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US 10,629,083 B1Granted
Three dimensional aid for teaching and illustrating exemplary thinking and problem solving
AssigneeZxibix, Inc.
InventorsLinda Shawn Higgins, James Ralph Heidenreich
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Abstract
The invention provides a three-dimensional apparatus for problem solving, learning and presentation for modeling, teaching and illustrating exemplary problem solving or thinking. Some embodiments provide a puzzle-like form. Another preferred embodiment of the present invention provides for the building of a problem or topic or situation specific or custom learning or problem solving or investigatory or presentation aid. Embodiments of the invention may also incorporate or use electronic, digital, electro-mechanical, mechanical, electric or other devices, processors, controllers, or mechanisms, or input or output to or from such or similar elements, and wired or wireless or other networks or interfaces.
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A three dimensional apparatus for depicting problem solving or thinking components or approaches or a combination thereof, comprising:
- at least one three dimensional structure comprising multiple distinguished substructures or regions, or at least one substructure and at least one region, or a combination thereof, arranged in relationship to one another;
- further comprising that said substructure or region, or both, represents at least one or a subset, or both, of problem solving or thinking components, or both;
- said structure comprising multiple levels, planes, facets, surfaces, areas, structures, at least one structure or substructure or region within the bounds of another structure or substructure or region or a combination thereof, linkages, or a combination thereof further comprising an arrangement in relation to at least one shared axis or path or ordering or a combination thereof;
- said subset representing at least one subset of problem solving or thinking elements, or both, of a similar type or representing at least one subset of at least two different types, or both;
- further comprising at least one electronic, electrical, digital, electro-mechanical, mechanical, networked, or physical item, or combination thereof, comprising at least one element, portion, linkage, connector, mechanism, processor, device, controller, surface, sensor, camera, recorder, input receiver, interface, output producer, speaker, display, projection, output, input, monitor, motor, moveable item, convertor, storage medium, medium, window, attachment, compartment, or a combination thereof, or comprising input to or output from said items or said at least one three dimensional structure, or a combination thereof.
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An apparatus for depicting problem solving or thinking components or approaches or a combination thereof, comprising:
- at least one three dimensional structure comprising multiple distinguished substructures or regions, or at least one substructure and at least one region, or a combination thereof, arranged in relationship to one another;
- further comprising that the substructure or region or both represents at least one or a subset, or both, of problem solving or thinking components, or both;
- further comprising an arrangement in relation to at least one shared axis or path or ordering or a combination thereof;
- further comprising that said subset represents at least one subset of problem solving or thinking elements, or both, of a similar type or of at least two different types, or both;
- further comprising at least one item comprising at least one mechanism, fastener, surface, window, attachment, compartment, transparent item, production mechanism, device, control, interface, display, projector, projection, component, storage medium, medium, input receiver, output provider, input, output, or element, or a combination thereof, to include, attach, notate, identify, display, present, distinguish, receive, retrieve, input, output, provide, record, monitor, store, or project, or a combination thereof, related content or media or both;
- further comprising at least one electronic, electrical, digital, electro-mechanical, mechanical, networked, projected, displayed, or physical item, or combination thereof, comprising at least one item comprising at least one element, portion, linkage, connector, mechanism, processor, device, controller, surface, sensor, camera, recorder, input receiver, interface, output producer, speaker, display, projection, projector, output, input, monitor, motor, moveable item, convertor, storage medium, medium, compartment, or a combination thereof, or comprising input to or output from said items or at least one three dimensional structure, or a combination thereof.
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An apparatus for showing status of problem solving or thinking components or approaches or a combination thereof, comprising:
- at least one results structure configured to provide or show or indicate or create or record or monitor, or a combination thereof, at least one item indicative of or selected from, or both, at least one configuration of or at least one interaction with or both at least one three dimensional structure comprising multiple distinguished substructures or regions, or at least one substructure and at least one region, or a combination thereof, arranged in relationship to one another;
- further comprising that said substructure or region, or both, represents at least one or a subset, or both, of problem solving or thinking components, or both, or comprise elements that provide or represent or identify content or media or both related to at least one problem solving or thinking component, or a combination thereof;
- said subset representing at least one subset of problem solving or thinking elements, or both, of a similar type, or of at least two different types, or both;
- said results structure comprising multiple levels, planes, facets, surfaces, areas, structures, at least one structure or substructure or region within the bounds of another structure or substructure or region or a combination thereof, linkages, or a combination thereof;
- further comprising at least one electronic, electrical, digital, electro-mechanical, mechanical, networked, displayed, projected, outputted, or physical item, or combination thereof, comprising at least one element, portion, linkage, connector, mechanism, processor, device, control, controller, sensor, camera, recorder, input receiver, interface, output producer, display, projection, output, input, monitor, motor, moveable item, convertor, storage medium, medium, surface, window, compartment, or a combination thereof, or comprising input to or output from at least one of said items or at least one results structure or at least one said three dimensional structure, or a combination thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.