Electronic toy

Abstract

The present disclosure provides devices, such as electronic toys, configured to recognize placement of one or more physical objects (e.g., puzzle pieces) on a field and to provide feedback to the user (e.g., a child).

1 . An electronic toy comprising:
 a placement zone ( 100 ) configured to receive at least a first object ( 600   a ) and a second object ( 600   b );   a first indicator ( 200   a ) configured to indicate a first identity associated with the first object;   a second indicator ( 200   b ) configured to indicate a second identity associated with the second object; and   a feedback indicator ( 300 ) configured to indicate a result from associating the first object and the second object with the placement zone.   
     
     
         2 . The electronic toy of  claim 1 , wherein the placement zone comprises an RFID reader and wherein each of the first object and the second object includes a unique RFID tag. 
     
     
         3 . The electronic toy of  claim 1 , wherein the placement zone comprises an image capture device and wherein each of the first object and the second object includes a unique scannable code. 
     
     
         4 . The electronic toy of  claim 1 , wherein the placement zone comprises a Bluetooth receiver and wherein each of the first object and the second object includes a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon. 
     
     
         5 . The electronic toy of  claim 1 , wherein the first indicator comprises an LED light. 
     
     
         6 . The electronic toy of  claim 1 , wherein the second indicator comprises an LED light. 
     
     
         7 . The electronic toy of  claim 1 , wherein the feedback indicator comprises an LED light. 
     
     
         8 . The electronic toy of  claim 1 , wherein the first object and the second object are each puzzle pieces. 
     
     
         9 . The electronic toy of  claim 8 , wherein the puzzle pieces interlock. 
     
     
         10 . An electronic toy comprising:
 a first placement zone ( 100   a ) configured to receive at least a first object ( 600   a ),   the first placement zone ( 100   a ) comprising:
 a first object detector ( 110   a ) configured to detect the presence of the first object ( 600   a ), and 
 a first code reader ( 120   a ) configured to detect a unique identifier associated with the first object ( 600   a ); 
   a second placement zone ( 100   b ) configured to receive at least a second object ( 600   b ), the second placement zone ( 100   b ) comprising:
 a second object detector ( 110   b ) configured to detect the presence of the second object ( 600   b ), and 
 a second code reader ( 120   b ) configured to detect a unique identifier associated with the second object ( 600   b ); 
   a controller ( 130 ) operatively connected to the first object detector, the first code reader, the second object detector, and the second code reader, and configured to:
 identify the first object ( 100   a ) based at least on the unique identifier associated with the first object, and 
 identify the second object ( 100   b ) based at least on the unique identifier associated with the second object; 
   a first indicator ( 200   a ) in operative communication with the controller and configured to indicate a first identity associated with the first object;   a second indicator ( 200   b ) in operative communication with the controller and configured to indicate a second identity associated with the second object; and   a feedback indicator ( 300 ) in operative communication with the controller and configured to indicate a result based at least on the identity of the first object and the identity of the second object.   
     
     
         11 . The electronic toy of  claim 10 , wherein the controller is configured to cause the feedback indicator to stop indicating the result after a predetermined length of time has passed after the controller begins indicating the result. 
     
     
         12 . The electronic toy of  claim 10 , wherein the first object detector and the second object detector are each photoresistors. 
     
     
         13 . The electronic toy of  claim 10 , wherein the first code reader and the second code reader are each low-voltage RFID readers.