Patents by Inventor Cephas Edgar Howard
Cephas Edgar Howard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11452935Abstract: A game system comprising: a plurality of game tokens, an image capturing device and a processor; the image capturing device being operable to capture one or more images of one or more game tokens placed within a field of view of the image capturing device; wherein the processor is configured to: execute a digital game, the digital game comprising computer executable code configured to cause the processor to implement a virtual card game, the virtual card game including a plurality of virtual playing cards; receive one or more images captured by said image capturing device; recognise one or more game tokens of the plurality of game tokens within the one or more images; responsive to recognising a set of game tokens in the one or more images, create a virtual playing card based on the recognised set.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: LEGO A/SInventors: Roberto Marchesi, Melissa Jane Pickering, Maiken Hillerup Fogtmann, Henrik Munk Storm, Rasmus Harr, Cephas Edgar Howard
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Patent number: 11389718Abstract: A game system, comprising: a plurality of game tokens, an image capturing device and a processor; the image capturing device being operable to capture one or more images of one or more event tokens placed within a field of view of the image capturing device, the plurality of game tokens comprising a plurality of event tokens; wherein the processor is configured to: execute a digital game, the digital game comprising computer executable code configured to cause the processor to associate one or more individual game events with each of the plurality of event tokens; and to associate one or more further game events with each of a plurality of sets of event tokens, each set comprising two or more event tokens chosen from said plurality of event tokens; receive one or more images captured by said image capturing device; recognise one or more game tokens of the plurality of game tokens within the one or more images, the recognised one or more game tokens including one or more event token; responsive to recognisingType: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: LEGO A/SInventors: Roberto Marchesi, Melissa Jane Pickering, Maiken Hillerup Fogtmann, Henrik Munk Storm, Rasmus Harr, Cephas Edgar Howard
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Publication number: 20200094134Abstract: A game system comprising: a plurality of game tokens, an image capturing device and a processor; the image capturing device being operable to capture one or more images of one or more game tokens placed within a field of view of the image capturing device; wherein the processor is configured to: execute a digital game, the digital game comprising computer executable code configured to cause the processor to implement a virtual card game, the virtual card game including a plurality of virtual playing cards; receive one or more images captured by said image capturing device; recognise one or more game tokens of the plurality of game tokens within the one or more images; responsive to recognising a set of game tokens in the one or more images, create a virtual playing card based on the recognised set.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2017Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Roberto MARCHESI, Melissa Jane PICKERING, Maiken Hillerup FOGTMANN, Henrik Munk STORM, Rasmus HARR, Cephas Edgar HOWARD
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Publication number: 20200023269Abstract: A game system, comprising: a plurality of game tokens, an image capturing device and a processor; the image capturing device being operable to capture one or more images of one or more event tokens placed within a field of view of the image capturing device, the plurality of game tokens comprising a plurality of event tokens; wherein the processor is configured to: execute a digital game, the digital game comprising computer executable code configured to cause the processor to associate one or more individual game events with each of the plurality of event tokens; and to associate one or more further game events with each of a plurality of sets of event tokens, each set comprising two or more event tokens chosen from said plurality of event tokens; receive one or more images captured by said image capturing device; recognise one or more game tokens of the plurality of game tokens within the one or more images, the recognised one or more game tokens including one or more event token; responsive to recognisingType: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Roberto MARCHESI, Melissa Jane PICKERING, Maiken Hillerup FOGTMANN, Henrik Munk STORM, Rasmus HARR, Cephas Edgar HOWARD
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Patent number: 8408549Abstract: A gaming dice for a game, such as a board game or a card game, said gaming dice comprising a body part comprising a number of sides, wherein at least one or more of those sides is/are provided with coupling studs. Hereby it is possible to mount indicia-carrying elements that have a bottom side on which complementary coupling means are provided and a top side which is opposite relative to the bottom side and is provided with indicia.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Lego A/SInventors: Cephas Edgar Howard, Ditte Bruun Pedersen
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Patent number: 8387982Abstract: A gaming dice (1) and a game with a gaming dice (1), such as a board game or a card game, said gaming dice (1) comprising a body part comprising at least six sides (2) wherein at least one or more of those sides (2) is/are provided with means (3) for simultaneous mounting of at least two indicia-carrying elements (4a, 4b, 4c). This makes it possible to mount at least two separate indicia-carrying elements (4a, 4b, 4c), said indicia-carrying elements (4a, 4b, 4c) being configured such that they can be mounted next to each other on the same side of the gaming dice (1), and wherein the indicia-carrying elements (4a, 4b, 4c) have a bottom side on which means for mounting of the indicia-carrying element of the side (2) of the gaming dice (1) is configured and a top side which is opposite relative to the bottom side and is provided with indicia.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Lego A/SInventors: Cephas Edgar Howard, Ditte Bruun Pedersen
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Publication number: 20110101607Abstract: A gaming dice (1) and a game with a gaming dice (1), such as a board game or a card game, said gaming dice (1) comprising a body part comprising at least six sides (2) wherein at least one or more of those sides (2) is/are provided with means (3) for simultaneous mounting of at least two indicia-carrying elements (4a, 4b, 4c). This makes it possible to mount at least two separate indicia-carrying elements (4a, 4b, 4c), said indicia-carrying elements (4a, 4b, 4c) being configured such that they can be mounted next to each other on the same side of the gaming dice (1), and wherein the indicia-carrying elements (4a, 4b, 4c) have a bottom side on which means for mounting of the indicia-carrying element of the side (2) of the gaming dice (1) is configured and a top side which is opposite relative to the bottom side and is provided with indicia.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: LEGO A/SInventors: Cephas Edgar Howard, Ditte Bruun Pedersen
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Publication number: 20110042891Abstract: A gaming dice for a game, such as a board game or a card game, said gaming dice comprising a body part comprising a number of sides, wherein at least one or more of those sides is/are provided with coupling studs. Hereby it is possible to mount indicia-carrying elements that have a bottom side on which complementary coupling means are provided and a top side which is opposite relative to the bottom side and is provided with indicia.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: LEGO A/SInventors: Cephas Edgar Howard, Ditte Bruun Pedersen
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Patent number: D618738Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Lego A/SInventors: Cynthia Bodin, Cephas Edgar Howard
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Patent number: D630265Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Lego A/SInventors: Cynthia Bodin, Cephas Edgar Howard
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Patent number: D630685Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Lego A/SInventors: Cynthia Bodin, Cephas Edgar Howard