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US 2020/0211518 A1Published application
Smart playground with user activated features and related methods
AssigneeFrog Holdings, LLC
InventorsMICHAEL VOLL, EDWARD BRITTAIN VOLL
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Abstract
A playground structure may include a body, a piezoelectric sensor carried by the body and configured to detect a touch input on adjacent portions of the body, and an output device configured to generate audio indicators. The playground structure may include a controller coupled to the output device and the piezoelectric sensor and configured to selectively change the audio indicators based upon the touch input.
Claims20
A playground structure comprising:
- a body;
- a piezoelectric sensor carried by said body and configured to detect a touch input on adjacent portions of said body;
- an output device configured to generate audio indicators;
- and
- a controller coupled to said output device and said piezoelectric sensor and configured to selectively change the audio indicators based upon the touch input.
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A climbing frame playground structure comprising:
- a body comprising a plurality of elongate segments coupled together;
- a plurality of piezoelectric sensors, each piezoelectric sensor carried by a respective elongate segment of said body and configured to detect a touch input on adjacent portions of the respective elongate segment;
- an output device configured to generate audio indicators;
- and
- a controller coupled to said output device and said plurality of piezoelectric sensors and configured to selectively change the audio indicators based upon the touch input.
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A method for making a playground structure comprising:
- positioning a piezoelectric sensor to be carried by a body and configured to detect a touch input on adjacent portions of the body;
- positioning an output device to generate audio indicators;
- and
- coupling a controller to the output device and the piezoelectric sensor and configured to selectively change the audio indicators based upon the touch input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.