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Interactive toy

  • US 6,537,128 B1
  • Filed: 10/22/1999
  • Issued: 03/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An interactive plaything, comprising:

  • an electric motor;

    at least one actuator linkage coupled to said motor;

    a plurality of movable members for kinetic interaction with a child which conveys information about operational status of the plaything to the child, each of said movable members being mechanically interconnected by said at least one actuator linkage;

    a programmable information processor;

    a motor interface between said information processor and said motor for controlling said at least one actuator linkage with said information processor;

    a plurality of sensory inputs coupled to said information processor for receiving sensory signals;

    a computer program operable with said information processor for processing the sensory signals and for operating said at least one actuator linkage responsive to the sensory signals from the child; and

    a plurality of operational modes of the plaything provided by said computer program with respect to said actuator linkage operation and corresponding sensory signal processing for controlling said at least one actuator linkage to generate the kinetic interaction with the child with said plurality of movable members corresponding to each of the operational modes of the plaything, wherein said computer program associates a kinematic response using said plurality of movable members with each of said plurality of sensor inputs, the kinematic response being determined according to a sequential random split of a predetermined ratio used by said information processor for controlling said at least one actuator linkage to generate the kinetic interaction with the child.

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