Interactive toy with visual and audio feedback
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1. An amusement device, comprising:
- a display device rotatably mounted to a structure, the display device being configured to create a plurality of images via a persistence of vision effect;
a device for rotating the display device;
a sensor for determining whether an object has hit one of the plurality of images;
a microcontroller in operable communication with the sensor and the display device, the microcontroller changing the appearance of at least one of the plurality of images when the sensor determines that the object has hit at least one of the plurality of images; and
a screen disposed behind or in conjunction with the structure, the screen being configured to deflect the objects launched at the plurality of images created by the display device.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an amusement device, the amusement device having: a display device rotatably mounted to a structure, the display device being configured to create a plurality of images via a persistence of vision effect; a device for rotating the display device; a sensor for determining whether an object has hit one of the plurality of images; a microcontroller in operable communication with the sensor and the display device, the microcontroller changing the appearance of at least one of the plurality of images when the sensor determines that an object has hit at least one of the plurality of images.
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18 Claims
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1. An amusement device, comprising:
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a display device rotatably mounted to a structure, the display device being configured to create a plurality of images via a persistence of vision effect; a device for rotating the display device; a sensor for determining whether an object has hit one of the plurality of images; a microcontroller in operable communication with the sensor and the display device, the microcontroller changing the appearance of at least one of the plurality of images when the sensor determines that the object has hit at least one of the plurality of images; and a screen disposed behind or in conjunction with the structure, the screen being configured to deflect the objects launched at the plurality of images created by the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An amusement device, comprising:
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a display device rotatably mounted to a structure, the display device being configured to create a plurality of images via a persistence of vision effect; a device for rotating the display device; a sensor for determining whether an object has hit one of the plurality of images; a microcontroller in operable communication with the sensor and the display device, the microcontroller changing the appearance of at least one of the plurality of images when the sensor determines that the object has hit at least one of the plurality of images; and a launcher for launching the object at the plurality of images created by the display device, wherein the object is a miniature car.
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14. An amusement device, comprising:
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a display device rotatably mounted to a structure, the display device being configured to create a plurality of images via a persistence of vision effect; a device for rotating the display device; a sensor for determining whether an object has hit one of the plurality of images; a microcontroller in operable communication with the sensor and the display device, the microcontroller changing the appearance of at least one of the plurality of images when the sensor determines that the object has hit at least one of the plurality of images; another microcontroller disposed on the display device and in operable communication with the microcontroller and for creating the plurality of images as the display device is rotated by the device by selectively illuminating a plurality of illuminating devices disposed on the display device; a sound system for playing a plurality of sound effects, each of the plurality of sound effects corresponding to at least one of the plurality of images, the sound system being operated by the microcontroller; and a screen disposed behind or in conjunction with the structure, the screen being configured to deflect the objects launched at the plurality of images created by the display device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method for providing targets, images and sound effects in an amusement device, the method comprising;
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rotating a display device viewed through or around a structure, the display device being configured to create a plurality of images via a persistence of vision effect by selectively illuminating a plurality of illuminating devices disposed on the display device, wherein at least one of the plurality of images is visible through an opening in the structure; generating a plurality of sound effects, wherein at least one of the plurality of sound effects corresponds to at least one of the plurality of images; and selecting one of the plurality of images and one of the plurality of sound effects when either the sensor has detected that at least one of the plurality of images has been hit by an object or a predetermined time period from when the object is first launched at one of the plurality of images has elapsed without the at least one of the plurality of images being hit by the object and wherein a screen is disposed behind or in conjunction with the structure, the screen being configured to deflect the objects launched at the plurality of images created by the display device. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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