Patent ID: 11893900
Assignee: BRYGHT LABS, LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An electronic chess set, comprising:
a plurality of conductive chess pieces;
a chessboard having a playing surface including a plurality of individually identifiable locations visible to a user on the chessboard; and
an electronic system including:
a processor; and
a capacitive sensing system coupled to the playing surface and to the processor, the capacitive sensing system configured to provide a signal representative of capacitance values sensed at the plurality of individual identifiable locations, respectively,
wherein the processor is configured to process the signal to determine for each of the plurality of individually identifiable locations: when a chess piece included in the plurality of conductive chess pieces is located at a respective one of the plurality of individually identifiable locations and user-contact with the chess piece is absent; when the chess piece located at the respective one of the plurality of individually identifiable locations is in contact with the user; and when each of the plurality of conductive chess pieces is absent from the respective one of the plurality of individually identifiable locations, and
wherein the processor is configured to output a signal to illuminate at least one of the individually identifiable locations when the chess piece located at the respective one of the plurality of individually identifiable locations is in contact with the user.