Patent ID: 7442107

Claim:
An electronic toy capable of controlling motions arbitrarily in accordance with external inputs, comprising: a head housing a drive motor and a transmission mechanism for transmitting rotational driving force to said drive motor; a display provided to the front of said head for displaying the shape of the eyes; first detection means provided on the top of said head for detecting the pressing thereof; second detection means for detecting sound; third detection means for detecting the peripheral brightness; initialization means for setting the initial mode for a period after the power is turned on until a prescribed time elapses; fourth detection means for detecting external inputs; a plurality of counters for counting the number of detections from the first, second, third and fourth detection means while the initial mode is being set by said initialization means; individual difference setting means for setting individual differences in accordance with the detection means having the highest count value among the respective count values of said plurality of counters; a body housing a cam mechanism for transmitting rotational driving force to said drive motor via said transmission mechanism; legs driven by said can mechanism; a lower jaw driven by said transmission mechanism; ears driven by said transmission mechanism; storage means for storing the respective motion patterns of said legs, lower jaw, and ears; and a controller for selecting an arbitrary motion pattern among the plurality of motion patterns stored in said storage means in accordance with the timing of detection signals output from said first to third detection means, and controlling said drive motor and the display pattern of said display in accordance with the selected motion pattern.