Toy interactive entertainment devices

Abstract

Interactive entertainment devices including a toy magic wand with integrated electronics for, among other things, detecting wand motion and responding accordingly, such as illuminating one or more LEDs, displaying images on one or more LCD displays, playing sound effects or character speech, emitting infrared (IR) signals via one or more IR emitters, or some combination thereof. An exemplary device may include a “fairy house” or “wizard tower” playset with integrated electronics for receiving one or more received IR signals and responding or reacting accordingly. For example, depending on the nature of the received IR signals, the electronics may illuminate one or more LEDs, display images on one or more LCD displays, play sound effects or character speech, emit IR signals via one or more IR emitters, or some combination thereof.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application 62 / 453,723, filed Feb. 2, 2017, U.S. Provisional Application 62 / 501,967, filed May 5, 2017, and U.S. Provisional Application 62 / 509,085, filed May 20, 2017.BACKGROUND[0002]At present, toy wands and accompanying accessories lack coordinated action and / or activities. Aspects of the present invention advantageously provide, among other things, a coordinated audiovisual and auditory experience to a person using a wand and / or accompanying accessories that embody one or more aspects of the present invention.BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0003]The following presents a simplified summary in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the invention. This summary is not an extensive overview. It is not intended to identify key or critical elements of the invention or to delineate the scope of the invention. The following summary merely presents some concepts of the in...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]According to aspects of the present invention, an integrated interactive entertainment device may include, among other things, a housing, at least one display device, with the display device positioned on a side of the housing and oriented such that the display device is viewable by the user. The entertainment device may further include at least one light source, with the light source positioned within the housing, at least one communication element for receiving one or more signals, and one or more electronic devices, with the electronic devices being operatively connected to said display device, the light sources, and the communication element, wherein the electronics are configured to selectively execute one or more instructions based on at least one of pseudo-random selection, signals being received from the communication element, and a determined lapse of time since the signals were received from the communication element, with the instructions then enabling a coordinated displaying of images on the display device and driving the light source.

Problems solved by technology

At present, toy wands and accompanying accessories lack coordinated action and / or activities.

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