Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data
Patent
1995-06-27
1996-09-17
Harrison, Jessica J.
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
434307R, 446491, A63F 924
Patent
active
055563392
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is an educational computer toy for an infant or very young child, in which the computer toy provides audiovisual stimuli simulating the creation of a picture (e.g., painting a picture, fitting together the pieces of a picture puzzle, connecting a prearranged pattern of dots to form a picture, etc.) in response to input by an infant or very young child. The computer toy of the present invention requires the use of a computer (or processor), a display screen, and a keyboard (or input wand or other input device). During play, the user provides an input signal by banging on the keyboard (or shaking the input wand or activating other input devices). The computer processor in turn, responds to each input signal by presenting on the display screen another portion of the picture properly positioned, whereby an audiovisual simulation of creating a picture automatically progresses. According to a computer toy of this type, an infant or very young child can easily interact with a computer controlling the progression of the creation of a picture.
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Harrison Jessica J.
O'Neill Michael
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