Amusement devices: toys – Having light-or sound-responsive switch or control
Patent
1986-02-07
1987-09-29
Yu, Mickey
Amusement devices: toys
Having light-or sound-responsive switch or control
446303, 434308, A63H 328
Patent
active
046966536
ABSTRACT:
A toy doll which responds with spoken words and/or sentences to the touching of selected portions of the doll by a user and/or voice actuation by the user is described. Specific areas of the doll, such as eyes, ears, nose, etc. are provided with touch switches. When one of the switches is activated, the doll responds with one of two randomly selected sentences related to that part which was touched e.g. "that's my nose", "do you like my nose". In addition, voice actuation is provided by a microphone located within the doll. When the user speaks to the doll, the microphone senses the speech. After the speech has stopped for a fixed period of time (usually one second) the doll responds with a randomly selected sentence. Audio responses are stored via ROM in circuitry within the doll. The vocabulary of the doll can be changed or enlarged with additional ROM's. In order to conserve power, a gravity switch is provided to turn the doll on when the doll is placed in a sitting position or otherwise moved. If the doll is not moved, or receives no touch or voice stimulation after three minutes, the power is turned off.
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Worlds of Wonder, Inc.
Yu Mickey
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