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EP 0 248 115 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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19.04.1989 Bulletin 1989/16 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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09.12.1987 Bulletin 1987/50 |
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Date of filing: 27.11.1986 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
28.05.1986 US 868659
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Applicant: VIEW-MASTER IDEAL GROUP, INC.
(a Delaware corporation) |
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Beaverton, Oregon 97005 (US) |
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Inventor: |
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- DeSmet, Eric
B-2700 Sint Niklaas (BE)
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Representative: Meddle, Alan Leonard et al |
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FORRESTER & BOEHMERT
Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38
80801 München
80801 München (DE) |
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Toy which moves in synchronization with an audio source |
(57) The present invention comprises a mechanism for synchronizing movement of a portion
of a bird or other toy character with an audio source. In one form, a tape deck is
included within the body of the bird. The tape deck plays cassettes which are prerecorded
to provide audio on one channel and data on another channel. The audio is amplified
and delivered to a speaker in the bird so that the bird can speak or sing as desired.
Typically, the bird includes more than one movable part. The data is decoded and,
in response to the data, drive mechanisms are operated to move desired parts of the
bird. The data channel also carries address information in the event one or more optional
satellite characters are used. Movement of the satellite characters is synchronized
to the audio and to the master character.