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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7988521 | Simulated eye for toy A simulated eye is capable of being rotatable along a circular track. The simulated eye includes an eyeball, a motor having a motor shaft, and a transmission assembly. The transmission assembly is fixed to the motor shaft and is driven to rotate around the motor sha... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7806745 | Apparatus to animate a flat picture or photograph An apparatus is provided for animating an image imprinted or otherwise disposed on a substantially flat surface, such as a photograph or a card. The image should include at least one element suitable for animation, such as the eyes and mouth of a face. The image is ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7744442 | Dolls with alterable facial features Toy dolls include a head having a face having an alterable appearance and a mechanism for altering the appearance of the face. The mechanism may include a first element configured to pivot about a first axis between a first position and a second position, a second e... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7364489 | Electromechanical toy A toy includes a body, a motor within the body, an appendage coupled to the body of the toy, a tail device coupled to the body of the toy, and a neck device coupled to the body of the toy. The appendage is actuated by the motor to move along a first path. The tail d... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356951 | Inflatable dancing toy with music An inflatable toy may include a housing, a balloon-like structure, a blower mechanism, a drive mechanism, and a motor. The balloon-like structure may include a base, an inflatable portion, and an inlet. The base and the inflatable portion may define an air storage a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7247076 | Pulse width modulation drive and method for ornaments with movable components A decoration device may include a low-friction drive line and a PWM controlled motor that reduces or eliminates the gearing needed to achieve appropriate speed and torque at the motor output shaft. In preferred embodiments, the decoration device is an ornament that ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234988 | Enhanced expressive feature mechanism for animated characters and devices A mechanism effectively mimics human facial expressions for use in animated characters. On the front surface of the mechanism, four gears, meshed in pairs, provide rotational surfaces for a series of cranks and pins. As the gears rotate, the cranks and pins engage a... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7217192 | Game machine and game system A game apparatus that has a game machine for advancing a game according to a program and a mobile unit moving based on information data from the game machine. Further, a game system for a game player to play a game using a controller and a toy, comprising a storage ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217171 | Toy with moving head A toy with a moving head has a seat, a front and a rear support respectively mounted on the seat, and a gear box provided between the front and rear supports. A series of gears and a series of actuating wheels are rotatably mounted in the gearbox. A first motor is c... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207859 | Realistic animatronic toy An embodiment of the invention provides an animated plush doll such as a newborn dog or cat. The doll includes a plush covering over a housing comprising a head portion and a body portion. Disposed within the body portion is a drive mechanism including a motor and a... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203642 | Robot control apparatus and method with echo back prosody The present invention relates to robot control apparatuses which make a user recognize that speech is accepted. A user's speech input to a microphone 15 is subjected to speech recognition by a speech recognizer 50A. Based on the speech recognition resu... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7137861 | Interactive three-dimensional multimedia I/O device for a computer A motion based communications system having an animated device, which is controlled locally or over a network connection, and which uses motion to convey information to a user. The information can relate to a predefined system events, such as printer status changes,... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131887 | Card interactive amusement device The present invention provides an amusement device having a body, wherein the body has features, at least one motor for powering the device and at least some of the features, and an information receiving structure for receiving information from an information carryi... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7081033 | Toy figure for use with multiple, different game systems A game includes a toy figure that includes memory for storing information relating to the toy figure, a first game system configured to communicate with the toy figure, and a second game system configured to communicate with the toy figure. The first game system is ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7031798 | Event management systems and methods for the distribution of motion control commands A motion control system for controlling a target device to perform a desired motion operation. The motion control system comprises at least one motion event provider, a motion event manager, and a motion control component. The motion event provider is configured to ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025657 | Electronic toy and control method therefor Electronic toy receives control information via an input interface and stores the received control information in memory. The electronic toy includes at least one sensor for detecting an external stimulus applied to the toy, and control information is read out from ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025655 | Dynamic eye simulation mechanism A dynamic eye simulation mechanism in which an eye orb having a spherical surface has one area of that surface of a color simulating an eyelid and another area having a representation of an eye iris and surrounding sclera applied thereto wherein the orb is mounted f... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021988 | Expressive feature mechanism for animated characters and devices A mechanism for animated characters capable of visually communicating facial expressions is provided. The mechanism (10) has two mesh gears per upper or lower lip (FIG. 1b). One gear of each pair is rotated by a single drive (20, 22). Eac... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008288 | Intelligent toy with internet connection capability A system, method and computer software product for controlling the operation of a device in accordance with a user's personal profile or local environment. The device is designed for interaction with a user based on the personal or an environment profile and include... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6988928 | Compact motion mechanism for an animated doll A tiny articulation eye and mouth (facial-expression structures) opening and closing structure installable in the hollow interior of a doll head, and utilizing a single, upright-axis motor, and a rotary, co-axial, stepped-diameter drive drum which is rotated by the ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6971943 | Interactive sound producing toy A sound-producing toy configured to represent a living being having movable parts to simulate a natural form of animation of a mouth includes a sound-producing unit operable in the response to the simulated animation. Animation may be simulated by a hand inserted in... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6967455 | Robot audiovisual system A robot visuoauditory system that makes it possible to process data in real time to track vision and audition for an object, that can integrate visual and auditory information on an object to permit the object to be kept tracked without fail and that makes it possib... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6935919 | Animation device for head, mouth, arms and body of a toy An animation device is provided for generating movements of limbs and extremities of an animated figure. The device includes a single motor coupled to a gear box assembly. A first drive axle, rotatable about a first axis, is coupled to the gear box assembly. A secon... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937289 | Method and system for downloading and storing interactive device content using the horizontal overscan portion of a video signal A method and system for decoding and storing encoded control data delivered via the horizontal overscan area of a video signal. An interactive device such as an interactive toy performs behavior defined by control data that can be encoded into a video signal that ca... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926580 | Robotic toy A robotic toy has a pedestal, a first casing assembly, a first transmission device, a mounting shaft assembly and a toy assembly. The pedestal has a speaker and a battery container. The first casing assembly is trunk-like and is mounted on the pedestal. The first tr... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923707 | Doll A doll including a head, a torso and limbs in the form of arms and legs. The doll includes a face having particular facial elements such as eyes, a mouth and a pair of antennae. Each eye includes a eye rim. The eye rim is formed from an elongate member of an endless... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6902404 | Visual aid using contact lenses A visual aid for using contact lenses comprises an eyeball and a cover that contains the eyeball, and a model contact lens. The eyeball includes a sclera, an iris and a pupil. The cover includes an upper eyelid and a lower eyelid that can be opened and closed. The v... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6793553 | Compact motion mechanism for an animated doll A tiny articulation eye and mouth (facial-expression structures) opening and closing structure installable in the hollow interior of a doll head, and utilizing a single, upright-axis motor, and a rotary, co-axial, stepped-diameter drive drum which is rotated by the ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6780076 | Talking stick horse An interactive ride-on toy, having a stuffed toy horse's head which includes ears, a movable mouth and is connected to a stick. One or more buttons, each with an icon depicting an image, is positioned on one or both ears of the horse's head. An electronically progra... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6776681 | Animated doll An animated doll having an enlarged head and enlarged feet relative to its body, and including a combination of independent, interactive features. The interactive features include a head position assembly, which controls rotation of the head, and an eye assembly mec... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6711469 | Robot system, robot apparatus and cover for robot apparatus An authenticating pattern is disposed on a cover and an authenticating device is disposed in a robot apparatus for authenticating the cover on the basis of the authenticating pattern of the fitted cover. An information holding device for holding inherent information... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6652349 | Animated hanging ornament A hanging ornament adapted to be hung from a tree or the like including synchronized, animated elements accompanied by the playback of audible media. A direct current motor powers a plurality of synchronized rocker/cam assemblies, each of which controls a... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6599166 | Method and device for causing a toy to simulate a condition, such as yawn or sleep A device for causing a toy to simulate a yawn or sleep condition, includes an actuator mounted in the toy which is pivotable between first and second positions when a stimulus is applied to the toy. A sensor is provided for detecting one of the first and ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6572431 | Computer-controlled talking figure toy with animated features Disclosed herein is improvement of computer-controlled animated talking toy system in which novel methods and apparatus are provided to coordinate and control the sound and animation of a toy figure. Said toy figure has at least one articulated movable po... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6565407 | Talking doll having head movement responsive to external sound A doll includes a plush doll body having a movable head. A body housing within the doll body supports a control and sound circuit which is operatively coupled to a bidirectional motor drive system operative to move the head from side-to-side. A mouth movi... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6551168 | Wall suspension type toy structure A wall suspension type toy structure includes a base, a telescopic unit, a base plate, an open/close unit, a first drive unit, an upper seat, a second drive unit, and an ornament. In such a manner, the flower loop decoration may be expanded or contracted ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6544098 | Interactive toy A very compact interactive toy is provided that provides highly life-like and intelligent seeming interaction with the user thereof. The toy can take the form of a small animal-like creature having a variety of moving body parts that have very precisely c... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6544094 | Toy with skin coupled to movable part A toy includes a body that has a fixed part, a movable part secured to the fixed part, and a flexible elastomer skin. The flexible elastomer skin covers at least a portion of the fixed part and couples to the movable part. The flexible skin moves in respo... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6537128 | Interactive toy A very compact interactive toy is provided that provides highly life-like and intelligent seeming interaction with the user thereof. The toy can take the form of a small animal-like creature having a variety of moving body parts that have very precisely c... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6524156 | Talking stick horse An interactive ride-on toy, having a stuffed toy horse's head which includes ears, a movable mouth and is connected to a stick. One or more buttons, each with an icon depicting an image, is positioned on one or both ears of the horse's head. An electronic... | 02/25/2003 |
