Lego A/s

Erik Hansen

Gaute Munch

Thomas Alan Donaldson

Jesper Søderberg

Mark Ross Champkins

Rasmus Bissenbakker Kærsgaard

Henrik Colfach Sørensen

Henrik Hautop Lund

Yufan Wei Wang

Radost Radoslavova Kerefeyna

Martin Møller Jensen

Tommy Christian Pedersen

Sam Coates

Jorge Gabriel Soto

Rasmus Bissenbakker KÆRSGAARD

A toy construction system comprising a plurality of function construction elements, wherein each function construction element comprises a function device adapted to perform a controllable function, and a tag construction element mechanically connectable to at least a first function construction element of the plurality of function construction elements and configured for data communication between the tag construction element and the first function construction element, wherein, responsive to data received from the tag construction element, the function device of the first function construction element is configured to perform the controllable function. The tag construction element is configured for data communication with the first function construction element when the tag construction element is mechanically connected to the first function construction element, and the tag construction element stores one or more of a tag identifier, data identifying an operational mode, an identifier identifying a behavioural pattern, and a sound file. Each of the plurality of function construction elements comprises coupling members configured for releasably interconnecting the function construction elements with each other.

Toy construction system with function construction elements

A play system, comprising: one or more toys comprising one or more electrically conductive parts, the one or more conductive parts defining a spatial pattern, the one or more toys having a physical configuration that is modifiable by a user, the spatial pattern being dependent on the physical configuration of the one or more toys, the one or more toys including a first toy; a magnetic field generating device arranged to generate a magnetic field for inducing an eddy current in one or more of the electrically conductive parts; a sensor configured to detect the induced eddy current; and a data processor; wherein the first toy and at least one of the magnetic field generating device and the sensor are movable relative to each other; wherein the sensor is configured to detect the induced eddy current during relative movement between the first toy and at least one of the magnetic field generating device and the sensor, and wherein the data processor is configured to: receive sensor data from the sensor, the sensor data being indicative of the eddy current detected during relative movement between the first toy and at least one of the magnetic field generating device and the sensor, detect the spatial pattern of the electrically conductive parts based at least in part on the received sensor data, determine the physical configuration of the one or more toys based on the detected spatial pattern.

Play system and method for detecting toys

An interactive play apparatus comprising: an input device configured to receive an input from a user, one or more communications interfaces, and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to: detect one or more electronic devices; for each detected electronic device, determine one or more capabilities of said electronic device; receive one or more inputs via the input device; determine one or more user-perceptible play actions based at least in part on the received one or more inputs; translate the determined one or more play actions into one or more instructions operable to cause one or more of the detected electronic devices to perform one or more functions that at least approximate the determined one or more play actions; wherein the translation is based at least in part on the detected one or more capabilities of the respective detected electronic devices; cause the one or more of the detected electronic devices to perform said one or more functions.

Interactive play apparatus

A toy construction system comprising a plurality of interactive construction elements each comprising coupling members configured for releasably interconnecting the interactive construction elements with each other, the plurality of interactive construction elements comprising a plurality of function construction elements, and one or more input construction elements, each input construction element comprising a wireless transmitter for transmitting a control signal to at least a subset of the function construction elements; each function construction element comprising: a function device adapted to perform a controllable function; a wireless receiver for receiving the wireless control signal; and a control circuit connected to the wireless receiver and to the function device and adapted to control the controllable function responsive to the received control signal; wherein each interactive construction element comprises a user-operable selector allowing a user to select one of a predetermined set of group identifiers; and a group indicator being configured to output, responsive to a selected group identifier, an indication indicative of the selected group identifier, and wherein each function construction element is configured to selectively control the function device of said function construction element responsive to a control signal received from an input construction element having a selected group identifier matching a selected group identifier of the function construction element.

A toy building system comprising building elements with coupling means for releasably interconnecting building elements, the toy building system comprising function building elements with such coupling means and each having a function device adapted to perform a controllable function and an energy source for providing energy to the function device for performing the controllable function, each function building element comprising a light sensor for receiving visible light encoding a control signal; and a control circuit connected to the light sensor and to the function device and adapted to decode the received control signal and to control the controllable function responsive to the decoded control signal.

Toy building system with function bricks

A toy construction system comprising a plurality of construction elements including one or more function construction elements for performing corresponding functions and including control connection means for communicating with one or more other construction elements; a data processing system providing a programming environment for generating one or more logic commands for controlling the one or more function elements; and an interface construction element comprising first connection means for providing a data-flow connection with the data processing system and for receiving said logic command from the data processing system, a processing unit adapted to convert said logic command into a control signal for controlling a function of said at least one function construction element, and second connection means for providing a control connection with the at least one function construction element via the control connection means of the function construction element, and for outputting the control signal.

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Erik Hansen