Interactive Hi-Tech doll

Abstract

A high-tech doll produces human-like expressions, recognizes words, and is able to carry on a conversation with a living person, as example, addresses time based subjects, such as the food to eat at various times of the day, and expresses attitudes, emulating a living child. A child player acquires an emotional bond to the doll whilst the doll appears to bond to the child. The doll exhibits facial expressions produced concurrently with spoken words or separately to provide body language, representing emotions, such as happiness, sadness, grief, surprise, delight, curiosity, and so on, reinforcing the emulation of a living child. Additional features add to the play.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This non-provisional application for patent is related to an earlier-filed provisional application for patent of the inventors, Ser. No. 60 / 748,391, filed Dec. 7, 2005, entitled Interactive Hi-Tech Doll, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Applicant claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) and 35 U.S.C. 120 based on the foregoing provisional application.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to high-tech dolls and, more particularly, to an interactive talking doll that in both speech and facial expression simulates the attitude and conversational capability of a very young child, chews food, asks questions, understands answers, sings songs, plays games and, all in all, is a great companion for a young child. BACKGROUND [0003] One plaything that's endured over the years is the doll. Typically, a young girl's parents will at some time purchase a doll as a gift for their da...

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Benefits of technology

[0021] The doll invention is able to recognize accessories without requiring the electrical contacts and electrical resistors used in the preferred embodiment of the prior '679 patent. RFID readers and RFID tags assist in accomplishing the function of identifying the accessory, without physical contact between the tag and reader. That structure is transparent to the child. As an advantage, the invention is more magical to a young child.

[0022] Additionally, in the prior '679 patent, the sensor inside the doll's mouth required direct physical contact with the simulated food (piece) placed in the doll's mouth in order to make the appropriate eating or drinking sounds when the food was inserted in the mouth of the doll. Using e

Problems solved by technology

However, the robot head is unable (e.g. unequipped) to talk or carry on a conversation with a living person, as it's only auditory communication is babbles of no known human language.

The demonstrated robot head is physically and electronically incomplete, is obviously unsuited as a plaything (and likely will never be a plaything).

Nor would it be affordable as a consumer product intended for use by a child.

Additionally, no character doll is known that actually emulates the emoti

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