JPH0430879A - Jigsaw puzzle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To contrive a jigsaw puzzle to have unexpected property and novelty, and increase the interest by permitting a plurality of picture element pieces which can be combined with each other to be excellent in adjustability, to exist, and by adopting a style having possibility for realizing picture patterns different from original picture. CONSTITUTION:As the picture pattern of a jigsaw puzzle consisting of 42 picture element pieces, a table and a frame are drawn and a circular object is drawn in the frame. In this jigsaw puzzle, the picture element pieces in the F line in the 2nd line of original picture, namely, the picture element pieces corresponding with the 2F and C line in the 4th line, namely, 4C are designed together desirably snd exchangably. Now under playing game on this jigsaw puzzle, when the picture element pieces of 2F are combined with each other in place of selecting the picture element pieces of 4C, then the picture element pieces which can be combined desirably at the position of the picture element pieces 2F are set to be 4C only on designing, and as a result, picture patterns different from the original picture are completed. AS a result, the circular objects in the frame are moved onto the table and the picture patterns different from the original picture are completed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a jigsaw puzzle, and particularly to a jigsaw puzzle in which different patterns are completed depending on how picture elements are combined.

(Prior art) A jigsaw puzzle uses a fixed original picture divided into multiple picture elements, and uses the continuity of the picture pattern as a clue to find and combine adjacent picture elements to solve the original problem. This is a game to restore pictures.

The fun of jigsaw puzzles lies in the completion of the original picture, but since the original picture is specified as the goal of restoration, the original picture is divided into smaller parts to increase interest, and patterns with few clues for restoration are adopted. etc., to make restoration difficult.

However, in conventional jigsaw puzzles, the pattern of each original picture is uniformly determined, so once the original picture has been restored, it is inevitable that the interest in tackling the same jigsaw puzzle will be significantly reduced. There was a point.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) The present invention was made to solve this problem, and it incorporates surprise and novelty into the conventional jig puzzle, which simply restores the original picture, and creates a new idea. The purpose is to provide jigsaw puzzles.

(Means for solving the problem) For this purpose, in the present invention, picture elements corresponding to the entire original picture or a part of the original picture can be exchanged, and as a result of the exchange, the picture elements differ from the original picture. He used a method of drawing the original picture and dividing it into picture elements so that the picture pattern could be realized without contradiction as a whole.

(Function) In the jigsaw puzzle designed as described above, in the process of restoring the original picture using the continuity of the picture pattern as a clue, the picture elements are made up of pictures that can be matched with good consistency. It is a large piece with multiple picture elements, and depending on how the picture elements are combined, it is possible to realize a picture pattern that is different from the original picture.

By incorporating this style into the S-guts puzzle, it is possible to add surprise and novelty to the conventional jigsaw puzzle game of simply restoring a spoon, and it is possible to increase the interest of the jigsaw puzzle.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

When finding adjacent picture elements in a jigsaw puzzle, both the pattern and the color tone are used as clues. For this reason, jigsaw puzzles are usually designed to make restoration difficult by using original pictures with complex designs and subtle tones, but here, for the sake of simplicity, we will consider only the pictures.

Figure 1 shows 4 divided into 6 rows (1-6) and 7 columns (A-G).
This is an overall view of a jigsaw puzzle made up of two picture elements, with a table and a picture frame drawn as the picture, and a circular object drawn on the picture frame.

In this jigsaw puzzle, for example, it is assumed that the picture element pieces corresponding to the 2nd row, F column, ie, 2F, and the 4th row, C column, ie, 4C, of the original picture in FIG.

Now, while playing this jigsaw puzzle, if instead of selecting the picture element 40 in Figure 1, the picture elements 2F in Figure 1 are combined as shown in Figure 2, the position of the picture element 2F would be inconvenient. Due to the design, there are only 4 CL picture elements that can be incorporated, and as a result, the picture pattern in Figure 2, which is different from the original picture in Figure 1, is completed. Eventually, the circular object in the frame moves onto the table, completing a picture pattern that is different from the original picture.

Similarly, FIG. 3 shows an example of a 42-piece jigsaw puzzle consisting of 6 rows and 7 columns, and which has an original picture of a human face. In this jigsaw puzzle, for example, the 3D and 4D picture elements corresponding to the nose are each 4D
and one that can be replaced with a 3D picture element by turning it upside down, and independently from this, a 5D picture element corresponding to the mouth part is drawn in the same position but can also be replaced by turning it upside down. shall be.

Considering the process of restoring the original picture shown in Figure 3 as a goal, for example, by selecting the picture element in the 3D part of Figure 3,
If we select the picture elements D and combine them upside down (Figure 4), we will inevitably have to find picture elements from the remaining picture elements that can be combined without any inconvenience. In this case, the picture element corresponding to FIG. 3D is turned upside down and selected.

Figure 3 has another replaceable part of the picture element that is independent of this. In other words, the picture element in part 5D of Figure 3 can be combined upside down in two ways with the surroundings without any inconvenience, and Figure 4 shows an example in which it is incorporated upside down from the original picture. . As in this example, it is also possible to have multiple parts in the original picture where the picture elements can be exchanged, which increases the number of possible combinations and makes it possible to create a variety of picture patterns. It becomes possible. As shown in FIG. 4, in the above example, the nose and eyes are both different from the original image.

In the above embodiments, the shape of the picture element pieces is square for simplicity, and therefore the degree of freedom of rotation is added to the combination of picture elements, but the shape of the picture element pieces is not limited to a square. It is possible to choose from a variety of patterns in relation to the picture pattern.

Also, as a game method, there is a method in which the original picture is not shown at all,
A method that suggests the number and outline of hidden pictures, a method that specifies only one screen as the original picture and finds different combinations after restoration.
Various methods can be considered, such as a method that clearly shows all possible patterns and allows the user to select the desired screen.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to incorporate unexpectedness and novelty into a conventional jigsaw puzzle, and a highly interesting jigsaw puzzle can be realized.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is an example of a jigsaw puzzle that includes replaceable picture elements, Figure 2 is a diagram of a variation of Figure 1 in which the picture elements are replaced, and Figure 3 has multiple independent replaceable picture elements. FIG. 4, which is an example of a jigsaw puzzle, is a variation diagram in which the picture elements in FIG. 3 are replaced. In the figure, numbers represent divided rows and letters represent divided columns.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Among the picture elements that make up the original picture of a jigsaw puzzle, there are combinations that can realize pictures other than the original picture without contradiction, and depending on how the picture elements are combined during play, it is possible to realize a different picture from the original picture. A jigsaw puzzle characterized by having a style.