Card game device, card data reader, card game control method, recording medium, program, and card
US8172229B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/8088
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A card game system, including a plurality of terminal apparatuses, a card data reading unit for detecting unique data of each of cards when an operator arranges and manipulates a set of cards selected by the operator on a flat surface of the panel on the terminal apparatus, and a game execution unit which is arranged to organize a playing team in a virtual game space based on the data detected from the cards placed on the flat surface of the panel and to execute a game against another playing team organized on another terminal apparatus connected via a network. A progress of the game is controlled in response to manipulation by the operator with the cards on the panel, a main control unit to which individual game data is transmitted from the plurality of the terminal apparatuses, and a display connected to the main control unit.
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