Application (pre-grant publication)
Entertainment System Including Performative Figurines
- Number
- 20200246714
- Published
- 2020-08-06
- Filed
- 2019-02-04
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Rosenthal; Janice, Nocon; Nathan, Thornton; Stephen A., Goslin; Michael P., Panec; Timothy
- CPC
- A63H30/04; A63H33/22; A63H3/28; A63H3/006; A63H5/00; B25J11/003; B25J13/006
- Verdict
- High Hardware
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
The keeper's note
Animatronic/performative figurine entertainment system.
Abstract
An entertainment system includes multiple figurines configured for wireless communication, and a control device having a hardware processor, a system memory storing a control application, and a transceiver. The hardware processor executes the control application to detect each of the figurines via the transceiver and to identify a predetermined entertainment for performance by two or more of the figurines. The hardware processor further executes the control application to transmit control signals to the two or more figurines via the transceiver, wherein a first control signal instructs a first of the two or more figurines to perform a first portion of the predetermined entertainment, and a second control signal instructs a second of the two or more figurines to perform a second portion of the predetermined entertainment. The two or more of the figurines are configured to perform the predetermined entertainment according to the control signals.
Background
BACKGROUND
Lullabies and bedtime stories are time honored rituals for preparing children for bedtime and restful sleep. However, as social and technological trends result in ever younger children adopting and enjoying the use of modern electronic devices, depriving them of that use and enjoyment in favor of traditional modes of storytelling to and song at bedtime may be undesirably stressful. For example, requiring a child to turn off a cherished electronic toy with which the child is interacting at bedtime may make the child restless and less able to settle down for the night.
Unfortunately, the use of conventional electronics at bedtime can itself be overstimulating. In addition, the blue light emitted by many electronic device displays can undesirably interfere with healthy sleep patterns. Consequently, there is a need in the art for a modern alternative to traditional storytelling and song, capable of soothing a child into a state of restfulness without depriving the child of interaction with a favorite electronic toy or device.SUMMARY
There are provided entertainment systems including performative figurines and methods for their use, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, and as set forth more completely in the claims.