Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Electrical
Patent
1990-07-26
1992-03-17
Grieb, William H.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Electrical
273269, A63F 306
Patent
active
050962027
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a display system for a data assisted bingo game, where each individual game participant has positioned in front of himself a computer controlled pictorial presentation of several bingo square arrays containing bingo numbers or symbols.
In the ordinarily known form of the game of bingo, the game participant buys a number of "bingo vouchers, pieces or boards" with arrays of squares containing bingo numbers. As random numbers are brought up by a game master and called out, the game participant himself must cross out or cover those numbers in the square nets which coincide with the number just called out, while the master notes or in some other manner records every number called out. When a bingo result is obtained, i.e. when a participant has crossed out a full row of numbers in the square array, the game managers must check the results.
Many people, and particulary elderly persons, will often have a problem in following the game properly, especially if they have a rather high number of vouchers/square arrays, and thereby they have a risk of missing bingo results achieved and thus losing prizes which rightfully should be theirs.
Special bingo boards have been constructed comprising shiftable lids to cover the individual bingo numbers in the square array. A board of this type only remedies the problems mentioned above to a small degree, since the operation of shifting the lid to a position over the bingo number takes about the same amount of time as crossing out the number with a pen in an ordinary square array.
Furthermore, the necessary check of the correct bingo result by the management remains, since every number in the complete row must be read and checked against the numbers called out. The game would gain a clear advantage if a faster number check after the game was possible.
In addition, a lot of time is spent buying bingo vouchers between the game rounds. A simplification of both the charge payments and the checking of numbers would reduce demands for personnel in the game management, and a greater part of the game time may be used for the game itself.
The main object of the present invention is to provide a manner of presenting a bingo game which will aid the game participants in comprehending and following the progress of the game, and to increase the probability of a game participant achieving his or hers possible rightful prize, and possibly also ensuring this completely.
It is also an object to make the game, charge payment, prize disbursement and number check more efficient.
These and other objects which will appear from the more detailed description of the invention, are achieved by constructing a display system of the type that appears from the subsequent patent claims.
A more detailed description of the invention will be made referring to a preferred embodiment shown in the drawings, where FIG. 1 illustrates the apparatus set-up schematically, and FIG. 2 shows an example of a game monitor presentation in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 1 shows a central computer 1 together with attached game monitors 3A, 3B, . . . , 3N. To each one of the game monitors is assigned a reaction push button 4A, 4B . . . , 4N to be operated by the individual game participant. The primary function of the reaction button is signalling to the computer 1 when a game participant discovers that a bingo result (for instance one complete row) has been achieved in his game monitor, and pushes the button. Other types of signalling from the button may be envisaged, for instance signalling certain simple data prior to the start of a game, given clearance from the game master, and having the form of a certain number of pushes of the button.
Furthermore, two devices are attached to the computer 1 in order to be used by the game master, namely a master monitor 2 and a master keyboard 5. By means of the master monitor and keyboard the game master is able to keep track of the progress of the game and retrieve desired information relating to the account balance of the p
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Egil Hesland A/S
Grieb William H.
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