Patent Document ID: 9916772
Application ID: 14609132
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A modeling system comprising: a physical atomic model including: a three-dimensional spherical structure representing a nucleus, wherein the three-dimensional structure has primarily one color that is selected from a finite set of colors, at least one bonding arm connected to an outer surface of the nucleus structure, wherein the at least one bonding arm extends distally from the nucleus structure, a magnetically attractive portion attached to a distal end of the at least one bonding arm, and at least one bonding site on the outer surface of the nucleus structure, wherein the at least one bonding site includes a magnet structured for connecting at least one magnetically attractive portion thereto; and an application stored on a computer-readable medium, the application including a vision detection and analysis algorithm which when executed by a processor causes the processor to: receive image data for a captured image of the physical atomic model, from the received image data, identify a first portion of the image having one of the finite set of colors, identify at least one contour in the first portion of the image, estimate a size of an object in the first portion of the image based on the identified at least one contour, and identify an atom represented by the object based on the estimated size of the object and the color of the first portion of the image.