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Toy vehicles and play sets with contactless identification

  • US 7,387,559 B2
  • Filed: 11/15/2004
  • Issued: 06/17/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A toy vehicle set comprising:

  • a toy vehicle including an RFID transponder operable to produce an identification signal to identify the toy vehicle and a chassis configured to support the RFID transponder within the toy vehicle, the chassis being at least partially fabricated from a material that is one or more of conductive and magnetic;

    an RFID reader configured to;

    generate an electromagnetic field;

    detect an identification signal produced by an RFID transponder; and

    produce data representative of the identified toy vehicle; and

    a track with a toy vehicle guiding pathway, wherein the RFID reader is disposed along the pathway such that a toy vehicle traversing the pathway engages the electromagnetic field;

    wherein the chassis is configured to prevent interference with the electromagnetic field generated by the RFID reader.

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