Computerized toy
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1. A computerized toy system comprising:
- a body having the appearance of an animal, the body of the animal including joints for permitting the animal to adopt different attitudes and positions, the positions including at least three of a lying attitude, a sitting attitude, a working attitude, a standing attitude and different types of walking attitudes;
a system for encoding emotional moods in the animal, said emotional moods being displayed through a pattern of lights; and
means for having the toy animal encode and decode emotional moods and wherein said emotional moods are communicated by different flashing light patterns selectively relative to a second computerized toy selectively of a similar nature to the first toy whereby the toy is capable of communicating that particular emotion.
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Abstract
A computerized toy system has a body having the appearance of an animal. The computerized toy system permits the animal to adopt different attitudes and positions, the positions including at least three of a lying attitude, a sitting attitude, a working attitude, a standing attitude and different types of walking attitudes. There are limbs having joints to permit for movement of the toy. There are sufficient in number to permit for a relatively natural and smooth manner of movement representation of the animal. The body construct or skin appearance renders the toy realistic of an animal. The skin appearance may selectively be a fur or plush-type body.
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16 Claims
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1. A computerized toy system comprising:
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a body having the appearance of an animal, the body of the animal including joints for permitting the animal to adopt different attitudes and positions, the positions including at least three of a lying attitude, a sitting attitude, a working attitude, a standing attitude and different types of walking attitudes;
a system for encoding emotional moods in the animal, said emotional moods being displayed through a pattern of lights; and
means for having the toy animal encode and decode emotional moods and wherein said emotional moods are communicated by different flashing light patterns selectively relative to a second computerized toy selectively of a similar nature to the first toy whereby the toy is capable of communicating that particular emotion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computerized toy system comprising:
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a body having the appearance of an animal;
the body of the animal including joints for permitting the animal to adopt different attitudes and positions, the positions including at least three of a lying attitude, a sitting altitude, a working attitude, a standing attitude and different types of walking attitudes;
a system for encoding emotional moods in the animal, said emotional moods being displayed through a pattern of lights;
at least one touch sensor to permit the body to respond through at least one of the different attitudes; and
means for having the toy animal encode and decode emotional moods, wherein said emotional moods are communicated by different flashing light patterns respectively relative to a second computerized toy selectively of a similar nature to the first toy whereby the toy is capable of communicating that particular emotion.
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13. A computerized toy system comprising:
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a body having the appearance of an animal;
the body of the animal including joints for permitting the animal to adopt different attitudes and positions, the positions including at least three of a lying attitude, a sitting attitude, a working attitude, a standing attitude and different types of walking attitudes;
computer programmable means on the toy for editing the different attributes via an online connection with a computer;
a system for encoding emotional moods in the animal, said emotional moods being displayed through a pattern of lights;
means for having the toy animal encode and decode emotional moods, wherein said emotional moods are communicated by different flashing light patterns respectively relative to a second computerized toy selectively of a similar nature to the first toy whereby the toy is capable of communicating that particular emotion, sound recognition means to have the body of the animal respond by movement in a direction of the sound source; and
means for mining the head of an animal in the direction of the source of sound and means for having the body move relative to a physical environment on which it rests in the direction of the sound. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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