公开(公告)号：US12021394B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17426980

申请日：2019-12-12

Applicant: LEGO A/S

Inventor： Andrew James Knights ,  Isobel Jane Ashbey ,  Rosanna Elizabeth Parrish ,  Simon Mark Jordan ,  Robert George Milner ,  Martin Edward Brock ,  Thomas Alan Donaldson ,  Mark Ross Champkins ,  Radost Radoslavova Kerefeyna ,  Rasmus Bissenbakker Kærsgaard ,  Yufan Wei Wang ,  Troels Hermann ,  Arun Venkatasubramanian

IPC: H02J50/12 ,  H02J7/00 ,  H02J50/40 ,  H02J50/80 ,  A63H33/04

CPC classification number: H02J50/402 ,  H02J7/0042 ,  H02J7/0063 ,  H02J7/0068 ,  H02J50/12 ,  H02J50/80 ,  A63H33/042

Abstract: A toy system comprising a plurality of toy construction elements, having detachably interconnecting coupling members for creating coherent spatial structures. The plurality of toy construction elements include: an energy source device comprising a housing and an energy transfer circuit therein; and energy distribution devices to provide respective external conductive loops extending outside the housing and defining a respective external energy transfer zone in a proximity of the respective external conductive loops. The energy source device is configured to be brought into operational connection with the energy distribution devices. The energy transfer circuit is configured to receive electrical energy from an energy source and, when the energy source device is in operational connection with a first energy distribution device, to energize the external conductive loops creating a time-varying electromagnetic field in an external energy transfer zone defined by the first energy distribution device in a proximity of the external conductive loops.

公开(公告)号：US12090419B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US17427596

申请日：2019-12-12

Applicant: LEGO A/S

Inventor： Thomas Alan Donaldson ,  Mark Ross Champkins ,  Silviu Toma ,  Robert George Milner ,  Simon Mark Jordan ,  Simon John Turner ,  Mark Craig Brannan ,  Martin Edward Brock

IPC: A63H33/00 ,  A63H17/00 ,  A63H29/22 ,  A63H33/04 ,  A63H33/26 ,  A63H17/36 ,  A63H30/04 ,  A63H33/08

CPC classification number: A63H33/042 ,  A63H29/22 ,  A63H33/26 ,  A63H17/002 ,  A63H17/36 ,  A63H30/04 ,  A63H33/086 ,  A63H2200/00

Abstract: A modular toy system comprising a plurality of separate electronic toy modules, each electronic toy module comprising a function device operable to perform a user-perceptible function and a control circuit for controlling the function device; wherein at least a first electronic toy module of the plurality of electronic toy modules comprises a first control circuit, a first function device and a sensor system configured for contactless detection of respective coordinate values of at least two coordinates, each coordinate being indicative of a position or an orientation of at least a second electronic toy module of the plurality of electronic toy modules relative to the first electronic toy module; and wherein the first control circuit is configured to control operation of the first function device based on one or more of the detected coordinate values.

公开(公告)号：US12121827B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US17427599

申请日：2019-12-12

Applicant: LEGO A/S

Inventor： Thomas Alan Donaldson ,  Mark Ross Champkins ,  Robert George Milner ,  Andrew James Knights

IPC: A63F9/24 ,  A63H33/04 ,  A63H33/08 ,  B25J9/08

CPC classification number: A63H33/042 ,  A63H33/086 ,  B25J9/08 ,  A63H2200/00

Abstract: A toy construction system comprising a plurality of toy construction elements including a plurality of function construction elements. The toy construction elements and the function construction elements are detachably interconnected with each other forming a toy construction model. The toy construction model comprising at least a subset of the plurality of toy construction elements; each function construction element comprising a function device adapted to perform a user-perceptible function. The toy construction system further comprises a tag construction element detachably connectable to one or more of the toy construction elements. The tag construction element and the function construction elements are configured for communication of configuration data from the tag construction element to each of the subset of function construction elements when the tag construction element is connected to a toy construction element. Each function construction element of the subset is configured to control the function device responsive to the communicated configuration data.

公开(公告)号：US12059633B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US17427593

申请日：2019-12-12

Applicant: LEGO A/S

Inventor： Thomas Alan Donaldson ,  Robert George Milner ,  Rosanna Elizabeth Parrish ,  Simon John Turner ,  Martin Edward Brock ,  James Martin Clemoes

IPC: A63H33/04 ,  A63H33/08

CPC classification number: A63H33/042 ,  A63H33/086 ,  A63H2200/00

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling an ensemble of interacting toy construction models. The interacting toy construction models include toy construction elements having functional toy construction elements, the toy construction elements include coupling members configured for detachably interconnecting the toy construction elements with each other. The functional toy construction elements may perform a function in compliance with a configuration defining a functional behaviour. The method includes configuring the functional toy construction elements in the interacting toy construction models based on information on further functional toy construction elements in said interacting toy construction model to coordinate their functional behaviour in a model-behaviour; and further adapting the model-behaviour based on information on further interacting toy construction models in the ensemble. The invention also elates to a toy construction set for constructing an interacting toy construction model and a toy construction system comprising at least two interacting toy construction models.

公开(公告)号：US11857890B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US17436566

申请日：2019-12-12

Applicant: LEGO A/S

Inventor： Thomas Alan Donaldson ,  Mark Ross Champkins ,  Radost Radoslavova Kerefeyna ,  Rasmus Bissenbakker Kærsgaard ,  Yufan Wei Wang ,  Arun Venkatasubramanian ,  Simon Mark Jordan ,  Andrew James Knights ,  Isobel Jane Ashbey ,  Martin Edward Brock ,  Rosanna Elizabeth Parrish ,  Silviu Toma ,  Robert George Milner

IPC: A63H33/26 ,  A63H33/04

CPC classification number: A63H33/26 ,  A63H33/042 ,  A63H2200/00

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.