US Patent Issued to Yan Weng on Feb. 10 for "Smart chess-like game piece positioning and recognition system" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,648, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Yan Weng (Hangzhou, China).

"Smart chess-like game piece positioning and recognition system" was invented by Fuxiang Yu (Hangzhou, China) and Yan Weng (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chess-like piece positioning and recognition system, including: an MCU, an RFID module, multi-channel analog switches, an electromagnet and communication signal switch unit, an electromagnetic drive unit, antennas, silicon steel blocks, and pieces. The MCU is used for communication with the RFID module, selecting channels of the multi-channel analog switches, and electromagnet and communication si...