Patent Application
20240009583
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The disclosure relates to doll assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new doll assembly for entertaining and educating a child. The present invention discloses a doll with a hinged jaw that can be manipulated to mimic speech and which can broadcast audio files under control of supervising adult.
The prior art relates to doll assemblies. The prior art discloses a variety of talking dolls. What is lacking in the prior art is a doll assembly comprising a doll, which is configured for broadcasting audio files, and oversight programming code positionable on an electronic device of a supervising adult, which allows the supervising adult to control which audio files are broadcast.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a doll and a housing. A panel is attached to the doll and defines a pocket, into which the housing is selectively positionable. A battery, a microprocessor, and a receiver are attached to the housing and are positioned in an interior space defined by the housing. A speaker is attached to the housing. The microprocessor is operationally engaged to the battery, the receiver, and the speaker. Oversight programming code, which is selectively positionable on an electronic device of a user, enables the electronic device to store a plurality of audio files and user selection of a respective audio file for transmission to the microprocessor, via the receiver. The microprocessor is enabled to actuate the speaker to broadcast the audio.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A panel 24 is attached to the doll 12 and defines a pocket 26, into which the housing 14 is selectively positionable. As the housing 14 is selectively removable from the pocket 26, the doll 12 can be laundered.
A battery 28, a microprocessor 30, and a receiver 32 are attached to the housing 14 and are positioned in an interior space 34 defined by the housing 14. A speaker 36 and a microphone 38 are attached to the housing 14. The microprocessor 30 is operationally engaged to the battery 28, the receiver 32, the speaker 36, and the microphone 38. The battery 28 is rechargeable. A charging port 40 is attached to the housing 14 and is operationally engaged to the battery 28. The charging port 40 is configured for insertion of a charging plug of a charging cord (not shown) to charge the battery 28.
A switch 42 is positioned in a nose 44 of the doll 12 and is operationally engaged to the microprocessor 30 and the battery 28. The switch 42 is configured to be switched to operationally engage the microprocessor 30 to the battery 28. A connecting port 46 is attached to the housing 14 and is operationally engaged to the microprocessor 30 and the battery 28. A cable 48 is operationally engaged to the switch 42 and extends into the pocket 26. A connecting plug 50 is operationally engaged to the cable 48 and is positioned in the pocket 26. The connecting plug 50 is positioned for selective insertion into the connecting port 46 to operationally engage the switch 42 to the microprocessor 30 and the battery 28.
Oversight programming code 52, which is selectively positionable on an electronic device 54 of a user, enables the electronic device 54 to store a plurality of audio files 56 and user selection of a respective audio file 56 for transmission to the microprocessor 30, via the receiver 32. The plurality of audio files 56 comprises one or more of a book, a language lesson, a math lesson, a science lesson, a spelling lesson, a song, a joke, a riddle, a bedtime story, or the like. The microprocessor 30 is enabled to actuate the speaker 36 to broadcast the audio file 56. The oversight programming code 52 also enables the electronic device 54 to selectively pair two or more dolls 12, as shown in
Recognition programming code 58, which is positioned on the microprocessor 30 enables the microprocessor 30 for voice recognition and for input of verbal commands via the microphone 38. The recognition programming code 58 enables the doll 12 to effectively greet the child upon the child's entry into its proximity and allows the child to interact verbally with the doll 12.
In use, a user, typically a parent, can store the plurality of audio files 56 on their electronic device 54, typically a smartphone 60 or a computer 62, as shown in
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
