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US 2018/0022141 A1Published application
Interactive greeting card with infrared sensor
AssigneeAmerican Greetings Corporation
InventorDavid Mayer
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Abstract
The interactive greeting card of the present invention combines a greeting card with IR sensor to trigger effects upon the greeting card recipient interacting with the IR sensor. The greeting card contains a hole, opening or aperture therethrough, into which a user may insert his or her finger to trigger one or more special effects such as audio replay, motorized movement of one or more mobile objects attached to the greeting card, or other special effects.
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An interactive greeting card comprising:
- a greeting card body having one or more panels, each of the one or more panels having an opening therethrough;
- a mobile object attached to the greeting card body, the mobile object having an opening therethrough;
- a motor attached to the greeting card body, the motor operative to cause movement of the mobile object;
- an infrared sensor contained within the greeting card body;
- wherein the infrared sensor detects an increase in heat when a finger or other object is inserted into the opening in each of the one or more panels of the greeting card body and mobile object, thereby activating the motor which causes movement of the mobile object.
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An interactive greeting card comprising:
- a multi-panel greeting card body having an opening therethrough;
- an infrared sensor contained within the multi-panel greeting card body;
- a mobile object attached to the multi-panel greeting card body, the mobile object having an opening therethrough;
- a motor contained within the multi-panel greeting card body and attached to the mobile object;
- wherein the infrared sensor activates the motor causing movement of the mobile object when a finger or other object is inserted into the opening through the multi-panel greeting card body and mobile object.
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An interactive greeting card comprising:
- a greeting card body having an aperture thereon which extends through the entire greeting card body;
- an infrared sensor contained within the greeting card body, the infrared sensor having an aperture therethrough;
- a mobile object attached to the greeting card body, the mobile object having an aperture therethrough;
- a motor contained within the greeting card body, the motor operative to cause movement to the mobile object when activated;
- wherein the infrared sensor activates the motor when a finger or other object is inserted into the aperture in the greeting card body, mobile object and infrared sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.