US 11,813,546 B1
Device with flapping display
Amir Haddadi, Richmond Hill (CA); Benjamin Elias Dermer, Toronto (CA); Paul Andrew Reynolds, Toronto (CA); Amrit Dhoot, Toronto (CA); and Martin Labrecque, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to SPIN MASTER LTD., Ontaro (CA)
Filed by SPIN MASTER LTD., Toronto (CA)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/054,130.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/397,786, filed on Aug. 12, 2022.
Int. Cl. A63H 13/00 (2006.01); A63H 33/26 (2006.01); A63H 33/22 (2006.01); A63H 5/00 (2006.01); H05B 47/155 (2020.01); H05K 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01)
CPC A63H 33/26 (2013.01) [A63H 5/00 (2013.01); A63H 33/22 (2013.01); H05B 47/155 (2020.01); H05K 1/028 (2013.01); H05K 1/16 (2013.01); A63H 2200/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H05K 2201/08 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10106 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toy comprising:
a magnetically responsive member;
a base;
a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising an electromagnetic coil, and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) distributed in a first direction, wherein the PCB is attached to the base such that the PCB is flappable relative to the base to oscillate the LEDs through an oscillation in a second direction at a non-zero angle relative to the first direction;
at least one touch sensor for generating at least one touch signal when touched by a user;
a signal generator operatively connected to the electromagnetic coil to generate a coil control signal in the electromagnetic coil; and
a controller comprising:
a processor operatively connected to the PCB, the at least one touch sensor, and the signal generator; and
a memory comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing:
a plurality of different LED illumination sequences for the plurality of LEDs, wherein each of the LED illumination sequences comprises a series of illumination states for the LEDs; and
a set of instructions executable by the processor to implement a method comprising:
(i) controlling the signal generator to generate the coil control signal in the electromagnetic coil to produce a time-varying varying magnetic field that interacts with the magnetically responsive member to induce oscillatory flapping of the PCB and the attached plurality of LEDs through the oscillation relative to the base; and
(ii) in response to detecting the touch signal, and during step (i), generating a LED control signal to control illumination of the LEDs in accordance with at least one of the LED illumination sequences,
wherein the at least one touch sensor comprises at least one PCB-mounted touch sensor that is attached to the PCB such that, in use, the at least one PCB-mounted touch sensor flaps in unison with the PCB relative to the base.