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US 11,386,802 B2Granted
Letter manipulative identification board
AssigneeLearning Squared, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Butler, Tom Boeckle, F Brian Iannce, Hector Javier Farias, Carey Lee
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Abstract
A set of letter manipulatives and a board on which said letter manipulatives may be placed, where the board comprises an identification module that can identify the letter manipulatives placed on the board and communicate the identification to a computing device.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a set of manipulatable letters;
- and
- a letter identification device configured to receive one or more manipulatable letters from the set of manipulatable letters, the letter identification device comprising:
- a color sensor configured to determine an amount of colored light reflected by a manipulatable letter from the set of manipulatable letters, the manipulatable letter being received by the letter identification device;
- and
- one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising:
- identifying the received manipulatable letter based on the determined amount of colored light reflected by the manipulatable letter.
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The system of claim I, wherein:
- the color sensor of the letter identification device comprises at least one of a red light sensor, a green light sensor, or a blue light sensor.
The system of claim I, wherein:
- the letter identification device comprises one or more receptacles configured to receive one or more manipulatable letters from the set of manipulatable letters;
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- the letter identification device comprises a camera aimed at the one or more receptacles of the letter identification device.
A letter identification device comprising:
- one or more receptacles configured to receive one or more manipulatable letters from a set of manipulatable letters;
- a color sensor configured to determine an amount of colored light reflected by a manipulatable letter from a set of manipulatable letters, the manipulatable letter being received by a receptacle among the one or more receptacles;
- and
- one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising:
- identifying the received manipulatable letter based on the determined amount of colored light reflected by the manipulatable letter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.