Game system
AssigneeLego A/S
InventorsJesper Carol Nielsen, Bjarke Pedersen
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Abstract
A game system, comprising: a data processing system configured to execute program instructions allowing a user to engage in digital game play; a physical toy; and a detection device configured to detect a presence of the toy within a detection area of the detection device; wherein the toy comprises two or more identification elements each detectable by the detection device when the identification element is positioned within the detection area, wherein the toy is configured to allow a user to selectively position the toy with a user-selected subset of one or more of said identification elements within the detection area; and wherein the data processing system is configured to control said digital game play responsive to the detected subset of identification elements.
Claims19
A toy construction system comprising toy construction elements configured for mechanically interconnecting to construct a toy construction model, the toy construction system comprising:
- a physical toy having one or more connectors compatible with the toy construction system, wherein the physical toy comprises a first part and a second part movably arranged relative to the first part, wherein the second part comprises an identification element comprising information relating to the identification element and/or the physical toy;
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- a detection device configured to detect a presence of the identification element within a detection area of the detection device, wherein the detection device includes one or more connectors compatible with the toy construction system, wherein the one or more connectors of the physical toy are detachably connectable to the one or more connectors of the detection device;
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- wherein, when the first part of the physical toy is connected to the one or more connectors of the detection device, the second part of the physical toy is movable relative to the detection area between a detectable state and a non-detectable state, where the detection device is configured to detect the identification element only when the second part is in the detectable state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.