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Electronic toy and control method therefor

  • US 7,025,657 B2
  • Filed: 12/06/2001
  • Issued: 04/11/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electronic toy comprising:

  • at least one sensor that detects an external stimulus applied to said electronic toy;

    an input interface that receives, from outside said electronic toy, control information for controlling said electronic toy;

    a memory that stores the control information received via said input interface; and

    a processor coupled with said memory and adapted to;

    read out control information from said memory, in response to an external stimulus detection signal generated by said sensor; and

    control said electronic toy to perform a predetermined operation in accordance with the control information read out from said memory,wherein said control information received from outside said electronic toy and stored in said memory includes a program for causing said electronic toy to perform a predetermined operation, andwherein the program stored in said memory is selectively read out from said memory in accordance with a type of external stimulus detected by said sensor,wherein said processor is further adapted to generate an accumulative empirical value on the basis of the external stimulus detection signal generated by said sensor and read out control information from said memory in accordance with the empirical value, andwherein said input interface further receives, from outside said electronic toy, first instructing information that the received control information should be additionally stored in said memory.

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