Interactive and animated mini-theater and method of use
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1. A miniature animated theatre apparatus comprising:
- a miniature theatre base providing an upwardly facing base surface for use as a theatre stage for supporting at least two animated theater characters thereon;
motion producing means engaged with at least one of the animated theatre characters for enabling movement characteristic thereof;
circuit means providing program storage means, mass storage means, display means, manual input control means, remote input control means, audio input means, audio output means, and word recognition device; and
a theatre program within the program storage means, the theatre program enabled for directing motion signals to the motion producing means for moving the characters and for directing signals to the display means, and the audio output means corresponding to audio information stored in the mass storage means in response to signals received by the manual and the remote control means and the audio input means, through the word recognition device, so as to produce an interactive animated program;
wherein the remote input control means providing a communication module adapted for receiving data packets from a remote source, wherein such data packets contain at least one of;
audio data, video data, mechanical control signal data, synchronization control signal data, header information, and error detection-correction information.
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Abstract
A mechanical puppet show apparatus provides a base unit supporting on its upper surface (stage) one or more mechanical puppets. The puppets are interconnected with a circuit for motion actuation in accordance with a stage play that is programmed into a memory device and controlled by a digital control unit. Manual, remote control and verbal signals may be received for interactive action of the puppets with the audience. A method for use of materials downloaded by packet data transfer from the Internet may be employed in programming.
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1. A miniature animated theatre apparatus comprising:
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a miniature theatre base providing an upwardly facing base surface for use as a theatre stage for supporting at least two animated theater characters thereon;
motion producing means engaged with at least one of the animated theatre characters for enabling movement characteristic thereof;
circuit means providing program storage means, mass storage means, display means, manual input control means, remote input control means, audio input means, audio output means, and word recognition device; and
a theatre program within the program storage means, the theatre program enabled for directing motion signals to the motion producing means for moving the characters and for directing signals to the display means, and the audio output means corresponding to audio information stored in the mass storage means in response to signals received by the manual and the remote control means and the audio input means, through the word recognition device, so as to produce an interactive animated program;
wherein the remote input control means providing a communication module adapted for receiving data packets from a remote source, wherein such data packets contain at least one of;
audio data, video data, mechanical control signal data, synchronization control signal data, header information, and error detection-correction information.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for producing an animated theatre presentation comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a miniature theatre having at least two animated theater characters and a motion producing means for enabling character movement;
b) directing display signals and audio signals corresponding to stored information in response to input signals so as to produce an interactive animated program;
c) receiving data packets from a remote source, wherein such data packets contain at least one of;
audio data, video data, control signal data, synchronization data, header data, and error detection-correction data;
d) decoding the data packets so as to separate the audio data, video data;
control signal data, synchronization data, header data and error detection-correction data;
e) excluding faulty and erroneous data in the data packets;
f) conducting the good audio data to an audio output device;
g) conducting the good video data to a video output device; and
h) conducting the good control signal data so as to produce character motion and lighting control. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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