WO2006020486A2 - Motion responsive toy - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
- A63H30/00—Remote-control arrangements specially adapted for toys, e.g. for toy vehicles
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
- A63H33/00—Other toys
- A63H33/26—Magnetic or electric toys
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63J—DEVICES FOR THEATRES, CIRCUSES, OR THE LIKE; CONJURING APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE
- A63J21/00—Conjuring appliances; Auxiliary apparatus for conjurers
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
- A63H33/00—Other toys
- A63H33/22—Optical, colour, or shadow toys
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
- A63H5/00—Musical or noise- producing devices for additional toy effects other than acoustical
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- the present disclosure is directed to children's motion-responsive toys
- Patent No. 2,751,886 The disclosures of each of these references are
- a toy may include a housing, an electromagnetic-field sensor, an
- the housing may be adapted to be supported on a support surface. Jn some examples, the
- the field sensor may be adapted to
- the output may have a
- the controller may be adapted to operate the output
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a toy including a field source movable
- FIG. 2 is an illustration of a toy that may be made according to the
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an example of a circuit suitable for
- FIG. 4 is a graph illustrating an example of a response of a field
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the relationship
- Such thematic toys may include items such as magic
- a toy may include a housing, an electromagnetic-field sensor, an
- the electromagnetic-field sensor may be supported in the housing
- the output may be
- the controller may be adapted to change the output for different reasons.
- the source of an electromagnetic field may be any electromagnetic field.
- a method of operating a field-responsive toy may include moving
- the field source relative to the sensor, detecting a change in the field in the
- method may include detecting a different change in the field in the sensor,
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an example of a toy 10 that may be used
- Toy 10 may include a source 12 of an
- electromagnetic field 14 that may be movable by a child or other user in one or
- Source 12 may be
- Base circuit 17 may include a field sensor
- Sensor 18 may detect the presence and/or changes in field 14. Sensor 18 may
- Controller 22 then may produce a control signal 24 based at least in part on
- An output 26 may respond to control signal 24 by producing
- field source 12 may provide a constant
- the field sensor 18 may be adapted to provide a temporary or varying field, such as provided by a permanent magnet 28 or an electrical conductor, such as a coil.
- the field sensor 18 may be adapted to
- the response of the sensor may be determined at
- Controller 22 may be any apparatus, system or device that is
- the controller may thus be as simple as a mechanical,
- the controller may also be any electrical or electronic device, such as a switch.
- the controller may also be any electrical or electronic device, such as a switch.
- the controller may also be any electrical or electronic device, such as a switch.
- a logic unit may be a processor, such as are used in microprocessors
- Output 26 may be of any suitable form, such as electrical, electronic,
- optical, mechanical, and/or sonic in character may be a local or remote
- outputs contained within a toy 10 may include a sensible output, such as a
- An output or combination of outputs may
- FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a toy 10. Field source 10 in this
- example may be permanent magnet 28 supported by a support 30 to form an
- a user such as a mechanical apparatus, or simply a handle, such as provided by a
- support 30 may
- a ring for example, a ring, a string from which the magnet may be suspended, or a vehicle
- the magnet 28 may be shaped to produce a magnetic field of a
- a "horseshoe" magnet may be chosen size and/or flux density. For example, a "horseshoe" magnet may be used.
- An electrically generated field may have a strength determined by the
- a base unit 38 may include a housing 40 adapted to house base
- Housing 40 may have any suitable shape, and is shown in the form of a pyramid having a
- Housing 40 may be adapted to be
- surface 42 may be any play surface selected by a user, such as a floor or table,
- Housing 40 may be stationary on
- housing may have other suitable forms, such as a box, dome, character, figure,
- Field sensor 18 may be disposed in tip 40a of housing 40, where it
- Tip 40a may be an
- housing 40 may be hidden in and supported by housing 40.
- Output 26 also may be mounted in and/or on housing 40.
- example output 26 may include a plurality of lights 44, such as a light 46
- Output 26 may also include an
- audible output such as provided by a speaker 50 mounted to housing 40.
- outputs may be representative of the signal produced by sensor 18. For example,
- a feature of the outputs may be modulated or otherwise varied according the sensor signal. For example, the number of lights, rate of flashing of the lights,
- FIG. 3 illustrates an example of a base circuit 17 that may be housed
- Base circuit 17 includes sensor 18 5 controller 22 and output
- Sensor 18 may include a reluctance coil 52. Reluctance coils may sense
- FIG. 4 illustrates generally the strength of a signal produced by a
- reluctance coil For example, if the rate of change is low, relatively low signal
- Rate of change in the field may be
- FIG. 5 illustrates how the relationship of signal strength and rate of
- the field of a magnet is stronger - has a higher flux density - near the
- moderate signal strength may be produced by slow movement of
- coil 52 may produce a raw sensor signal 20 that
- op amp operational amplifier
- the output may vary as a function of the
- op amp 58 may be considered part of controller 22, with amplified signal 60 corresponding to control signal 24.
- Control signal 24 may then drive further logic or control circuitry, whether
- signal 60 may be applied directly to
- a driver for an output such as a driver and associated light, set of lights
- speaker motor, analog-to-digital converter, digital signal processor, or other
- signal 60 may be converted to a direct current
- a rectifier 62 here including a diode 64 and a low-pass
- amplified signal 68 may then be applied to the non-inverting input of a
- a selected reference voltage level may be applied to an
- comparator 70 which voltage may be set by a voltage divider
- comparator 70 may then be a control signal 24 having a level
- control signal 24 may be a binary signal having a low state when the input
- Control signal 24 may accordingly be input to an output 26
- the circuitry may prompt various responses,
- control signal 24 controls the operation of a
- transistor 74 by which the illumination of a light 76, in the form of a green
- Light 76 is exemplary of an action device or other
- Control signal 24 can be processed by controller 22 to have a form
- control circuit 22 control circuit 22
- signal 24 may be an amplified sensor signal 60, a processed version of the
- sensor signal such as conditioned signal 68, or as the bi-level signal 24.
- the action device is a green LED, which may light up in
- the LED may brighten or dim as a function of the
- the green LED may- be replaced with a
- such action devices may be a speaker, which may be
- the display modes may include a suitable form of variation in light, such as different colors, different combinations of lights,
- a sound produced may be in the volume of a sound produced, a duration of a sound produced,
- the sound may have any suitable
- a toy 10 may comprise a magnet adapted
- the base unit may include a housing adapted to be supported in a fixed position
- An amplifier may be adapted to amplify the sensor signal. Further, a
- comparator may be adapted to produce a control signal corresponding to the
- amplified sensor signal when the amplified sensor signal exceeds a threshold
- An output circuit may activate at least one light and/or speaker
- embodiments may include one or more wands or other user-movable portions,
- each of which may include one or more magnets.
- ordinal indicators such as first,
- toys such as dolls, action figures, games, and other devices.
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