System and method for toy recognition

A computer-implemented method for recognizing a plurality of real-world construction elements of a construction system assembled to form a real-world construction model, in particular toy construction elements of a toy construction system assembled to form a real-world toy construction model, each real-world construction element comprising coupling members for detachably connecting the real-world construction element with one or more other real-world construction elements of the construction system so as to form the real-world construction model;

• wherein the method comprises:
• receiving at least one captured image of the real world construction model;
• processing the at least one captured image so as to at least preliminarily recognise at least a first real-world construction element in the at least one captured image as a first known real-world construction element from stored digital representations of a plurality of known real-world construction elements of the construction system, each digital representation comprising connectivity information indicative of how the corresponding real-world construction element can be detachably connected to other real-world construction elements of the construction system;
• detecting image data of at least a second real-world construction element in the image within a proximity of the recognised first real-world construction element;
• and
• recognising the second real-world construction element as a second known real-world construction element from said stored digital representations of said plurality of known real-world construction elements of the construction system;
• wherein recognising the second real-world construction element is based at least in part on the connectivity information associated with the first and second known construction elements;
• wherein the digital representation of each known real-world construction element is indicative of one or more attributes of the known real-world construction element, each attribute being chosen from the following attributes:
• a shape of the known real-world construction element, a size of the known real-world construction element, a bounding volume of the known real-world construction element, and one or more colors of the known real-world construction element.