Interactive LED device

• US 20040067714A1
• Filed: 02/12/2003
• Published: 04/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peter Sui Lun Fong
• Original Assignee: Peter Sui Lun Fong
• Inventors: Fong, Peter Sui Lun
• Granted Patent: US 6,851,999 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/175
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2200/00 Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/003 specially adapted for a particular function not connected with dolls as electric lighting devices A63H3/006
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/006 provided with electrical lighting electrical lighting F21
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/28 Arrangements of sound-producing means in dolls; Means in dolls for producing sounds
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10106 Light emitting diode [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/301 by means of a mounting structure H05K3/325 takes precedence

Abstract

An interactive light emitting diode display having a plurality of individual light-emitting diode units. Each light-emitting diode unit further has at least one light-emitting diode die, an individual driving circuit operative to drive the light-emitting diode die, a micro-controller unit operative to transmit a driving signal to the driving circuit and an activation/inactivation signal, and a transceiver operative to transmit the activation/inactivation signal to activate/inactivate another light-emitting diode unit, and to receive an external activation/inactivation signal.

Claims

12. An interactive display device, comprising:

a plurality of individual objects, each having an individual display unit disposed thereon; and

a switching device operative to activate the display unit of at least one of the objects;

the display unit of each object further comprising;

at least one light-emitting diode die;

an individual driving circuit, operative to supply voltages to the light-emitting diode die;

a micro-controller unit, operative to generate the driving signal upon activation by the switching device; and

a transceiver, operative to generate an activation signal to activate the display unit of at least one of the other objects, and to receive an activation signal generated by the other objects.

1. An interactive light-emitting diode display, comprising a plurality of individual light-emitting diode units, each light-emitting diode unit comprising:

at least one light-emitting diode die;

an individual driving circuit operative to drive the light-emitting diode die;

a micro-controller unit operative to generate a driving signal to the driving circuit and to generate an activation signal; and

a transceiver operative to transmit the activation signal to activate another light-emitting diode unit, and to receive an external activation signal.

2. The interactive light-emitting diode display of claim 1, wherein the light-emitting diode die further comprises at least a red light-emitting diode, a green light-emitting diode, and a blue light-emitting diode.

3. The interactive light-emitting diode display of claim 1, wherein the driving circuit is operative to drive the light-emitting diode die to display a pattern in response to the driving signal generated by the micro-controller unit.

4. The interactive light-emitting diode display of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is operative to receive and transmit the activation signal generated by the micro-controller unit in the form of an infrared signal.

5. The interactive light-emitting diode display of claim 4, wherein the transceiver is operative to receive and transmit the external activation signal in the form of an infrared signal.

6. The interactive light-emitting diode display of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is operative to receive and transmit the activation signal generated by the micro-controller unit in the form of a radio-frequency signal.

7. The interactive light-emitting diode display of claim 6, wherein the transceiver is operative to receive and transmit the external activation signal in the form of a radio-frequency signal.

8. The interactive light-emitting diode display of claim 1, wherein each of the light-emitting diode units further comprises a memory pre-storing a plurality of illumination patterns.

9. The interactive light-emitting diode display of claim 8, wherein the micro-controller unit is further operative to read an illumination pattern in response to the-external activation signal.

10. The interactive light-emitting diode display of claim 9, wherein the micro-controller unit is further operative to generate a driving signal in response to the illumination pattern.

11. The interactive light-emitting diode display of claim 1, further comprising a remote control for activating at least one of the light-emitting diode units.

13. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the display unit can be activated by the activation signal transmitted from the transceiver of the other objects.

14. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the objects comprise a plurality of toys.

15. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the objects comprise a plurality of ornaments.

16. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the objects comprise a plurality of flat panels.

17. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the objects comprise a plurality of curved panels.

18. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the objects comprise a plurality of substrates.

19. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the light-emitting die comprises at least a set of color light-emitting diodes.

20. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the light-emitting die comprises at least a set of red, green and blue light-emitting diodes.

21. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the switching device includes a built-in switch accessible to a user.

22. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the switching device includes a remote control.

23. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the micro-controller unit is further operative to generate the driving signal in response to the activation signal transmitted by other objects.

24. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the transceiver is operative to transmit and receive an infrared signal.

25. The interactive display device of claim 12 wherein the transceiver is operative to transmit and receive a radio frequency signal.

26. The interactive display device of claim 12 wherein the transceiver is operative to transmit and receive an audible sound.

27. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the transceiver is operative to transmit and receive an ultrasound.

28. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the objects are in different shapes.

29. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein each of the objects has a shape correlated to a predefined pattern to be displayed by the display unit thereof.

30. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein a pattern to be displayed by the display unit of each object is programmable.

29-1. The interactive display device of claim 12, wherein the objects have different sizes.

31. An interactive light-emitting diode unit, suitable for being used to display an illumination pattern independently and/or interactive with another interactive light-emitting diode unit, the light-emitting diode unit comprising:

at least one light-emitting diode die;

an individual driving circuit operative to drive the light-emitting diode die;

a micro-controller unit operative to generate a driving signal to the driving circuit and to generate an activation signal; and

a transceiver operative to transmit the activation signal to activate another light-emitting diode unit, and to receive an external activation signal.

32. The interactive light-emitting diode display of claim 31, wherein the light-emitting diode die further comprises at least a red light-emitting diode, a green light-emitting diode, and a blue light-emitting diode.

33. The interactive light-emitting diode unit of claim 31, wherein the driving circuit is operative to drive the light-emitting diode die to display a pattern in response to the driving signal generated by the micro-controller unit.

34. The interactive light-emitting diode unit of claim 31, wherein the transceiver is operative to receive and transmit the activation signal generated by the micro-controller unit in the form of an infrared signal.

35. The interactive light-emitting diode unit of claim 34, wherein the transceiver is operative to receive and transmit the external activation signal in the form of an infrared signal.

36. The interactive light-emitting diode unit of claim 31, wherein the transceiver is operative to receive and transmit the activation signal generated by the micro-controller unit in the form of a radio-frequency signal.

37. The interactive light-emitting diode unit of claim 36, wherein the transceiver is operative to receive and transmit the external activation signal in the form of a radio-frequency signal.

38. The interactive light-emitting diode unit of claim 31, wherein each of the light-emitting diode units further comprises a memory pre-storing a plurality of illumination patterns.

39. The interactive light-emitting diode unit of claim 38, wherein the micro-controller unit is further operative to read the illumination pattern in response to the external activation signal.

40. The interactive light-emitting diode unit of claim 39, wherein the micro-controller unit is further operative to generate a driving signal in response to the illumination pattern.

41. The interactive light-emitting diode unit of claim 31, further comprising a remote control for activating the light-emitting diode unit.