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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2019
Lego A/s, Billund, DK;
Thomas Alan Donaldson, Billund, DK;
Mark Ross Champkins, Billund, DK;
Radost Radoslavova Kerefeyna, Billund, DK;
Rasmus Bissenbakker Kærsgaard, Billund, DK;
Yufan Wei Wang, Billund, DK;
Arun Venkatasubramanian, Tanjong Rhu, SG;
Simon Mark Jordan, Upper Cambourne, GB;
Andrew James Knights, Huntington Cambridgeshire, GB;
Isobel Jane Ashbey, Cambridge, GB;
Martin Edward Brock, Cambridge, GB;
Rosanna Elizabeth Parrish, Cambridge, GB;
Silviu Toma, Cambridge Cambridgeshire, GB;
Robert George Milner, Hilton Cambridgeshire, GB;
LEGO A/S, Billund, DK;
Abstract
An interactive toy, system, and method of controlling the same. The interactive toy includes a toy housing comprising therein a function device performing user-perceptible, controllable functions; a control circuit controlling the function device; a rechargeable power source providing operating power to the function device and the control circuit; and a charging circuit for contactless receipt of electrical energy and for charging the rechargeable power source when the interactive toy is positioned in a charging zone of a contactless charging device. The control circuit receives a primary signal indicative of an interaction stimulus; a secondary signal indicative of a position of the interactive toy with respect to the charging zone; and, responsive to the primary signal, controls the function device to perform a user-perceptible function selected based on the secondary signal. The interactive toy system includes an interactive toy and a contactless charging device defining one or more charging zones.