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US 12,447,400 · App. 17/411,052 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

System, identification device, and identification method

Inventors: Yutaka Fujimoto (Tokyo, JP); Naoya Kihara (Tokyo, JP); Michio Horikiri (Tokyo, JP); Masafumi Okuta (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Yoshida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
A63F9/24A63F1/062A63F1/067A63F1/18G06T7/70A63F2009/2425A63F2009/2429A63F2009/2435A63F2009/2457
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,447,400
App. No.
17/411,052
Filed
Aug 24, 2021
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3715
USPC
463/9
Abstract

At least one memory device of the game system that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: capture a surface on which an item is placed, read information stored in an IC tag provided to the item, and identify a type and a state of the item placed on the surface based on the captured image of the surface and a read result of the information.

Claims (78)

1. A system for identifying information of an item placed on a surface in a game that is performed by using the item placed on the surface, the system comprising:

the item; and

an identification system in communication with the item;

the item comprising:

a description surface on which information is described; and

a holder that holds identifying information for identifying the information described on the description surface,

the identification system comprising:

a capturing unit that captures the surface on which the item is placed on the surface;

at least one processor;

at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:

read the identifying information held in the holder of the item placed on the surface;

identify the information described on the description surface of the item placed on the surface based on the read identifying information;

identify a state of the item placed on the surface based on a captured image of the capturing unit and the read identifying information;

identify a position and an orientation of the item placed on the surface based on the captured image;

identify a position of the item placed on the surface based on the read identifying information; and

identify a combination of an identification result identified based on the captured image and an identification result identified based on the read identifying information of a same item on the surface based on the position identified based on the captured image and the position identified based on the read identifying information.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the identification system further comprising a display,

the instructions further cause the at least one processor to, in a case where the item is placed on the surface such that the description surface faces the surface, show, on the display, an image according to the identified information described on the description surface of the item.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the identification system further comprises a display, wherein

the item includes the description surface and a holding surface provided with the holder; and

the instructions cause the at least one processor to read the identifying information held in the holder of the holding surface of the item that is placed on the surface such that the description surface faces the surface.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the instructions cause the at least one processor to identify information of a first item placed on the surface while a second item is piled on the first item based on the read identifying information held in the holder of the first item.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the item is an object with a playing medium and a case provided with the holder, or an object provided with the holder and the playing medium that are housed in the case.

6. The system according to claim 1 further comprising a display, wherein

the instructions further cause the at least one processor to display an object corresponding to the identified information of the item on the display in a state corresponding to the identified state of the item.

7. The system according to claim 1 further comprising a display, wherein

the instructions further cause the at least one processor to display an object corresponding to the identified information of the item on a display in response to the identified state of the item.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein

the holder includes an IC tag that stores the identifying information, and

the instructions cause the at least one processor to read the identifying information stored in the IC tag.

9. The system according to claim 8 , further comprising a plurality of antennas that receive a signal from the IC tag and are disposed so as to respectively correspond to a plurality of positions on the surface, wherein

the instructions further cause the at least one processor to identify a position of the item placed on the surface based on which of the plurality of antennas has received a signal from the IC tag of the item placed on the surface.

10. The system according to claim 8 , wherein

the item comprises:

a first IC tag; and

a second IC tag that is provided so as to have a predetermined positional relationship with the first IC tag, wherein

the identification system further comprises a plurality of antennas that receive signals from the first IC tag and the second IC tag and are disposed so as to respectively correspond to a plurality of positions on the surface, and

the instructions cause the at least one processor to identify an orientation of the item placed on the surface based on which of the plurality of antennas has received the signals from the first IC tag and the second IC tag of the item placed on the surface.

11. A system for identifying information of an item placed on a surface in a game that is performed by using the item placed on the surface, the system comprising:

the item; and

an identification system in communication with the item;

the item comprising:

a description surface on which information is described; and

a holder that holds identifying information for identifying the information described on the description surface,

the identification system comprising:

a capturing unit that captures the surface on which the item is placed on the surface; and

at least one processor;

at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:

read the identifying information held in the holder of the item placed on the surface;

identify the information described on the description surface of the item placed on the surface based on the read identifying information;

identify a state of the item placed on the surface based on a captured image of the capturing unit and the read identifying information;

identify a position of the item placed on the surface and whether the item is placed on the surface such that the description surface faces the surface based on the captured image;

identify a position of the item placed on the surface and the information described on the description surface of the item based on the read result; and

identify a combination of an identification result based on the captured image and an identification result based on the read identifying information of a same item on the surface based on the position identified based on the captured image and the position identified based on the read identifying information.

12. A system for identifying information of an item placed on a surface in a game that is performed by using the item placed on the surface, the system comprising:

the item; and

an identification system in communication with the item;

the item comprises:

a description surface on which information is described;

a holder that holds identifying information for identifying the information described on the description surface,

wherein the holder includes an IC tag that stores the identifying information;

a first surface portion;

a second surface portion;

a first IC tag;

a second IC; and

a preventing unit that prevents communication between the first IC tag and a reading unit through the second surface portion and communication between the second IC tag and the reading unit through the first surface portion, the reading unit reading the identifying information stored in the first IC tag or the second IC tag, wherein

the first IC tag is disposed between the first surface portion and the preventing unit,

the second IC tag is disposed between the second surface portion and the preventing unit;

the identification system comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:

read the identifying information held in the holder of the item placed on the surface;

read the identifying information stored in the IC tag;

identify the information described on the description surface of the item placed on the surface based on the read identifying information; and

identify which of the first surface portion and the second surface portion faces the surface when the item is placed on the surface based on the read result of the information stored in the first IC tag or the second IC tag.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2021
From: FUJIMOTO, YUTAKA; KIHARA, NAOYA; HORIKIRI, MICHIO; OKUTA, MASAFUMI; YOSHIDA, TAKAHIRO
To: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (4)
JP 2019-033172 · Feb 26, 2019 · national
JP 2019-033173 · Feb 26, 2019 · national
JP 2019-033174 · Feb 26, 2019 · national
JP 2019-033175 · Feb 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020007832 · Feb 26, 2020
Related Publication 20210379483A1 · Dec 9, 2021
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