Patent ID: 6192215
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A63J

Abstract:
A miniature animated theatre apparatus comprising:a miniature theatre base providing an upwardly facing base surface for use as a theatre stage for supporting at least two animated theater characters thereon;motion producing means engaged with at least one of the animated theatre characters for enabling movement characteristic thereof;circuit means providing program storage means, mass storage means, display means, manual input control means, remote input control means, audio input means, audio output means, and word recognition device; anda theatre program within the program storage means, the theatre program enabled for directing motion signals to the motion producing means for moving the characters and for directing signals to the display means, and the audio output means corresponding to audio information stored in the mass storage means in response to signals received by the manual and the remote control means and the audio input means, through the word recognition device, so as to produce an interactive animated program;wherein the remote input control means providing a communication module adapted for receiving data packets from a remote source, wherein such data packets contain at least one of: audio data, video data, mechanical control signal data, synchronization control signal data, header information, and error detection-correction information.