Child's Activity Toy

Abstract

A method for enabling interaction between a virtual environment and a physical object, which includes the steps of storing on an interactive display device a computer-based programming running a set of programming codes related to a virtual representation of a physical object, providing a physical page with a representation of the physical object thereon, scanning the page with the interactive display device and identifying the physical object based upon a characteristic on the page that is detectable by the interactive display device when scanning, and displaying the virtual representation of the physical object on a interactive display surface defined by the interactive display device.

1 . A method for enabling interaction between a virtual environment and a physical object, comprising the steps of:
 storing on an interactive display device a virtual representation of a physical object;   providing a physical page with a representation of the physical object thereon;   when the page is disposed adjacent to the interactive display device, identifying the physical object based upon a characteristic on the page that is detectable by the interactive display device; and   displaying the virtual representation of the physical object on a interactive display surface defined by the interactive display device.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 enabling an active function, perceptible to a user, of the virtual representation of the physical object for which an attribute of the virtual representation of the physical object is controllable by a user. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the active function includes but is not limited to controlling movement, color, style, or interaction between the virtual representation of the physical object and the interactive display device. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the characteristic on the page that is detectable by the interactive display device is a glyph, QR code, or other computer readable code. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , where the characteristic of the page that is detectable by the interactive display device is the representation of the physical object. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5  further comprising: changing the display of the virtual representation of the physical object on the interactive display surface, when the characteristic of the page that is detectable by the interactive display device is changed. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the change to the characteristic of the page is a difference in color. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the representation of the physical object on the page is a plurality of colored discs positioned on the page. 
     
     
         9 . A method for enabling interaction between a virtual environment and a physical object, comprising the steps of:
 storing on an interactive display device a computer-based programming running a set of programming codes related to a virtual representation of a physical object;   providing a physical page with a representation of the physical object thereon;   scanning the page with the interactive display device and identifying the physical object based upon a characteristic on the page that is detectable by the interactive display device when scanning; and   displaying the virtual representation of the physical object on a interactive display surface defined by the interactive display device.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9  further comprising:
 enabling an active function on the interactive display device of the virtual representation of the physical object for which an attribute of the virtual representation of the physical object is controllable by a user. 
 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the active function includes but is not limited to controlling movement, color, style, or interaction between the virtual representation of the physical object and the interactive display device. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the characteristic on the page that is detectable by the interactive display device is a glyph, QR code, or other computer readable code. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 9 , where the characteristic of the page that is detectable by the interactive display device is the representation of the physical object. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 9  further comprising:
 selecting a display of the virtual representation of the physical object based on a characteristic of the page that is detectable by the interactive display device, prior to the step of displaying the virtual representation of the physical object on a interactive display surface. 
 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the selection of the display is based on a color of the characteristic of the page. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the representation of the physical object on the page is a plurality of colored discs positioned on the page.