Patents Assigned to WIZAMA
  • Patent number: 11612805
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an interactive board game system and method composed of game equipment. The present invention further comprises a board game management device (PL) having a touch screen (Ec) comprising a plurality of antennas, several antennas (Ant1a, Ant1b, Ant1c to Ant8a, Ant8b, Ant8c) disposed at the periphery of the board game management device, each item of game equipment (Ca1, Ca2, Ca3, Ca4, Ca5, Ca6, P1, P2, P3, P4, De) comprises at least one radio-identification tag that is activated by an antenna of the board game management device when the equipment is in a zone comprising the antenna and which in response delivers a signal received by the antenna and transferred to the board game management device, and the board game management device comprises a means (Ce) for displaying information to the players of the board game that changes according to the placement of the game equipment on the screen or in the vicinity of the antennas disposed at the periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: WIZAMA
    Inventors: Franck Botta, Florent Guitton
  • Publication number: 20230026384
    Abstract: A device for determining a face of a dice resting on a surface allowing an optical signal to pass, the dice being composed of a plurality of faces each including a visual marking uniquely identifying the face, and the device including: illumination means for illuminating a face of a dice through the surface, the illumination means being placed under the surface and oriented in the direction of the surface, the illumination means including a plurality of optical signal sources disposed at various positions under the surface; means for acquiring at least one image of the optical signals reflected by the face of the dice resting on the surface, the acquisition means being placed under the surface and being facing the surface; and an analysis unit including means for processing the image to determine the face of the dice resting on the surface allowing the optical signal to pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: WIZAMA
    Inventors: Franck BOTTA, Florent GUITTON