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US 8,465,020 B2Granted
Audible puzzle cube
AssigneeEmpire Technology Development LLC
InventorsPeng Dai, Hailong Wang
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Abstract
A three-dimensional puzzle cube is generally described. The three-dimensional puzzle cube may include multiple blocks that are interconnected and movable, an output device, and a control unit that generates a control signal to the output device when the control unit determines that the blocks are arranged in a predetermined configuration.
Claims13
An apparatus, comprising:
- a three-dimensional puzzle comprising:
- a core block;
- and
- interconnected blocks arranged on faces of the puzzle, each face comprising a center block coupled to the core block so each face is rotatable in one of three spatial axes of the puzzle;
- an audio output device in a first center block, the audio output device being configured to output audio;
- a microphone in a second center block, the microphone being configured to receive audio;
- a storage unit in the core block, the storage unit being configured to store the received audio as an audio clip;
- and
- a control unit in the core block, the control unit being electrically connected to the blocks, the control unit being configured to automatically determine relative positioning of the interconnected blocks and cause the audio output device to output the audio clip when the interconnected blocks are arranged in a predetermined configuration.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a puzzle cube having 26 interconnected and movable blocks arranged on six sides of the puzzle cube, such that a 3×3 grid of 9 blocks are arranged on each of the six sides;
- an audio output device installed in a center block of the 3×3 grid of 9 blocks arranged on a first one of the six sides;
- a microphone coupled to a center block of the 3×3 grid of 9 blocks arranged on a second one of the six sides, wherein the microphone is configured to receive audio;
- a storage unit that is configured to store the received audio as an audio clip;
- and
- a control unit electrically connected to the interconnected and movable blocks, the control unit being configured to determine relative positioning of the interconnected and movable blocks and automatically cause the audio output device to output the audio clip when the interconnected and movable blocks are arranged in a predetermined configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.