Educational toy
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A toy comprising:
- a plurality of islands that can be arranged on a surface;
a mobile device that can be selectively moved to a location within a predetermined proximity of each of the islands;
an identification tag associated with each island, which contains identification information to identify the associated island and distinguish it from the other islands;
a reader that reads the identification tag when the mobile device is placed in the predetermined proximity of the associated island;
an output device which generates a humanly-recognizable output; and
a logic device which instructs the output device to generate a different output depending upon which island has been identified by the reader.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A toy comprising a mobile device and a plurality of islands, which can be arranged on a surface (e.g., the floor). During play, the mobile device can be selectively moved to a location within a predetermined proximity of each of the islands. An identification tag is associated with each island and contains information to identify the associated island and distinguish it from the other islands. A reader reads the identification tag when the mobile device is placed in the predetermined proximity of the island, and a different output is generated for each island.
-
Citations
35 Claims
-
1. A toy comprising:
-
a plurality of islands that can be arranged on a surface;
a mobile device that can be selectively moved to a location within a predetermined proximity of each of the islands;
an identification tag associated with each island, which contains identification information to identify the associated island and distinguish it from the other islands;
a reader that reads the identification tag when the mobile device is placed in the predetermined proximity of the associated island;
an output device which generates a humanly-recognizable output; and
a logic device which instructs the output device to generate a different output depending upon which island has been identified by the reader. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
-
-
34. A toy comprising:
-
a plurality of stationary islands that can be arranged on a floor;
a mobile device resembling a vehicle and having a body and movement-providing members attached to the body, the body being selectively movable over each of the islands;
an identification tag associated with each island, which contains identification information to identify the associated island and distinguish it from the other islands; and
a reader, which reads the identification tag when the mobile device is placed over the associated island;
wherein a different output is generated by the mobile device depending upon which island has been identified by the reader.
-
-
35. A toy comprising:
-
a plurality of islands that can be stationarily arranged on a floor surface;
a mobile device comprising a pair of shoes that can be moved to selectively step on each of the islands;
an identification tag associated with each island, which contains identification information to identify the associated island and distinguish it from the other islands; and
a reader, which reads the identification tag when at least one of the pair of shoes steps on the associated island;
wherein a different output is generated by the mobile device depending upon which island has been identified by the reader.
-
Specification