Interactive doll

• US 8,137,149 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2007
• Issued: 03/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Man Kit Hui
• Original Assignee: Man Kit Hui
• Inventors: Hui, Man Kit
• Primary Examiner(s): Suhol, Dmitry
• Assistant Examiner(s): RADA, ALEX P
• Application Number:
  US11/924,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20090111352A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,607 Days
• Field of Search: 446/175, 446/268, 446/299, 446/270, 446330-331, 446454-456
• US Class Current: 446/175
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/00 Dolls puppets or marionettes for shows or theatres A63J19/006
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission

Abstract

An interactive doll is disclosed where the doll is controlled by a remote control. When the user pushes a button on the remote control, it can cause the doll and the remote control to interact via electromagnetic transmissions where both emit sounds simultaneously or at different times. The remote control can represent various items, including mobile phones and birthday cakes.

Claims

1. A child'"'"'s toy comprising

a doll, where the doll is in the shape of a humanoid figure, and where the doll comprises a power source, a speaker, an electromagnetic receiver capable of receiving electromagnetic transmissions, and an integrated circuit, where the integrated circuit is capable of processing input from the electromagnetic receiver and sending output to the speaker, and

a remote control, where the remote control can be held by the user and where the remote control is not physically attached to the doll, and

where the remote control comprises one or more buttons that are interactive, known as interactive buttons, where the interactive button, when pressed, causes the remote control to interact with the doll, and where the remote control further comprises a power source, a speaker, an electromagnetic transmitter capable of transmitting electromagnetic transmissions, and an integrated circuit capable of processing input from a button and sending output to an electromagnetic transmitter, and

where the doll and the remote control interact by a series of one or more pre-programmed electromagnetic transmissions that is transmitted from the remote control, where the doll is capable of receiving these transmissions and when the doll receives these electromagnetic transmissions, the doll then emits a series of one or more pre-programmed sounds based upon these electromagnetic transmissions received from the remote control

where the remote control further comprises one or more non-interactive buttons, where the non-interactive button, when pressed, causes a series of one or more pre-programmed sounds to be emitted from the remote control, but does not cause the remote control to interact with the doll,

where one of the interactive buttons, when pressed, ceases all pre-programmed functions currently being performed by the remote control, if any, and causes an electromagnetic transmission to be transmitted from the remote control and where the doll is able to receive this electromagnetic transmission, and upon receiving this transmission, the doll ceases all pre-programmed functions currently being performed, if any.

2. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the sounds emitted from the doll and the remote control are words, music, or a combination thereof.

3. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the remote control further comprises an object capable of producing light.

4. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 3, where the object capable of producing light of the remote control produces light when the remote control and the doll interact.

5. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 3, where the object capable of producing light of the remote control produces light when the remote control emits sound.

6. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the doll further comprises a three-way switch, where the switch can be in an off position, an on position, or a limited-function position, where, while the switch is in the on position, the power supply of the doll supplies electricity to all of the various components of the doll that require electricity to operate, while the switch is in the off position, the power supply of the doll does not supply power to any of the various components of the doll that require electricity to operate, and when the switch is in the limited-function position, the power supply of the doll supplies electricity to some, but not all, of the various components of the doll that require electricity to operate causing the doll to not interact with the remote control.

7. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 6, where the doll further comprises a button located in one of the hands of the doll, where the button is not visible on the surface of the hand, and where the button, when pressed and when the three-way switch is in the limited-function position, causes the doll to emit sound.

8. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the doll will automatically enter into a low-power mode from a normal-power mode after a finite period of time, where, while in the low-power mode, will not interact with the remote control.

9. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 8, where the doll further comprises a button located in one of the hands of the doll, where the button is not visible on the surface of the hand, and where the button, when pressed and the doll is in a low-power mode, causes the doll leave the low-power mode and return to a normal-power mode.

10. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the electromagnetic transmitter of the remote control is an infrared light transmitter and where the electromagnetic receiver of the doll is an infrared light receiver, and where the remote control and the doll interact via transmission of infrared light from the remote control to the doll.

11. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the remote control comprises at least two interactive buttons, where one of the interactive buttons, when pressed, interrupts any pre-programmed functions currently being performed by the remote control, if any, and causes a different series of one or more pre-programmed sounds to be emitted from the remote control, and a different series of one or more pre-programmed electromagnetic transmissions to be transmitted from the remote control, and where the doll is capable of receiving these electromagnetic transmissions, and upon the doll receiving one or more of these transmissions, interrupts any pre-programmed functions currently being performed by the doll, if any, and causes a different series of one or more pre-programmed sounds to be emitted from the doll based upon the electromagnetic transmission received from the remote control.

12. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the doll further comprises a device that resembles a mobile phone, where the device that resembles a mobile phone is held in one of the doll'"'"'s hands, and where the device that resembles a mobile phone comprises an object capable of producing light.

13. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 12, where the object capable of producing light of the device that resembles a mobile phone produces light when the doll and the remote control interact.

14. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 12, where the object capable of producing light of the device that resembles a mobile phone produces light when the doll emits sound.

15. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where one of the interactive buttons of the remote control is a removable interactive switch,

where the removable interactive switch can be completely removed from the remote control, and where the removable interactive switch is closed by connecting the removable interactive switch to the remote control, thereby causing the doll and the remote control to interact.

16. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 15, where the removable interactive switch comprises the electromagnetic transmitter of the remote control.

17. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 15, where the removable interactive switch comprises an object capable of producing light.

18. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 17, where the object capable of producing light of the removable interactive switch produces light when the remote control emits sound.

19. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 17, where the object capable of producing light of the removable interactive switch produces light when the doll and the remote control interact.

20. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 15, where the removable interactive switch comprises a microphone.

21. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 20, where the remote control further comprises a microphone activating button, where, while pressed, activates the microphone.

22. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 21, where, when the microphone is activated and receives input in the form of sound, the doll and the remote control interact.

23. A child'"'"'s toy comprising

a doll, where the doll resembles a small child or infant, and where the doll comprises a device that resembles a mobile phone, where the device that resembles a mobile phone is held in one of the doll'"'"'s hands, and where the device that resembles a mobile phone comprises an object capable of producing light, and

where the doll further comprises a button in the hand opposite of the hand that is holding the device that resembles a mobile phone, an electromagnetic receiver, a speaker, a power source, an integrated circuit, and a three-way switch

where the button in the hand of the doll may be pressed by squeezing the hand of the doll but the button is not visible on the surface of the hand of the doll,

where the three-way switch can be in the on, off, or limited-function positions, where the switch, when in the off position, causes the power supply to not supply electricity to any of the various components of the doll that require electricity to operate, when in the limited function position, electricity is supplied from the power source to the various components of the doll that require electricity, but the doll does not interact with the remote control, and when in the on position, electricity is supplied from the powered source to the various components of the doll that require electricity, and the remote control interacts with the doll,

where the integrated circuit of the doll is capable of and does store audio data, and where the integrated circuit is capable of processing input from various sources and creating output for various components,

where the electromagnetic receiver is capable of receiving electromagnetic transmissions,

a remote control, where the remote control resembles a mobile phone, and

where the remote control comprises an electromagnetic transmitter, a power source, four or more buttons, an integrated circuit, and a speaker,

where the electromagnetic transmitter is capable of producing electromagnetic transmissions, where these transmissions, when received by the doll, cause the remote control and the doll to interact,

where the integrated circuit of the remote control is capable of and does store audio data, and where the integrated circuit is capable of processing input from various sources and creating output for various components,

where two of the four or more buttons are interactive buttons, where, when pressed, cause the remote control to interact with the doll, where one of these buttons is a send button and another one of these buttons is an end button,

where the doll and the remote control interact by a series of one or more pre-programmed electromagnetic transmissions that is transmitted from the remote control, where the doll is capable of receiving these transmissions and when the doll receives these electromagnetic transmissions, the doll then emits a series of one or more pre-programmed sounds based upon these electromagnetic transmissions received from the remote control, where the sounds emitted from both the remote control and the doll are in the form of words, music, or both, and

where two of the four or more buttons are non-interactive buttons, where, when pressed, cause the remote control to emit sound, but does not cause the remote control to interact with the doll, and where one of these non-interactive buttons is a voicemail button, where the voicemail button, when pressed, causes the speaker of the remote control to emit sound, where this sound is in the form of words, music, or both,

where, when the end button of the remote control is pressed, the current interaction between the remote control and the doll is interrupted and ceases to continue, and a new interaction begins between the remote control and the doll,

where the doll, when it has not received any electromagnetic transmissions from the remote control for a finite period of time, enters into a low-power mode from a normal-power mode, where, when in the low-power mode, the doll will conserve power and electricity will not be supplied to all of the various components of the doll that require electricity causing the doll to not interact with the remote control, and where, when the button in the hand of the doll is pressed, the doll will leave the low-power mode and enter into the normal-power mode, where the power supply of the doll supplies electricity to all of the various components of the doll that require electricity and the doll will once again interact with the remote control.

24. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 23, where the electromagnetic transmissions are in the form of infrared light, where the electromagnetic receiver of the doll is an infrared light receiver, and where the electromagnetic transmitter of the remote control is an infrared light transmitter.

25. A child'"'"'s toy comprising

a doll, where the doll comprises a button in one of its hands, an electromagnetic receiver, a speaker, a power source, an integrated circuit, and a three-way switch

where the button in the hand of the doll may be pressed by squeezing the hand of the doll but the button is not visible on the surface of the hand of the doll, where the three-way switch can be in the on, off, or limited-function positions,

where the switch, when in the off position, causes the power supply to not supply electricity to any of the various components of the doll that require electricity to operate, when in the limited function position, electricity is supplied from the power source to the various components of the doll that require electricity, but the doll does not interact with the remote control, and when in the on position, electricity is supplied from the powered source to the various components of the doll that require electricity, and the remote control interacts with the doll,

where the integrated circuit of the doll is capable of and does store audio data,

where the electromagnetic receiver is capable of receiving electromagnetic transmissions,

where the integrated circuit of the doll is capable of and does store audio data, and where the integrated circuit is capable of processing input from various sources and creating output for various components,

a remote control, where the remote control comprises an electromagnetic transmitter, a power source, a removable interactive switch, a microphone activating button, an integrated circuit, a microphone, and a speaker,

where the electromagnetic transmitter is capable of producing electromagnetic transmissions, where these transmissions, when received by the doll, cause the remote control and the doll to interact,

where the integrated circuit of the remote control is capable of and does store audio data, and where the integrated circuit is capable of processing input from various sources and creating output for various components,

where the removable interactive switch comprises an electromagnetic transmitter, an object capable of producing light, and a sound sensor, and

where the removable interactive switch can be completely removed from the remote control, and where the removable interactive switch is closed by connecting the removable interactive switch to the remote control, and where, when the removable interactive switch is pressed, the doll and the remote control interact, and

where the microphone activating button, when pressed, activates the microphone, and

where, when the microphone is activated and receives input in the form of sound, the doll and the remote control interact, and

where the doll and the remote control interact by a series of one or more pre-programmed electromagnetic transmissions that is transmitted from the remote control, where the doll is capable of receiving these transmissions and when the doll receives these electromagnetic transmissions, the doll then emits a series of one or more pre-programmed sounds based upon these electromagnetic transmissions received from the remote control, where the sounds emitted from both the remote control and the doll are in the form of words, music, or both, and

where the doll, when it has not received any electromagnetic transmissions from the remote control for a finite period of time, enters into a low-power mode from a normal-power mode, where, when in the low-power mode, the doll will conserve power and electricity will not be supplied to all of the various components of the doll that require electricity causing the doll to not interact with the remote control, and where, when the button in the hand of the doll is pressed, the doll will leave the low-power mode and enter into the normal-power mode, where the power supply of the doll supplies electricity to all of the various components of the doll that require electricity and the doll will once again interact with the remote control.

26. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 25, where the electromagnetic transmissions are in the form of infrared light, where the electromagnetic receiver of the doll is an infrared light receiver, and where the electromagnetic transmitter of the remote control is an infrared light transmitter.