US 12,366,941 B2
Toys with capacitive touch features
Bradford Reese, Decatur, GA (US); Henrik Johansson, Dagang Industrial (CN); Adam Shillito, Dagang Industrial (CN); Tsz Kin Ho, Hong Kong (CN); Neil Ni, Dagang Industrial (CN); Chun Chung Yeung, Hong Kong (CN); and Qi He, ZhongShan (CN)
Assigned to KIDS II HAPE JOINT VENTURE LIMITED, Kowloon (HK)
Filed by KIDS II HAPE JOINT VENTURE LIMITED, Kowloon (HK)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,862.
Application 17/687,862 is a continuation of application No. 17/504,757, filed on Oct. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,853,513.
Application 17/504,757 is a continuation of application No. 16/906,485, filed on Jun. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,182,030, issued on Nov. 23, 2021.
Application 17/687,862 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/106,899, filed on Nov. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,726,619.
Application 17/687,862 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/241,601, filed on Jan. 7, 2019, granted, now 10,901,560, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Application 17/504,757 is a continuation of application No. 16/241,601, filed on Jan. 7, 2019, granted, now 10,901,560, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/864,985, filed on Jun. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/722,082, filed on Aug. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/614,683, filed on Jan. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0187934 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); A63H 5/00 (2006.01); A63H 33/22 (2006.01); A63H 33/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G09B 5/06 (2006.01); G09B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/044 (2013.01) [A63H 5/00 (2013.01); A63H 33/22 (2013.01); A63H 33/26 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G09B 5/06 (2013.01); G09B 15/00 (2013.01); A63H 2200/00 (2013.01); G10H 2220/165 (2013.01); G10H 2220/221 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A children's toy comprising:
a user interface panel comprising a natural wood material and having a smooth and continuous top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface defining a plurality of user input areas for touch contact by a user, at least one of the user input areas comprising an image of an animal;
a plurality of capacitive touch sensors in operative contact with the bottom surface of the user interface panel, each capacitive touch sensor being in operative alignment with a corresponding user input area, whereby touch contact by the user on a selected user input area of the top surface of the user interface panel is sensed by the corresponding capacitive touch sensor to generate an input signal;
an electronic input-output system configured to receive the input signal upon touch contact by the user on the selected user input area and generate a responsive output signal corresponding to the selected user input area; and
a sound output device configured to receive the output signal from the electronic input-output system and generate a user-perceptible sound output corresponding to the selected user input area in response thereto, the user-perceptible sound output comprising a sound identifying the animal or simulating a sound of the animal.