Patents by Inventor James John NORWOOD

James John NORWOOD has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Interactive modular construction element and a modular construction system with interactive modular construction elements
    Patent number: 11845014
    Abstract: An interactive modular construction element (100) for a modular construction system (200), the interactive modular construction element (100) comprising a sensor (601) being responsive to a predetermined sensor input and adapted to output a sensor signal (610) corresponding to or representing the predetermined sensor input, a function element (602) adapted to perform at least one controllable function in response to a control signal (611), and a control circuit (603) connected to the sensor (601) to receive the sensor signal (610) and connected to the function element (602) to provide the control signal (611), wherein the control circuit (603) is adapted to provide the control signal (611) in response to the sensor signal (610) thereby controlling the function element (602) in response to the sensor signal (610), wherein the interactive modular construction element (100) comprises an input part (101) and an output part (102), where the input part (101) and the output part (102) are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Benjamin Ma, Henrik Colfach Sørensen, Henrik Engmark Daae, James John Norwood, Jaime Fabregat Vilella, Rasmus Bissenbakker Karsgaard, Simon James Wiscombe, Troels Lange Andersen, Wei Wang
  • INTERACTIVE MODULAR CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT AND A MODULAR CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM WITH INTERACTIVE MODULAR CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20200179818
    Abstract: An interactive modular construction element (100) for a modular construction system (200), the interactive modular construction element (100) comprising a sensor (601) being responsive to a predetermined sensor input and adapted to output a sensor signal (610) corresponding to or representing the predetermined sensor input, a function element (602) adapted to perform at least one controllable function in response to a control signal (611), and a control circuit (603) connected to the sensor (601) to receive the sensor signal (610) and connected to the function element (602) to provide the control signal (611), wherein the control circuit (603) is adapted to provide the control signal (611) in response to the sensor signal (610) thereby controlling the function element (602) in response to the sensor signal (610), wherein the interactive modular construction element (100) comprises an input part (101) and an output part (102), where the input part (101) and the output part (102) are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin MA, Henrik Colfach SØRENSEN, Henrik Engmark DAAE, James John NORWOOD, Jaime Fabregat VIELLA, Rasmus Bissenbakker KARSGAARD, Simon James WISCOMBE, Troels Lange ANDERSEN, Wei WANG