US 10,441,877 B2 · Game pieces for use with touch screen devices and related methods

Abstract

There is provided a system and method for communicating with a first peripheral device, of a plurality of peripheral devices, using a touch-sensitive system that has a processor and a touch surface. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method includes detecting, using the processor, a plurality of touches on the touch surface of the touch-sensitive system that are made by the first peripheral device. The method further includes identifying, using the processor, the first peripheral device based on the plurality of touches on the touch surface of the touch-sensitive system that are made by the first peripheral device. The method additionally includes communicating data, using the processor, to a receptive circuit of the first peripheral device in response to the identifying of the first peripheral device.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A touch-sensitive system for use by a user, the touch-sensitive system comprising:

a touch surface;
a peripheral device including:
a receptive circuit configured to receive data while the peripheral device is touching the touch surface;
and
a haptic element;
a processor configured to:
display a path on the touch surface for travelling by the peripheral device;
and
detect the peripheral device touching the touch surface at a first portion of the path;
and
communicate the data to the receptive circuit of the peripheral device, in response to detecting the peripheral device touching the touch surface at the first portion of the path;
wherein, in response to receiving the data by the receptive circuit of the peripheral device from the processor, the peripheral device causes the haptic element to provide a haptic feedback to the user by making the peripheral device move faster or slower based upon the detected first portion of the path while the peripheral device is moving over the detected first portion of the path.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/867,570Filed 10 Jan 2018 · continuation

Priority

8 Jul 2010

Published

US 2018/0126261 A110 May 2018

Granted

15 Oct 2019

Term ends

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Classification26 codes

G06F 3/04162
Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers: for exchanging data with external devices, e.g. smart pens, via the digitiser…
A63F 13/21
Input arrangements for video game devices: characterised by their sensors, purposes or types
A63F 13/211
Characterised by their sensors, purposes or types: using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
A63F 13/2145
For locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads: the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens

Family

Application61/399,249Us provisional application · filed 8 Jul 2010

Application12/806,986Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 24 Aug 2010

Application13/229,593Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Sep 2011

Application14/996,160Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Jan 2016

US 9,274,641 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Mar 2016

US 2018/0126261 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 May 2018

US 9,895,605 B2Parent of this continuation

Application13/229,593Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 2012/0007808 A1Published application

US 2012/0062490 A1Published application

US 2016/0121207 A1Published application

US 10,441,877 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Game pieces for use with touch screen devices and related methods

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Game pieces for use with touch screen devices and related methods

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Abstract

Claims20