ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,904, issued on July 15.
"Card game system for the visually and/or hearing impaired" was invented by Donnell Price (Bronx, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This present invention relates to a card game system that assists visually and/or hearing-impaired individuals play card games. The card game system is comprised of a game board, one or more decks of playing cards, and a choice of Bluetooth or embedded speakers. Each card has a printed suit and a rank, and an optical code encoded with the suit and the rank of the card. A braille pad can be used for denoting the suit and the rank of the card. The game board has an optical scanner...