Patent ID: 8515092

Claim:
An interactive toy for audio output comprising: a housing having opposed first and second side portions; a speaker contained within the housing; an electrical signal defining an audio output to be generated by the speaker; a humanoid face disposed between the first and second side portions and defined at least in part by lights contained within the housing, the humanoid face including a first part having a top end portion and a bottom end portion; first and second control knobs configured to allow a user to change first and second variable audio characteristics, respectively, the first control knob being rotatably connected to the first side portion and the second control knob being rotatably connected to the second side portion; a carrying handle rotatably attached to the housing, the carrying handle being movable independent of the first and second control knobs; and an information processer that: measures a variable audio characteristic of the electrical signal; prompts a user to change the variable audio characteristic; controls a pattern scheme for the lights, including: a first pattern scheme in which the lights illuminate in multiple ascending groups from the bottom end portion; and a second pattern scheme in which the lights illuminate in multiple descending groups from the top end portion, the second pattern scheme corresponding to an inverse of the first pattern scheme.