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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2020
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alejandro Kauffmann, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adam James Banfield, Mountain View, CA (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and devices for levitating interactive objects are provided. A toy wand system can include a toy wand and a cradle. The toy wand can include a shaft portion having at least one magnetically-reactive element inside and a handle. The cradle can be configured to receive and hold the toy wand. The cradle can include a body that is shaped to form an opening therethrough sufficient to accommodate the shaft portion, a solenoid coil formed proximate the opening, electrical circuitry configured to cause an electrical current to flow in the solenoid coil, wireless communication circuitry; and a controller coupled to the wireless communication circuitry and the electrical circuitry and configured to control the timing and amount of electrical current flowing through the solenoid coil to cause levitation or levitation-like movement of the toy wand within said opening by virtue of electromagnetic interaction with the magnetically-reactive element of the shaft portion.