Amusement devices: toys – Having light-or sound-responsive switch or control
Patent
1988-05-05
1990-05-08
Hafer, Robert A.
Amusement devices: toys
Having light-or sound-responsive switch or control
446299, 446330, 446354, 434319, A63H 3000, A63H 328, A63H 320, A63H 1300
Patent
active
049234285
ABSTRACT:
An interactive, articulated talking toy talks and moves certain of its body parts (eyes, mouth, head and arms) under microprocessor control on the basis of the program material selected from a tape storage device incorporated in the body of the toy. The material selected is determined by a human's response to questions asked by the toy. The material stored on tape contains both audio and data. The processor chooses a particular one of a possible three audio tracks stored on tape on the basis of the specific response or nonresponse made by a human. The data track provides data to the processor which causes it to control the toy's body parts in concert with the audio program being reproduced. The toy has limited word recognition capabilities. The result is the appearance of interaction between the toy and a human by the toy's movement of its body parts and its speech seeming to respond to the human's input.
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CAL R & D, Inc.
Hafer Robert A.
Muir D. Neal
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