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US 6,206,745 B1Granted
Programmable assembly toy
AssigneeCreator, Inc.
InventorsOz Gabai, Jacob Gabai, Nimrod Sandlerman
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Abstract
A programmable assembly toy including a multiplicity of toy elements which are joinable to define a player selectable structure including a plurality of controllable toy elements which are joinable by a player with the selectable structure, and a player programmable control system for controlling the operation of the plurality of controllable toy elements.
Claims27
A programmable assembly toy system comprising:
- a personal computer;
- a multiplicity of toy elements which are joinable to define a player selectable structure, the multiplicity of toy elements including:
- a plurality of controllable toy elements;
- and
- at least one controller;
- wherein the at least one controller has a data flow relationship with the personal computer, thereby to provide indirect control of said controllable toy elements by the personal computer,
- and wherein said at least one controller is remote from said computer and is operative to receive a logic command from the computer and to convert said logic command into an output signal actuating at least one of the plurality of controllable toy elements.
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A toy control method comprising:
- providing a multiplicity of toy elements joinable to define a player selectable structure including a plurality of controllable toy elements and at least one controller joinable to individual ones of said multiplicity of toy elements;
- programming a personal computer to indirectly control the operation of the plurality of controllable toy elements including providing a data flow relationship between the computer and at least one of said controllers;
- and
- using said controllers and the computer, once programmed, to control the operation of the plurality of controllable toy elements;
- and wherein said at least one controller is remote from said computer and is operative to receive a logic command from the computer and to convert said logic command into an output signal actuating at least one of the plurality of controllable toy elements.
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A programmable assembly toy system comprising:
- a personal computer;
- a multiplicity of toy elements which are joined to define a player selectable structure, the multiplicity of toy elements including:
- a plurality of controllable toy elements;
- and
- at least one controller;
- wherein the at least one controller has a data flow relationship with the personal computer, thereby to provide indirect control of said controllable toy elements by the personal computer,
- and wherein said at least one controller is remote from said computer and is operative to receive a logic command from the computer and to convert said logic command into an output signal actuating at least one of the plurality of controllable toy elements.
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A programmable assembly toy system operative in conjunction with a personal computer and comprising:
- a multiplicity of toy elements which are joined to define a player selectable structure, the multiplicity of toy elements including:
- a plurality of controllable toy elements;
- and
- at least one controller;
- wherein the at least one controller has a data flow relationship with the personal computer, thereby to provide indirect control of said controllable toy elements by the personal computer,
- and wherein said at least one controller is remote from said computer and is operative to receive a logic command from the computer and to convert said logic command into an output signal actuating at least one of the plurality of controllable toy elements.
3 more elements
A programmable assembly toy system operative in conjunction with a personal computer and comprising:
- a multiplicity of toy elements which are joinable to define a player selectable structure, the multiplicity of toy elements including:
- a plurality of controllable toy elements;
- and
- at least one controller;
- wherein the at least one controller has a data flow relationship with the personal computer, thereby to provide indirect control of said controllable toy elements by the personal computer,
- and wherein said at least one controller is remote from said computer and is operative to receive a logic command from the computer and to convert said logic command into an output signal actuating at least one of the plurality of controllable toy elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.