A system for generating computer programs includes physical carriers of information that have a rectangular contrasting marker associated with an element of the computer program and a description text and/or a graphical symbol. The carriers may form the computer program when they are sequentially arranged along a first axis and at least one carrier may receive another carrier of information on its right side, along a second axis. The system also includes image capturing device for capturing a digital image of an arrangement of the carriers forming the computer program. A computer device has a display screen and is configured to process the image; recognize the carriers on the image; determine the arrangement of the carriers with respect to each other; superimpose on the image a graphical icon above the marker of each recognized carrier; output the combined digital image and convert the determined arrangement to the computer program.

A system for generating computer programs includes physical carriers of information that have a rectangular contrasting marker associated with an element of the computer program and a description text and/or a graphical symbol. The carriers may form the computer program when they are sequentially arranged along a first axis and at least one carrier may receive another carrier of information on its right side, along a second axis. The system also includes image capturing device for capturing a digital image of an arrangement of the carriers forming the computer program. A computer device has a display screen and is configured to process the image; recognize the carriers on the image; determine the arrangement of the carriers with respect to each other; superimpose on the image a graphical icon above the marker of each recognized carrier; output the combined digital image and convert the determined arrangement to the computer program.

A first tread pattern display system for new tread patterns includes a first upper sidewall part, a second upper sidewall part, a first tread shoulder part, a second tread shoulder part, and a middle tread part. The first upper sidewall part removably attaches to the first tread shoulder part by a plurality of projections extending from the first upper sidewall part to corresponding recesses in the first tread shoulder part.

A block teaching aid for learning a language, includes: an individual letter block made individually for each of individual letters forming a particular word, wherein the individual letter block has an appearance corresponding to a shape of a corresponding letter or at least includes the shape of the corresponding letter to allow the corresponding letter to be cognitively identified; and a block storing board defining an accommodation space to accommodate individual letter blocks that form the particular word, and constituting a frame to store the individual letter blocks therein, wherein, when the individual letter blocks are coupled and assembled with each other, they match with each of partial shape elements to make a three-dimensional shape corresponding to meaning of the particular word.

A block teaching aid for learning a language, includes: an individual letter block made individually for each of individual letters forming a particular word, wherein the individual letter block has an appearance corresponding to a shape of a corresponding letter or at least includes the shape of the corresponding letter to allow the corresponding letter to be cognitively identified; and a block storing board defining an accommodation space to accommodate individual letter blocks that form the particular word, and constituting a frame to store the individual letter blocks therein, wherein, when the individual letter blocks are coupled and assembled with each other, they match with each of partial shape elements to make a three-dimensional shape corresponding to meaning of the particular word.

A system for generating computer programs includes physical carriers of information that have a rectangular contrasting marker associated with an element of the computer program and a description text and/or a graphical symbol. The carriers may form the computer program when they are sequentially arranged along a first axis and at least one carrier may receive another carrier of information on its right side, along a second axis. The system also includes image capturing device for capturing a digital image of an arrangement of the carriers forming the computer program. A computer device has a display screen and is configured to process the image; recognize the carriers on the image; determine the arrangement of the carriers with respect to each other; superimpose on the image a graphical icon above the marker of each recognized carrier; output the combined digital image and convert the determined arrangement to the computer program.

A system for generating computer programs includes physical carriers of information that have a rectangular contrasting marker associated with an element of the computer program and a description text and/or a graphical symbol. The carriers may form the computer program when they are sequentially arranged along a first axis and at least one carrier may receive another carrier of information on its right side, along a second axis. The system also includes image capturing device for capturing a digital image of an arrangement of the carriers forming the computer program. A computer device has a display screen and is configured to process the image; recognize the carriers on the image; determine the arrangement of the carriers with respect to each other; superimpose on the image a graphical icon above the marker of each recognized carrier; output the combined digital image and convert the determined arrangement to the computer program.

A module system and to a method for exchanging information and/or power between modules of a module system and to a corresponding computer program product. Thus a particularly simple and verifiable linking of individual modules of a modular system can be carried out, wherein the linking is possible at any time and in particular without structural changes to positions or mechanical couplings of the modules combined with one another.

Using various embodiments, methods and systems for assisted programming using an interconnectable block based system are described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of interconnectable blocks, and a processing unit. The processing unit can determine a programming language construct, or the portion thereof, based on a sequence in which the plurality of interconnectable blocks are connected to each other and execute the programming language construct, or the portion thereof, and transmit the output to an output device. The output device, can be coupled to the interconnectable block based system and can be at least an electroacoustic transducer device or an electroluminescent device.

A figure for attaching to a building block includes a body; and a base attached to the body at a first end of the base, the base has a cavity disposed within a second end of the base to slidingly attach to one or more connectors of the building block; the figure is detachably mounted on the building block.