Building block toy set
First Claim
1. A building block toy set, comprising:
- a plurality of interconnectable toy blocks comprising at least one smart block and a plurality of standard blocks, each having at least one first connection device at one end and at least one second connection device at an opposite end, one of the connection devices comprising a male connection device and the other connection device comprising a female connection device, whereby at least two of the plurality of interconnectable toy blocks can be interconnected by mating the first connection device of either block with the second connection device of the other block;
the smart block having a sensor device associated with a the first connection device and configured to be actuated by connection of the first connection device with a mating second connection device on a standard block, and a processing unit associated with the sensor device which produces a sensory output signal at the smart block in response to actuation of the sensor device;
the standard blocks comprising at least first and second standard blocks each having a contoured end face on the second connection device, the end face of the second connection device of the first standard block having a contour of a shape different from the contour on the end face of the second connection device of the second standard block; and
the sensor device being configured to distinguish between the different shapes of the contoured end faces of the second connection devices of the first and second standard blocks when the first connection device of the smart block is engaged by the second connection device of the first and second smart block, respectively, and to provide a first sensor input to the processing unit when actuated by connection of the smart block to the first standard block and a second different sensor input to the processing unit when actuated by connection of the smart block to the second standard block.
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Abstract
A building block toy set has first and second blocks each having a first connection device at the upper end and a second connection device at the lower end which is releasably mateable with the first connection device on the other block, whereby the first block is connectable on top of the second block in a first configuration and the second block is connectable on top of the first block in a second configuration. Each first connection device has an actuator formation on the first connection device and at least the second block is a smart block having a sensor assembly associated with the second connection device which is activated by the actuator formation when the second block is interconnected with the first block in the second configuration. A processing unit is mounted in the smart block and associated with the sensor assembly to produce a sensory output signal when the sensor assembly is activated.
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27 Claims
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1. A building block toy set, comprising:
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a plurality of interconnectable toy blocks comprising at least one smart block and a plurality of standard blocks, each having at least one first connection device at one end and at least one second connection device at an opposite end, one of the connection devices comprising a male connection device and the other connection device comprising a female connection device, whereby at least two of the plurality of interconnectable toy blocks can be interconnected by mating the first connection device of either block with the second connection device of the other block; the smart block having a sensor device associated with a the first connection device and configured to be actuated by connection of the first connection device with a mating second connection device on a standard block, and a processing unit associated with the sensor device which produces a sensory output signal at the smart block in response to actuation of the sensor device; the standard blocks comprising at least first and second standard blocks each having a contoured end face on the second connection device, the end face of the second connection device of the first standard block having a contour of a shape different from the contour on the end face of the second connection device of the second standard block; and the sensor device being configured to distinguish between the different shapes of the contoured end faces of the second connection devices of the first and second standard blocks when the first connection device of the smart block is engaged by the second connection device of the first and second smart block, respectively, and to provide a first sensor input to the processing unit when actuated by connection of the smart block to the first standard block and a second different sensor input to the processing unit when actuated by connection of the smart block to the second standard block. - 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)
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25. A building block toy set, comprising:
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at least one smart block having at least one first connection device, a first sensor device associated with the first connection device, a processing unit connected to the sensor device and having a processing module which detects actuation of the sensor device, and at least one audible output module connected to the processing module which produces an audible output signal when the first sensor device is actuated; at least first and second standard, non-smart blocks each having at least one second connection device which is releasably connectable to the first connection device of the smart block, the first and second connection devices being configured to releasably connect the smart block to the respective standard block; and each second connection device having a contoured end face of predetermined shape configured to actuate the sensor device when the second connection device is in releasable mating engagement with the first connection device, the contoured end face of the second connection device of the first standard block having a different shape from the contoured end face of the second connection device of the second standard block; the first sensor device being configured to discriminate between the different shapes of the end faces of the second connection devices of the first and second standard blocks and to produce different sensor outputs when the smart block is connected to the first and second standard blocks, respectively; and the output module is configured to produce a different audible output signal in response to the different sensor outputs when the first connection device is in releasable mating engagement with the second connection devices of the first and second standard block, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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