Articles and methods for sensory training, education, entertainment, or amusement
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United States of America
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Mar 15, 2022
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Jun 25, 2020
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Dec 18, 2019
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Dec 18, 2019
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Abstract
An object is enclosed but moveable within a container. An interior surface of the container includes two or more distinct areal segments exhibiting corresponding surface characteristics. Movement of the object while in contact with each areal segment results in a corresponding sensory input to a user moving the container. The corresponding surface characteristic of each areal segment differs from the corresponding surface characteristic of at least one other areal segment, so that the corresponding sensory inputs to the user resulting from movement of the object while in contact with those areal segments differ from one another. The corresponding sensory inputs can include auditory inputs, tactile inputs, visual inputs, olfactory inputs, or sensor readouts. The article can be employed in methods wherein a user identifies the object, or characterizes the object or areal segments, based on the sensory inputs.
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- 2019 Application Filing Year
- G09B Class
- 1566 Applications Filed
- 861 Patents Issued To-Date
- 54.99 % Issued To-Date
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