Game Apparatus Camera System for Remote Fairness Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing game systems lack the ability to ensure fairness in remote or distributed gameplay, as participants cannot reliably verify the authenticity of game actions and outcomes.
Innovation Solution
A game apparatus equipped with cameras to capture dynamic images of participants and targets, storing and transmitting these images over a network for authentication and verification by other participants or third parties.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If game participants transmit results of their performance through a communication network to enjoy the game remotely, then spatial and temporal restrictions are removed, but the ability to verify fairness and authenticity of game actions is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates visual copies (images and videos) of the game target, game actions, and results that can be transmitted through the communication network. These visual copies serve as evidence that allows remote participants to verify the fairness and authenticity of game actions without being physically present, thus resolving the contradiction between remote participation and fairness verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an image capturing device as an intermediary between the game target and remote participants. This intermediary captures visual information that objectively records game actions and results, which can then be transmitted to remote participants for verification, enabling fairness verification in remote gameplay scenarios.
2Reliability
If visual information of game procedures and performance results is captured and transmitted through a network, then fairness verification is enabled, but device complexity increases due to additional camera and storage components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the image capturing device to serve multiple functions: capturing game target information, recording game actions, documenting results, and providing verification evidence. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized devices, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while still enabling comprehensive fairness verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The game apparatus performs self-verification by capturing and storing its own game procedure and result information. This self-service capability eliminates the need for external verification systems, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining reliability.
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AI summary
A game apparatus includes: a target including a plurality of sections divided according to a predetermined principle; a camera unit including a first camera and a second camera, the first camera being arranged to photograph at least a part of a game participant, the second camera being arranged to photograph at least a part of the target; a memory for storing at least a part of dynamic images photographed by the first camera and the second camera; a network connection unit for transmitting the dynamic images stored in the memory to a network; and a control unit for controlling operations of the first camera and the second camera and transmission of the dynamic images.