# US 2018/0021673 A1 · Toy system comprising toy elements that are detectable by a computing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0021673 A1 - Document ID: US20180021673A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/548,333 - Filed: 2016-02-02 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-04 - Assignees: Lego A/S - Applicants: Lego A/S - Inventors: Maiken Hillerup FOGTMANN; Daniel W. MATHIASEN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180021673A1 ## CPC - A63F 13/2145: the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens - A63F 3/00643: {Electric board games; Electric features of board games (electric word or number games A63F3/0421; computer chess G06F; electric raffle games A63F3/081)} - A63F 13/24: Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles - A63F 13/58: by computing conditions of game characters, e.g. stamina, strength, motivation or energy level - G06F 3/0393: {Accessories for touch pads or touch screens, e.g. mechanical guides added to touch screens for drawing straight lines, hard keys overlaying touch screens or touch pads} - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - A63F 2009/241: {Touch screen} - A63F 2300/1075: using a touch screen - G06F 2203/04808: Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A toy system comprising one or more toy elements configured to be detectable by a touch screen when brought within a proximity of the touch screen; and a computing device configured to: detect said one or more toy elements within a proximity of the touch screen; detect, in addition to detecting said one or more toy elements, one or more further touch events on the touch screen in a first predetermined spatial relationship to the detected one or more toy elements; and responsive to the detection of said one or more further touch events on the touch screen in said first predetermined spatial relationship to the detected one or more toy elements, to cause a user-perceptible output. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A toy system comprising one or more toy elements configured to be detectable by a touch screen when brought within a proximity of the touch screen, and a computing device configured to detect said one or more toy elements within a proximity of the touch screen; wherein the toy system comprises a first toy element, a releasable toy element releasably connectable to a structure comprising at least the first toy element, and a release mechanism configured to cause release of the releasable toy element from said structure, wherein the release mechanism comprises a user-activatable trigger configured to activate the release mechanism; wherein the first toy element is configured to be detectable by the touch screen when brought within a proximity of the touch screen; wherein the releasable toy element is configured to be individually detectable by a touch screen when brought within a proximity of the touch screen; and wherein the computing device is configured to detect the releasable toy element when the releasable toy element is released from said structure and within a proximity of the touch screen. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A toy system according to claim 1, wherein the first toy element comprises the release mechanism. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A toy system according to claim 1, wherein the computing device is configured to create user-perceptible output responsive to detecting the releasable toy element released from said structure. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A toy system according to claim 1, wherein the releasable toy element is connectable to the first toy element such that the releasable toy element is not detectable by the touch screen when connected to said structure and when the first toy element is detectable by the touch screen. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A toy system according to claim 1, wherein the releasable toy element is connectable to said structure such that the releasable toy element is detectable by the touch screen when connected to said structure and when the first toy element is detectable by the touch screen; and wherein the computing device is configured to detect whether a detected release toy element is connected to or released from said structure. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A toy system according to claim 1, wherein the release mechanism comprises a sensor for detecting an output from the computing device, and wherein the release mechanism is configured to release the releasable toy element responsive to the sensor detecting an output from the computing device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A toy system according to claim 1 wherein the toy elements comprise connectors for detachably interconnecting the toy elements to create spatial structures, wherein the toy system comprises at least a first type of toy elements, each of the first type of toy elements being interconnectable with one or more other toy elements and wherein the first type of toy elements is detectable by a touch screen and configured to form, when interconnected with one or more toy elements so as to form a spatial structure, a touch point pattern recognizable by the touch screen. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A toy system according to claim 7, further comprising at least a second type of toy elements, wherein the first type of toy elements is configured to be coupled to at least the second type of toy elements, and wherein the second type of toy elements are each configured not to be detected by the touch screen. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A toy system according to claim 1, wherein the user-activatable trigger and/or the release of the release mechanism is detectable by the computing device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A toy system according to claim 9; wherein the structure comprising the first toy element comprises a number of touch points configured to be detectable by a touch screen when brought within a proximity of the touch screen and defining a touch pattern; and wherein the user-activatable trigger and/or the release mechanism is configured to alter the touch pattern when the user-activatable trigger is activated and/or when the release mechanism releases the releasable toy element.