122results about "Computerized toys" patented technology

An interactive doll can include an audio device. The interactive doll can be associated with a computing device. In some embodiments, the computing device includes an interactive doll app associated with the interactive doll. In some embodiments, the interactive doll is customizable. In some embodiments, the doll utilizes AI and / or machine-learning.

A self-propelled and stabilized remote-controlled device is provided, that includes a spinning rotor and a separate platform above the spinning rotor that is rotationally stabilized to provide the device with an evident orientation to the user on which to base controlled movement. The device is suitable for use as a toy or similar novelty and suited for use in battle-type games between devices of a similar type.

Toy product (1) for recording audio and playing back audio recordings to infants, the product (1) comprising an internal pocket (2), an electronic device (3) and a strap (4) The pocket (2) having an opening (5) for allowing inserting the electronic device (3) inside of the pocket (2), the pocket (2) having at least two opposing walls (6) for encompassing the electronic device (3). The electronic device (3) comprising control circuits, a speaker, a microphone, a battery, a play / stop button, a record button, a memory and volume buttons, the strap (4) being removably attached to the electronic device (3) in such a way that the strap (4) is configured to extend around the periphery of the electronic device (3). The product (1) comprising at least two fastening arrangements (7) for removably attaching the electronic device (3) to the inside of the pocket (2), such that when the electronic device (3) is positioned in the pocket (2), the fastening arrangement (7) is not visible from the outside of the product (1) for preventing the infant from removing the electronic device (3) from the pocket (2).

A system comprising a plurality of cooperating electronic devices is disclosed, wherein each of the electronic devices comprises: a sensing component of a spatial sensing arrangement; a transceiver adapted for wireless communication with the other electronic devices; and a processor operationally coupled to the transceiver and to the sensing component. The electronic devices are configured to share one or more requests for pose information of a position and / or orientation of one or more a request for a pose of a first electronic devices relative to one or more other a second electronic devices; and to cooperate to operate the sensing components of one or more of the electronic devices to obtain measurement data and to process the measurement data to determine the requested pose.

One variation of a doll assembly includes a doll and a sensor kit. The doll includes: a body; a set of connector receptacles arranged on the body; a core receptacle arranged within the body; and a control unit configured to engage the core receptacle to electrically couple to the set of connector receptacles. The sensor kit includes a first accessory, in a suite of accessories, including: a connector configured to transiently engage a connector receptacle in the set of connector receptacles; and a color sensor configured to output a signal representing a color of an object arranged within a field of view of the color sensor. The control unit is configured to receive the signal and trigger generation of a detectable response, indicating the color of the object, according to instructions programmed by a user and received from a companion application executing on a computing device accessed by the user.

The invention relates to a method for communicating with a vehicle occupant of a motor vehicle by means of a communication device (10) comprising a body (20), a head (16) seated on the body (20) which includes a screen device (18) for displaying an optical message for communication with the vehicle occupant, a movement device configured to move the head (16) relative to the body (20), a control device configured to control the movement device and / or the screen device (18), and an interface device via which a mechanical and an electrical connection for power supply and / or data transmission between the communication device (10) and the motor vehicle can be reversibly established, wherein in the method the optical message is displayed by means of the screen device (18).which represents the eyes (22) of the communication device (10), wherein a representation of the optical display is adapted depending on information to be transmitted to the vehicle occupant.

An interactive toy element and a toy system comprising one or more interactive toy elements is disclosed. The interactive toy element comprises an input device, an output device, a data communication device, and a processor operationally connected to the input device, the output device, and the data communication device. The processor comprises an interaction module and an identity configuration module. The interaction module is configured to control the output device to generate an output in response to a trigger signal received from the input device, according to a behavioural data structure. The identity configuration module is configured to receive primary behavioural data representing a primary identity; to receive secondary behavioural data representing a secondary identity different from the primary identity; to insert the primary behavioural data in the behavioural data structure of the interaction module, thereby configuring a specific identity of the interactive toy element according to the primary identity; and to insert the secondary behavioural data in the behavioural data structure of the interaction module, thereby configuring a modified specific identity of the interactive toy element based on at least a combination of the primary and secondary behavioural identities in agreement with predefined configuration rules.

There is provided a toy, including a ball chasing robot including: a controller configured to receive power from a battery a plurality of infrared sensors configured to detect infrared radiation emitted by a satellite object, the plurality of infrared sensors connected to the controller; a motor configured to drive a wheel arrangement, the wheel arrangement including at least two drive wheels, wherein: the controller is configured to control the motor and wheel arrangement to drive the ball chasing robot towards the infrared radiation emitted by the satellite object detected by the plurality of infrared sensors; wherein the ball chasing robot includes a plurality of settings, including: a play setting, wherein the controller is configured to control the motor, such that the ball chasing robot is driven towards the source of the infrared radiation emitted by the satellite object, and a sleep setting wherein the controller is configured to turn off the plurality of sensors, wherein the sleep setting is entered automatically after a period of inactivity; and / or: a hard floor setting, wherein the motor is configured to drive the wheel arrangement at a first power setting, and a carpet setting, wherein the motor is configured to drive the wheel arrangement at a second power setting.

The present invention is a toy that plays music or an orally told story, comprising a speaker and / or speaker terminals, a first sensor capable of detecting ambient characteristics or characteristic changes within its surrounding area, the first sensor being a reader device that communicates with a passive RFID transponder and / or communicates with an active RFID transponder, and a control unit that can drive and control the speaker or speaker terminals to play music or an orally told story when the first sensor detects specific ambient characteristics or specific characteristic changes within its surrounding area, or when the control unit detects specific characteristic changes detected by the first sensor, and a second sensor capable of detecting the direction of a magnetic field with respect to a priority direction acting on the second sensor, the control unit.

A kit for creating and healing a simulated wound includes a fabric patch that can be saturated with a liquid to become translucent. The patch includes an image of a simulated wound, such as a cut, scratch, or abrasion. Water is applied to a person's skin. The patch is applied to the wetted skin and is saturated by the water, causing the fabric forming the patch to become translucent so that the color of the user's skin is at least partially visible through the patch. This creates the illusion that the simulated wound image is an actual injury. The kit also includes a simulated bandage. The bandage has a gripping portion, such as a patch of “hook” materials from a “hook-and-loop” fastener, on its bottom surface. When the gripping portion of the bandage is contacted with the patch, the gripping portion engages with the fabric so that when the bandage is pulled away from the skin, the patch and the simulated wound are also pulled away from the skin, creating the illusion that the wound has been healed.

The invention relates to a method for communicating with a vehicle occupant of a motor vehicle by means of a communication device (10), the communication device (10) comprising a base body (20); a head (16) mounted on the base body (20) and comprising a screen device (18) for communicating with a vehicle occupant of the motor vehicle in order to output optical display content; a movement device, which is provided for moving the head (16) relative to the base body (20); a control device, which is designed to control the movement device and / or the screen device (18); the invention relates to a method for providing a communication device (10) for a motor vehicle, comprising a screen device (18), and an interface device, by means of which a mechanical connection and an electrical connection can be reversibly established between the communication device (10) and the motor vehicle for power supply and / or data transmission, in which method optical display content is output by means of the screen device (18), which optical display content is presented as an eye (22) of the communication device (10), the display of the optical display content is adjusted according to information to be transmitted to a vehicle occupant.

Provided is a robot capable of controlling an embracing action to a user in accordance with a state of communication with the user. This robot is capable of communicating with a user, and is provided with: a trunk part; the two arm parts are connected to the trunk part in a manner of being capable of relatively moving relative to the trunk part; a posture detection unit that acquires information relating to the posture angle of the torso part; and a control unit that controls the opening and closing operation of the two arm parts on the basis of information relating to the posture angle of the torso part acquired by the posture detection unit.

An audio output system comprising: an audio output device configured to output sound content for auditory stimulation of infants and young children; a user device configured to control the audio output device; and a server connected to the user device and the audio output device through communication networks, respectively, and configured to provide a service environment for controlling the audio output device to the user device, wherein the audio output device includes an audio output station including a sound figure corresponding to the sound content and a docking space to which the sound figure is docked, and configured to recognize the sound figure docked to the docking space and to output the sound content corresponding to the recognized sound figure, wherein the service environment includes a function of changing the sound content corresponding to the sound figure, and wherein the server is configured to receive a request to change the sound content corresponding to the sound figure from the user device and to process the request to change the sound content corresponding to the sound figure in consideration of a state of the audio output device.

Blocks or tiles can be magnetically connected in arbitrary arrangements or structures. Each block or tile comprises electric power conducting elements that enable conducting power within and between adjacent blocks or tiles when terminals of the blocks or tiles are brought into contact and held via magnetic attractive forces. In one embodiment, a set comprises two or more blocks, each particular block of the plurality of blocks comprising a top cover; a bottom cover affixed to the top cover, the bottom cover comprising three or more edges; one or more magnets mounted respectively near each of the three or more edges: a first edge among the three or more edges comprising a first electrical terminal, a second electrical terminal, and a third electrical terminal; a second edge among the three or more edges comprising a fourth electrical terminal, a fifth electrical terminal, and a sixth electrical terminal; in the bottom cover, at least one conductor that is conductively coupled between the second electrical terminal, the third electrical terminal, the fifth electrical terminal, and the sixth electrical terminal; in the bottom cover, a functional component that is conductively coupled to the at least one conductor and to one or more of the first electrical terminal and the fourth electrical terminal, wherein the functional component comprises one or more electrical or electronic components.

The invention provides a robot, a control method of the robot, and a computer program product. The robot includes: a base; a movable part mounted in a state of being rotatable about a predetermined rotation axis with respect to the base part; an actuator that rotates the movable part about a rotation axis; and one or more processing units. The one or more processing parts control the orientation of the movable part around the rotating shaft by controlling the operation of the actuator. The one or more processing units determine whether or not the orientation of the movable unit is within a predetermined angle range including a predetermined reference orientation. The one or more processing units control the actuator to a first state in which the rotation of the movable part is not restricted when the orientation is determined to be within the predetermined angle range, and control the actuator to a second state in which the rotation of the movable part is restricted when the orientation is determined to be within the predetermined angle range.

The invention relates to a method for operating a toy set for playing digital media, in particular auditorily recounting a story. The method requires a detecting a presence of one or more placeable token(s) (7), in particular whereby each token has a role attributed to in a recounted story. It further requires selecting a specific track and track index based on a unique identifier of the placeable token and outputting the track from said track index on. The method also requires an accessing a deep-learning algorithm that takes in voice recordings of an individual and is able to synthesize a voice that is very similar to an original voice of the individual. The invention further relates to a computer program product for operating a toy set, as well as an interactive toy set for playing digital media for executing the method.

An interactive play apparatus comprising a spatial audio system and an interactive toy element, in particular an interactive toy construction element, wherein the inter- active toy element comprises at least one sensor configured to detect one or more user interactions, and wherein the spatial audio system is configured to output a plu- rality of sounds perceivable by a user interacting with the interactive toy element as a spatial soundscape.

The 'Safely the Forgotten' project offers an innovative plush toy equipped with a recorder, geolocation, and an alarm. This device aims to detect violent behavior in homes and transmit the recordings to an organization for evaluation, in order to protect children and families.

The present invention relates to an interactive toy system, the system comprising a plurality of wireless interactive toys, wherein each of the wireless interactive toys comprises: a transceiver adapted for wireless communication; an interactive function device; and a processor operationally coupled to the transceiver and to the interactive function device; wherein the processor is configured to form a wireless toy network with other wireless interactive toys of the interactive toy system; wherein the processor is further configured to keep a record of a membership of the wireless interactive toy in a group of associated wireless interactive toys, and to control operation of the wireless interactive toy within the wireless toy network according to said membership. Operation of the wireless interactive toy within the wireless toy network comprises a primary level of operation and a secondary level of operation. The primary level of operation is configured to control cooperation of the wireless interactive toy with one or more further wireless interactive toys within the group of associated wireless interactive toys, so as to provide a linked interactive user-experience. Communication at the primary level of operation is restricted by said membership to within the group of associated wireless interactive toys. The secondary level of operation is configured to control cooperation of the wireless interactive toy with one or more further wireless interactive toys within the wireless toy network. Communication at the secondary level of operation is not restricted by said membership.

A toy or educational system includes a plurality of wireless elements and a group token. A first one of the wireless elements includes a wireless transmitter and a second one of the wireless elements includes a wireless receiver. Each of the first wireless element and the second wireless element further comprises a reader adapted to obtain group configuration data stored on the group token. The first wireless element, upon obtaining group configuration data from the group token, is configured to set a corresponding group identifier as a common group identifier. The second wireless element, after obtaining the group configuration data from the group token, is configured to set a group identifier of the second wireless element as a common group identifier and select a received data message containing the common group identifier. Thereby, the first wireless element and the second wireless element are grouped into a broadcast group.

Toys characterized by the fact that they include the following: a control mainboard (1); a detection device (2) which is electrically connected to the control main board (1), wherein the detection device (2) is used to detect the actions of the toy (10); a storage device (3) which is electrically connected to the control main board (1), wherein the storage device (3) stores preset action data (31) and audio data (32); a loudspeaker (4) which is electrically connected to the control main board (1); wherein, when the detection device (2) detects that the action of the toy (109) matches the preset action data (31), the control main board (1) controls the speaker (4) to play the audio data (32).

A yo-yo has at least one sensor configured to measure a parameter related to movement of the yo-yo, a transmitter configured to transmit the measured parameter to the computing device. A processor is configured to determine a position of the yo-yo relative to a reference device based on signals transmitted between the yo-yo and the reference device. A server is configured to determine a trick performed with the yo-yo based on the measured parameter, and to communicate the determination to one or more computing devices of different players.

An interactive stuffed toy device is disclosed, which is an interactive plush toy with AI-driven interactive capabilities. The interactive stuffed toy device comprises a body component that is configured in an animal shape with plush fur and twinkling lights. The body component includes voice recognition technology which is used to adapt stories based on a child's responses. The body component also lights up to show features of the toy, including tail, ears, eyes, mouth, etc. The body component also includes gesture recognition sensors to enable the device to respond to physical interactions, such as hugs or pats. Further, the device is battery-powered and made from hypoallergenic materials.

A robot (200) is capable of representing a pseudo-sleep state in a manner different from a normal state. The robot (200) includes parameter update means (111) for updating, in response to an occurrence of a predetermined type of event, a value of a parameter indicating a degree of pseudo-drowsiness of the robot with a value corresponding to the type of the event having occurred, and state control means (112) for switching the state of the robot (200) between the pseudo-sleep state and the normal state based on the value of the parameter updated by the parameter update means (111).

An action control system includes a detection unit that detects a learning status of a user in a predetermined field of study, and an output control unit that causes an electronic device including a text generation model to output information corresponding to the learning status to the user.

An electronic device according to an embodiment includes a storage unit that stores, as data for deciding an emotion of each user, a relationship among an expression, a voice, a gesture, biometric information, and the emotion, for each user as a database.

The present disclosure generally relates to an interactive toy that includes an eye, a sensor and a controller. In some implementation examples, the sensor generates an electrical signal in response to a contact applied on the sensor by a user. In response to receiving the electrical signal generated by the sensor, the controller causes the eye open to a certain degree.

This action control system includes: an emotion determination unit that determines the emotion of a user or the emotion of an electronic device; and an action determination unit that determines an action of the electronic device using the emotion of the user or the emotion of the electronic device and an action determination model. The emotion determination unit determines the emotion of the user or the emotion of the electronic device according to a predetermined mapping.