Patents Assigned to Lego A/S
  • Patent number: 11224820
    Abstract: A vehicle (10) comprising a body (20), a first wheel axle (31) and a second wheel axle (41), whereon one or more wheels (30, 40) is/are mounted, an electric motor (51) and a control unit (52); and wherein the electric motor is connected to the second wheel axle (41); and wherein the electric motor is configured for driving the one or more wheels (40) that is/are mounted on the second wheel axle (41), wherein said vehicle (10) comprises a movement detection unit configured for detecting a movement in the form of a rotation of the vehicle's wheels (30, 40) and/or wheel axles (31, 41); and wherein the control unit (52) is configured for receiving a signal from the movement detection unit when it detects a movement of the vehicle; and wherein the control unit (52) is configured for transmitting a signal to the electric motor (51) when the movement detection unit detects a movement in the form of a rotation of the vehicle's wheels and such that the electric motor (52) continuously powers the one or more wheels (40
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Kasper Mygind Pedersen, Henning Mikkelsen, Henning Sand Kirk, Orkan Kilic
  • Patent number: 11217937
    Abstract: The presentation invention relates to a first electrical connector element for a modular construction element and/or system, the first electrical connector element comprising a first connector part comprising a plurality of electrical contacts electrically connected to a plurality of electrical conductors, wherein the first electrical connector element is adapted to be connected with a second electrical connector element, and wherein the first electrical connector element further comprises a strain relief part adapted to securely hold the plurality of electrical conductors thereby securing the plurality of electrical conductors to the first electrical connector element, and a number of lock and release elements adapted to engage with the second electrical connector element when the first and the second electrical connector elements are mechanically and electrically coupled together thereby locking a coupling of the first and the second electrical connector elements and further being adapted to release the cou
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Gaute Munch
  • Patent number: 11173412
    Abstract: A bowl shaped toy construction element where two such elements can be assembled via releasable and pivotable hinge connections with a hinge axis, and where the hinge axes defined by the first and the second type of protruding connecting parts are mutually parallel and defining a first plane, and where the bowl shaped elements has a stand surface extending in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Julie Sommer Hansen, Anders Merrild Kristensen, Klaus Sabroe, Johan Dybvad Larsen, Lukas Brza, Alba Suárez Zapico
  • Patent number: 11141670
    Abstract: A toy vehicle configured for running on rails, the toy vehicle comprises a chassis comprising a first end and a second end, two side faces extending in the longitudinal direction of the toy vehicle and a top portion, the toy vehicle comprising at least two axles, said at least two axles comprising a wheel wherein the chassis comprises oblong recesses positioned on the inner surface of the chassis, the oblong recesses adapted to obtain a protrusion of a wheel or an end portion of the at least two axles, the chassis comprising two or more axle support arms adapted to support the at least two axles, the two or more axle support arms being adapted to avoid disengagement between an oblong recess and the protrusion of a wheel or an end portion of the at least two axles, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Jan Ryaa
  • Patent number: 11132728
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for selecting and ordering a deliverable. The system comprises a plurality of toy construction elements, each comprising one or more coupling members configured for releasably interconnecting the toy construction elements with each other; a scanning device operable to capture a digital representation of a toy construction model constructed from one or more of said toy construction elements; and a processor. The processor is configured to determine, from the digital representation, one or more attribute parameters, each indicative of a respective attribute derivable from one or more toy construction elements in the toy construction model. The processor is further configured to determine, based on the determined one or more attribute parameters, a selection of one or more items selected from a choice of items. The selection provides a definition of the one or more deliverables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Søren Holme, Klaus Peter Rotne, Fredrik Björkenfors, Johan Sanneblad, Mikael Cederbom, Ola Janson, Mattias Reintz, Johan Cedmar Brandstedt, Mats Sällström, Cari Johansson
  • Patent number: 11083968
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating a virtual object; the method comprising: receiving a digital representation of a visual appearance of a real-world object; creating a virtual object with a visual appearance based on the received digital representation; selecting a part of the virtual object; and assigning one or more attributes to the selected part of the virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Morgan James Walker, Jonathan B. Bennink, Henrik Munk Storm
  • Patent number: 11077387
    Abstract: A test track assembly comprising a test track, the test track comprises a support structure and at least one track portion, adapted for testing a spatial structure; the test track assembly comprises at least two different interchangeable track sections, each of the at least two interchangeable track sections comprises an action track portion, each of the action track portions comprise a different geometrical track path, the action track portions adapted to provide geometric challenges to a user who tests a spatial structure on the test track, the support structure comprises a void adapted to accommodate one of the at least two interchangeable track sections in position such that the action track portion is arranged adjacently in continuation to the at least one track portion, the track portions comprises a starting point and a ending point, which are positioned opposed each end of the test track, wherein the test track assembly comprises a toy construction system, the toy construction system comprises several
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Rikke Høgstrup Mølgaard, Søren Hansen Hinge, Søren Holm
  • Patent number: 11049274
    Abstract: A method for creating a digital 3D representation of a physical object, the physical object comprising an object surface; wherein the method comprises: obtaining input data, the input data including a plurality of captured images of the physical object and surface normal information of the object, the captured images being captured by an image capturing device, the surface normal information representing object surface normals associated with respective parts of the object surface; creating a digital 3D representation of the object surface; wherein creating the digital 3D representation is based on at least the obtained plurality of captured images and the obtained surface normal information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Roberto Toldo, Simone Fantoni, Jesper Børlum, Francesca Garattoni
  • Patent number: 11043113
    Abstract: A remote control device (10) configured for controlling one or more remote controllable actuators (50); said remote control device comprising a housing (11), one or more control units (21), one or more electromechanical interfaces (12) and a transmitter (13); said one or more electromechanical interfaces (12) being positioned inside said housing (11); said one or more control units (21) being functionally connected to said one or more electromechanical interfaces (12) which are functionally connected to said transmitter (13); said one or more control units (21) being structurally connected to said one or more control bases (20), said one or more control bases (20) being arranged rotatable about an axis of rotation (rA) relative to the housing (11) of the remote control device (10) wherein that said one or more control units (21) together define at least a first and a second functional position (A,B) relative to the one or more control bases, said first and second functional positions (A,B) being located radia
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Jeppe Juul Jensen, René Bagnkop Wellejus, Kasper Mygind Pedersen
  • Patent number: 11014014
    Abstract: A toy construction system comprising toy construction elements, comprising coupling means for releasably interconnecting the toy construction elements, one or more marker construction elements comprising such coupling means and each having a visual appearance recognizable by an image processing means, and a data processing system adapted to process a captured image of a toy construction model constructed from the toy construction elements to detect at least a presence of at least one of the marker construction elements within the captured image, and responsive to the detected marker construction element, generate a computer-generated image, wherein the marker construction element comprises a visually detectable feature and a movable element movable between a first and a second position, wherein the movable element, when positioned in the first position, causes the visually detectable feature to be visible and, when positioned in the second position, causes the visually detectable feature to be obstructed from
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Siddharth Muthyala, Harm Jan Van Beek, Nicolas David Alain Guyon, Frantz Lasorne, Mikkel Holm Jensen
  • Patent number: 10974152
    Abstract: System and method for automatic computer aided optical recognition of toys, for example, construction toy elements, recognition of those elements on digital images and associating the elements with existing information is presented. The method and system may recognize toy elements of various sizes invariant of toy element distance from the image acquiring device for example camera, invariant of rotation of the toy element, invariant of angle of the camera, invariant of background, invariant of illumination and without the need of predefined region where a toy element should be placed. The system and method may detect more than one toy element on the image and identify them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Marko Velic, Karsten Østergaard Noe, Jesper Mosegaard, Brian Bunch Christensen, Jens Rimestad
  • Patent number: 10814241
    Abstract: A wearable toy system comprising a wearable component, a toy housing and at least one replaceable toy; wherein the wearable component comprises at least one fastening member for securing the wearable component to a part of a user's body; wherein the toy housing comprises a toy-receiving base and a cover, the toy-receiving base being adapted to receive at least a base member of the replaceable toy, the toy-receiving base and the cover together defining a void for accommodating at least a part of the replaceable toy when the base member is received by the toy-receiving base and when the cover is in a closed state; wherein the toy housing defines at least one opening when the cover is in the closed state, the opening allowing one or more parts of the replaceable toy to extend out of the toy housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Luka Kapeter, Jens Peter Haurum, Nathalie Fernandez Alvarez, Steffen Gøtske
  • Patent number: 10812957
    Abstract: A method for establishing a wireless connection between a primary electronic device and a user-selectable one of a set of secondary electronic devices via a wireless communication channel; the primary electronic device comprising a display and a wireless communications interface, each of the set of secondary electronic devices comprising a user-activatable input and a wireless communications interface; wherein the method comprises: detecting at least a subset of said set of secondary electronic devices within a communication range of the primary electronic device; displaying, on the display of the primary electronic device, a list of the detected subset of secondary electronic devices; responsive to a user activation of a user-activatable input of a user-selected one of the subset of secondary electronic devices, sending an identification signal by the user-selected secondary electronic device, the identification signal identifying the user-selected secondary electronic device; responsive to receiving said id
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Oliver Wallington
  • Patent number: D900244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Byeongjun Hwang, Kyoungbae Na
  • Patent number: D900245
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Byeongjun Hwang, Kyoungbae Na
  • Patent number: D900247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Byeongjun Hwang, Kyoungbae Na
  • Patent number: D900248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Byeongjun Hwang, Kyoungbae Na
  • Patent number: D900249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Byeongjun Hwang, Kyoungbae Na
  • Patent number: D910778
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Byeongjun Hwang, Kyoungbae Na
  • Patent number: D914110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Byeongjun Hwang, Kyoungbae Na