Object recognition toys and games
CA 2428631 A1 · Owner: Beck, Stephen C. · Inventors: Beck, Stephen C.
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An interactive doll (1) containing a game unit (3) integral antennas (5a-5c), and a plurality of non-powered playing objects (8). Each playing object (8) contains an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag IC that contains data of different ID information for each playing object (8). When the doll (1) and a play object (8) are position so as to allow RF communication between their antenna, the game unit (3) of the doll (1) sends power to energized the tag IC of the play object (8). This causes the RFID tag IC to transmit the ID information data back to the game unit (3) of the doll (1). The doll (1) recognizes the transmitted data and makes a presentation to the user caused by the …
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- Filed November 14, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 14, 2021.
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