bank contains multiple training questions; wherein The processing unit executes the game application program to request the player to take a game card and approach the camera unit, so that the camera unit captures the identification barcode of the game card to generate a to-be-recognized image, and transmits the to-be-recognized image to the processing unit; The processing unit executes the decoding module to decode the identification barcode included in the image to be identified to obtain the question bank number, finds a training question in the question bank corresponding to the question bank number from the storage unit, and converts the question bank to the question bank number. The question bank is displayed in the display unit; The processing unit receives an answer related to the training question through the input unit, determines whether the answer matches a correct answer to generate a determination result, and displays the determination result through the display unit. The intelligent board game system of claim 1, wherein when the processing unit judges that the answer is consistent with the correct answer, the judgment result displayed by the display unit is consistent; the processing unit judges that the answer does not match the correct answer When matching, the judgment result displayed by the display unit is not matching. The intelligent board game system according to claim 1, wherein the identification barcodes are two-dimensional barcodes. The smart board game system of claim 1, wherein the display unit is a screen, and the input unit is a touch panel disposed on the display unit. The smart board game system according to claim 2, wherein the smart device further comprises an audio unit, and when the processing unit determines that the answer is consistent with the correct answer, the audio unit sends out an audio message indicating that the determination result is consistent; the When the processing unit judges that the answer does not match the correct answer, the audio unit sends out an audio that the judgment result is inconsistent. The smart board game system of claim 2, wherein the processing unit receives a player code related to the player through the input unit and stores it in the storage unit, and the processing unit determines whether the answer is correct or not. When the answer is consistent, a correct mark corresponding to the judgment result corresponding to the correct answer is stored in the storage unit corresponding to the player code; when the processing unit judges that the answer does not match the correct answer, it will be corresponding to the judgment result. An error flag representing an incorrect answer is stored in the storage unit corresponding to the player code. The intelligent board game system of claim 6, wherein the processing unit stores the correct flag and the incorrect flag in an answer record related to the player code in the storage unit. The intelligent board game system of claim 7 further includes a cloud computing device, the intelligent device further includes a communication unit for communicating with the cloud computing device, and the processing unit uses the communication unit to communicate the player code and the The answer record is sent to the cloud computing device. The intelligent board game system of claim 8, wherein the cloud computing device generates a big data analysis data according to the player code and the answer record. The intelligent board game system according to claim 1, further comprising a game map, the game map comprising a card placement area for the game cards to be placed, at least one indicator, and a plurality of game areas for the indicator to be placed, The game cards are divided into multiple categories, and the game cards of each category are placed in one of the game areas. The smart board game system of claim 10, wherein each game card has a front side and a back side, each front side is printed with the identification barcode, and each back side has a corresponding one of the categories Category numbers, which are printed on each of these game areas.

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