WO2021116344A1

WO2021116344A1 - Method for guiding a user in creating a craft, and crafting system

Info

Publication number: WO2021116344A1
Application number: PCT/EP2020/085632
Authority: WO
Inventors: Nick Joen Peter KOBERG HØJGAARD CHRISTIANSEN
Original assignee: Beady System Aps
Priority date: 2019-12-12
Filing date: 2020-12-10
Publication date: 2021-06-17
Also published as: EP3834897A1; EP3834897C0; US20220314139A1; EP3834897B1

Abstract

A method for and system for guiding a user in creating a craft. At least a portion of a selected crafting challenge is displayed on a portion of a display surface which is visible through a crafting surface. A composite guide element is shown on the display surface visible next to the display surface part which is visible through the specific crafting surface and a further composite guide element is also provided at a receptacle corresponding to the displayed composite guide element. It is ensured that the composite guide element and the further composite guide element provide at least two mutually independent instruction components.

Description

Method for Guiding a User in Creating a Craft, and Crafting System

Field of invention

Systems and methods for guiding a user in creating intricate and com plicated crafts on a crafting surface.

Related art

EP 18165749A1 discloses a method and a system for guiding a user in creating an intricate and complicated craft on a crafting surface. From this application it is known to highlight positions adapted to receive in dividual crafting elements of a predefined nature which forms part of a larger complicated craft, such as a coloured picture. The highlighted positions are typically supposed to receive crafting elements sharing a common trait such as being of the same colour. The user thus receives a crafting challenge by such highlighting, which is only a portion of a larger crafting challenge. According to the EP document, the user may ask the crafting system to highlight a further set of crafting elements sharing another colour, once a first portion of a crafting challenge has been completed. The highlighting is provided by the use of a tablet or similar device, on which a crafting surface is positioned such that craft ing element positions may be marked by light from the tablet display surface, which is visible through the crafting surface. A usual crafting surface constitutes a pegboard, and crafting elements are beads, which are to be positioned one by one onto the pegboard.

In order to indicate the nature of crafting elements to be used to a par ticular portion of a crafting challenge, it is known to let the tablet or other screen provide a coloured area with a colouration commensurate with the colour of the crafting element to be used at the particular por tion of the crafting challenge. It is also known to signal the colour of a desired crafting element by indicating a colour code such as by numbers and letters next to a coloured area of a screen. When presenting a col our on a digitally driven display screen such as a tablet or a phone screen, the colour perceived by a user may vary according to the make and design of the screen in question. This limits the possible choices of colours, as all of the used colours in a particular crafting challenge needs to be clearly distinguishable from each other. If colours are used, which are not very clearly distinguishable from each other, and num bers and letter-codes are used, the such are not easily used by all us ers, and both dyslexic persons and young children not yet able to read, are prevented from using the such codes. Further, the usual colour codes are quite long and comprised of up to 10 numbers or letters and thus require a lot of space to present on a tablet or screen such as a telephone screen.

Thus, there is a need for a method and a system which enables all sorts of users to advance in complicated crafting challenges comprising use of crafting elements with colours or other particulars, which only differs marginally from each other when seen in ordinary light.

Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention can be achieved by a method as defined in claim 1 and by a system having the features as defined in claim 8. Preferred embodiments are defined in the dependent sub claims, explained in the following description and illustrated in the ac companying drawings.

The invention provides for a method for guiding a user in creating a craft using a crafting system including a controller, a display surface, and at least one crafting surface, whereby the method includes the fol lowing: i. at the controller, receiving a selection of a crafting challenge to be provided to the user; ii. receiving a specific crafting surface, suitable for completion of the selected crafting challenge above the display sur face, such that at least part of the display surface is visible through the specific crafting surface; iii. preparing at least a portion of the selected crafting chal lenge for provision to the user; iv. providing the at least a portion of the selected crafting chal lenge to the user by displaying instructions for completion of the at least a portion of the selected crafting challenge on the at least part of the display surface visible through the specific crafting surface; v. displaying a composite guide element on at least a part of the display surface visible next to the display surface part which is visible through the specific crafting surface and/or displaying a composite guide element on a separate dis play surface linked to the controller; vi. providing a further composite guide element at a receptacle corresponding to the displayed composite guide element; vii. ensuring that the composite guide element and the further composite guide element provide at least two mutually in dependent instruction components.

By the method, the user may find guidance both from the light display seen through the display surface, and from the combined action of the composite guide element displayed next to the crafting surface and/or displayed on a further display element, and from the further composite guide element, which shall be provided at a receptacle for the type of crafting element to be used in the completion of the crafting challenge part in question. The problem with the display of colours on screens is that the result will depend on both the screen quality, the screen wear and adjustment and further it will be influenced by the light conditions in which the user views the screen. Also, in order to reach completion of particularly intricate challenges colours may be employed which only differs marginally from each other. Such colours are difficult to distin guish from each other for normal users and a further guide is required, and the composite guide element may provide such a guide. The com posite guide element and the further composite guide element shall in most instances appear alike to the eye, however minor differences may be apparent due to the fact that the two appear on an electronic display screen and on a physical object respectively whereby the composite guide element, if appearing on a usual light emitting display screen shall appear by radiating light, whereas the further composite guide el ement shall appear as printed matter on the surface of paper or similar sheet formed substances or as print (e.g. silk screen prints or ink-jet prints) onto surfaces such as polymer object surfaces.

In one embodiment, the composite guide element is an element that comprises two or more components that are arranged to guide the user in completing a crafting challenge.

In one embodiment, the instruction component is a component that is arranged and configured to provide information that is needed for com pleting a crafting challenge.

An example of an instruction component is a component that is ar ranged to show the user a colour required to be applied in order to complete the crafting challenge.

In one embodiment, instructions for completion of at least a portion of the selected crafting challenge by the user can be provide by instruction components.

In one embodiment, the composite guide element comprise at least two or more instruction components.

In an embodiment, a first instruction component is adapted to comprise a uniformly coloured area having a first colour and adapted to be ar ranged within a predefined boundary and a second instruction compo nent is adapted to comprise a coloured figure having a second colour and wherein the second instruction component is arranged within the predefined boundaries of the first instruction component. By using this method, a particularly compact composite guide element may be pro- vided, and this is most important, as there is only a limited amount of visible space available on the display surface.

In the following description, a tablet exemplifies the display surface, however, also display surfaces on phones or reading devises or like de vises may be used. Also, combinations of more screens are possible, such as a tablet or dedicated crafting screen may be provided, which each may be in direct communication with a telephone device. In such systems, the phone may during the completion of a crafting challenge remain of-line from wider networks and only communicate wirelessly with the display screen whereon the crafting surface is placed.

It is preferred, that a first instruction component of the composite guide element radiates or reflects light in predefined wavelengths and the other component of the composite guide element radiates or reflects colourless light or light which is in contrast to the light reflected off or radiated from the first instruction component.

In an embodiment, the method also comprises the following steps: provide a multitude of individual or interconnected receptacles, provide a specified type of crafting elements in each receptacle such that each receptacle comprises no more than one type of crafting ele ments, provide a further composite guide element at each receptacle.

In this way the user shall have a very easy way of reaching the indicat ed specific crafting element.

It is further preferred that the following steps are performed: print individual different further composite guide elements onto a sheet formed substrate which matches a tray comprising a multitude of inter connected receptacles arranged in predefined positions, cut or stamp out orifices in the sheet formed substrate according to the predefined position of the interconnected receptacles in the tray, fuse the sheet formed substrate to rim parts between individual inter connected receptacles of the tray in order to present one further com posite guide element at each of the interconnected receptacle.

A tray comprising such a multitude of receptacles connected with each other and having the further composite guide elements added thereto in the disclosed fashion, shall be a simple and effective tool for the user in crafting a particular craft.

In an embodiment of the invention, a tray with a multitude of intercon nected receptacles is provided, and a further composite guide element is printed or laminated onto a dedicated surface part of the tray at each receptacle whereby this surface part is flat or whereby this surface part is single curved. This allows for a tray onto which the further composite guide element may be directly printed, or onto which a laminated stick er type label with the further composite guide element may be added. Hereby the user may better arrange the multitude of crafting elements to be used according to his or her desire.

It is further preferred that predefined wavelengths radiated from or re flected off the first or the second instruction components is commensu rate with light reflected off the surface of a predefined specific type of crafting elements. In this way a colour guidance shall be provided with the composite guide elements, such that the user may easily target a correct area of receptacles to locate the particular type of crafting ele ments, which is requested for the completion of a crafting challenge.

The invention also comprises a crafting system for guiding a user in creating a craft the system comprising:

- at least one crafting challenge repository storing a plurality of crafting challenges each including instruction for creating a special craft;

- a display surface adapted to have one or more of said crafting chal lenges displayed thereon; - a controller including:

-a. processor functionality associated with said crafting challenge re pository and with said display surface; and

- b. non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing soft- ware modules including instructions to be executed by a processor said non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored:

- instructions to receive a selection of a selected crafting challenge to be displayed to the user on said display surface; and

- a challenge preparation module including instructions to prepare a se- lected challenge for display on said display surface and to provide said prepared challenge to said display surface for display thereon;

- at least one crafting surface, adapted to be removably mounted above said display surface such that when instructions of said prepared chal lenge are displayed on said display surface, said instructions are visible to the user through said crafting surface;

- at least one display surface adapted to display at least one composite guide element which is arranged next to the display surface part which is mounted with the crafting surface and/or which is arranged at a fur ther separate display surface linked to the controller, and that - a crafting element receptacle is provided with a further composite guide element corresponding to the composite guide element displayed on the at least one display surface.

It is to be noted, that some of the functionalities mentioned above may be provided to the user by downloading an application onto an electron ic device such as a phone or a tablet, and that at a backend part, such as at a data and processor repository the main part of the management of the functions disclosed above are residing. The user may not realize what is taking place locally at his or her device, and what is processed and forwarded by wireless connections to the enabling device at the user.

The provision of the composite guide element both at the display screen and at the receptacle of crafting elements is instrumental in ensuring that intricate crafts may be completed with crafting elements, which may look quite alike to the naked eye but may contain important hidden properties such as a certain degree of transparency, a particular hue, scent or radiance.

Preferably the composite guide element and the further composite guide element comprise at least two mutually independent instruction components, whereby further a first instruction component comprises a uniformly coloured area having a first colour arranged within predefined boundaries and a second instruction component comprises a coloured figure having a second colour and wherein the second instruction com ponent is arranged within the boundaries of the first instruction compo nent. In this way a particularly compact composite guide element is provided.

It is also preferred that one of the first or the second instruction com ponent radiates light in wavelengths commensurate with the wave lengths of light reflected of the surfaces of a specific type of crafting elements when exposed to sunlight. This aids further in guiding the user in the right direction towards a particular crafting element receptacle.

Also, the crafting element receptacle may comprise a tray with a multi tude of interconnected receptacles, whereby a further composite guide element is provided at each of the interconnected receptacle as lami nated sheet formed material or as colour print. The laminated sheet formed material provides both easily arrangeable guide elements and a secure connection between guide elements and receptacle, where the colour print is usable for producing large quantities of the multitude of receptacles in question.

In an embodiment the crafting element receptacles comprises bags or sachets each containing a specific type of crafting elements, the further composite guide elements are provided at each bag or sachets as either direct print thereon or as a label individually attached to each bag or sachet.

Hereby it is achieved that the user may identify sachets with crafting elements at a point of sale in a safe and secure manner.

Description of the Drawings

The invention will become more fully understood from the detailed de scription given herein below. The accompanying drawings are given by way of illustration only, and thus, they are not limitative of the present invention. In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a schematic illustration of an example of a system ac cording to the prior art,

Fig. 2 is a photograph of a tablet with display of a composite guide element;

Fig. 3 shows a craft on a display surface and crafting elements 27;

Fig. 4 is a close-up section from Fig. 3, where the composite guide element 10 on the display surface 12 is visible;

Fig. 5 discloses a sheet formed substrate 30 above a tray 32;

Fig. 6 is a view of the tray 32 and sheet formed substrate 30 when the two have been fused to each other;

Fig. 7 shows two photographs of a part of a multitude of inter connected receptacles 26;

Fig. 8 is a tray 32 and laminated sticker or label elements there on;

Fig. 9 shows a sash with drawers and laminated stickers for label ling each drawer;

Fig. 10 shows a particular type of composite guide elements pro vided at rim parts 34 of a tray 32;

Fig. 11 is a further particular type of composite guide elements provided at rim parts 34 of a tray 32;

Fig. 12 discloses a photograph of a multitude of sachets with com posite guide elements on each sachet;

Fig. 13 discloses a range of different receptacles each adapted to be provided with a laminated sticker type composite guide element;

Fig. 14 shows a screen content of a tablet which is in use for guid ing a user with a craft;

Fig. 15 is the tablet of Fig. 14, now with a crafting surface 6 mounted thereon;

Fig 16 is the tablet of Fig. 15, now having a specific type of craft ing elements 28 mounted on the crafting surface;

Fig. 17 shows the tablet of Fig. 16, now comprising guidance for the next step of the crafting challenge;

Fig. 18 is the finalized craft on the display surface of Fig. 17; Fig. 19 is a display of three different types of crafting elements and crafting surfaces, which may be employed using the invention; Fig. 20 shows further examples of specific crafting elements and composite guide elements;

Fig. 21 is a craft on a crafting surface shown above a display sur face, which now shows composite guide element on all crafting element positions according to the craft 1, and Fig. 22 wherein a further option of display surfaces is shown.

Detailed description of the invention

Referring now in detail to the drawings for the purpose of illustrating preferred embodiments of the present invention, an example of a sys- tern and a method is illustrated in Figs. 1 - 21.

A method for guiding a user in creating a craft 1 may use a crafting sys tem as disclosed in Fig. 1. The system thus includes a controller 2, a display surface 4, and at least one crafting surface 6. The controller 2 shown in Fig. 1 may be comprised in a housing 7 in which the display surface 4 is mounted. The controller may also reside in a cloud compu ting element, or it may be embedded in a local computer 48. Such de vices may be connected through a wireless signal transmission network 50. The controller 2, whether it resides with one or more of: the display surface 4, the cloud computing element 47 or with the local computer 48 shall comprise also a non-transitory computer readable storage me dium 5. Once the system is in use, a selection of crafting challenges are received at the controller 2. The user may now make an informed choice such as by browsing through the selection of challenges. Once a challenge is chosen, a specific crafting surface 6 is provided by the user, which is suitable for completion of the selected crafting challenge, and positioned above the display surface 4, such that at least elements of the display surface 4 is visible through the specific crafting surface 6. This is illustrated in Figs. 14 and 15. The outline of the specific crafting surface 6 to be used is shown on the display surface 4 in Fig. 14, and in Fig. 15 it is shown how the crafting surface 4 is positioned on the dis play surface 4 according to the outline. Further, in Fig. 15 it is shown haw at least a portion of the selected crafting challenge prepared for provision to the user is on display. The selected crafting challenge is shown by displaying instructions for completion of the at least a portion of the selected crafting challenge on that part of the display surface 8, which is visible through the specific crafting surface 6. The instructions are here given as light spots, which are also shown in Fig. 14.

In Fig. 16 the user has now completed the challenge which relates to crafting elements marked by the flame in the circle at the left side of the display surface, and beads or crafting elements 28 having the pro portion indicated by this composite guide element is added to the craft ing surface at the indicated spots.

In Fig. 17, a next part of the crafting challenge is disclosed, and here light indicators are provided for the next colour or type of crafting ele ments. The composite guide element here constitutes a balloon in a col oured circle. At the receptacles near-by, the user may easily detect the further composite guide element comprising the balloon in a circle, as seen in Fig. 11, where this composite guide element is shown in the middle row of interconnected receptacles. Now the user may pick the particular type of crafting element out of the receptacle having the bal- loon marking and finalize this step of the crafting challenge.

And once these elements are supplied, the next colour or type of craft ing elements may be added, according to both the light and the simul taneously displayed composite guide element 10 on the display screen.

In Fig. 18 a finalized craft is disclosed. Here the user may want to fuse the crafting elements to each other in a further step, where the crafting surface is lifted and placed on a more secure and durable surface and heat is added to the crafting elements in order to fuse them to each other. Once fused to each other, the final craft may be lifted off, of the crafting surface, and the crafting surface may be used for another craft ing challenge.

According to the invention the composite guide element 10 is displayed on at least a part of the display surface 12 visible next to the display surface part 8, which is visible through the specific crafting surface 6.

As shown in Fig. 22, it is alternatively or additionally possible to have instructions to the user, including the composite guide element 14 dis played on an additional screen or display surface 13, which is also linked to the controller. In this way, the user may use the entire surface of a display device, such as a tablet or a device dedicated entirely to crafting challenges and use a mobile telephone or the like to receive instructions and to browse through possible crafting challenges. Other instructions and/or input features may be provided for display on a dis play surface means 12,13 such as a display of a finalized craft or browse arrows, which allows the user to browse through all steps of a particular crafting challenge. Further composite guide element 14 is provided at receptacles 16 as shown. The composite guide element 10 and the further composite guide elements 14, 14.1, 14,2 are corre sponding such that the user may easily locate the one, when the other is on display.

It is further ensured, that the composite guide element 10 and the fur- ther composite guide element 14 provide at least two mutually inde pendent instruction components.

The one independent instruction components may be a colour or texture signature and the other instruction component may be a figure or other easily recognizable graphic shape.

In Fig. 4, it can be seen, that the first instruction component is adapted to comprise a uniformly coloured area 18, which has a first colour, and which is adapted to be arranged within a predefined boundary 20. The second instruction component is adapted to comprise a coloured figure 22 which has a second colour. As seen in the figures, the second in struction component is arranged within the predefined boundaries of the first instruction component. As also seen the uniformly coloured area may have a colour, which is as close as possible to the colour of the specific crafting elements which are to be used in the crafting challenge.

However, as shown in Fig. 20, other unique properties than colour may adhere to the crafting elements. In fig. 20 far left, a partially transpar ent crafting element 28 is shown, and above it a composite guide ele ment 10 or further composite guide element 14 is shown with a figure, which relates to the transparent nature of the crafting element. Similar ly, in Fig. 20 mid, a scented crafting element 20 is shown, and this ele ment has its own signature, namely a flower presented in a uniformly coloured area. An in Fig. 20 right, a crafting element which is fluores cent is indicated in a similar fashion with a composite guide element.

It is preferred overall, that a first instruction component of the compo site guide elements 10,14 radiates or reflects light in predefined wave lengths and the second instruction components of the composite guide elements 10,14 radiates or reflects colourless light or light which is con trasting the light reflected or radiated from the first instruction compo nent. In this way, the two instruction components may be provided on top of each other, or the one embedded within the other, and in this way a compact and easily readable composite guide element may be provided.

In Figs 5- 13 a multitude of individual or interconnected receptacles 24,26 are provided, and in each receptacle a specified type of crafting elements 28 is provided, such that each receptacle 24,26 comprises no more than one type of crafting elements 28, and further, a further com posite guide element 14 is provided at each receptacle 14,26. In this way the user may be guided from the composite guide element and to the right receptacle with the correct crafting elements for the chosen part of the crafting challenge.

As seen in fig. 5, print individual different further composite guide ele ments 14 onto a sheet formed substrate 30 which matches a tray 32 comprising a multitude of interconnected receptacles 26 arranged in predefined positions, and then cut or stamp out orifices in the sheet formed substrate 30 according to the predefined position of the inter connected receptacles 26 in the tray 32 and lastly fuse the sheet formed substrate 30 to rim parts 34 between individual interconnected receptacles 26 of the tray 32. In this way one further composite guide element 14 may easily be presented at each of the interconnected re ceptacle 26. The sheet formed substrate may be paper or cardboard or similar material, and may preferably comprise flaps at two or four sides thereof, which are easily attached to the sides of the tray in order to strengthen the tray construction. A glue may be used for the fusion of the tray with the sheet-formed printed material.

As shown in Fig. 6 or Fig. 8, a tray 32 with a multitude of interconnect ed receptacles 26 may also be provided whereon a further composite guide element 14 is printed or laminated onto a dedicated surface part 36 at each receptacle 26 whereby this surface part is flat or whereby this surface part is single curved. The print may be provided in usual fashion, and a laminated sheet 38 may be provided as shown in Fig. 8 above the tray 31, wherefrom single labels or stickers may be lifted and adhered to the dedicated surface 36 at each receptacle of the tray 32.

In this way the user may choose in which order her or she wishes to present the specific crafting elements to be added to each receptacle 26. A similar system is shown in Fig. 9, and here the individual recepta cles comprises drawers 46 which resides in a chest of drawers 44. The laminated sheet 38 is also disclosed in Figs. 7, 9 and 13. The laminated sheets shall comprise a print carrier such as paper, a glue layer and a release layer and lastly a carrier wherefrom individual labels may be lifted.

As seen in Fig. 13, a multitude of different receptacles are easily em ployed, when the method is used for the purpose of each containing one specific type of crafting elements. Stickers with further composite guide elements printed thereon may then be attached to respective recepta cles for identification of crafting elements contained therein.

In Fig. 2 a composite guide element 10 is disclosed, which comprises both a figure, a coloured area and a text area. This aids the user to find the right receptacle with the crafting elements to be used for the partic ular part of the crafting challenge to be solved.

A crafting surface on top of a tablet is disclosed in Fig. 3, and here two trays 32 are also disclosed with each their content of diverse crafting elements. As seen, some crafting elements may differ only slightly in colour or texture or even look quite the same, but have embedded characteristics, which do not appear to the eye, and here the added fur ther composite guide element is instrumental for many users of the sys tem in order to arrive at a successfully finalized crafting challenge.

In Fig. 4, the composite guide element 10 is shown, and also input, or manipulation buttons are disclosed shaped as arrows below the compo site guide element 10. As the tablet screen on display in Fig. 4 may be touch sensitive, the user may touch the arrows and thereby toggle through a range of crafting challenges, which are ready to be undertak- en. Below the arrows, an area of possible crafting challenges belonging to the craft, which the user is working on is on display, and at the bot tom of the tablet display surface, an image of a finalized craft is dis played.

In Fig. 10, a particular type of further composite guide element 14.1 is on display, where the uniformly coloured area of the composite guide element is provided within a figure or icon. Thus, both shape and colour of the composite guide elements in themselves will aid the user in locat- ing the particular type of crafting elements which have been assigned the further composite guide elements in question.

In Fig. 11 yet another further composite guide element 14.2 is on dis play, wherein it is the background which forms the uniformly coloured area 18, and whereby this background has a boundary 20, which ex tends all around each orifice of each of a multitude of interconnected receptacles 26. The figure or icon itself remains coloured for provision of the best contrast to the background colour in order that the colour and the figure appearing therein, creates the strongest visual impact on the user.

Fig. 12 discloses piles of sachets 42, which each comprise an individual receptacle 16 for a particular type of crafting elements 28. And in order to identify the contents of each sachet, a further composite guide ele- ment 14 is attached thereto, which is shaped and coloured according to a composite guide element, which shall be on display on the display de vice when this particular type of crafting elements are required for a crafting challenge. Crafting elements may be picked out of the sachets or the content of each sachet may be emptied into more suitable recep- tacle for picking purposes, such as the tray shown among others in Fig. 11.

Various different crafting challenges may be integrated into the inven tion, and in Fig. 19, three different types of crafting elements and craft - ing surfaces thereto are disclosed. On the left, doughnut shaped craft ing elements are disclosed, and at the centre spherical elements are disclosed, which are to be added to each their special crafting surface. Such elements may be fused by other means than by heat, and in one type of crafting elements, a cement is provided on the surface of the crafting elements, which will dissolve in a solvent such as water, which shall be gingerly added. When the water has dissolved a part of the sur faces, the cement shall flow between the crafting elements, and once the water has evaporated the cement between the crafting elements shall bind these together.

To the right a common pegboard is disclosed.

At fig. 21 a craft 1 sitting on the crafting surface 6 is disclosed, and be- low the craft and crafting surface, a display surface 4 of a tablet is shown, where the finalized craft is visualized by the display of a compo site guide element 10 on each of the places to be occupied by a crafting element at the crafting surface 6. This allows the user either construct the craft according to the composite guide elements on the display screen or to proofread his or her craft 1 after completing it with the crating surface on the display screen, as explained above, to see whether the challenge has been accomplished successfully.

List of reference numerals

1 craft

2 controller

4 display surface 5 non-transitory computer readable storage medium

6 crafting surface

7 housing

8 part of display surface visible through the crafting surface

10 composite guide element 12 part of the display surface visible next to the display sur face part, which is visible through the specific crafting sur face

13 further display surface

14 further composite guide element 16 receptacle

18 uniformly coloured area

20 predefined boundary

22 coloured figure

24 multitude of individual receptacles 26 multitude of interconnected receptacles

27 crafting element

28 specific type of crafting elements

30 sheet formed substrate

32 tray 34 rim parts

36 dedicated surface part

38 laminated sheet formed material

40 colour print

42 sachet 44 chest of drawers

46 drawer

47 cloud computing element

48 local computer

50 wireless signal transmission network

Claims

1. A method for guiding a user in creating a craft (1) using a craft ing system including a controller (2), a display surface (4), and at least one crafting surface (6), the method including: i. at the controller (2), receiving a selection of a crafting chal lenge to be provided to the user; ii. receiving a specific crafting surface (6), suitable for comple tion of the selected crafting challenge above the display surface (4), such that at least part of the display surface (4) is visible through the specific crafting surface (6); iii. preparing at least a portion of the selected crafting chal lenge for provision to the user; iv. providing the at least a portion of the selected crafting chal lenge to the user by displaying instructions for completion of the at least a portion of the selected crafting challenge on the at least part of the display surface (8) visible through the specific crafting surface; v. displaying a composite guide element (10) on at least a part of the display surface (12) visible next to the display sur face part which is visible through the specific crafting sur face and/or displaying a composite guide element on a separate, further display surface (13) linked to the control ler; vi. providing a further composite guide element (14) at a re ceptacle (16) corresponding to the displayed composite guide element (10); vii. ensuring that the composite guide element (10) and the fur ther composite guide element (14) provide at least two mutually independent instruction components.

2. A method according to claim 1, characterised in that a first in struction component is adapted to comprise a uniformly coloured area (18) having a first colour and adapted to be arranged within a predefined boundary and a second instruction component is adapted to comprise a coloured figure (22) having a second col our and wherein the second instruction component is arranged within the predefined boundaries (20) of the first instruction component.

3. Method according to claim 2, characterised in that a first in struction component of the composite guide element (10,14) ra diates or reflects light in predefined wavelengths and the other component of the composite guide element (10,14) radiates or reflects colourless light or light which is in contrast to the light re flected off or radiated from the first instruction component.

4. Method according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterised in that the method comprises the following steps: i. Provide a multitude of individual or interconnected recepta cles (24,26), ii. provide a specified type of crafting elements (28) in each receptacle such that each receptacle (24,26) comprises no more than one type of crafting elements, iii. Provide a further composite guide element (14) at each re ceptacle (14,26).

5. Method according to claim 4, characterised in that following steps are performed: i. print individual different further composite guide elements

(14) onto a sheet formed substrate (30) which matches a tray (32) comprising a multitude of interconnected recep tacles (26) arranged in predefined positions, ii. cut or stamp out orifices in the sheet formed substrate (30) according to the predefined position of the interconnected receptacles (26) in the tray (32), iii. fuse the sheet formed substrate (30) to rim parts (34) be tween individual interconnected receptacles (26) of the tray (32) in order to present one further composite guide element (14) at each of the interconnected receptacle (26). 6. Method according to claim 3, characterised in that a tray (32) with a multitude of interconnected receptacles (26) is provided, and that a further composite guide element (14) is printed or laminated onto a dedicated surface part (36) of the tray (26) at each receptacle (26) whereby this surface part is flat or whereby this surface part is single curved.

7. Method according to claim 3, characterised in that the prede fined wavelengths radiated from or reflected off the first or the second instruction components is commensurate with light re flected off the surface of a predefined specific type of crafting el ements (28).

8. A crafting system for guiding a user in creating a craft (1), the system comprising: i. at least one crafting challenge repository storing a plurality of crafting challenges each including instruction for creat ing a special craft; ii. a display surface (4) adapted to have one or more of said crafting challenges displayed thereon; iii. a controller (2) including: a. a processor functionality associated with said crafting challenge repository and with said display surface (4); and b. a non-transitory computer readable storage me dium (5) storing software modules including instruc tions to be executed by a processor said non- transitory computer readable storage medium (5) having stored:

• instructions to receive a selection of a select- ed crafting challenge to be displayed to the user on said display surface (4); and • a challenge preparation module including in structions to prepare a selected challenge for display on said display surface (4) and to pro vide said prepared challenge to said display surface (4) for display thereon; iv. at least one crafting surface (6), adapted to be removably mounted above said display surface (4) such that when in structions of said prepared challenge are displayed on said display surface (4), said instructions are visible to the user through said crafting surface (6), characterised in that, v. at least one display surface (12) adapted to display at least one composite guide element (14) which is arranged next to the display surface part (8) which is mounted with the crafting surface and/or is arrange at a further separate display surface (13) linked to the controller , and that vi. a crafting element receptacle (16) is provided with a further composite guide element (14) corresponding to the com posite guide element (10) displayed on the at least one display surface (12).

9. Crafting system according to claim 8, characterised in that the composite guide element (10) and the further composite guide element (14) comprise at least two mutually independent instruc tion components, whereby further i. a first instruction component comprises a uniformly coloured area (18) having a first colour arranged within predefined boundaries (20) and a second instruction component com- prises a coloured figure having a second colour and where in the second instruction component is arranged within the boundaries (20) of the first instruction component.

10. A crafting system according to claim 8, characterised in that one of the first or the second instruction component radiates light in wavelengths commensurate with the wavelengths of light re flected of the surfaces of a specific type of crafting elements when exposed to sunlight.

11. A crafting system according to claim 8, characterised in that the crafting element receptacle comprises a tray with a multitude of interconnected receptacles, whereby a further composite guide element is provided at each of the interconnected receptacle as laminated sheet formed material (38) or as colour print (40).

12. A crafting system according to claim 8 or claim 9, characterised in that crafting element receptacles comprises bags or sa chets each containing a specific type of crafting elements, and that the further composite guide elements are provided at each bag or sachets as either direct print thereon or as a label individ ually attached to each bag or sachet.