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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2001
Michael C. Wood, Orinda, CA (US);
Tracey Hope Jedrzejek, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard Glen Freeman, San Carlos, CA (US);
Mark Flowers, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Eric Thomas Shuler, Piedmont, CA (US);
Margaret E. Grunert, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jason Avery, Berkeley, CA (US);
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
An interactive apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the interactive apparatus includes a base unit. The base unit can has a surface and an array of electrical elements under the surface. A removable template is placed on the base unit and is positioned over the surface. The removable template has a movable element that the user can move and a speaker in the apparatus can produce an audio output in response to the movement of the movable element.