TOY EXHIBITING BONDING BEHAVIOR
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Abstract
A toy capable of exhibiting bonding behavior toward a user and a method of simulating such behavior. The toy includes input sensors for receiving interactive input from users, an output apparatus for communicating with users, a processor and memory containing machine instructions causing the processor to receive interactive input, process received input and send control signals to the output apparatus. The processor classifies received input as either positive or negative and adjusts an accumulated input, stored in the memory, in accordance with the classification. The control signals, in turn, are dependent on the accumulated input.
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36 Claims
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19. A toy comprising:
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a body that includes at least one input sensor for receiving an input from a human user, at least one output apparatus by means of which the toy interacts with the user, a processor in communication with the input sensor and the output apparatus, and a memory in communication with the processor, wherein the processor is programmed to classify each received input as either positive or negative, to adjust an accumulated input stored in the memory in accordance with the classification, and to send control signals to the output apparatus that are dependent on the accumulated input, and the toy thereby exhibiting increased bonding behavior in response to a series of predominantly positive inputs overtime, and decreased bonding behavior in response to a series of predominantly negative inputs over time. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of simulating bonding behaviour in a toy toward a human including the steps of:
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storing an accumulated input representative of a preferred user in a memory associated with the toy, receiving an input from a user by means of at least one input sensor incorporated in the toy, classifying the input as either positive or negative, adjusting the accumulated input to become increasingly representative of the preferred user, in response to a positive input, and less representative of the preferred user, in response to a negative input, and issuing control signals to output apparatus of the toy in response to the input, and the control signals being dependent, at least to some extent, on the accumulated input. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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