Smart cube puzzle and user device application
US10810905B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2009/2454
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An automated method of solving a cube puzzle using a user device, including: establishing, between the user device and the cube puzzle, a wireless communication link, where the user device includes at least one user interface (UI) element and the cube puzzle includes a controller and associated memory; receiving, at the user device, a current state of the cube puzzle, the cube puzzle including multiple faces, each face having multiple sub-elements, where the current state of the cube puzzle specifies a location of each sub-element; identifying, at the user device, based on the current state, a solution for the cube puzzle; and providing, via the UI element(s), an instruction from the solution including an indication of a sub-element of the sub-elements of a particular face of the cube puzzle and an indication of a direction of rotation of the particular sub-element.
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