SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER PROGRAMMING WITH PHYSICAL OBJECTS ON AN INTERACTIVE SURFACE

摘要

A system and method are provided for creating a computer program by building a physical structure with a plurality of objects in conjunction with an interactive surface that recognizes such objects and translates the physical structure into a computer program.

主权项

1. A system for creating and performing a set of actions, comprising:
a plurality of objects, each object comprises an identifier and is visually marked with a programming symbol, wherein the identifier is encoded with a passive radio frequency identification (RFID) chip; an interactive surface that is configured to recognize the identifier, location and orientation information of an object upon the object being placed on or near the interactive surface; a processor operatively linked to the interactive surface; and a memory operatively linked to the processor and configured to store a database of correlation relationships among and between identifiers, programming symbols and actions; wherein upon a plurality of objects being placed on or near the interactive surface to form a structural pattern, the processor is configured to derive a computer program that specifies a set of actions based on the programming symbols embedded in the structural pattern.