CA2964216C - A toy construction system and a method for a spatial structure to be detected by an electronic device comprising a touch screen - Google Patents

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CA2964216C
CA2964216C CA2964216A CA2964216A CA2964216C CA 2964216 C CA2964216 C CA 2964216C CA 2964216 A CA2964216 A CA 2964216A CA 2964216 A CA2964216 A CA 2964216A CA 2964216 C CA2964216 C CA 2964216C
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    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
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    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • G06F2203/041—Indexing scheme relating to G06F3/041 - G06F3/045
    • G06F2203/04104—Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
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