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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
May. 09, 2009
James Russell Hornsby, St. Louis, MO (US);
Marcellus Benson, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Joseph Mcgowan, St. Charles, MO (US);
Michael Reynolds, St. Louis, MO (US);
James Russell Hornsby, St. Louis, MO (US);
Marcellus Benson, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Joseph McGowan, St. Charles, MO (US);
Michael Reynolds, St. Louis, MO (US);
Cepia, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an interactive intelligent toy that provides the appearance and experience of a toy hamster moving in, and interacting with, its environment and habitat. In an exemplary embodiment, the interactive intelligent toy comprises an intelligent motive and control component enclosed by a cover resembling a hamster, with fur coat, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and whiskers. The motive component includes a drive mechanism and circuitry operable to control the drive mechanism, monitor and detect user and event inputs, and detect and decode embedded codes from a pathway and perform predetermined actions or generate predetermined sounds in response. The motive component moves along and through a pathway component having one or more embedded codes detectable by the motive component, the embedded codes providing information to the motive component to direct desired action of the motive component.