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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1991
Steven Lee Ruzic, Dallas, TX (US);
Patrick Rome, Dallas, TX (US);
Larry Dale Thomas, Jr., Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An educational toy (,) having a dodecahedron shape is formed with a different visual display on each planar face (,). A position sensing mechanism (,) is oriented inside the toy (,) to inform a microprocessor (,) which one of the planar faces (,) is in the “up” position. As the toy (,) is turned or moved a signal is generated to “power on” and a musical tune is played. When one of the planar faces (,) is stopped in the “up” position, the position sensing mechanism (,) informs the microprocessor (,) and an aural response corresponding to the visual display is transmitted through a speaker (,). If the toy (,) is left alone for a specified period of time, a warning tune is transmitted. If the toy (,) is still not moved thereafter, the toy (,) will automatically “power off”.