Dice incorporating weights
The integration of weights and magnets in dice design addresses recognition and stability issues, enabling faster, stable, and unique results for odd-sided and circular dice, reducing loss risk and enhancing toy value.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2024140127
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-08-03
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-16
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
AI Technical Summary
Conventional dice face recognition issues due to small size, irregular surfaces, and inability to produce dice with odd numbers of sides, leading to recognition difficulties and susceptibility to result changes from external vibrations, along with ease of loss and safety hazards.
Incorporation of weights and magnets into dice design to stabilize rolling and enhance recognition, allowing for odd-sided and circular dice, reducing loss risk and providing faster, stable results.
Enhances dice recognition speed and stability, reduces loss risk, and enables production of odd-sided and circular dice, while offering new toy value and reduced susceptibility to external interference.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical Field]
[0001] This invention relates to a gadget called a dice (hereinafter, these three will be collectively referred to as dice), which is used primarily for tabletop games and gambling. [Background technology]
[0002] When a conventional dice (which can be cubic, polyhedral, or other shapes) is thrown, one side touches the floor, and the other side facing the ceiling. The numbers, letters, or symbols written on the side facing the ceiling are called the result, and dice are used in a variety of tabletop games and gambling.
[0003] Traditional dice shapes include a cube or polyhedron, a regular tetrahedron, a regular hexahedron, a regular octahedron, a regular dodecahedron, a regular icosahedron, and a regular twisted heptagonal pyramid with 14 sides, which is not a square, and a regular prism like a pencil. All of these have an even number of sides, and when thrown, the character written on the side facing the ceiling is applied as the result.
[0004] The number and shape of the dice vary, but the characters written on the side that can face up after being thrown are called "eyes." On the other hand, the characters written on the side that actually faces up after being thrown are called "outlines," and the results written on these sides are used as the result after being thrown.
[0005] The size and shape of the face that is treated as the result varies depending on the die, but after the die is rolled, the face that faces the ceiling and is opposite the face that touches the floor is roughly parallel to the face of the die that is touching the floor.
[0006] After the dice are thrown, if the letters on the upturned side are too small to be recognized by the observer, or if the upturned part is an edge or a point rather than a face, the observer cannot determine what the upturned part means after the dice are thrown. Such faces, edges, or vertices are insufficient to be treated as the result after the dice are thrown, and these parts are not treated as the result in the traditional way.
[0007] For this reason, even if a polygonal prism-shaped die was made using conventional dice, it was not possible to make a die with an odd number of digits. This is because when a die with an odd number of digits is rolled, the part that faces directly upward is always an edge or a vertex, and the die always has multiple digits when viewed from directly above. This means that after rolling the die, it is not possible to identify the digit that appears as a single number when viewed from above. Therefore, using conventional methods, it was not possible to make a die with an odd number of digits or a die with two digits.
[0008] Also, if you make a die that is circular when viewed from the bottom, because the part that turns after rolling is circular, the only part that always touches the floor is the side that has no corners, so you have to wait until it hits something or stops naturally, there are multiple sides that face the ceiling when the die stops, making it difficult to determine the result or which number is written on the side, and because it is cylindrical, it is vulnerable to shaking, so even if the result is determined after throwing, the result can easily change by shaking the table, etc. For these reasons, dice that are circular when viewed from the bottom could not exist in the past.
[0009] In terms of storage, the dice are small and sharp, so they are easy to lose, and if they roll onto the floor they can pierce your feet and cause pain.
[0010] A weight is something used to increase the weight of an object when it is too light.
[0011] Conventional methods have had problems such as the long time it takes to obtain the result after rolling the dice, the fact that the result may seem stable after rolling the dice or that the result can easily change if the floor or other surface is vibrated after the result is obtained, the fact that the dice are small and easy to lose, and the fact that dice with an odd number of sides cannot be provided.
[0012] Furthermore, when using dice that are circular when viewed from the bottom, there are problems such as the fact that it takes a long time to obtain the result after rolling the dice, it is difficult for everyone watching to recognize the result as unique after rolling the dice, the result may seem stable after rolling the dice, or the result may easily change if the floor or other surface is vibrated after the result is obtained, the dice are small and easy to lose, and it is not possible to provide dice with an odd number of sides.
[0013] The object of the present invention is to provide a die that can be rolled faster than conventional dice, and that after rolling the result is less likely to be changed by direct or indirect intervention from those around it than conventional dice, and that can be rolled faster than conventional dice, and that the result is recognizable as unique to those watching, and that after rolling the result is less likely to be changed by direct or indirect intervention from those around it than conventional dice, and that can be manufactured with two or an odd number of sides, and that is circular when viewed from the bottom.
[0014] Another object of the present invention is to provide dice that incorporate magnets, thereby reducing the risk of loss and the effort required to search for them, and that can be used as a toy to discover new value.
[0015] The dice of the present invention are characterized by incorporating weights.
[0016] The dice of the above invention are characterized by incorporating magnets.
[0017]
[0015] The effect of the invention is characterized by incorporating magnets instead of weights in the dice of the invention.
[0018] By using the dice of the present invention, it is possible to obtain the result after rolling faster than before, and to provide dice whose result is less likely to be changed by direct or indirect intervention from those around them after rolling than before.
[0019] Furthermore, by using the dice of the present invention, the result after rolling can be obtained at a speed faster than before, the result obtained can be recognized as unique to the observer, the result is less likely to be changed by direct or indirect intervention from those around after rolling than before, the risk of losing the dice and the effort required to search for them can be reduced, dice with two or an odd number of sides can also be produced, and dice that are circular when viewed from the bottom can be provided.
[0020] Furthermore, by using the method of incorporating magnets into the dice as described in claim 2, the risk of loss and the effort required to search for them can be reduced, and the present invention can provide dice that can be used as toys and have new value. [Brief explanation of the drawings]
[0021] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view of an example of a die according to the present invention; [Figure 2] 1 is a perspective view of an example of a die according to the present invention; [Figure 3] This is a development of Figure 2 [Figure 4] 1 is a perspective view of an example of a die according to the present invention; [Figure 5] This is a development view of Figure 4. [Figure 6] ~ [Figure 10] 1 is a perspective view of an example of a weight for a dice according to the present invention; [Figure 11] 1 is a perspective view of an example of a die according to the present invention; [Figure 12] 12 is a cross-sectional view of the die of FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0022] Figure 1 shows an example of an embodiment of the present invention. In this example, the effects of the present invention can be achieved by incorporating weights near each vertex of the die.
[0023] Figure 2 shows an example of an embodiment of the present invention. In this example, a cylindrical die with an odd number of sides is used. When the number of sides is odd, the effect of the present invention can be achieved by placing weights on the lines connecting the center of the base of each side that will result in a number and the center of the cylindrical die.
[0024] FIG. 3 is a development view of the cylindrical die of FIG.
[0025] Figure 4 shows an example of an embodiment of the present invention. In this example, a cylindrical die with an even number of sides is used. When the number of sides is even, the effect of the present invention can be achieved by placing weights on the lines connecting the edge of the base of each side that will result in a number and the center of the cylindrical die.
[0026] FIG. 5 is a development view of the cylindrical die of FIG.
[0027] Examples of shapes of weights that can be placed in polygonal prism-shaped or circular dice when viewed from the bottom include the shapes shown in Figures 6 to 10.
[0028] In both of these examples, if the number of faces is odd, the apex of the weight is placed on a line connecting the center of the base of each face corresponding to the number rolled and the center point of the cross section of the die, and if the number of faces is even, the apex of the weight is placed on a line connecting the edge of the base of each face corresponding to the number rolled and the center point of the cross section of the die.
[0029] Figure 11 shows a two-sided die. In this example, a cylinder is used, with the numbers on the top and bottom halves of the cylinder.
[0030] A cross-sectional view of this die is shown in Figure 12, and the effect of the present invention is achieved by incorporating a weight, such as weight 1, located exactly on the line that passes through the center point and divides the die into two parts, top and bottom.
[0031] In all of the embodiments of the present invention, including those described above, a magnet may be used instead of the weight. [Explanation of symbols]
[0032] 1 weight
Claims
1. Dice characterized by incorporating weights
2. A die according to claim 1, characterized in that a magnet is incorporated.
3. A dice characterized in that a magnet is incorporated in place of the weight of claim 1.
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