Pretend play toy with reality and virtual interaction

• US 20090197678A1
• Filed: 02/04/2008
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tirid Tech Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Tirid Tech Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Huang, Chung-Jen
• Application Number:
  US12/068,131
• Publication Number:
  US 20090197678A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1062 being specially adapted to a type of game, e.g. steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1068 being specially adapted to detect the point of contact of the player on a surface, e.g. floor mat, touch pad
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2200/00 Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/52 Dolls' houses, furniture or other equipment simulating liquid flow A63H33/3022; Dolls' clothing or footwear
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/04 Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/26 Magnetic or electric toys electric drives A63H29/22 ; indoor games played with small balls using magnetic power A63F7/0088, A63F7/068

Abstract

A pretend play toy with virtual reality interaction is disclosed. Children play toys on a platform in pretend play, and a circuit board underneath unseen by the children can sensor toys'"'"' characters and positions for playing virtual scene on the display where the children have interaction with the virtual playground. The present invention combines the physical toys and children'"'"'s imagination on the display like TV, and let the children unconsciously learn and enhance their creativity and imagination.

Claims

1. A pretend play toy with virtual reality interaction comprising:

a first game platform having a plurality of sensing spots, and a plurality of control units for a user to control the game platform as the user plays pretend play, and a processor resided in a circuit board receiving control-signal from the sensing spots and the control units, then outputting an audio/video (AV) signals; and

at least a game object having an ID unit representative of a virtual character;

wherein

the game object is placed on the game platform, sensed through the sensing spots, and identified the position and virtual character of the game object; and

the processor outputs the first playing scene of the game platform, the position and the virtual character of the game object to a display, produces a relative screen, and leads the user to enter a virtual playground or next virtual playground.

2. The pretend play toy with virtual reality interaction according to claim 1, wherein the display is a TV.

3. The pretend play toy with virtual reality interaction according to claim 1, wherein the game object is a toy figure.

4. The pretend play toy with virtual reality interaction according to claim 3, wherein the toy figure is a human figurine or an animal figurine.

5. The pretend play toy with virtual reality interaction according to claim 1, wherein the game object is a construction toy.

6. The pretend play toy with virtual reality interaction according to claim 5, wherein the construction toy is a building model or a vehicle model.

7. The pretend play toy with virtual reality interaction according to claim 1, wherein the game object is a furniture model or facility model.

8. The pretend play toy with virtual reality interaction according to claim 1, wherein the virtual playground is stored in a memory and controlled by the processor.

9. The pretend play toy with virtual reality interaction according to claim 1, wherein the virtual playground is a zoo, park, garage, school, garden or fire brigade.

10. The pretend play toy with virtual reality interaction according to claim 1, wherein the virtual play ground is a museum or an art house.

11. The pretend play toy with virtual reality interaction according to claim 1, wherein the game platform transmits the relative screen to the display via wire transmission or wireless transmission.

12. The pretend play toy with virtual reality interaction according to claim 1, wherein the first game platform connects to a second game platform with a second playing scene, when the game object is changed to the second game platform and the first playing scene changed to the second playing scene in the display.