Time monitoring portable game system
OwnerJocelyn D. Standiford, Candius L. Edgerleinventors
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Abstract
A child educational entertainment device is provided including a housing with a display mounted thereon. Further included is a control mechanism positioned within the housing and adapted to be prompt a user to enter an amount of time. Once the time has been entered, a decrementing timer is displayed to count down from the entered amount of time. The control mechanism has at least one mode wherein it is adapted to graphically display the decrementing timer. Further, additional modes are included for entertainment purposes.
Claims18
An educational device, comprising:
- a timer for tracking time during a selected time period, the time period having successive intervals;
- a display device including a first screen for displaying a first image, the first image having more than one first component, each first component representing a specific interval and having a first state and a second state;
- a controller operatively connected to the timer and to the display device, the controller changing the state of one first component in response to completion of the interval represented by the first component, thereby allowing a user who is unable to understand digital or analog clocks to discern the passage of time;
- a second screen for displaying a second image, the second image having second components and each second component having a first illuminated state and a second non-illuminated state;
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- a toggle mechanism for toggling between the first and the second screens.
An educational device, comprising:
- a timer for tracking time during a selected time period, the time period having successive intervals;
- a display device including first and second screens, the first screen displaying a first image formed from first components, each first component corresponding to a single interval, and the second screen displaying a second image formed from second components, each first and second component having an illuminated state and a non-illuminated state;
- a toggle switch for toggling the display device between the first and the second screens;
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- a controller operatively connected to the timer and to the display device, the controller changing the state of one first component in response to completion of the corresponding interval, thereby allowing a user who is unable to understand digital or analog clocks to discern the passage of time.
An educational device, comprising:
- a timer for tracking time during a selected time period, the time period having successive intervals;
- a first display screen for displaying a first image formed from first components, each first component corresponding to a specific interval and having an illuminated state, the first display screen displaying every first component in the illuminated state at one of the beginning and the end;
- a second display screen for displaying a second image formed from second components, each second component corresponding to an object to be located by a user and having a primary condition and a secondary condition;
- a toggle switch for toggling between the first and second display screens to be visually displayed to the user;
- a controller operatively connected to the timer and to the display screens, the controller changing the state of a first component in response to completion of the corresponding interval;
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- a user interface for allowing a user to select a second component, the controller changing the condition of the second component upon selection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.