Patent ID: 9108114
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A63H,G06F

Abstract:
1. A tangible user interface (TUI) for use as part of a set of TUIs, the TUI comprising: a plurality of faces wherein said plurality of faces form the outer surface of the TUI; and a sensing system configured to detect, for each of said faces, whether another of the set of TUIs is within a predetermined sensing distance from the face, and, for each face of the TUI for which the determination is positive, determine which face of a corresponding opposing TUI is opposing that face of the TUI, and a relative orientation of that face of the TUI and the opposing face of the corresponding opposing TUI, the relative orientation being a relative angular position about a line connecting centers of the TUI and the corresponding opposing TUI; wherein the sensing system comprises inductive-based sensors arranged to determine the relative orientation of that face of the TUI and the opposing face of the corresponding opposing TUI, wherein the TUI produces an output based on the determination of the relative orientation.