Sensing device and construction elements comprising a sensing device
AssigneeRnd By US B.V.
InventorsArie Quirinus Bastiaan Brandwijk, Ibrahim Abdel-Aziz Mohamed Kamal
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Abstract
The invention provides a sensing device that can be incorporated in a construction element for a toy construction set to allow new use of construction elements, for instance tracking the construction process. Sensing device comprises a carrier comprising a top surface provided with a series of top coils, a bottom surface with a series of bottom coils at a distance from said top coils, the sensing device further comprising a data processor functionally coupled with a memory for storing a status, said data processor comprises a computer program which controls and reads currents through each of said top and bottom coils and storing them in memory, thereby tracking status for each of said top and bottom coils.
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A sensing device in a construction element, said sensing device comprising a carrier comprising a top surface provided with a series of top coils with their axes functionally parallel, a bottom surface with a series of bottom coils at a distance from said top coils and with their axes functionally aligned with said top coils, the sensing device further comprising a data processor functionally coupled with a memory for storing a status of each of said top and bottom coils, said data processor functionally coupled with said top and bottom coils for controlling an electromagnetic field from each of said top and bottom coils and for recording changes of said electromagnetic field of each of said top and bottom coils, allowing detection of alignment of at least one coil of another, similar sensing device with a coil of said sensing device, wherein said data processor comprises a computer program which, when running on said data processor, controls an electromagnetic field from each of said top and bottom coils, reads an electromagnetic field through each of said top and bottom coils, and from a change of said electromagnetic field calculates a status for each of said top and bottom coils, and stores said status for each coil in said memory.
A construction element comprising a body part with a top face and a bottom face seen relative to the normal use situation of the construction element, wherein the top face comprises first coupling parts, wherein the bottom face comprises complementarily second coupling parts that are configured for removably interconnecting with corresponding first coupling parts of another construction element, and wherein said body part comprises a sensing device comprising a carrier comprising a top surface provided with a series of top coils with their axes functionally parallel, a bottom surface with a series of bottom coils at a distance from said top coils and with their axes functionally aligned with said top coils, the sensing device further comprising a data processor functionally coupled with a memory for storing a status of each of said top and bottom coils, said data processor functionally coupled with said top and bottom coils for controlling an electrical field from each of said top and bottom coils and for recording changes of electromagnetic field from each of said top and bottom coils, allowing detection of alignment of at least one coil of another, similar sensing device with a coil of said sensing device, wherein said data processor comprises a computer program which, when running on said data processor, controls an electromagnetic field from each of said top and bottom coils, reads an electromagnetic field from each of said top and bottom coils, and from a change of said electromagnetic field calculates a status for each of said top and bottom coils, and stores said status for each coil in said memory, with said top coils aligned with a number of said first coupling parts and with said bottom coils aligned with a number of said second coupling parts.
A construction element, comprising a body part with a top face and a bottom face seen relative to the normal use situation of the construction element, wherein the top face comprises first coupling parts, wherein the bottom face comprises complementarily coupling parts that are configured for removably interconnecting with corresponding first coupling parts of another construction element;
- and a sensing device positioned in said body part and comprising a carrier comprising a top surface directed to said top face of said body part and provided with a series of top coils functionally aligned with at least a number of said first coupling parts and a bottom surface directed towards said bottom face of said body part and provided with a series of bottom coils functionally aligned with said top coils, the sensing device further comprising a data processor, functionally coupled with said top and bottom coils for recording changes of electromagnetic field in each of said coils, allowing detection of presence of another construction element coupled to one or more of the number of first coupling parts, and detecting which of the number of first coupling parts are coupled.
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