Interactive Doll
OwnerLaura Zeberskyinventor
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Abstract
A baby doll has a head, a body, and a display on the surface of the body. The display controllably displays a plurality of different images. Each image depicts an action to be taken with the baby doll. A plurality of sensors are located in the head or body. The sensors detect when a depicted action is taken with the baby doll, and the subsequent display or sounds of the baby doll depends on whether or not the sensors sense that the action depicted by the image displayed on the display is taken within a period of time after the image is displayed on the display.
Claims23
A baby doll comprising:
- a head,
- a body,
- a display on the surface of the body, the display controllably displaying a plurality of different images, each one of said images depicting an action to be taken with the baby doll;
- a speaker controllably producing sounds;
- and
- a plurality of sensors located in the head or body, said sensors detecting when a depicted action is taken with the baby doll, the subsequent display or sounds of the baby doll depending on whether or not one of said plurality of sensors senses that an action depicted by an image displayed on said display is taken within a period of time after said image is displayed on said display.
A baby doll kit comprising:
- a baby doll, said baby doll having,
- a body,
- a display on the surface of the body, the display controllably displaying a plurality of different images, each one of said images depicting an action to be taken with the baby doll, and
- at least one contact sensor located in the head or body;
- and
- at least one object associated with the baby doll and with the action depicted by the image displayed on said display of said baby doll, said at least one contact sensor detecting when said at least one object comes into contact with a part of the baby doll near said at least one contact sensor,
- wherein the baby doll makes a display or sound depending on whether or not said at least one object comes into contact with a part of the baby doll near said at least one sensor within a period of time after said image is displayed on said display.
A software program recorded on a tangible medium, said software program, when executed by a processing element, causing a baby doll to operate a game play routine, said game play routine comprising:
- displaying a plurality of different images on a display of said baby doll, each one of said plurality of different images depicting one of a respectively corresponding plurality of actions to be taken with the baby doll;
- sensing whether the plurality of depicted actions are taken with the baby doll;
- making a display or sound after each respective image is displayed depending on whether or not the respectively corresponding action is taken with the baby doll within a period of time after said respective image is displayed on said display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.