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US 6,190,174 B1Granted
Electronic story board
AssigneeKader Industrial Company Limited
InventorChi-Ming Lam
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Abstract
An interactive toy employs a plurality of figures which are employed by the user to tell a story. The figures are selected and placed at selected locations on a story board or a book. The selection and placement results in the device telling the story by synthesized speech and other visual communications. The device is also configured in a compact case for carrying and storage.
Claims20
An interactive toy comprising:
- a platform supporting a story board;
- a CPU mounted in fixed relationship to said platform;
- an output device communicating with said CPU;
- a plurality of readers each communicating with said CPU and comprising RF transmitters defining a communication field and mounted at a fixed position relative to said platform;
- a plurality of story figures each comprising a transponder and having a unique code,
- so that upon placement of at least one story figure within a field, an output is generated by said output device as a function of the code and corresponding reader of each placed figure.
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An interactive toy comprising:
- a case;
- a plurality of readers each defining an RF communication field at selected locations relative to said case;
- board means for defining a story board having a plurality of story stations corresponding to said locations;
- a CPU disposed in said case and communicating with said readers;
- story output means communicating with said CPU for generating an audible output;
- a plurality of story figures each comprising a transponder and having a unique code,
- so that upon placement of at least one story figure at at least one station, an output is generated as a function of the code and corresponding station of each placed figure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.