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Puzzle game based on a method of transmutation of alpha-numeric characters' shapes.Puzzle game based on a method of transmutation of alpha-numeric characters' shapes. description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060138723, Puzzle game based on a method of transmutation of alpha-numeric characters' shapes.. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
OBJECTS OF INVENTION [0001] I have invented a puzzle game that is based on transmutation of the alpha-numeric characters' shapes. In the transmutation method the adjacent characters of alpha-numeric text are replaced by a sequence of intermediate graphical shapes. In the puzzle, each puzzle piece is provided with an image of a said shape, and the object of the puzzle is to sequentially arrange the game pieces to form a message or define some specified alphabetic or numeric order. [0002] Certain puzzles of this type employ pieces of different sizes and shapes. On some puzzles of this type, the various puzzle pieces are formed with interlocking arrays of tongues and grooves or interlocking arrays of stepped edges to prevent the various puzzle pieces from becoming disengaged from the planar support. [0003] It is an object of the subject invention to create an intriguing puzzle employing a plurality of pieces. [0004] It is another object of the subject invention to provide a puzzle having a plurality of rectangular pieces. [0005] A further object of the subject invention is to provide a single puzzle having a plurality of rectangular pieces and providing a plurality of separate puzzle games exhibiting varying degrees of difficulty and providing the user with a plurality of distinctly different challenges. [0006] It is yet another object of the subject invention to create a puzzle that employs a computer to generate puzzle pieces on a computer display. DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART [0007] U.S. Pat. No. 5,074,794 by Von Hagen (issued Dec. 24, 1991) "Sequencing puzzle" [0008] A puzzle for teaching the sequence of a series of elements as number or letters. [0009] U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/917,818 by Olchevski et al. (filed Oct. 12, 2004, projected publication date Jul. 21, 2005) "The method of transmutation of alpha-numeric characters and the data handling system" [0010] The patent application discloses a method and a system to produce an animated stream of transmuted alpha-numeric characters' shapes to deliver information to a reader. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0011] Illustration 1. Samples of transmutations of the shapes of several letters: FIG. 1. "a" to "b" FIG. 2. "C" to "d" FIG. 3. "E" to "F" [0012] Illustration 2. A sequence of transmutations of the characters of the Latin alphabet from A to Z (Capital letters only), with 4 transitional shapes/transmuted characters' shapes per every pair of adjacent characters. [0013] Illustration 3. Sample of a message "BOARD GAME" written as a sequence of transmuted characters' shapes, with 4 transitional shapes per every pair of adjacent characters. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0014] One of the prevailing forms of information recording is alpha-numeric. Evidently, shapes of written alpha-numeric characters evolved in such ways as to facilitate the ease and speed of writing and the ease and speed of reading. The paper was and still is one of the most popular forms of storage of information. One of the consequences of this method is that, when the ink dries, characters become permanently embedded in paper. Although, a single character is very small, the combined amount of recorded (written and printed) information takes an enormous amount of space to store it. [0015] With creation of electronic means of storage, stored information is measured in kilobytes and megabytes and not in units of the shelf space. For the first time, functions and means of information storage have been detached from functions and means of information delivery. It takes one CD to store contents of hundreds of books and the technology pushes the limit of storage density every year. Yet, the output of information or, in another words, information delivery, still employs the same method as millennia ago: the characters are printed/displayed together to form words with spaces on word boundaries. It still takes exactly the same amount of physical space, either on paper or on screen, to deliver the information, that is stored electronically, to its reader. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0016] The method, that the present invention is based upon, employs transmutation of the shapes of alpha-numeric characters as a way to "connect" the individual characters of a single word when displayed in overlaid fashion. [0017] In the transmutation method, pairs of said characters are replaced by a multitude of intermediate graphical shapes. See Illustration 1 that shows transmutation of lower case letter "a" to lower case letter "b" (FIG. 1), upper case letter "C" to lower case letter "d" (FIG. 2) and upper case letter "E" to upper case letter "F" (FIG. 3). When said shapes are displayed in overlaid fashion, one after another, they create an animated (transmuted) image of the original alpha-numeric message. In order for the human mind to interpret the transmuted message as a smooth and uninterrupted process, sufficient number of intermediate graphical shapes needs to be displayed over a period of time (for example, 24 shapes per second). The resulting effect is similar to the animation effect of the motion picture. During such animation, a person will see the characters smoothly transmuting (or changing, or turning, or morphing) into each other, with the exception of the first characters of every word. [0018] Transmutation method is going to be employed in many applications in the future. The puzzle game illustrates the said method and educates the players of its use. It shows the characters of the alphabet not as separate and individual entities that have nothing in common, but as parts of dynamic informational stream. Although, we study letters and sounds individually, in the process of reading or speech they are always interconnected. The present invention allows to visualize that connection. [0019] According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a puzzle game that introduces the method of transmutation of alpha-numeric characters in its static form. Continue reading about Puzzle game based on a method of transmutation of alpha-numeric characters' shapes.... Full patent description for Puzzle game based on a method of transmutation of alpha-numeric characters' shapes. 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