Patent ID: 6755655
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
An electronic toy appliance for use with cube-shaped blocks, the toy appliance designed to stimulate the development of a child's mind using audio feedback comprising:a base having an upper surface, the upper surface of the base having a substantially horizontal area with a plurality of block receiving recesses, each of the block receiving recesses adapted to receive a lower portion of a cube-shaped block and further adapted to allow a child to change the orientation of the block so different faces of the block may face upwardly; one or more sensors, the one or more sensors capable of sensing information associated with a block in a block receiving recess; a speaker; and a processor capable of receiving an input corresponding to the block information sensed by the one or more sensors and capable of generating, depending at least in part on the received input, an audio output via the speaker designed to stimulate the development of a child's mind.