INTERACTIVE AUTOMATIC TOY, GAME SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAID TOY AND SYSTEM

摘要

The invention relates to an interactive automatic toy, a game system comprising one such toy and a method for controlling such a toy and/or system. The problem addressed by the present invention consists in extending the range of technical development and learning properties by creating an interactive automatic toy which would meet the above-mentioned requirements and would make it possible for young children to control said toy (including the programming thereof) without using any abstract symbol-like (button) control elements, on the basis of the user performing operations which are conventionally used by small children for simple, non-motorized wheeled, and in general movable, toys. The toy comprises an electromechanical undercarriage, which is equipped with motion sensors for determining the parameters of motion of the toy and/or parts thereof, a body, which is equipped with tactile sensors for determining the parameters for a human hand touching the body, a computation means, which is connected to said sensors and to working elements of the undercarriage, said computation means being capable of identifying operations by a user applied to the toy in relation to synchronous readings from said tactile sensors and motion sensors, of writing the sequence of identified operations to a memory, of converting the written sequence of operations into a program for the subsequent autonomous movement of the toy, of generating actuating commands on the basis of said program and taking into consideration current readings from the sensors and transmitting these actuating commands to the working elements of the undercarriage, and of correcting the program for the autonomous movement of the toy during execution of said program in response to determined operations by the user and any external influences over the course of the autonomous movement of the toy. During the game, the following sequence of mode changes takes place: transfer from sleep mode to wait mode (when the toy is picked up in the hand), the toy receives an initial "energy packet" (the wheels turn as the toy is pushed), the engine switches on, and the toy makes a recording of the movement parameters (speed) over the short period of time during which it is being pushed before it is pushed away, the toy is pushed away and the gears engage, and the toy begins to move at the speed which was set at the time the toy was pushed away.