Storyteller device having synchronized light projection and audio playback of recorded stories
AssigneeBtl Diffusion Sarl
InventorsJEFFERY WAYNE JOHNSON, RAFI LANKRY, LAURENT BENICHOU
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Abstract
A children's toy, and electronic device, plays audio files and projects differently-colored light patterns onto a surface in a room in which the device is placed. The light patterns are projected in synchronization with the playback of such audio files. The device allows users to select from different nature sounds, different melodies, or multiple pre-recorded children's stories. The device also enables users to record their own stories for each of several environments, and playback their custom stories together with projections of light in each environment.
Claims25
A device, comprising:
- a housing, having a clear top portion;
- a plurality of projector domes positioned within the clear top portion;
- a plurality of light emitting members that emit light from within the housing, wherein under each projector dome, one or more light-emitting members are positioned;
- a plurality of cones, each cone surrounding at least one light emitting member so that the light from within the housing and from the plurality of light-emitting members only illuminates the projector dome under which the one or more light-emitting members are positioned;
- an audio speaker;
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- a central processing unit within the housing, the central processing unit controlling the plurality of light-emitting members and the audio speaker,
- wherein the light is projected from within the housing by the plurality of light emitting members and from each projector dome in synchronization with an audio playback of one or more recorded stories through the audio speaker, and at one or more specific points within each of the one or more recorded stories, for each light emitting member.
A child's toy, comprising:
- a processor;
- a light-emitting apparatus within a housing, having a plurality of projector domes, a plurality of light-emitting members, and a plurality of cones, wherein under each projector dome, one or more light-emitting members are positioned, and each cone surrounds at least one light emitting member so that the light from the plurality of light-emitting members only illuminates the projector dome under which the one or more light-emitting members are positioned;
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- an audio playback apparatus coupled to the processor and the light-emitting apparatus, such that the processor controls both the plurality of light-emitting members and the audio playback apparatus, wherein the light is projected by the plurality of light emitting members from each projector dome through a clear top portion of the housing in synchronization with an audio playback of one or more recorded stories, and at one or more specific points within each of the one or more recorded stories for each light emitting member, and so that at one or more specific points within each of the one or more recorded stories, the light, colors, and timing of the plurality of light-emitting members change in synchronization with actions in the one or more recorded stories.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.