Electronic dinosaur toy

• US 7,988,522 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2008
• Issued: 08/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Ga-Lane
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim; Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R
• Application Number:
  US12/135,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20090104844A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,149 Days
• Field of Search: 446/29, 446/297, 446/302, 446/376, 446/298, 446/300, 700/245, 700/249, 901/1, 901/2, 901/46, 318/568.12, 318/568.16
• US Class Current: 446/376
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 11/20 with pairs of legs, e.g. horses
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2200/00 Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/28 Arrangements of sound-producing means in dolls; Means in dolls for producing sounds
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/40 movable

Abstract

An exemplary electronic dinosaur toy includes a body, a neck, four legs, a tail, a head, four first actuators, and four pressure sensors. The neck, the legs and the tail are connected to the body. The head is connected to a distal end of the neck. The four first actuators are arranged inside the respective legs and configured for driving the corresponding leg to move. The four pressure sensors are arranged at distal ends of the respective legs, and configured for sensing a variation of a pressure applied to the leg and outputting a feedback signal. Thereby, the first actuator adjusts a movement of the leg based on the feedback signal.

Claims

1. An electronic dinosaur toy, comprising:

a body,

a neck,

four legs,

a tail;

the neck, the legs and the tail being connected to the body;

a head connected to a distal end of the neck, the head comprising a chin having a chin actuator and a sensing device arranged therein, the chin actuator and the sensing device being electrically connected to each other without any intervening electronic device therebetween, the chin actuator being configured for driving the chin to move, the sensing device being configured for sensing a location of the chin and outputting a feedback signal representative of the location to the chin actuator, the chin actuator being configured for driving the chin to move based on the feedback signal; and

four first actuators arranged inside the respective legs, the first actuators being configured for driving the corresponding leg to move; and

four pressure sensors arranged at distal ends of the respective legs, each pressure sensor being electrically connected to a corresponding first actuator without any intervening electronic device therebetween, the pressure sensors being configured for sensing a variation of a pressure applied to the leg and outputting a feedback signal, the first actuators being configured for adjusting movements and/or positions of the legs based on the feedback signal.

2. The electronic dinosaur toy according to claim 1, further comprising four shoes covering the respective pressure sensors.

3. The electronic dinosaur toy according to claim 1, wherein the head comprises a forehead having an optical imaging device for capturing an image.

4. The electronic dinosaur toy according to claim 1, wherein the head comprises a mouth having a tongue and a third actuator, the third actuator being arranged in the mouth and configured for driving the tongue to move back and forth.

5. The electronic dinosaur toy according to claim 4, wherein the mouth further comprises a sound generating device arranged therein, the sound generating device being configured for generating simulated dinosaur sound.

6. The electronic dinosaur toy according to claim 1, wherein the head comprises eyeballs and a voice coil motor configured for driving the eyeballs to pop in and/or pop out.

7. The electronic dinosaur toy according to claim 1, wherein the head comprises a face having a voice identification device arranged thereon, the voice identity device being configured for receiving voice of a user and identifying an identity of the user.

8. The electronic dinosaur toy according to claim 1, wherein the neck has a fourth actuator and a first motion sensor arranged therein, the fourth actuator being configured for driving the neck to swing, the first motion sensor being configured for sensing a motion state of the neck and outputting a feedback signal representative of the motion state to the fourth actuator, the fourth actuator being configured for adjusting a movement of the neck based on the feedback signal.

9. The electronic dinosaur toy according to claim 1, wherein the body has a vibrator arranged therein, the vibrator being configured for generating a vibration when a user is riding the electronic dinosaur toy.

10. The electronic dinosaur toy according to claim 1, wherein the body has a multimedia player arranged therein.

11. The electronic dinosaur toy according to claim 1, wherein the body has a game machine arranged therein, the game machine having a loudspeaker for generating different sounds when the user wins or loses a game.

12. The electronic dinosaur toy according to claim 1, wherein the body has a temperature sensor arranged therein, the temperature sensor being configured for sensing ambient environmental temperature and outputting a feedback signal representative of the ambient environmental temperature to the first actuators.

13. The electronic dinosaur toy according to claim 1, wherein the tail has a fifth actuator and a second motion sensor arranged therein, the fifth actuator being configured for driving the tail to move;

and the second motion sensor being configured for sensing a motion state of the tail and outputting a feedback signal representative of the motion state to the fifth actuator, the fifth actuator being further configured for adjusting a movement of the tail based on the feedback signal.