ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,772, issued on March 25, was assigned to QUBS AG (Kusnacht, Switzerland).
"Self-moving educational toy" was invented by Hayri C. Bulman (Kusnacht, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An educational toy (1) includes a self-moving vehicle (10) adapted to move and steer freely on a two-dimensional surface (2) such as a table leaf. A tangible, three-dimensional marker (20) includes at least one RFID tag (21) is used to wirelessly trigger a specific action of the vehicle (10), e.g. turn 90 degrees right, when the vehicle (10) enters a readout range of the marker (20). The marker (20) can be placed freely on the surface (2) and can...