×

Multi-dimensional game comprising interactive physical and virtual components

  • US 10,155,156 B2
  • Filed: 09/07/2011
  • Issued: 12/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A game comprising:

  • a physical component including a game board, a controller, one or more game figurines and one or more game blocks having coupling structures, wherein the game blocks are able to form one or more objects by physically coupling to each other with the coupling structures, and further wherein each of the game blocks includes a wireless sensor that wirelessly detects when one of the game figurines is proximate that game block independent of whether the one of the game figurines is coupled to the game block; and

    a virtual component including a virtual environment displayed on a display device, wherein the virtual environment is able to generate a virtual avatar and one or more virtual object representations of the objects based on the physical structure of the objects as formed by the game blocks, wherein user interaction with the physical component affects the virtual component, and further wherein the virtual component issues a challenge to a user by communicating a target physical object to the user and determines if a physical structure of one of the objects formed by the game blocks in response to the challenge matches a physical structure of the target physical object,wherein the virtual avatar corresponds to at least one corresponding game figurine of the one or more of the game figurines such that user interactions with the corresponding game figurine affect the virtual avatar in the virtual component and the controller controls operation of one or more features of the game figurines and game blocks when the game is being played, and further wherein, when interactions of the virtual avatar with the virtual component affect the corresponding game figurine in the physical component, the controller automatically adjusts characteristic values associated with the corresponding game figurines in response to the interactions, wherein the characteristic values are independent of a physical action of the corresponding game figurines.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×