Toy
First Claim
1. An education toy in the form of an animal comprising a first article having at least one articulated member comprising a limb of said animal, a barcode scanner in said articulated member and movable therewith, and a decoder and an audio device in said first article, the audio device being responsive to an output signal from the decoder to produce a predetermined audio message, and a second scannable article having a number of barcodes thereon and a corresponding number of associated visual messages thereon each being a visual form of a respective said audio message, whereby articulated movement of said articulated member causes scanning of a barcode of the second article by the scanner which activates the decoder and audio device to produce an audio message corresponding to the visual message associated with the scanned barcode.
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Abstract
An educational toy comprises a soft toy (10) carrying a barcode scanner (20) for scanning a number of barcodes each individually associated with a visual message in a book (12). A decoder and audio device in the toy generate an audio message corresponding to that visual message in the book associated with the scanned barcode.
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- 1. An education toy in the form of an animal comprising a first article having at least one articulated member comprising a limb of said animal, a barcode scanner in said articulated member and movable therewith, and a decoder and an audio device in said first article, the audio device being responsive to an output signal from the decoder to produce a predetermined audio message, and a second scannable article having a number of barcodes thereon and a corresponding number of associated visual messages thereon each being a visual form of a respective said audio message, whereby articulated movement of said articulated member causes scanning of a barcode of the second article by the scanner which activates the decoder and audio device to produce an audio message corresponding to the visual message associated with the scanned barcode.
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