Patents by Inventor Melissa Jane PICKERING

Melissa Jane PICKERING 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).

  • Patent number: 11452935
    Abstract: A game system comprising: a plurality of game tokens, an image capturing device and a processor; the image capturing device being operable to capture one or more images of one or more game tokens placed within a field of view of the image capturing device; wherein the processor is configured to: execute a digital game, the digital game comprising computer executable code configured to cause the processor to implement a virtual card game, the virtual card game including a plurality of virtual playing cards; receive one or more images captured by said image capturing device; recognise one or more game tokens of the plurality of game tokens within the one or more images; responsive to recognising a set of game tokens in the one or more images, create a virtual playing card based on the recognised set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Roberto Marchesi, Melissa Jane Pickering, Maiken Hillerup Fogtmann, Henrik Munk Storm, Rasmus Harr, Cephas Edgar Howard
  • Patent number: 11389718
    Abstract: A game system, comprising: a plurality of game tokens, an image capturing device and a processor; the image capturing device being operable to capture one or more images of one or more event tokens placed within a field of view of the image capturing device, the plurality of game tokens comprising a plurality of event tokens; wherein the processor is configured to: execute a digital game, the digital game comprising computer executable code configured to cause the processor to associate one or more individual game events with each of the plurality of event tokens; and to associate one or more further game events with each of a plurality of sets of event tokens, each set comprising two or more event tokens chosen from said plurality of event tokens; receive one or more images captured by said image capturing device; recognise one or more game tokens of the plurality of game tokens within the one or more images, the recognised one or more game tokens including one or more event token; responsive to recognising
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Roberto Marchesi, Melissa Jane Pickering, Maiken Hillerup Fogtmann, Henrik Munk Storm, Rasmus Harr, Cephas Edgar Howard
  • Publication number: 20200094134
    Abstract: A game system comprising: a plurality of game tokens, an image capturing device and a processor; the image capturing device being operable to capture one or more images of one or more game tokens placed within a field of view of the image capturing device; wherein the processor is configured to: execute a digital game, the digital game comprising computer executable code configured to cause the processor to implement a virtual card game, the virtual card game including a plurality of virtual playing cards; receive one or more images captured by said image capturing device; recognise one or more game tokens of the plurality of game tokens within the one or more images; responsive to recognising a set of game tokens in the one or more images, create a virtual playing card based on the recognised set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Roberto MARCHESI, Melissa Jane PICKERING, Maiken Hillerup FOGTMANN, Henrik Munk STORM, Rasmus HARR, Cephas Edgar HOWARD
  • Publication number: 20200023269
    Abstract: A game system, comprising: a plurality of game tokens, an image capturing device and a processor; the image capturing device being operable to capture one or more images of one or more event tokens placed within a field of view of the image capturing device, the plurality of game tokens comprising a plurality of event tokens; wherein the processor is configured to: execute a digital game, the digital game comprising computer executable code configured to cause the processor to associate one or more individual game events with each of the plurality of event tokens; and to associate one or more further game events with each of a plurality of sets of event tokens, each set comprising two or more event tokens chosen from said plurality of event tokens; receive one or more images captured by said image capturing device; recognise one or more game tokens of the plurality of game tokens within the one or more images, the recognised one or more game tokens including one or more event token; responsive to recognising
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Roberto MARCHESI, Melissa Jane PICKERING, Maiken Hillerup FOGTMANN, Henrik Munk STORM, Rasmus HARR, Cephas Edgar HOWARD