Electronic sound generating toy
First Claim
1. An electronic device that generates a plurality of audible sounds in a selected sequence, comprising:
- a plurality of sound elements, each sound element corresponding to an audible sound, and each of said sound elements having an upper end and a lower end, the distance between said upper ends and said respective lower ends defining a length of each of said sound elements;
a first support member having a plurality of spaced areas, each of said areas receiving one of said sound elements, and wherein the distance between two adjacent spaced areas is less than the length of one of the sound elements received on one of said adjacent spaced areas, so that the sound elements may be successively moved in a domino manner, and wherein each of said spaced areas includes a sensor that senses whether the sound element received by that spaced area is being moved away from said spaced area; and
sound generating means for generating said audible sounds in said selected sequence, said selected sequence corresponding to the order in which said sound elements are moved away from their respective spaced areas.
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Abstract
The electronic device uses domino-shaped sound elements in combination with a support track to generate audible sounds or musical notes. The sound elements are placed in indentations on a support track in a selected sequence corresponding to the sequence of musical notes in a song to be played. Each of the sound elements corresponds to a single sound or musical note. When the sound elements are toppled in a domino-type manner, the notes are played in the selected sequence. Each of the sound elements has one or more magnetic elements in its bottom surface. The movement of the magnetic element away from associated Hall Effect sensors in the support track during toppling of the sound elements is used to trigger a decoding circuit. The decoding circuit determines the note pattern and generates the associated sound through an output speaker. A timbre sound element may also be used to select the timbre or other tonal characteristics of the output sounds.
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1. An electronic device that generates a plurality of audible sounds in a selected sequence, comprising:
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a plurality of sound elements, each sound element corresponding to an audible sound, and each of said sound elements having an upper end and a lower end, the distance between said upper ends and said respective lower ends defining a length of each of said sound elements; a first support member having a plurality of spaced areas, each of said areas receiving one of said sound elements, and wherein the distance between two adjacent spaced areas is less than the length of one of the sound elements received on one of said adjacent spaced areas, so that the sound elements may be successively moved in a domino manner, and wherein each of said spaced areas includes a sensor that senses whether the sound element received by that spaced area is being moved away from said spaced area; and sound generating means for generating said audible sounds in said selected sequence, said selected sequence corresponding to the order in which said sound elements are moved away from their respective spaced areas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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