Input/output device

摘要

Interactive applications such as board games, puzzles, and so forth may utilize an input/output (“I/O”) device described herein. The physical I/O device may be configured to accept input via one or more sensors including touch and proximity sensors. In some implementations the surface of the I/O device may present data of the interactive application. Physical input tokens may be used in conjunction with the I/O device to receive input from a user.

主权项

1. An input/output device, comprising:
a reflective display configured to present at least a portion of image data as an image and retain the image thereon without application of electrical power; a touch sensor array disposed coincident with the reflective display, the touch sensor array configured to generate touch data comprising a position and a magnitude of an applied force on the array corresponding to an input token, wherein the touch data comprises first input token touch data generated based at least in part on an interaction of the input token with the touch sensor array, the touch sensor array being further configured to: i) identify the input token and distinguish the input token from one or more other input tokens based at least in part on a correspondence between at least a portion of the input token touch data and stored data indicative of one or more attributes of the input token and ii) generate second input token touch data indicative of a change to the interaction between the input toke and the touch sensor array; and an input/output interface coupled to the display and the touch sensor array, the input/output interface configured to couple to an external device and transmit the first input token touch data to an interactive application executing on the external device to cause a first attribute to be assigned to a user account associated with the input token based at least in part on the first input token touch data and transmit the second input token touch data to the interactive application to cause the first attribute to be replaced with a second attribute based at least in part on the second input token touch data.