Toy with identification code

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12042745-B2
Application number	US-202017611875-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2020
Priority date	Jun 12, 2019
Publication date	Jul 23, 2024
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024

Abstract

A novel optically readable identification code and a toy with identification code with which a toy main body can be prevented from having the appearance compromised as much as possible are provided. A toy with identification code 10 includes a toy main body 11 with a surface provided with an identification code portion 12 including an optically readable identification code 13 . The identification code 13 includes a plurality of dark color portions and a plurality of light color portions, and a chromatic color having an intensity lower than an intensity of a chromatic color used for the dark color portions is used for the light color portions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A toy comprising:
a toy main body comprising an identification code portion comprising an optically readable identification code,
wherein the optically readable identification code comprises a plurality of first portions and a plurality of second portions,
the plurality of first portions comprise a first chromatic color comprising a first intensity, the first chromatic color comprising black of the CMYK color model,
the plurality of second portions comprise a second chromatic color comprising a second intensity, the second chromatic color comprising one or more of cyan, magenta, and yellow of the CMYK color model, and
the optically readable identification code comprises a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code.

2. The toy according to claim 1 , wherein the toy main body comprises a chromatic color.

3. The toy according to claim 1 , wherein the second chromatic color comprises two or more chromatic colors, each of the plurality of chromatic colors comprising a single chromatic color.

4. The toy according to claim 3 , wherein the toy main body comprises a dominant color comprising a mixed color of the two or more selected chromatic colors.

5. The toy according to claim 3 , wherein the toy main body comprises a dominant color, and
at least one of the plurality of chromatic colors corresponds to the dominant color.

6. The toy according to claim 1 , wherein the optically readable identification code comprises the two-dimensional code, but not the one-dimensional code.

7. The toy according to claim 6 , wherein the two-dimensional code comprises a data matrix.

8. The toy according to claim 1 , wherein the optically readable identification code comprises the one-dimensional code, but not the two-dimensional code.

9. The toy according to claim 1 , wherein the optically readable identification code of the identification code portion is configured to be optically read by a code reading device, wherein the toy comprising the optically readable identification code is a game-assisting item configured to be used during the execution of a game software.

Assignees

• Bandai Co

Inventors

• Matsuno Shotaro
• Kitagawa Satoshi
• Ogiya Kazuki
• Hatayama Hirotaka
• Abe Yuta

Classifications

• A63H33/00 Primary

  Other toys · CPC title

• G06K19/0614

  the marking being selective to wavelength, e.g. color barcode or barcodes only visible under UV or IR (methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers using a selected wavelength, see G06K7/12) · CPC title

• G06K7/1417

  2D bar codes · CPC title

• G06K7/1413

  1D bar codes · CPC title

• G06K2019/06225

  using wavelength selection, e.g. colour code · CPC title