LIGHT MATRIX BUILDING BLOCK FOR A MODULAR TOY OR EDUCATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SET

    公开(公告)号:US20240246005A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18552020

    申请日:2022-03-24

    Applicant: LEGO A/S

    CPC classification number: A63H33/22 A63H33/042 G09B5/02 A63H2200/00

    Abstract: A light matrix building block for a modular toy or educational construction set, which comprises a plurality of separate light emitting elements and is configured to control the colour and intensity of each of the light emitting elements individually, and receive and decode digital information to regulate the colour and intensity of each of the light emitting elements, wherein the digital information to regulate the colour and intensity of a light emitting element in the plurality of light emitting elements is encoded in a single byte of information. Also, a modular toy or educational construction set comprising the light matrix building block and a building block device, and a method of communication between a light matrix building block and a building block device.

    A METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INPUT AND OUTPUT FUNCTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20170242574A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-24

    申请号:US15509648

    申请日:2015-09-07

    Applicant: LEGO A/S

    Abstract: A method for establishing, by a processing device, a functional relation between a control input and a controllable function, the method comprising, by the processing device: providing a graphical user interface including a display area; positioning a first user-interface element at a first position within the display area, the first user-interface element representing a control input; positioning a second user-interface element at a second position within the display area, at a distance from the first user-interface element; the second user-interface element representing a controllable function of the electronic device; causing issuing, responsive to said control input, a control command for controlling the controllable function; wherein the control command is a function of the first and second positions relative to another.

    A METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A WIRELESS CONNECTION BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20170265234A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-14

    申请号:US15509619

    申请日:2015-09-07

    Applicant: LEGO A/S

    Abstract: A method for establishing a wireless connection between a primary electronic device and a user-selectable one of a set of secondary electronic devices via a wireless communication channel; the primary electronic device comprising a display and a wireless communications interface, each of the set of secondary electronic devices comprising a user-activatable input and a wireless communications interface; wherein the method comprises: detecting at least a subset of said set of secondary electronic devices within a communication range of the primary electronic device; displaying, on the display of the primary electronic device, a list of the detected subset of secondary electronic devices; responsive to a user activation of a user-activatable input of a user-selected one of the subset of secondary electronic devices, sending an identification signal by the user-selected secondary electronic device, the identification signal identifying the user-selected secondary electronic device; responsive to receiving said identification signal by the primary electronic device, highlighting an entry on the displayed list associated with the user-selected secondary electronic device identified by the identification signal; receiving a user input at the primary electronic device, the user input being indicative of a user-selected entry of the displayed list; and initiating establishment of a wireless connection between the primary electronic device and an secondary electronic device identified by the user-selected entry.

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