Infant simulator
First Claim
1. An infant simulator, comprising:
- (a) a doll;
(b) a diaper-change system within the doll for periodically effecting a diaper-change episode, including at least;
(i) a means for generating a perceptible soiled-diaper signal; and
(ii) a means in communication with the soiled-diaper signal generating means for arresting the soiled-diaper signal in response to receipt of a diaper-changed signal; and
(c) a diaper configured and arranged to be fitted over the lower torso of the doll as a diaper and having a means effective for transmitting the diaper-changed signal to the soiled-diaper signal arresting means when the diaper is fitted on the doll.
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Abstract
An infant simulator capable of emulating the care requirements of an infant and recording the quality of care and responsiveness of a person caring for the infant simulator and/or signaling the person caring for the infant simulator when care is required. The infant simulator is capable of (i) sensing the environmental conditions of position, temperature and comparison to which the infant simulator is subjected, and (ii) periodically demanding that the care-provider change the diaper, rock the infant, feeding the infant, or burp the infant simulator. The infant simulator is also programmed with the ancillary features of providing positive feedback when the proper interaction is provided in a timely fashion, an escalating demand signal when the proper interaction is not provided in a timely fashion, an identification system requiring the assigned care-provider to be present in order to satisfy a demand event, an unsatisfiable fussy period, and multiple behavior modes (i.e., differences in the frequency of the demand events and/or the duration of the demand events).
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Citations
93 Claims
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1. An infant simulator, comprising:
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(a) a doll;
(b) a diaper-change system within the doll for periodically effecting a diaper-change episode, including at least;
(i) a means for generating a perceptible soiled-diaper signal; and
(ii) a means in communication with the soiled-diaper signal generating means for arresting the soiled-diaper signal in response to receipt of a diaper-changed signal; and
(c) a diaper configured and arranged to be fitted over the lower torso of the doll as a diaper and having a means effective for transmitting the diaper-changed signal to the soiled-diaper signal arresting means when the diaper is fitted on the doll. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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2. An infant simulator, comprising:
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(a) a doll;
(b) a diaper-change system within the doll for periodically effecting a diaper-change episode, including at least;
(i) a means for generating a perceptible soiled-diaper signal;
(ii) a means for receiving a diaper-changed signal; and
(iii) a means for measuring and recording the duration of the diaper-change episode measured from initial generation of the perceptible soiled-diaper signal to receipt of the diaper-changed signal by the diaper-changed signal receiving means; and
(c) a diaper configured and arranged to be fitted over the lower torso of the doll as a diaper and having a means effective for transmitting the diaper-changed signal to the diaper-changed signal receiving means when the diaper is fitted on the doll. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. An infant simulator comprising:
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(a) a doll;
(b) a demand system within the doll for periodically effecting a demand episode, including at least;
(i) a means for generating a perceptible demand signal;
(ii) a means in communication with the demand signal generating means for inhibiting the demand signal so long as a satisfaction signal produced only by a single predefined type of physical interaction with the doll is continuously received;
(iii) a demand duration timer in communication with the demand signal generating means for terminating generation of the demand signal at the end of a demand period; and
(c) a feedback system within the doll for signaling a contented condition, including at least;
(i) a means for generating a perceptible contented signal;
(ii) a means for initiating generation of the contented signal in communication with both the demand system and the contented signal generating means, effective for initiating generation of the contented signal at the end of a demand period, provided the satisfaction signal is being received by the demand system at the end of the demand period;
(iii) whereby the contented signal denotes the end of the demand period and thereby indicates that the demand signal has been terminated and the satisfaction signal need no longer be continuously received by the satisfaction signal receiving means in order to prevent generation of the demand signal. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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28. An infant simulator, comprising:
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(a) a doll;
(b) a demand system within the doll for effecting a demand episode, including at least;
(i) a means for generating a perceptible demand signal;
(ii) a means for receiving a satisfaction signal and inhibiting the demand signal so long as the satisfaction signal is continuously received from a user;
(iii) a demand duration timer in communication with the demand signal generating means for terminating generation of the demand signal at the end of a demand period; and
(iv) a means for measuring and recording the duration of each demand episode measured from initial generation of the perceptible demand signal to receipt of the satisfaction signal by the satisfaction signal receiving means from a user; and
(c) a feedback system within the doll for signaling a contented condition, including at least;
(i) a means for generating a perceptible contented signal;
(ii) a means for initiating generation of the contented signal in communication with both the demand system and the contented signal generating means for initiating generation of the contented signal at the end of a demand period, provided the satisfaction signal is being received by the demand system at the end of the demand period; and
(iii) whereby the contented signal denotes the end of the demand period and thereby indicates that the demand signal has been terminated and the satisfaction signal need no longer be continuously received by the satisfaction signal receiving means in order to prevent generation of the demand signal.
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55. An infant simulator, comprising:
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(a) a doll;
(b) a demand system within the doll for effecting a demand episode, including at least;
(i) a means for generating a perceptible demand signal during the demand episode; and
(ii) a means in communication with the demand signal generating means for arresting the demand signal in response to receipt of a satisfaction provided by a user (c) a means effective for transmitting the satisfaction signal to the demand signal arresting means when placed in communicative proximity to the doll; and
(d) a means in communication with the demand signal generating means for escalating the intensity of the demand signal as the duration of the demand episode increase, wherein the duration of the demand episode is measured from initial generation of the perceptible demand signal to receipt of the satisfaction signal by the satisfaction signal receiving means. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. An infant simulator, comprising:
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(a) a doll;
(b) a demand system within the doll for effecting a demand episode, including at least;
(i) a means for generating a perceptible demand signal; and
(ii) a means in communication with the demand signal generating means for arresting the demand signal in response to receipt of a satisfaction signal from a user; and
(c) a care-provider identification system within the doll, including at least (i) a means for receiving an identification signal from a user, wherein the identification signal is different from the satisfaction signal, and (ii) a means in communication with the identification-signal receiving means and the demand system effective for preventing arresting of the demand signal, even though the satisfaction signal has been received by the satisfaction signal receiving means, until the identification signal is received by the identification-signal receiving means. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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74. An infant simulator, comprising:
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(a) a doll;
(b) a demand system within the doll for effecting a demand episode, including at least;
(i) a means for generating a perceptible demand signal;
(ii) a means for receiving a satisfaction signal from a user; and
(iii) a means for measuring and recording the duration of each demand episode measured from initial generation of the perceptible demand signal to receipt of the satisfaction signal by the satisfaction signal receiving means; and
(c) a care-provider identification system within the doll, including at least (i) a means for receiving an identification signal from a user, wherein the identification signal is different from the satisfaction signal, and (ii) a means in communication with the identification-signal receiving means and the demand system effective for causing continued measuring of the duration of a demand episode, even though the satisfaction signal has been received by the satisfaction signal receiving means, unless the identification signal is received by the identification-signal receiving means after generation of the perceptible demand signal has been initiated.
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80. The infant simulator, comprising:
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(a) a doll;
(b) a demand system within the doll for periodically effecting a demand episode, including at least;
(i) a means for generating a perceptible demand signal;
(ii) a means in communication with the demand signal generating means for inhibiting the demand signal in response to receipt of a satisfaction signal from a user;
(iii) a demand interval time in communication with the demand signal generating means for initiating generation of the demand signal at intervals;
(iv) a means in communication with the demand interval timer for adjusting the actual duration or statistically probable duration of the time interval between the generation of sequential demand signals;
(v) a demand duration timer in communication with the demand signal generating means for terminating generation of the demand signal at the end of a demand period;
(vi) a means in communication with the demand duration timer for adjusting the actual duration or statistically probable duration of the demand portion; and
(vii) wherein adjustments in the duration of the time interval between the generation of sequential demand signals and the duration of the demand period are inversely related, such that an increase in one is accompanied by a decrease in the other. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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87. An infant simulator, comprising:
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(a) a doll;
(b) a diaper-change system within the doll for periodically effecting a diaper-change episode, including at least;
(i) a means for generating a perceptible soiled-diaper signal; and
(ii) a means in communication with the soiled-diaper signal generating means for arresting the soiled-diaper signal in response to receipt of a diaper-changed signal; and
(c) a diaper configured and arranged to be fitted over the lower torso of the doll as a diaper and having a means effective for transmitting the diaper-changed signal to the soiled-diaper signal arresting means when the diaper is fitted on the doll.
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- 88. An infant simulator, comprising a mannequin having (i) a sensor for sensing an impact upon the mannequin and transmitting one of a plurality of different electrical signals dependent upon the gravity of the impact, (ii) a means for generating a plurality of different perceptible signals, and (iii) a microcontroller in electrical communication with the sensor and perceptible signal generating means for associating different electrical signals with a different perceptible signal, receiving an electrical signal from the sensor, and generating the associated perceptible signal.
- 91. An infant simulator, comprising a mannequin having (i) a sensor for sensing an impact upon the mannequin and transmitting one of a plurality of different electrical signals dependent upon the gravity of the impact, and (ii) a microcontroller in electrical communication with the sensor for recording the sensing of an impact and an indication of the gravity of the impact.
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