A method for interactive image sharing includes receiving, by an image sharing application executing on a first computing device, from a second computing device, a plurality of puzzle piece images and an image associated with the plurality of puzzle piece images. The method includes generating, by a puzzle generator executing on the first computing device, a puzzle assembly interface. The method includes confirming, by the puzzle generator, assembly of the plurality of puzzle piece images by a user of the first computing device. The method includes displaying, by the puzzle generator, the image associated with the plurality of puzzle piece images upon confirmation of assembly.

A method of gradually revealing an image using cube puzzles is provided. A first image is divided into a plurality of blocks. Each block can have one or more arbitrary colors. A second image is then generated from the first image where each block of the second image corresponds to one or more blocks of the first image. The blocks of the second image are unicolor blocks with colors that are selected from one of the six colors of a cube puzzle. Groups of adjacent blocks of the second image with the same number of rows and columns as the sides of the cube puzzles are assigned to participants to match to the color of the blocks on the sides of their cube puzzles. Once each participant matches the colors of an assigned region on a side of the corresponding cube puzzle, the matched region is reveled to all participants.

Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, an image processing program, and a recording medium storing the image processing program, in which how similar images are combined is relatively understood. An image to be classified is dragged and dropped into a first classification window, and a designation classification button or an automatic classification button is pressed. In a case where the designation classification button is pressed, images are classified into groups having the number of groups input to a group number input window, and in a case where the automatic classification button is pressed, the images are classified into groups having the number of groups automatically determined. A representative image is determined for each group, and the determined representative image is displayed. In a case where the representative image is selected, the images included in the group represented by the selected representative image are displayed.

Disclosed are puzzle devices for production of one or more puzzles. The puzzle devices can include a body and at least one input device. The body can include a plurality of panels, each panel configured to display one or more visual indicators. The at least one input device can include a plurality of panels, each panel configured to display a visual indicator. The at least one input device can move relative to the body to align one or more panels of the input device with one or more panels of the body. The body can further include a plurality of visual output devices configured to generate visual indicators on the plurality of panels of the body.

A sensing device, a ball shaft for smart magic cube, and a smart magic cube are provided. By optimizing the sensing device of the smart magic cube, only two circuit boards are needed to sense rotation states in six directions, thereby changing a current technology that requires setting PCB boards and sensors in each direction of the smart magic cube. The smart magic cube has a simple structure and is easy to assemble, which may reduce production costs.

A method for waking up smart magic cube and a smart magic cube are provided. An accelerometer is arranged on the smart magic cube. When the smart magic cube is in a dormant state, an acceleration of the smart magic cube in any direction of the three axes is detected by the accelerometer. When detecting that an acceleration value of the is acceleration greater than a preset awakening threshold, the smart magic cube is wakened up and enters a normal working mode. The method for waking up smart magic cube and the smart magic cube provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can greatly save an energy consumption of the smart magic cube when it is in the dormant state, thus improving a battery life of the smart magic cube, and giving users a better and more intelligent experience.

A game system includes: a balloon; an air supply source; an air supply pipe that connects the balloon with the air supply source; and a control device that executes a game, and when the game is not cleared within a predetermined time limit, performs control for producing a game effect of bursting the balloon having been inflated.

A system for operating an interactive electronic multimedia puzzle, comprising a puzzle generation engine that receives a variety of audio, video, still graphic, or text-based content, divides content into portions, associates portions of content with puzzle tiles, and presents a puzzle comprising a shuffled arrangement of puzzle tiles to a user, and a method for operating an electronic multimedia puzzle with options which allow both cooperative and competitive social interaction between a plurality of puzzle-solving participants.

The present invention relates to a smart magic cube providing a cube game by changing lights of respective cells constituting a magic cube while the cells are fixed, and an operation method thereof. A smart magic cube of the present invention includes: a regular hexahedron housing in which each surface is divided by NN cells; a light emitting part formed inside each cell and emitting at least one type of light externally through a surface of the cell; six rotation means formed in a rotatable manner; a rotation sensing part sensing a rotation direction and a rotation angle of the rotation means; and a control part controlling the light emitting part to change and emit lights such that border cells of a surface where the rotated rotation means is formed, and cells of four different surfaces adjacent to the border cells output lights changed according to a preset rule.

Systems for operating a Sudoku style hybrid game are disclosed. Sudoku style hybrid games can include a themed entertainment game in which a player places symbols into a Sudoku puzzle and events within the entertainment portion of the Sudoku style entertainment game can trigger wagers in a real world game of chance. Players may compete against each other to determine a winning player based on the amount of time taken to complete the puzzle of the Sudoku style entertainment game. The outcome of the wagers can result in payouts of real world credit and can also affect gameplay within the Sudoku style entertainment game.