A Novel Blind Chessboard Support System (BCSS) Featuring Magnetorheological Elastomer Sensor.

Blind chess game has been included in the Paralympic sport. As the name suggest, the players are visualhandicapped athlete who sometimes forget to push the timer button for turn transition. Therefore, in this paper an algorithm for a novel blind chess support system with a novel magnetorheological elastomer sensor is presented. The algorithm consists of two types such as turn transition and chess pin movement identification. In the turn transition algorithm, the player’s turn transition is handled where the active timer is changed automatically without the needs of pushing the timer button when chess pin movement is detected. Then, in chess pin movement identification algorithm, the noises from the novel magnetorheological elastomer sensor are discarded before accurately detect the chess pin movement. The algorithm has been tested for detecting the chess pin movement in random falling speed. The result is the chess pin movement can be detected using the developed algorithm. Players can play the chess game without the need to push the timer button during turn transition. Therefore, this novel blind chess support system can be implemented for assisting a blind chess game by handling the turn transition automatically. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]