Wand toy and process
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1. A mirror wand toy comprising:
- a wand body having a graspable handle;
an at least partially reflective, partially transparent presentation member mounted to said body, said presentation member permitting a user to view the user'"'"'s own reflection therein;
a light source mounted behind said presentation member;
at least first and second translucent images;
said images being substantially obscured when said light source is inoperative;
an image transport apparatus operable selectively to position a selected one of said images in a viewing position between said light source and said at least partially reflective, partially transparent presentation member;
said light source being operable to illuminate said selected one of said images;
control apparatus connected to govern operation of said transport apparatus and said light source; and
a user input interface selectively operable to permit a user to elect between said images.
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Abstract
A “magic mirror” wand toy has a body having a mirror element that is partially transparent. An image illuminating apparatus is mounted rearward of the mirror element. An image transport apparatus has a plurality of images that can be positioned selectively and alternately in front of the illuminating apparatus. When an image is stationary, it is lit up and an audible message associated with the image may be played. The wand can be operated in sampling mode, in which each of the set of images is displayed in sequence, and in an individual selection mode.
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1. A mirror wand toy comprising:
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a wand body having a graspable handle;
an at least partially reflective, partially transparent presentation member mounted to said body, said presentation member permitting a user to view the user'"'"'s own reflection therein;
a light source mounted behind said presentation member;
at least first and second translucent images;
said images being substantially obscured when said light source is inoperative;
an image transport apparatus operable selectively to position a selected one of said images in a viewing position between said light source and said at least partially reflective, partially transparent presentation member;
said light source being operable to illuminate said selected one of said images;
control apparatus connected to govern operation of said transport apparatus and said light source; and
a user input interface selectively operable to permit a user to elect between said images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mirror wand toy comprising:
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a wand body;
an at least partially reflective, partially transparent presentation member mounted to said body, said presentation member permitting a user to view the user'"'"'s own reflection therein;
a light source mounted behind said presentation member;
a set of translucent images;
an image transport apparatus mounted to position individual integers of said set of images in a viewing position between said light source and said at least partially reflective, partially transparent presentation member;
control apparatus connected to govern operation of said transport apparatus and said light source; and
said image transport apparatus being driveable to a datum position;
said transport apparatus having an indexing member;
said control apparatus having a sensor co-operable with said indexing member when said image transport apparatus is in a position away from said datum position to gauge position of said image transport apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of operation of a wand toy,
the wand toy having a wand body; -
an at least partially reflective, partially transparent presentation member mounted to said body, said presentation member permitting a user to view the user'"'"'s own reflection therein;
a light source mounted behind said presentation member;
a set of translucent images;
an image transport apparatus mounted to position individual integers of said set of images in a viewing position between said light source and said at least partially reflective, partially transparent presentation member;
control apparatus connected to govern-operation of said transport apparatus and said light source; and
said transport apparatus having an indexing member;
said control apparatus including a sensor co-operable with said indexing member, said method comprising the steps of;
driving said image transport apparatus to a datum position;
driving said image transport apparatus away from said datum position; and
arresting said transport apparatus in a position away from said datum position in response to co-operation of said sensing means and said indexing member. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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