US5647787A
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Sound controlled toy
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1993-10-13
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Granted: 1997-07-15
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Expires: 2013-10-13
Abstract
Abstract A programmable sound controlled toy including a programmable toy activity driver assembly having a plurality of selectable activities, an audio receiver and a memory for receiving and storing a user determined and audio communicated sequence of activity commands, and a controller for causing the driver assembly to operate the toy in accordance with the user determined sequence of activity commands.
Inventors
- 👤 Roni Raviv
- 👤 Omri Rothschild
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 19:32
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63H; A63H30/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A sound programmable sound controlled toy including a programmable toy activity driver assembly having a plurality of selectable activities, an audio receiver and a memory for receiving and storing a user determined and audio communicated sequence of activity commands, and a controller for causing the driver assembly to operate the toy in accordance with the user determined sequence of activity commands, said controller including: electronic circuitry responsive to a sequential set of audio inputs supplied in a user selected order, said sequential set of audio inputs corresponding to a plurality of activity commands, for causing the driver assembly to operate the toy in the user selected order following receipt of said sequential set of audio inputs.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
A sound programmable sound controlled toy including a programmable toy activity driver assembly having a plurality of selectable activities, an audio receiver and a memory for receiving and storing a user determined and audio communicated sequence of activity commands, and a controller for causing the driver assembly to operate the toy in accordance with the user determined sequence of activity commands, said controller including: electronic circuitry responsive to a sequential set of audio inputs supplied in a user selected order, said sequential set of audio inputs corresponding to a plurality of activity commands, for causing the driver assembly to operate the toy in the user selected order following receipt of said sequential set of audio inputs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein the driver assembly comprises a mechanical driver, an audio output driver and a visual output driver.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein each of said plurality of selectable activities comprises a predetermined series of actions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
Apparatus according to claim 2 and wherein each of said plurality of selectable activities comprises a predetermined series of actions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein said controller has at least first and second user selectable modes of operation.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
Apparatus according to claim 2 and wherein said controller has at least first and second user selectable modes of operation.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
Apparatus according to claim 3 and wherein said controller has at least first and second user selectable modes of operation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
Apparatus according to claim 4 and wherein said controller has at least first and second user selectable modes of operation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
55 words
Apparatus according to claim 5 and wherein in said first mode of operation, when the user provides a desired sequence of sound commands corresponding to a desired sequence of activities and upon completion of the sequence, provides an execute command and the controller causes the driver assembly to carry out the desired sequence of activities.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
Apparatus according to claim 6 and wherein in said first mode of operation, when the user provides a desired sequence of sound commands corresponding to a desired sequence of activities and upon completion of the sequence, provides an execute command and the controller causes the driver assembly to carry out the desired sequence of activities.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
55 words
Apparatus according to claim 7 and wherein in said first mode of operation, when the user provides a desired sequence of sound commands corresponding to a desired sequence of activities and upon completion of the sequence, provides an execute command and the controller causes the driver assembly to carry out the desired sequence of activities.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
55 words
Apparatus according to claim 8 and wherein in said first mode of operation, when the user provides a desired sequence of sound commands corresponding to a desired sequence of activities and upon completion of the sequence, provides an execute command and the controller causes the driver assembly to carry out the desired sequence of activities.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
79 words
Apparatus according to claim 5 and wherein in said second mode of operation the controller causes the toy to carry out each activity upon provision by the user of a corresponding sound command and causes the memory to store a predetermined number of such commands corresponding to a predetermined number of said plurality of selectable activities, whereby upon provision of an execute command, the toy repeats the predetermined number of activities in the order that the commands were given.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
79 words
Apparatus according to claim 6 and wherein in said second mode of operation the controller causes the toy to carry out each activity upon provision by the user of a corresponding sound command and causes the memory to store a predetermined number of such commands corresponding to a predetermined number of said plurality of selectable activities, whereby upon provision of an execute command, the toy repeats the predetermined number of activities in the order that the commands were given.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
79 words
Apparatus according to claim 9 and wherein in said second mode of operation the controller causes the toy to carry out each activity upon provision by the user of a corresponding sound command and causes the memory to store a predetermined number of such commands corresponding to a predetermined number of said plurality of selectable activities, whereby upon provision of an execute command, the toy repeats the predetermined number of activities in the order that the commands were given.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
79 words
Apparatus according to claim 11 and wherein in said second mode of operation the controller causes the toy to carry out each activity upon provision by the user of a corresponding sound command and causes the memory to store a predetermined number of such commands corresponding to a predetermined number of said plurality of selectable activities, whereby upon provision of an execute command, the toy repeats the predetermined number of activities in the order that the commands were given.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
79 words
Apparatus according to claim 12 and wherein in said second mode of operation the controller causes the toy to carry out each activity upon provision by the user of a corresponding sound command and causes the memory to store a predetermined number of such commands corresponding to a predetermined number of said plurality of selectable activities, whereby upon provision of an execute command, the toy repeats the predetermined number of activities in the order that the commands were given.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
49 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein said memory is also operative for storing a predetermined sequence of activity commands, and said controller is also operative in response to predetermined inputs for causing the driver assembly to operate the toy in accordance with the predetermined sequence of activity commands.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
49 words
Apparatus according to claim 4 and wherein said memory is also operative for storing a predetermined sequence of activity commands, and said controller is also operative in response to predetermined inputs for causing the driver assembly to operate the toy in accordance with the predetermined sequence of activity commands.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
49 words
Apparatus according to claim 9 and wherein said memory is also operative for storing a predetermined sequence of activity commands, and said controller is also operative in response to predetermined inputs for causing the driver assembly to operate the toy in accordance with the predetermined sequence of activity commands.
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