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US 11,238,752 B2Granted
Phonics exploration toy
AssigneeLearning Squared, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Butler, Tom Boeckle, Hector Javier Farias, F Brian Iannce, Carey Lee
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Abstract
A phonics learning system, comprising a letter identification board and letter manipulatives that may be placed on the letter identification board by a child, and a computing device connected to the letter identification board that identifies the letters placed on the board, generates a phonetic pronunciation for the combination of letters, and identifies any words or misspelled words.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- accessing, by one or more processors, a device that includes a plurality of receptacles, each of the receptacles including an oriented array of device-side capacitor areas, each device-side capacitor area including a first device-side electrode that is grounded, each device-side capacitor area including a second device-side electrode next to the first device-side electrode;
- identifying, by the one or more processors, a set of letter manipulatives placed in one or more of the receptacles of the device, each of the letter manipulatives including an oriented array of manipulative-side areas among which are one or more manipulative-side capacitor areas and at least one manipulative-side non-capacitor area, each of the one or more manipulative-side capacitor areas of each letter manipulative including a manipulative-side electrode, the one or more manipulative-side capacitor areas of each letter manipulative and the at least one manipulative-side non-capacitor area of that letter manipulative forming a corresponding pattern for that letter manipulative, the identifying being based on measurements of corresponding capacitances of the device-side capacitor areas while a letter manipulative is in a corresponding receptacle of the device and the oriented array of manipulative-side areas of the letter manipulative is aligned in a common direction with the oriented array of device-side capacitor areas of the corresponding receptacle, the corresponding pattern formed by the one or more manipulative-side capacitor areas and the at least one manipulative-side non-capacitor area of each letter manipulative indicating an orientation of that letter manipulative relative to the device-side capacitor areas of the corresponding receptacle for that letter manipulative, the identified set of letter manipulatives representing a set of letters;
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- causing, by the one or more processors, presentation of a pronunciation of the set of letters represented by the identified set of letter manipulatives.
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A system comprising:
- a device including a plurality of receptacles, each of the receptacles including an oriented array of device-side capacitor areas, each device-side capacitor area including a first device-side electrode that is grounded, each device-side capacitor area including a second device-side electrode next to the first device-side electrode;
- one or more processors;
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- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- identifying a set of letter manipulatives placed in one or more of the receptacles of the device, each of the letter manipulatives including an oriented array of manipulative-side areas among which are one or more manipulative-side capacitor areas and at least one manipulative-side non-capacitor area, each of the one or more manipulative-side capacitor areas of each letter manipulative including a manipulative-side electrode, the one or more manipulative-side capacitor areas of each letter manipulative and the at least one manipulative-side non-capacitor area of that letter manipulative forming a corresponding pattern for that letter manipulative, the identifying being based on measurements of corresponding capacitances of the device-side capacitor areas while a letter manipulative is in a corresponding receptacle of the device and the oriented array of manipulative-side areas of the letter manipulative is aligned in a common direction with the oriented array of device-side capacitor areas of the corresponding receptacle, the corresponding pattern formed by the one or more manipulative-side capacitor areas and the at least one manipulative-side non-capacitor area of each letter manipulative indicating an orientation of that letter manipulative relative to the device-side capacitor areas of the corresponding receptacle for that letter manipulative, the identified set of letter manipulatives representing a set of letters;
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- causing presentation of a pronunciation of the set of letters represented by the identified set of letter manipulatives.
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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- accessing a device that includes a plurality of receptacles, each of the receptacles including an oriented array of device-side capacitor areas, each device-side capacitor area including a first device-side electrode that is grounded, each device-side capacitor area including a second device-side electrode next to the first device-side electrode;
- identifying a set of letter manipulatives placed in one or more of the receptacles of the device, each of the letter manipulatives including an oriented array of manipulative-side areas among which are one or more manipulative-side capacitor areas and at least one manipulative-side non-capacitor area, each of the one or more manipulative-side capacitor areas of each letter manipulative including a manipulative-side electrode, the one or more manipulative-side capacitor areas of each letter manipulative and the at least one manipulative-side non-capacitor area of that letter manipulative forming a corresponding pattern for that letter manipulative, the identifying being based on measurements of corresponding capacitances of the device-side capacitor areas while a letter manipulative is in a corresponding receptacle of the device and the oriented array of manipulative-side areas of the letter manipulative is aligned in a common direction with the oriented array of device-side capacitor areas of the corresponding receptacle, the corresponding pattern formed by the one or more manipulative-side capacitor areas and the at least one manipulative-side non-capacitor area of each letter manipulative indicating an orientation of that letter manipulative relative to the device-side capacitor areas of the corresponding receptacle for that letter manipulative, the identified set of letter manipulatives representing a set of letters;
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- causing presentation of a pronunciation of the set of letters represented by the identified set of letter manipulatives.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.