Patent ID: 8237550
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G06K,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for interacting with a person, the apparatus comprising: a display surface on which visual information generated by a program is displayed; a plurality of RFID tags arranged at locations on said display surface, each of said RFID tags comprising a switched circuit that reflects an item of data when the switched circuit is closed and energized, each of the RFID tags arranged on said display surface reflecting an item of data that differs from that reflected by each of the other RFID tags on said display surface, said switched circuit being biased to the open position and being closable by pressure applied to an RFID tag of which said switched circuit is a part; and a component that broadcasts energy to energize circuits of said plurality of RFID tags, that reads data reflected from said RFID tags, and that communicates, to said program, a location of an RFID tag that corresponds to a reflected item of data received by said component.