Modular Gaming System with Magnetic Connection Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current gaming systems lack flexibility and customization for different game scenarios and fail to effectively detect connectivity between modules, which is essential for adaptive and interactive gameplay experiences, especially for children being introduced to digital technologies.
Innovation Solution
A modular gaming system with modules equipped with identifier units, proximity sensing units, and a processor that determines module IDs and face IDs, enabling detection of connections between modules and triggering events based on identification results, allowing for customizable and interactive gameplay.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional screen-based gaming systems are used, then the system structure is simple, but the system lacks flexibility and cannot be customized for different game scenarios
Solution Approach 1:
The gaming system is divided into multiple independent modules, each capable of performing specific gaming functions. These modules can be connected in different configurations to create various game scenarios, providing adaptability without requiring a completely different system for each scenario.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular components are designed with universal interfaces and standardized connection mechanisms that allow them to be used across different game scenarios. The same basic modules can be reconfigured to support multiple game types and configurations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If modular components are introduced to enable customization, then adaptability improves, but the complexity of detecting and measuring connections between modules increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical connection detection mechanisms with magnetic field-based sensing. Magnetic sensors detect the presence and orientation of modules through magnetic fields, eliminating the need for complex mechanical switches or electrical contacts while improving reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
Magnetic fields serve as an intermediary between the physical connection of modules and the electronic detection system. The magnetic field generators and sensors create an intermediate detection layer that simplifies the direct measurement of connection states.
3Measurement precision
If magnetic field generators and sensors are used for connection detection, then connection detection accuracy improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into integrated modules. Each module integrates magnetic field generation, magnetic sensing, processor operations, and communication interfaces into unified components, reducing the overall system complexity while maintaining high measurement precision for connection detection.
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AI summary
A gaming apparatus including a body provided with at least two connection faces; at least two identifier units operatively connected with a respective one of the at least two connection faces and indicative of a module identifier (ID); at least two proximity sensing units operatively connected with a respective one of the at least two connection faces for detecting a connection with a gaming module; and a processor for determining the module ID of the gaming module, determining a face ID of a given one of the at least two connection faces that is connected to the gaming module, transmitting, via the communication interface, the module ID of the gaming module, the face ID and an own module ID, receiving an action to be executed, and executing the action.