US 12,440,776 B2
Devices, systems, and methods for enhancing the gameplay of toy
Jesse Schell, Pittsburgh, PA (US); David Purta, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Eric Policaro, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to Schell Games LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Schell Games LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/061,941.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/285,779, filed on Dec. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173400 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A63H 30/04 (2006.01); A63F 9/14 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63H 17/26 (2006.01); A63H 17/28 (2006.01); A63H 17/395 (2006.01); A63H 17/42 (2006.01)
CPC A63H 30/04 (2013.01) [A63F 9/143 (2013.01); A63F 9/24 (2013.01); A63H 17/268 (2013.01); A63H 17/28 (2013.01); A63H 17/395 (2013.01); A63H 17/42 (2013.01); A63F 2009/2489 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a plurality of markers, wherein each marker of the plurality comprises a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tag configured to generate a signal, and wherein the plurality of markers are spatially arranged according to a user-defined course;
a remote control vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a RFID reader configured to detect the signal generated by the RFID tag of each marker of the plurality as the vehicle moves around the course; and
a computing device communicably coupled to the vehicle and comprising an application that:
defines a sequence by which the RFID reader must detect each signal generated by each RFID tag of each marker of the plurality of markers based on a user input provided via a user interface of the application, such that the sequence defines a path for the vehicle through the course;
determines that the RFID reader has detected each signal generated by each RFID tag of each marker of the plurality of markers in accordance with the defined sequence;
determines that the vehicle has completed the path for the course based on the determination that the RFID reader has detected each signal generated by each RFID tag of each marker of the plurality of markers in accordance with the defined sequence; and
provides a graphical user interface configured to designate each marker of the plurality of markers to perform a specific function associated with the course.