Interactive apparatus with templates

US6641401B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael C. Wood · Pflugerville, US
• Tracey Hope Jedrzejek · San Francisco, US
• Richard Freeman · Redwood City, US
• Mark Flowers · Los Gatos, US
• Eric Shuler · Easton, US
• Margaret E. Grunert · Sunnyvale, US
• Jason Avery · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 4, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 20, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B19/04
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An interactive apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the interactive apparatus includes a base unit. The base unit can has a surface and an array of electrical elements under the surface. A removable template is placed on the base unit and is positioned over the surface. The removable template has a movable element that the user can move and a speaker in the apparatus can produce an audio output in response to the movement of the movable element.