Puzzle component position determination system
AssigneeParticula Ltd.
InventorsUdi DOR, Amit DOR
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Abstract
A three-dimensional puzzle has a monitoring puzzle piece and multiple monitored puzzle pieces. For puzzle pattern determination, the monitoring puzzle piece is equipped with sensors, a processor, a wireless transceiver, and optionally a gyroscope sensor. The monitored puzzle pieces are rotatably connected to each other and to the monitoring puzzle piece to form the puzzle. The sensors, together with the processor or alternatively with an external client, track the monitored puzzle piece rotating relative to the monitoring puzzle piece. The external client may provide feedback to a user of the puzzle. The system enables the competitions between the user and users of other puzzles without requiring the physical proximity of the competitors.
Claims26
A three-dimensional puzzle comprising:
- a monitoring cubelet equipped with sensors, a processor, and a wireless transceiver;
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- seven monitored cubelets rotatably connected to each other and to the monitoring cubelet to collectively form six external sides of a puzzle, each side including surfaces of four mutually-adjacent cubelets;
- wherein the sensors and processor together track the monitored cubelets rotating relative to the monitoring cubelet;
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- wherein the processor sends tracking data through the transceiver to an external client.
A monitoring puzzle piece for forming a three-dimensional puzzle with multiple monitored puzzle pieces, the monitoring puzzle piece comprising:
- sensors;
- a processor that, together with the sensors, tracks the monitored puzzle pieces rotating relative to the monitoring puzzle piece;
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- a wireless transceiver through which the processor sends tracking data to an external client.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.