Keyed memory device to record input user signals and output recorded user signals
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G07C-009/00
E05B-049/00
G08B-013/14
B60R-025/00
G05B-019/00
출원번호
US-0037894
(2013-09-26)
등록번호
US-9672668
(2017-06-06)
발명자
/ 주소
Yu, Jessica S.
출원인 / 주소
Mattel, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
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초록▼
An electronic system is configured to receive input content (e.g., audio content, video content and/or other content) from a user and convert the input content to input signals (e.g., audio signals, video signals, etc.) that are stored in an electronic storage medium, where the input signals corresp
An electronic system is configured to receive input content (e.g., audio content, video content and/or other content) from a user and convert the input content to input signals (e.g., audio signals, video signals, etc.) that are stored in an electronic storage medium, where the input signals correspond with specific code signals. The recorded input signals are output based upon specific code signals input to the electronic device. For example, the electronic system can include an electronic device and at least one accessory associated with the electronic device, where the accessory includes an accessory code that is readable by a code reader of the electronic device.
대표청구항▼
1. An electronic system comprising: an accessory including an accessory code; andan electronic housing including: a code reader operable to: interface with the accessory; andgenerate an accessory code signal that corresponds with the accessory code;an input actuation switch;an input device operable,
1. An electronic system comprising: an accessory including an accessory code; andan electronic housing including: a code reader operable to: interface with the accessory; andgenerate an accessory code signal that corresponds with the accessory code;an input actuation switch;an input device operable, upon actuation of the input actuation switch by the user, to receive user-generated content directly from a user and convert the user-generated content into a corresponding user-generated content input signal;a memory device operable to store user-generated content input signals from the input device and operable to send the stored user-generated content input signal to an output device;an output device operable to convert the stored user-generated content input signal received from the memory device into corresponding content for output by the output device; anda controller operably connected to each of the code reader, the input device, the output device, and the memory device, the controller being operable to: associate a first accessory code signal received from the code reader with a first user-generated content input signal received by the input device and stored within the memory; andsubsequent to storing of the first user-generated content input signal within the memory device, activate the output device to receive the stored first user-generated content input signal from the memory device and output content corresponding with the first user-generated content input signal in response to an input accessory code from the code reader corresponding to the first accessory signal. 2. The electronic system of claim 1, wherein content received from the input device comprises at least one of user-generated audio content, user-generated video content, and user-generated textual content. 3. The electronic system of claim 1, wherein the input device comprises a microphone and the output device comprises an audio speaker. 4. The electronic system of claim 1, wherein the input device comprises a camera and the output device comprises an image display. 5. The electronic system of claim 1, wherein the accessory comprises a key, and the housing further comprises a keyhole configured to receive at least a portion of the key, wherein the code reader interfaces with the key in response to the key being inserted within the keyhole. 6. The electronic system of claim 5, wherein the code reader comprises a plurality of electrical switches configured to engage with protrusions of the key when the portion of the key is inserted within the keyhole so as to output the accessory code signal from an electrical circuit that corresponds with the accessory code of the key. 7. The electronic system of claim 1, further comprising a marker associated with the first accessory, wherein the marker is linked with an object that is storable within the housing so as to associate the object with the first accessory and user-generated content stored within the memory that corresponds with the first accessory. 8. The electronic system of claim 1, wherein the electronic housing further includes: a lid that is selectively movable from an open position that permits access to an internal compartment of the electronic housing to a closed position that prevents access to the internal compartment; anda locking mechanism that controls movement of the lid from the closed position to the open position;wherein the controller is further operable to control the locking mechanism to permit movement of the lid from the closed position to the open position in response to input of a unique password via the input device. 9. The electronic system of claim 8, wherein the electronic housing further comprises a secret compartment that is non-contiguous with the internal compartment. 10. A method of associating user-generated recorded content with accessories in an electronic system, the method comprising: providing a first accessory including a first accessory code;providing an electronic housing including a code reader, a memory device, an input actuation switch, an input device for receiving user-generated input directly from a user, upon actuation of the input actuation switch by the user, an output device and a controller that controls operations of the code reader, memory device, input and output devices;in response to an interface between the first accessory and the code reader, generating a first accessory code signal, via the code reader, that corresponds with the first accessory code;facilitating, via the controller and the input device, upon actuation of the input actuation switch by the user, input of user-generated content directly from the user at the input device;converting, via the input device, the user-generated content input by the user into a first input signal that is associated, by the controller, with the first accessory code signal; andstoring, via the controller, the associated first input signal within the memory device. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising: in response to an interface between an accessory and the code reader, generating an accessory code signal, via the code reader, that corresponds with an accessory code of the accessory;determining, via the controller, whether the accessory code signal generated by the code reader corresponds with the first accessory signal;in response to a determination by the controller that the accessory code signal corresponds with the first accessory signal, providing the associated first input signal from the memory device to the output device; andconverting the associated first input signal into the user-generated content and outputting the user-generated content via the output device. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein: facilitating input of user-generated content directly by the user further comprises providing a microphone to facilitate input of user-generated audio content upon actuation of the input actuation switch by the user; andoutputting of user-generated content via the output device comprises providing an audio speaker to output audio content. 13. The method of claim 11, wherein: facilitating input of user-generated content by the user further comprises providing a camera to facilitate input of user-generated video content upon actuation of the input actuation switch by the user; andoutputting of user-generated content via the output device comprises providing an image display to output user-generated video content. 14. The method of claim 10, further comprising: providing a marker to be linked with an object storable within the housing, wherein the marker associates the object with the first accessory and content stored within the memory device that corresponds with the first accessory. 15. The method of claim 10, wherein facilitating user-generated input of content by the user further comprises: facilitating, upon actuation of the input actuation switch by the user and via the controller, input of at least one of user-generated audio content, user-generated video content, and user-generated textual content at the input device. 16. The method of claim 10, wherein the first accessory comprises a key, the housing further comprises a keyhole, and the method further comprises: facilitating receipt of at least a portion of the key within the key hole to achieve the interface between the first accessory and the code reader. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the code reader comprises a plurality of electrical switches and a corresponding electrical circuit, and the method further comprises: facilitating the interface between the first accessory and the code reader in response to the key being inserted within the keyhole such that one or more of the electrical switches engage with one or more protrusions of the key when the portion of the key is inserted within the keyhole; andin response to engagement of the one or more electrical switches with the one or more protrusions of the key, generating the accessory code signal from the electrical circuit that corresponds with the accessory code of the key. 18. The method of claim 10, wherein the electronic housing includes a lid that is selectively movable from an open position that permits access to an internal compartment of the electronic housing to a closed position that prevents access to the internal compartment, and the method further comprises: operating, via the controller, a locking mechanism that controls movement of the lid from the closed position to the open position in response to input of a unique password via the input device. 19. The method of claim 18, further comprising: facilitating access to a secret compartment of the electronic housing that is non-contiguous with the internal compartment.
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