公开(公告)号：US11541322B1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-03

申请号：US15804934

申请日：2017-11-06

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Martin Peter Aalund ,  Ana Sande do Vale Pinto da Silva ,  Jiayi Liang ,  Babak Amir Parviz ,  Kevin Charles Flick ,  James Merton Tidman

IPC: A63H33/04 ,  G09B5/06 ,  A63H33/26 ,  G09B19/22 ,  A47D15/00 ,  A47C31/00

Abstract: A smart block can include a plurality of displays and configurable magnet components to selectively attract or repel other smart blocks. The smart block can include proximity sensors to identify a surface of another smart block close to the smart block to determine if the smart blocks are correctly oriented based on an application or game associated with the operation of the smart blocks. A plurality of smart blocks can be configured to display a portion of a picture (as a puzzle), such that when the smart blocks are oriented correctly they collectively display the complete picture. The smart blocks can be used in conjunction with a smart mat that is configured to move the smart blocks in response to commands received from a remote computing device. The smart blocks and the smart mat can facilitate interactivity with other, remote users, such as between a caregiver and a child.

公开(公告)号：US11498014B1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US15804862

申请日：2017-11-06

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Martin Peter Aalund ,  Jiayi Liang ,  Babak Amir Parviz ,  Kevin Charles Flick ,  James Merton Tidman

IPC: A63H5/00 ,  A63H33/04 ,  A63F9/06

Abstract: A smart block can include a plurality of displays and configurable magnet components to selectively attract or repel other smart blocks. The smart block can include proximity sensors to identify a surface of another smart block close to the smart block to determine if the smart blocks are correctly oriented based on an application or game associated with the operation of the smart blocks. A plurality of smart blocks can be configured to display a portion of a picture (as a puzzle), such that when the smart blocks are oriented correctly they collectively display the complete picture. The smart blocks can be used in conjunction with a smart mat that is configured to move the smart blocks in response to commands received from a remote computing device. The smart blocks and the smart mat can facilitate interactivity with other, remote users, such as between a caregiver and a child.

公开(公告)号：US11194464B1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US15827253

申请日：2017-11-30

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Kevin Charles Flick ,  Jiayi Liang ,  Martin Peter Aalund ,  James Merton Tidman

IPC: G06F3/0488 ,  A63F13/2145 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/045 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/042 ,  A63F13/42 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04R3/00 ,  G10L25/51 ,  H04R1/02 ,  H04R1/40

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling display of content using objects are disclosed. Objects may be placed on a surface and one or more computing devices may be configured to identify the objects, determine the shape of the objects, and/or determine the locations of the objects with respect to the surface. Content displayed on the surface may be updated based at least in part on interaction of the object with the surface, such as changing locations of the objects, object proximities, object flipping, and/or object stacking, for example.