Patent ID: 7370974
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A toy comprising: a miniature structural body that provides a physical internal space which is open at the front of said structural body so that a viewer located outside of the structural body can look into the internal space; a transparent LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen that is disposed in said structural body in the vicinity of the open front or within the internal space; a first miniature object disposed physically in front of the LCD screen; a second miniature object disposed physically in said internal space of the structural body behind the LCD screen so that the viewer can view the second object through said transparent LCD screen; and image generator means configured to display an image of a virtual character on the transparent LCD screen and programmed to move the image of the character on the LCD screen such that the character virtually performs actions in association with the first and the second miniature objects, wherein the viewer can see the virtual character performing actions in said internal space in association with the first and the second miniature objects.