SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATE AND ANIMATE STUDIO

• US 20140189507A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eKids LLC
• Original Assignee: eKids LLC
• Inventors: Ashkenazi, Isaac, Valente, Jaime, Stafford, Glenn
• Application Number:
  US13/836,209
• Publication Number:
  US 20140189507A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/705
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/20 Education
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

The present disclosure describes an interactive, educational toy for children. In some embodiments, the system is a tablet computer running an interactive software system. In some embodiments, the software system includes an assisted drawing module, a storyline builder module, a puzzle maker module, and a free canvas module. In other embodiments, additional features of the system are made available to a user by using a specialized tablet stylus.

Claims

1. A method for assisting a user to draw, the method comprising:

providing, by a drawing assistance tool, a reference area that displays a reference image for a user to recreate in a drawing area, a first grid overlaid onto the reference area such that the first grid is independently scalable of the reference image displayed in the reference area, the drawing area that displays a drawing image, and a second grid overlaid onto the drawing area such that the second grid is independently scalable of the drawing area;

receiving a request to scale one of the first grid or the second grid; and

providing the request to scale one of the first grid or the second grid to both the first grid and the second grid.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a request to scale one of the reference image or the drawing image.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the request to scale one of the reference image or the drawing image includes a request to provide at least one of a pan, a rotate, a zoom in, and a zoom out manipulation.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein a plurality of cells of the first grid and a plurality of cells of the second grid maintain a specific size when the reference image or the drawing image is zoomed in or zoomed out.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing the request to scale one of the reference image or the drawing image to both the reference image and the drawing image.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the request to scale one of the first grid or the second grid includes a request to provide at least one of a pan, a rotate, a zoom in, and a zoom out manipulation.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a copy of the reference image in the drawing area.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the copy of the reference image is partially transparent.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first grid and second grid are configured to temporally remain fixed in place.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference area and the drawing area are provided on a touch sensitive display.

11. A device for assisted drawing, the device comprising:

a reference area that displays a reference image;

a first grid overlaid onto the reference area such that the first grid is independently scalable of the reference image;

a drawing area that displays a drawing image; and

a second grid overlaid onto the drawing area such that the second grid is independently scalable of the drawing image, and wherein the first grid and the second grid are configured such that when one of the first grid or the second grid is manipulated both the first grid and the second grid are manipulated correspondingly.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the reference image and the drawing image are configured such that when one of the reference image or the drawing image is manipulated both the reference image and the drawing image are manipulated correspondingly.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein a plurality of cells of the first grid and a plurality of cells of the second grid maintain a specific size when the reference image or the drawing image is zoomed in or zoomed out.

14. The device of claim 11, wherein the manipulation of the first grid or the second grid can include at least one of a pan, a rotate, a zoom in, and a zoom out manipulation.

15. The device of claim 11, further comprising a copy of the reference image displayed in the drawing area.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the copy of the reference image is partially transparent.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the copy of the reference image maintains a location in the drawing area that is a same location the reference image maintains in the reference area.

18. The device of claim 11, wherein the first grid is configured to be reversibly locked into the position to the reference area and the second grid is configured to be reversibly locked into position relative to the drawing area.

19. The device of claim 11, further comprising a touch sensitive display.

20. The device of claim 11, where the second grid is configured to have a user selectable transparency level.