WO1987006487A1 - Toy - Google Patents

Abstract

A toy (Fig. 24) has a message forming element (637) which urges a person to fall asleep; a sensing element senses that the person is not asleep and activates the message forming element (637), so that the latter (637) tells sleep-inducing stories. The toy (Fig. 24) can also be actuated by a pulse beat of the user, such pulse beat data when displayed makes the toy (Fig. 24) simultaneously serve as medical instrument. A further toy (Fig. 5) has an image of an expanding (311') and contracting (309') heart produced by separate generator, or in response to a child's pulse beat, or to the environment. A need help toy (1) produces a need help message when a device (750) is removed from the toy (1); another need help toy (Fig. 34) can also have a defect (718) which a child eliminates, thus helping the toy (Fig. 34).

Description

DE S C RI PTI ON

TOY

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a toy. The term "toy" is used here to identify a toy to be played with, of any form and nature.

Background Art

Many different toys are known in the art and used by children for amusing and educational purposes. One of the main purposes of giving a toy to a child is to generate attachment between the child and the toy. The closer is the relationship between the child and the toy, the higher will be the educational and humane value of the toy. This is especially, but not exclusively, true with respect to the toys formed as dolls. In dolls, it is very important if a doll imitates a real human being by producing certain visual or sound features resembling those of human beings or animals, by reacting to environmental factors or irritants similarly to human reactions. It is also important if a doll reacts to rocking similarly to a child which is rocked to sleep. Very attractive is also playing a doctor by applying a toy stethoscope to a doll, which however in conventional toys is very limited.

There are also toys which are used for urging children to fall asleep. Mainly, these toys are regular toys which are especially loved by a child, such as a doll, an animal, etc., and which the parents put together with the children into a bed. With the loved toy in the bed, children feel comfortable and fall asleep faster than when they are alone in the bed. However, these toys do not deliver special messages which urge children to fall asleep, and especially when a child either has not fallen asleep or woke up again during parents attempts to put him or her asleep. Thus, it is to be understood that the effectiveness of such toys in urging children to fall asleep is very limited. Toys are also known which are formed as learning devices, for example, for medical education of children of school age. They are disclosed for example in the U.S. Patents Nos. 2 781 611, 2 959 891, 4 257 188, 4 1075 782, 4 585 424. The user of these toys switches on a special auxiliary mechanism which reproduces the symptoms of diseases, mainly infectious diseases. Then the reproduction of the symptoms is stopped by switching on another mechanism and switching of the first-mentioned mechanism. The object of these toys, which are as a matter of fact illustrations to textbooks, is mainly to facilitate for parents and medical staff to cure children by demonstration to the latter on the toys (dolls) the process of reversal, e.g. disappearance of the symptoms of a sickness from which a child suffers. Thus, it is important to emphasize that the psychological peculiarity of the relation between a child and the above toys is one-sided and directed to satisfaction of the needs of a user (a child). The child in this relationship only receives, but does not give anything to the toy, which takes place with all known toys.

Disclosure of the Invention

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new toy which has an increased attractiveness and educational value.

In keeping with these objects and with others which will become apparent hereinafter, one feature of the present invention resides, briefly stated, in a toy which has a body part and electronic means including means forming an image of expanding and contracting heart in the body part. The image of expanding and contracting heart in the toy is very attractive for children. Especially in human-like dolls and toy animals this image reminds the children about the fact that their doll or toy animal also has a heart and must be taken care of.

Another feature of the present invention is that the above image is produced in response to sensing at least one parameter of environment (temperature, smoke, noise, etc.) by a sensor in the toy. Especially for dolls, this feature imitates human or animal reaction to the environment and its ittitants.

A further very important feature of the present invention is that a sensor senses pulse beats of a user, and signals (the image of expanding and contracting heart, pulse sounds) are produced in response to the sensed pulse beats of a user. A further feature of the invention is that a toy has means for sensing a signal from a person which indicates that the person does not sleep, for example, crying of a baby, and means forming a message in response to sensing the signal, for example forming an audio signal (puffing of a teddybear) and/or visual signal (dosing of eyes of the teddybear).

When the toy is designed in accordance with these features, it actively senses the non-sleeping condition of a person and produces a message urging the person to fall asleep in a very effective manner.

Still a further feature is to provide a need help toy which has a need help message forming means formed so that when a user takes the above forming means from the toy body, the need help message is produced and immediately received by the user.

When a child enters a store, he picks a respective toy provided with, for example, a medal (medallion) on the toy such as on a doll's chest. When the child removes the medal from the doll's chest, a message is produced, for example by a sound which says that the doll needs help and has a certain defect to be eliminated, repaired, helped, etc. It is to be understood that it makes the toy much more attractive to the child, and he or she can select the doll whom he or she wants to help.

The principle on which this feature of the invention is based relates to a totally different psychological area, and in particular to the area of developing in a child, from early age, of a feeling of humanism, of an instinct of rendering help to another object: a human being, an animal, a plant, a toy which needs immediate help. Being surrounded by hundreds of beautiful and "happy" toys, a child suddenly finds a toy which is in trouble, momentarily rushes to help it. From this moment a great process of formation of a real human being and not just a consumer, starts, because the relationship between a child and a toy starts in this case from the fact that the child does not take something from the toy, but instead gives a part of his heart to the toy. And after the child has rendered his or her help to the toy (washed doll's face, repaired doll's clothes, released the doll from prison, etc.), one of the greatest joys comes to him, namely the joy of accomplishing good will. Such a toy becomes especially dear and close for the child's heart. This is natural since he loves people first of all for good things which he have done to them. As a result, a special type of relationship develops with the toys in accordance with the present invention. Children who play with such toys develop the most important qualities of a civilized person, namely that any pleasure, any joy must be earned, and not just received free.

Brief Description of the Drawings

The details of the invention will be described in connection with the accompanied drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a view showing a stethoscope of a toy in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a view showing electronic means and a magnetic member for turning it on, associated with a doll and the stethoscope of the toy;

FIG. 3 is a view showing the details of an electronic device of the electronic means of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a view showing the toy in accordance with another embodiment of the invention; FIG. 5 is a view showing the toy in accordance wich a further embodiment of the invention, for producing video signals;

FIG. 6 shows the toy substantially corresponding to that of FIG. 5, but in correspondence with a different embodiment;

FIGS. 7 and 8 illustrate still further embodiments of the inventive toy;

FIG. 9 is a block-diagram of a toy in accordance with an additional important embodiment;

FIGS. 10 and 11 are views showing switches which cooperate with a toy stethoscope of the toy of FIG. 9, to actuate the toy, for example a doll, respectively temporarily or permanently;

FIGS. 12 and 13 are views showing a rocking sensor which senses rocking of the toy of FIG. 9, by a child;

FIG. 14 is a view showing a rocking sensor of the toy, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 shows arrangement of the respective parts of the toy of FIG. 9, for example inside a housing of a doll;

FIG. 16 is a view schematically showing a heart imitating display in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 17 shows adjustment of the sensitivity of sensors which sense environmental parameters and actuate the electronic means of the toy in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 18 shows another embodiment of the toy;

FIG. 19 is a block-diagram which schematioally shows a toy in accordance with the present invention for urging children to sleep;

FIGS. 20 and 21 are views showing an eye unit of the toy of FIG. 19, with eyes open and eyes closed, respectively;

FIGS. 22 and 23 are views showing a unit for exhibiting pictures of the toy of FIG. 19, on a plan view and in a section, respectively; FIG. 24 shows an appearance of the toy of FIG. 19 in accordance with one embodiment ;

FIG. 25 shows another embodiment of the toy of FIG. 19;

FIG. 26 shows a further embodiment of the toy of FIG. 18;

FIG. 27 is a view showing a need help toy in accordance with the present invention, with a defect on its body;

FIGS. 28 and 29 show another modification of the doll body defects;

FIGS. 30, 31 and 32 show devices for producing sounds in response to a child's action upon the defects;

FIG. 33 shows a further modification of the doll body defects;

FIG. 34 shows various defects in a doll toy, provided on doll's clothes;

FIG. 35 illustrates means for changing doll's face impressions;

FIG. 36 shows a bucket toy of FIG. 27;

FIGS. 37-41 are views of other embodiments of the toy of FIG.27;

FIG. 42 is a view showing a block diagram of a further important embodiment of the toy of FIG.41; and

FIG. 43 shows a block diagram of still a further embodiment of the toy of FIG. 27. Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

The present invention is illustrated by a toy which has a doll and a stethoscope. However, any toy can be designated in accordance with the features of the present invention, not necessarily with a stethoscope and even not necessarily formed as a doll.

FIG. 1 shows a stethoscope of a toy in accordance with the present invention. It has earphones 2 , a plastic tube 3 and an electronic device 6. The earphones are used here both to function as conventional earphones and also as one pole electrode of a heart pulse transducer as will be explained hereinbelow. A signal lead 4 is connected with a metal tube of the earphones in a point 5 and extends through the rubber tube 3 to the electronic device 6. The earphones are provided with metal tips for better electrical contact with the child's ears. The tube 3 serves as a. sonic conductor between the earphones and a sonic transducer 16 which is a part of the electronic device. It is also used for the signal lead 4.

The electronic device 6 is arranged in a round metallic cover as shown in FIG. 1. The device includes a battery 8 of a watch type, connected through a reed switch 9 and by leads 10 and 11 to a heart pulse transducer 12 and an audio generator and amplifier 14. The sonic transducer 16 is connected to the audio generator and amplifier by a lead 15. A small magnetic member 18 is installed under the surface of a doll 17 in the region of an imaginary heart. When the electronic device 6 is brought by its base 19 to or onto this region of the doll, the magnetic member 18 turns on the reed switch 9 and the. device begins to work.

FIG. 3 shows some details of the electronic device 6 and its waveforms. The transducer 12 includes a difference amplifier 112.1, a low-pass filter 112.2, a threshhold circuit 112.3, a one-shot pulse generator 112.4, and waveforms 112.5- 112.9. The audio generator and amplifier 14 includes an audio generator 114.1, an amplifier 114.2 and a waveform 114.3. The heart pulse transducer 12 is connected by a lead 113 with the audio generator and amplifier 14. The input lead 104 extends from the earphones as a first bioelectrical electrode, and the lead 107 is connected to the metal cover of the electronic device 6 as a second electrode. They transfer bioelectrical signals 112.5 and 112.6 to the difference amplifier 112.1. These signals are amplified and go through the low pass filter 112.2. Signal 112.7 is applied to the threshhold circuit which generates square pulses 112.8. A square pulse train is fed to the one-shot pulse generator 112.4 to produce a constant amplitude and constant width pulse train 112.9. The pulse train 112.9 sets the audio generator 114.1 to produce an audio signal 114.3. The audio signal 114.3 is amplified by the audio amplifier 114.2 and feeds the sonic transducer 116 via the lead 115 to convert the electrical signals to sound. The sonic signals of approximately 200 cycles per second are applied through the rubber tube 3 to the earphones. A child actually hears his or her own heart beat, when he monitors the doll's pulse.

Instead of the biopotential electrodes as described above, an infrared transmission trandducer on an ear lobe or a finger of a child can be used, as shown in FIG. 7. In this case a difference amplifier 112.1 is replaced by a conventional voltage amplifier 112.1', and the waveform 112.5 will not be used.

The toy of a somewhat simpler type is shown in FIG. 4. Earphones of medical type 210 are used with a rubber tube 202 and an electronic device 203. A small magnetic member 211 is installed under the surface of a doll 212, as described above, and operates in the same manner. The magnetic member turns on the reed switch and the electronic device which includes batteries 205 and 206, a pace generator 207, an audio generator 208 and a sonic transducer 209. A human pulse is imitated here by the pace generator 207 which controls the audio generator 208. It produces the audio signal transduced by the sonic cransducer 209. This sound passes through the cube 202 to the earphones. When the device is removed from the region of the magnetic member, its operation is interrupted.

FIG. 5 shows a toy in which heart activity of the doll's heart is illustrated visually in a new inventive manner. The toy has a plastic or metallic cover 310, batteries 302, 303 of a watch type, a reed switch 304, an electronic device 305, light emitting diodes 306, 307, light conductors 308, 310 and masks 309, 311. As in the case of the above described stethoscope, a small magnetic member 312 is installed under the surface of the doll 313. When the device is applied by its base on the region of the doll heart where the magnetic member is arranged, the magnetic member 312 turns the reed switch 304 and the device begins to operate. A pace generator 315 which is a part of the electronic device 305 produces rhythmic pulses of a square form, at about 70 cycles per minute. These pulses control, via a lead 316 both a lamp switcher 317 and an audio generator 318. The lamp switcher turns on either of the light emitting diodes 306 or 307, and turns them off. The diodes are lit alternatingly. The diodes are set in color plastic glass components. When either diode 306 or diode 307 is on, it illuminates the whole area of the respective light conductor 308 or 310. The masks are installed in front of both light conductors 308 and 310 and formed as a smaller heart and a bigger heart respectively. When either diode 306 or 307 is on, the smaller heart 309' or the bigger heart 311' will be lit. On the other hand, the smaller heart can always be on, while the greater heart can be alternatingly on and off. The pulses from the pace generator control the audio generator 318 as well. This generator produces an audio signal, about 800 cycles per second and is connected directly to a sonic tranducer 319. The operation of the audio generator 318 is synchronized with lighting of the hearts, for example of only the bigger heart, and is on when the latter is on.

It is to be understood that the operation of the toy shown in FIG. 5 can be performed in accordance with pulse beats of a child, by connecting it to a child pulse sensor as described with reference to FIGS. 1-3 and 7. In this case the audio generator 318 and the lighting of the hearts will be performed in accordance with the pulse beats of the child, or a person who plays with the child.

As shown in the right upper corner of FIG. 3 the toy can additionally include a computer 117 connected with the one-shot generator, and a display 118 connected with the computer. In this construction the pulse beat can be displayed, for example in a digital form, on the display. Therefore, the toy can simultaneously serve as a conventional human pulse monitoring device, thus performing not only the playing function, but also the function of a medical device.

The range of use of the toy considerably widens, and the child is involved in serious relations with adults, other children by playing the role of a physician. In addition the child can take a pulse of his or her pets.

FIG. 6 shows a toy which corresponds to the toy of FIG. 5 wich the only difference that the magnetic member is installed in a small handle 320, whereas the other parts of the electronic device are installed in the doll. The parts are identified with the same reference numerals, and the toy operates in the same manner as the toy shown in FIG. 5.

Finally, FIG. 7 shows the toy in which an infrared sensor 401 is used, attachable to an ear lobe or settable on a finger. FIG. 7 shows a block-diagram of this embodiment. FIG. 8 shows the stethoscope of the toy with the respective sensors which can be used alternatingly. A sensor 402 is attachable to an ear lobe, while a sensor 403 is settable on a finger. Instead of or in addition to the embodiments described above in which the magnetic member is located in the region of the doll heart and the video signals are represented by the contracting and expanding heart, there can be a magnetic member located in the region of the doll wrist and the video signals can be represented by a flushing point-like light imitating a blood in vein.

The magnetic member can be arranged on the doll's body, inside the doll's body, and also on the clothes of the doll, in the region of the doll's heart. The magnetic member on the body and on the clothes can be heart-shaped.

The toy in accordance with a further embodiment shown in FIG. 9 supra operates in response to at least one parameter of environment in the vicinity of the toy, sensed by sensing means. The electronic means includes two switches 501, 502, two generators (oscillators) 503, 504 which generate impulse signals of different frequency, a multiplexer 505, a generator (oscillator) 506, a modulacor 507, a sound transmitter 508, and two light sources 509, 510 for example formed as light-emitting diodes corresponding to those of FIG. 5 and respectively associated with light conductors and masks to form a smaller heart and a greater heart and to produce an image of expanding and contracting heart during respective operation.

The toy can include a doll with a wall shown in FIG. 15 and a stethoscope 558 which is provided with a magnet 541. The above switches 501 and 502 are magnetically operated switches. When the stethoscope is applied to the doll so that the magnet 541 approaches the switch 501, the switch 501 is turned on. An impulse signal generated by the generator 506 (for example approximately 3000 Hz) is amplitude-modulated by another impulse signal generated by the generator 503 (approximately 1.2 Hz) which is supplied to the modulator 507 through the multiplexer 505. As a result of this, a pulsating sound is produced in the sound transducer 508, which imitates the frequency of pulse beat of heart. As the same the light source 509 (light-emicting diode) is permanently turned on, while the other light source 510 (light-emitting diode) emits pulsating light with the frequency of the generator 503 (1.2 Hz) or in other words the light. Source 510 is periodically on and off, thus forming an image of expanding and contracting heart as described hereinabove.

The switch 501 is arranged, for example at the left side of the doll's chest. When che stethoscope 558 is withdrawn from the switch 501, the sound (508) and the light (509, 510) pulsation of the doll's "heart" stops.

The switch 502 is arranged in another area, for example at the right side of the doll's chest. It is shown in detail in FIG. 11 and includes a switching member 543, a trigger 544, and a transistor switch 545. With each approach of the magnec 541 of the stethoscope 558 to the switch 502 it changes its position from closed to open and vice versa. By means of the switch 502, a child can turn on the sound (508) and light (509, 510) pulsation of the doll's heart for a permanent time, and they will not immediately turn off as in the case of the actuation by means of the switch 501.

The above described elements together form one part of the electronic means of the toy shown in FIG. 9. Another part of the electronic means includes four sensors 511, 512, 513, 514, wherein 511 is a sensor of noise, 512 is a sensor of smoke. 513 is a sensor of temperature and 514 is a sensor of rocking. The sensors 511-514 sense respective parameters explained above, while the sensors 511-513 actually sense parameters of an environment in the vicinity to the toy, for example a doll. Each of the sensors 511-513 can be turned off by switches 515', 515", 515"' respectively so that a respective sensor does not operate for sensing its parameter of the environment, when desired. The sensor 514 is preferably always operative for sensing. The turning off of the sensors 511-513 can be performed manually by acting directly on the respective switch 515 '-515"'. On the other hand, it can also be performed by the magnet 541 of the stethoscope 558 since the switches are magnetically operated.

The sensors 511-513 are known sensors which are used in the arts for sensing respectively noise, smoke, temperature and producing impulse signals when the above parameters exceed a predetermined level or threshold. The sensitivity of each sensor 511-513 (their threshold) can be adjusted for example by potentiometers 516, 517, 518, 521. The impulse signal pass further through threshold devices 519, 520, 525, 526 and differentiators 523, 524, 527, 528. Then a single impulse is separated (formed) when the impulse signal exceeds the threshold.

When the impulse signal is supplied from at least one of the sensors 511-513, a trigger 533 turns its position (switches) and actuates a delay element 531 which is set to provide a delay of approximately 30-40 sec. As a result of this a sonic transducer 536 is actuated and it produces a sound which imitates, for example crying performed during the time determined by the delay element. The multiplexer 505 passes the impulse signal with a frequency of approximately 2Hz from the generator 504 (higher than 1.2 Hz from the generator 503) and the light sources 509 and 510 produce the image of expanding and contracting heart with a higher frequency. In other words, when the toy such as a doll, for example "experiences" excessive temperature, "is subjected" to high noise, or is "near" a smoking person its heart beat is faster and it cries.

When the impulse signal is supplied from the sensor 511 or 512, a trigger

534 is actuated and a light source 539 is turned on with the frequency of 2 Hz. The light source is located, for example in the region of the doll's stomach and when it is on, it produces the image of a "butterfly in the stomach," for example by association with a respective mask, thus imitating nervousness or fear when there is noise or smoke in the vicinity of the doll. The manner of forming the butterfly image can be the same as in the case of the image of expanding and contracting heart shown in FIG. 5, or any other manner. For example, liquid crystal displays can be used for the formation of the butterfly image. The same is true with respect to the image of expanding and contracting heart: it also can be formed on liquid crystals, etc.

When the impulse signal is supplied from the temperature sensor 513, which takes place when the temperature of the environment decreases (it becomes cold because the doll is outside of a house, undressed by a child, etc.), a trigger

535 is actuated and a light source 540 is turned on and operates with the frequency of 2Hz. The light source 540 is located in the area of the doll's throat and when it is on, it produces the image of a "frog in the throat" of the doll, thus imitating that the doll is cold.

Stopping (turning off) of each video signal (the images of expanding and contracting heart, the butterfly, the frog) or audio signal (heart beat, crying) emitted by the toy can be performed in 30-40 seconds as described hereinabove, from the signal supplied by the delay element 531. On the other hand, this can be performed in response to the impulse signal supplied from the sensor 514 with a delay of 5-9 seconds, for example, produced by a delay element 522. The sensor 514 is a rocking sensor and it operates when a child rocks (or performs shaking movements) with the doll. Generally, when a child does not rock the doll, it continues crying and exhibiting the heart, frog and butterfly images. When the child racks the doll, these signals stop. Thus the child's care (rocking the doll) silences the doll or other toys.

An electrical rocking sensor is shown in FIGS. 12 and 13. When the doll is not rocked, light from light-emitting diode 550 passes to a photo-diode 552 and there is no signal at the output of the sensor. When the doll is rocked, the light-emitting diode 550 swings, for example on a flat spring, the light does not pass to the photo-diode 552 and there is no signal at the output of the sensor. The light-emitting diode preferably swings in a vertical plane transversely to the doll's body when the doll lies on its back. This is how it must be oriented so that rocking of the lying doll from right to the left or vice versa actuates the sensor 514.

The rocking sensor in accordance with another embodiment is shown in FIG. 14 which is a vertical cross section of the doll, transversely to its body, when the doll lies on its back. The doll has a channel 555 with a small depression in its bottom. When the doll is not rocked, a current-conductive ball reses in the depression of the channel 555 and electrical contacts 556 are open. When the doll is rocked by a child, the ball 554 moves to the right and closes the contacts 556 thus producing a signal at the outlet of the sensor.

A tape recorder 536 is provided with a sound transducer 581 and a unit which includes a diode 582, a resistor 583, a capacitor 584 and a transistor 585. When the impulse signal is supplied to the tape recorder 536 it passes momentarily to the tape recorder through the diode 582 and turns the tape recorder so that the doll "cries" or another toy produces a different desired sound. When the child rocks the doll and the signal from the rocking sensor resets the trigger 533, the doll does not stop "crying" momentarily, since the capacitor discharge cannot take place through the diode 582, but instead it takes place through the resistor 583. Moreover, the resistance on the transistor increases, and the crying not only stops after a certain delay, but also gradually weakens so that the sound of crying becomes gradually less and less loud.

It should be emphasized that the images of the "butterfly in the stomach" and "frog in the throat" correspond to the accepted idiomatic expression in the English language, and therefore teach the children their heritage and have a great educational value.

FIG. 16 shows another embodiment of the display which forms the image of expanding and contracting heart. It has a smaller heart-shaped member 591 and a bigger heart-shaped member 592 associated with an inner tube 593 and an outer tube 594. The heart-shaped members are transparent and colored. Provided with light sources, for example as light-emitting diodes 596 behind them. The light source inside the inner tube 593 can be always one, while the light source between the inner tube and the outer tube can be alternatingly on and off. Therefore, the image of expanding and contracting heart is produced.

The electrical means can be supplied with power, for example from a battery, which can be rechargeable. It can also be supplied from a conventional electrical network.

FIG. 17 shows how the level of sensitivity of the sensors can be adjusted from outside the doll or another toy. A movable adjusting member of the potentiometer, for example of the potentiometer 516, can be displaced along the potentiometer by the magnet of the stethoscope movable outside the doll near the adjusting member, so as to act through the wall of the doll.

Finally, FIG. 18 schematically shows a toy in which pulse beat of a child directly controls the video and audio signals produced in the toy. When a child activates a pulse sensors 410 which can be arranged, for example, on the outer surface of the doll, a signal is supplied through a diode 411 and an integrating circuit 412, 413 to commutators 414 and 415 and close them so that the signal passes through them. A generator 416 generates high frequency signals which are modulated in a modulator 417 and supplied to a dynamic 418 producing sounds which correspond to the heart beat. While a light source 419 is supplied with a constant frequency, a light source 420 is suppleid with a modulated frequency from 414, 417, for example to produce an image of expanding and contracting heart as in FIG. 5.

A toy for urging children to sleep in accordance with the present invention is shown in FIGS. 19-26 and has a 24-hour timer identified with reference to numeral 601. A plurality of time-setting devices 602-604 are further provided for setting a time for respective operations which will be explained in detail later on. The time-setting devices 602-604 are adjustable and connected to first inputs of gates "AND" 606-609, respectively. The timer 1 is connected to the second inputs of the gates "AND" 606-609. When signals of time supplied by the timer 1 coincide with the set time supplied from the timesetting devices 602-604, an output signal appears at the output of the respective gate "AND."

A device which generates sound messages is identified with reference to numeral 610. It can be formed, for example, as a tape recorder. The tape recorder 610 can produce several messages. For example, a message M1 which is an appeal to sleep ("sleep, baby, close your eyes" . . .), a message M2 which is a fairy tale, a message M3 which is a puffing, a message M4 which is a welcome ("Hi, how are you? Did you wake up" . . .), a message M5 which is a quieting message ("Do not cry."), a message M6 which is an additional fairy tale. It is to be understood that there can be more than six, and less than six messages, and they can have a different content. However, there must be always a message which urges a person to fall asleep. The messages can be recorded on a revolving tape in succession after one another, they also can be recorded in a multi-track tape. In any event, the device or the tape recorder 610 must be provided with means for finding and actuating the respective message. Such tape recorders are known in the art. It is also possible to provide the tape recorder 610 with a plurality of inputs each operative for reproducing the respective message in response to receiving a signal into the respective input.

As can be seen from the drawing in FIG. 19 "AND" gates 608 and 609 are connected with a flip-flop 611, while the "AND" gates 606 and 608 are connected with a flip-flop 612. The flip-flop 612, in turn, is connected via an "OR" gate with a light source 614 and a drive motor 620. The flip-flop 611 is connected with another input of the "OR" gate 613 via an "AND" gate 618 and a one-shot multivibrator 619. Another input of the "AND" gate 618 is connected with a person signal sensing device 615 via a sensitivity adjusting member 616 and a schmit trigger 617.

A person signal sensing device 615 is a device which senses a signal coming from a person, for example, a child and indicating that the child has not fallen asleep, or woke up during the process of putting him asleep or at any other time. This device can be formed as a noise sensor which produces impulses when it senses a noise, for example, crying fo a child. The member 616 adjusts its sensitivity and the trigger 617 sets its threshold.

The light source 614 can be arranged, for example in eyes of a toy formed as a doll, an animal or the like. It can also be formed as a lamp which is arranged on or near the toy. The eyes are identified with reference numeral 631, and the lamp is identified with reference numeral 632 in FIG. 24. The above described part of the toy in accordance with the present invention operates in the following manner:

When the time in the respective setting device 602-604 coincides with the time supplied by the timer 601, the impulses pass through the respective "AND" gate 606-609. The tape recorder 610 finds the respective message and reproduces the same. When the message M1 is reproduced, the flip-flop 611 assumes the position "1",, the light source 614 is turned on, and the motor 620 is also turned on. The tape recorder reproduces, for example the appeal to sleep (M1), the light of the lamp is lighting, and the eyelids move. After a certain time the impulses are supplied through the gate 607 and the message M2 is reproduced to tell a fairy tale. Then, after another time period the impulses are supplied through the gate 608 and the message M3 is reproduced which imitates puffing, for example of a teddybear toy. This succession of messages M1, M2, M3 acts upon a child in a manner which makes him or her very sleepy and finally they fall asleep. Moreover, the lamp 614 is on only for a certain time, and then it is off. The motor 620 is also off after a certain time. And, the message M3 also stops after a certain time.

It is also possible that the level of light of the lamp 614 gradually decreases. A resistor 633 and a capacitor 634 provide this gradual decrease. It is, however, possible that after a gradual decrease of light level, the lamp 614 still remains on, being supplied from a separate light power source 635. In the morning, for example, when a child has to wake up, the impulses pass through the gate 609 and the message M4 which welcomes the child, is reproduced.

When the message M3 is reproduced, the flip-flop 611 is set to the position "1" and holds it between the messages M3 and M4. If a child has not fallen asleep or woke up and cries, the noise sensor 615 senses the noise and supplies the impulses to the "AND" gate 618 which pass through this gate. As a result of this, the lamp 614 is again turned on and the motor 620 again moves the eyelids or the like. At the same time, the impulses are supplied to the tape recorder to reproduce the quieting message M5. Thus, the child who woke up again sees the light, the movement of the eyelids, and hears the quieting message, which calm him down and put him asleep.

In accordance with the invention, a child can listen to a message, such as an additional fairy tale, by actuating this in response to his pulse beat. A pulse beat sensor is identified with reference numeral 21 and can be formed as a sensor in which a child inserts his or her finger. Upon insertion, the sensor 621 supplied impulses through a resistor-capacitor unit 623, 624, a trigger 625 and a one-shot multi-vibrator 626 to the lamp 614, the motor 620 and the input which reproduces the message M6 which is the additional fairy tale. The impulses are then supplied through a high-frequency filter 627 to a step motor driver 628 and then to a step motor 629. The step motor 629 moves a plurality of pictures which illustrate the fairy tale of message M6.

A unit for showing the pictures is shown in FIGS. 22 and 23. It has a cylindrical housing 636 with a window 637. The pictures are attached to the outer surface of the drum 638 and identified with reference numeral 639. The drum has rollers 640 and is rotated under the action of friction from a roll 641 mounted on a shaft of the motor 629. A pivotable door 642 is provided for exchange of the pictures.

FIGS. 20 and 21 show an eye unit of the toy, for each eye. The unit has an eye provided with a light source, for example a small lamp, or light emitting diode 651. A lower eyelid 652 is stationary, while an upper eyelid 653 is attached to a pivotable arm 654 provided with a counterweight 655. The motor 620 carries a cam 656 which during its rotation acts upon the arm 654 and thereby closes and opens the upper eyelid 653. As can be seen from FIG. 24, the toy includes a part 661 which is formed as a living being, such as a doll, an animal, etc. The part 661 is arranged on a support part 662, so as to imitate sitting of the doll, the animal and the like, on the support. The picture showing unit is located in the support part 662. The tape recorder and other electronic means can also be arranged in the support part 662, while just a sound-emitting part such as a dynamic of the tape recorder can be arranged in the region of a mouth in the part 661.

FIG. 25 shows a different modification, in a schematic manner. All electronic means including the tape recorder 610, are arranged in a housing 671 which can be installed at any location, remote from a person, a child and the like. The tape recorder is provided with a transmitter 672. A receiver 673 with a dynamic 674 forms another small unit which can be located far from the housing 671. The receiver 673 can be connected with the transmitter 672 in a known wireless manner. The small unit 673, 674 can be inserted into a pillow, put under the pillow, into a bed, etc. of a child. This is very convenient since the unit 673, 674 can be located very close to the child. Also, the operation of the toy, namely its messages, can be heard only by the child and do not disturb other people.

A further important feature of the present invention is related to the pulse sensor 615. It was shown that by means of the sensor 615 a child can activate the sound or visual messages in response to his or her pulse beats. As shown in FIG. 19, the pulse sensor is connected with a counter and a display which counts and displays the data of the pulse beat of a child. Therefore the toy simultaneously serves as a medical instrument, by means of which the pulse beat of a user, for example a child, or of other people, for example his or her parents can be determined and displayed.

The pulse beat sensor 621 is connected with the adjusting element 623. By means of the adjusting element 623 the threshold of sensitivity of the pulse beat sensor can be adjusted. In other words, the toy can be adjusted so chat the respeccive message is accuated only by the pulse beat of a child, which is, for example higher than the pulse beat of adults, such as his or her parents. This makes the inventive toy especially attractive and amusing. The child owner of the toy suggests his or her parent to actuate the toy, the parent tries this but in vain since the parent's pulse beat is lower than the adjusted threshold and the respective message is not actuated. Then the child suggests the parent to exercise a little bit. After the exercising, which by the way will be good for the parent's health, the pulse beat of the parent intensifies and reaches the adjusted threshold. Now when the parent touches the pulse beat sensor, his or her pulse beat actuates the respective message of the toy in accordance with the present invention. Everybody is happy, and the toy is now simultaneously a game between children and parents, as well as a stimulator for exercising.

FIG. 26 illustrates still a further embodiment of the invention. A body part which can be formed as a doll, an animal or the like can be removed from a support and replaced by a newor different one, which, for example is more attractive for each particular user. The motor 620 which actuates the eyelids, the mouth and the like to perform mechanical movements is connected with the above parts via a flexible shaft having two connectible and disconnectible portions 681 and 683 which, for example are provided with a plug 682 having outer splines and socket, 684 having inner splines. The light source, such as a lamp, light-emitting diode and the like is also connectible from a current source, for example by a conduit 686 having a socket 687 and a conduit 685 having a plug 688. When the body is installed on the support, the mechanical connection 681-684 and the electrical connection 685-688 are established and the above elements serve simultaneously for fixing the body on the support. Finally, an additional shaft portion 691 with a plug 692 and an additional conduit 695 with a plug 698 can be provided for attaching additional elements of the toy on the same principle. FIGS. 27-43 show a need help by which appeals for helps and should be repaired, cured, helped, etc. FIG. 27 shows a need help toy which is formed as a doll imitating a human being. It is to be understood that it can also imitate an animal. The doll in accordance with the present invention is provided with a defect formed in it before a child obtains the doll, during manufacture of the doll.

As can be seen from this Figure, the defect can be formed as a dirty spot 702 of a doll body 701, and in particular on at least one part of the doll body. The spot or several spots can be formed by easy removable paint which can be removed by a dry cleaning, for example just by wiping with a cloth. Such paints are known in the art. The spots can also be formed by a chocolate, fruit juices and other edible substances which are harmless. Of course, the spots can also be formed by such paints which require some wet cleaning, for example by a wet towel, etc. The child uses instructions or common sense and eliminates the above defect by cleaning the spots on the doll.

The defect, such as a spot or the like, can be formed in a different manner. For example, thin films, strips, foils, etc. with the image of the defect can be attached to the doll body, for example by an adhesive layer. FIG. 27 shows such a strip 703 which is attached to a body part 704 by an adhesive layer 705. The defect can be formed as a wound in the body part 704. In other words, the image of the wound 706 is provided on the strip 703. For eliminating the defect or in this case curing the wound, a child applies onto the strip 3, a curing member, for example Band-Aid. The adhesive layer 705 on the strip 703 has such a degree of adhesion to the body part 704, which is lower, the adhesion between the curing member 707 and the strip 703. Therefore, when after "curing" with the member 707, the child removes the member 707. The strip 701 is removed together with the member 707 from the body part 704. The doll is cured. The body part 704 can be provided with a member 708 which is hidden under the strip 703 when it is attached to the body part 704, and then is exposed when the strip 703 (with the image of the wound 706) is removed. This member 708 forms a scar on the body part 704. Thus when the strip 703 is removed and the wound is "cured," the scar remains on the body part 704 at the former location of the wound. The member 708 which forms the scar can be painted with a paint which initially has red color and then becomes lighter and lighter. This can be achieved by using fading paints. In this case the process of fading and lightening of the scar imitates the natural process of wound healing.

When a human being or animal has a certain defect, applying a force to it causes as a rule pain or suffering. On the other hand, tender stroking is very pleasant and causes gratitude. In accordance with another feature of the present invention, the area of the defect, such as a wound of the like, can be provided with a sensor 709 which senses a pressure applied by a child to this area, or with a sensor 710 which senses a tender stroking performed by a child, or with both sensors 709 and 710. FIG. 30 shows the sensor 9 which is formed as a pressure sensor and connected with an element 11 which imitates a sound of pain, for example "Ouch." When the child carelessly applies pressure or "hurt" the wound area, the doll reacts by expressing the sound of pain. FIG. 31 shows that the sensor 710 which is formed as a pulse sensor is connected with an element 712 which imitates the sound of gratitude, for example "Thank you." When a child tenderly touches or strokes the wound area the doll reacts by expressing its gratitude. FIG. 32 shows the case when both sensors 709 and 710 are located in the wound area and provide the respective doll "reactions" in response to the respective actions of the child.

Another defect in the toy formed as a doll can be an injured organ of the doll body, as shown in FIG. 33 where the doll has a twisted arm 713 which can be corrected with forearm by a ball hinge with fixing pin 716. A child obtains the coll with the arm extending abnormally in its elbow joint. Then the child starts curing the "poor" doll. He turns the arm 713 so that the fixing pin engages the fixing recess of the fixing means 715 and the arm assumes its normal position. It is to be understood that there are other possibilities to make the injured doll, which can be cured by the child.

A further group of defects pertains to clothes which the doll has to wear. The clothes can have stains 16 formed on the element of clothes or even on a fabric form which the doll clothes is made on. The clothes can be damaged, for example provided with holes 717, not finished seams 718, not completely attached sole of a show 719. Some parts of the clothes can be missing, for example, one leg 720 does not have a sock, a button is missing on the skirt at 721, etc. The child cleans the clothes, repairs it, provides its missing parts, respectively (FIG. 34).

FIG. 35 illustrates another feature of the present invention. The doll can change its face impression. For this purpose, the image of the sad mouth 723 can be formed on the face 722, for example by applying an easily removable paint. Under this image, an image of a smiling mouth is permanently painted. Also, there are some easily removable dirty spots on the face. When a child washes the doll face to help the doll by cleaning its face, he removes the dirty spots and at the same time removes the paint which forms the sad mouth. The washed doll starts smiling since the image of its smiling face is exposed.

The same effect can also be achieved by forming the image of the sad mouth by means of placing a strip with this image on the mouth area, and then removing the strip and exposing the smiling mouth image.

Finally, the changing impression can also be achieved in a different manner as shown in FIGS. 37 and 38. Here, the mouth area is provided with the image of mouth for example formed as an outwardly raised portion 731 painted in red. The body of the doll is the region of the mouth corners and particularly in the regions laterally adjacent to the portion 731, with depressions 732 having transparent wall. Light sources 733 colored in red and emitting light are located behind the depressions 732 are supplied from the battery 734 connected with a sensor 735' which detects the presence of a child in the vicinity of the doll. When the child approaches the doll, the sensor 735 activates the battery 734 and the light sources illuminate in red the regions of the depressions 32 thus expanding the mouth line to produce a smile.

The above corners of the mouth can be produced not only as depressions, but by applying luminescent, fluorescent paints, electronically with the use of liquid crystal displays, etc. The doll can also smile every time when it says, "Thank you" and other expressions of gratitude.

The invention deals not only with dolls, but also with other toys. FIG. 36 shows a bucket 724 with a handle whose one end is not attached to the bucket. A child can attach this end of the handle to the budket. A strip 726 can be applied on the bucket and provided with an appeal "Repair me Please." After removal of the strip, the outer surface of the bucket expresses the gratitude such as, "Thank you for repairing me," etc.

FIG. 37 shows a toy which is a combination of a doll part (a tanker 727) and a machinery part (a tank 728). The tanker needs help in that he has a wound 729, while the tank needs help in that its caterpillar is not attached 730. The tanker 727 is to be cured by healing his wound, and the tank is to be repaired by attaching the caterpillar. The strip "Need help" can then be removed, exposing the expression of gratitude, lottery win, etc.

A headlighc 731' can also hang from che tank and be formed so that upon placing the headlight into its receiving hole, a battery in the toy is accivaced and the headlight emits light for a short time.

FIG. 40 shows another situation of a child helping a toy. A hostage 741 is held in a cell 742 having a door 743. A guard 744 guards the hostage. A child uses a gun formed so that when the gun 745 points toward the guard and a shot is made, the guard falls, the door opens and the hostage can be removed from the cell. The same result is achieved when a medal 745' (identical to a medal 750 in FIG. 40) is removed from the toy (from the door). The child releases the hostage. It is to be udnerstood that the gun 745 is provided with a remote control, and the medal is provided with a respective actuator.

FIGS. 41 and 42 illustrate a very important feature of the present invention. Here, the toy such as, for example a doll, produces a message which says that the doll needs help. The doll has a body as in the above embodiments. A medal 750 is removably attached to the doll's body, for example on a string in a suspended condition. The medal is provided with a magnet identified as 751. A switch 752 is arranged in the body. When the medal is on the doll's chest and the magnet 751 is in the vicinity of the switch 752 the latter is open. When a child enters a toy store, picks the doll and removes the medal from its chest thus withdrawing the magnet 51 from the switch 752, the latter becomes closed and the power is supplied to a transmitter 753. The latter generates such a frequency which modulates the high frequency generated by a generator 756. A generator 757 generates 17 - shaped signals of a very low frequency (0.2 - 0.05 Hz) which are supplied to a commutator 755 and permit or prevent transmission of the signals from the modulator to an antenna. Therefore, the transmitter periodically transmits the modulated signals. The power of the transmitter is very low so that a receiver 758 can receive the signals only at the distance of several meters from the transmitter. The received signals pass through the filter 759. If the frequency of passing of the filter coincides with the frequency of the generator 753, the signals are supplied to the voice synthesizer 760, and the doll conveys the respective message such as "I need help. Please help me," and the like.

Therefore, when a child picks a toy and removes from it the medal, the toy produces a need help message which the child can hear and decide whether he or she wants to help the toy. Each toy and the respective medal can have a frequency which is different from other toys and medals. In this case each medal activates only one specific toy.

FIG. 43 illustrates further important features of the present invention. The toy, such as a doll is provided with pressure sensors 761, 768 and 777, with a pulse sensor 772 and with a temperature sensor 786. A magnetic switch 779 opens or closes by approaching or withdrawing of a magnet 778. The switch 761 is located in a bandage which is applied on the doll's arm, and the current is supplied from this switch until the bandage is removed. When the bandage is removed the pressure disappears and the current from the output of the sensor 761 also disappears. Signal "1" appears in the output of an invertor 762 which turns on, via the gate "OR" 770, a voice synthesizer 771 which reproduces the message of pain such as "Ouch." In addition, the same signal is supplied through a differential unit 763, 764 to a light-emitting diode 767 so that the bandage is illuminated for a short time.

The sensor 772 is actuated by a touch of a child, and the impulses of a pulse appear at its output. They are rectified by the circuit 773, 774, 775, and constant voltage appears at the output of the latter and is supplied to the output of the gate "AND" 776 only when the voltage from the sensor 768 is absent. This signal turns on a voice synthesizer 785 which produces the message "Thank you."

If a child applies a strong pressure to the doll's arm, the sensor 768 is activated. The voltage is supplied to a voice synthesizer 771 and the message of pain is produced. At the same time, passage of the signal from the sensor 772 through the invertor 769 to the voice synthesizer 785 is prevented.

The sensor 777 is arranged in a toy's shoe and is activated when the shoe is put onto the doll's foot. The voltage is supplied to the voice synthesizer 785 and "Thank you," is produced.

When the doll's arm is twisted by a child to the limit, the switch 779 is activated from a magnet 778, and a voltage drop is taken by a differentiator 780 and sets a trigger 783 into the position "1." Thereby a signal is supplied to the voice synthesizer 771 and the message of pain is produced. When the doll's arm. is returned to its initial position, the switch 779 opens and the front of voltage sets the trigger 783 to the position "0." The signal is thereby supplied to the voice synthesizer 785 and the message "Thank you," is produced.

The sensor 786 senses a temperature. When the temperature lowers below a certain limit, the trigger 781 is set to "1." The scar is illuminated and the sound "Ouch," is produced. When the temperature comes back to its initial value, the scar illumination disappears and the message "Thank you," is produced. These actions imitate the situation when after' removal of the wound (healing), a scar remains as explained hereinablve. When the doll is walked outside and it is cold, the scar reacts: it is illuminated by a red color (color LED) so as to imitate natural redness of scars in cold weather, and the doll says "Ouhh," complaining that it is cold. When the doll is brought back, it becomes warm, the scar is no longer red, and the doll thanks the child.

Claims

1. A toy, comprising a body part; and electronic means which includes means forming an image of expanding and contracting heart on said body part thus imitating heart activity.

2. A toy as defined in Claim 1, wherein said electronic means also includes means producing audio signals which substantially imitate pulse beats of a heart.

3. A toy as defiend in Claim 1, wherein said body part includes a doll element, a stethoscope element, and a magnetic member operative for turning on said electronic means when said magnetic member and at least a part of said electronic means are brought into proximity with one another, said electronic means being arranged in one of said elements while said magnetic member is arranged in the other of said elements.

4. A toy as defined in Claim 3, wherein said magnetic member is arranged in said stethoscope element, said electronic means being arranged in said doll element, said doll element having one part located in the region of an imaginary heart of said doll element, and said electronic means being formed so that when said stethoscope element is brought into proximity to said region of said doll element said electronic means is turned on.

5. A toy as defined in Claim 1, wherein said image forming means includes two heart-shaped elements formed so that one of said heart-shaped elements has a smaller size than the other of said heart-shaped elements; and further comprising means for alternatingly lighting said heartshaped elements so as to form said image.

6. A toy as defined in Claim 1; and further comprising environment sensing means arranged to sense at least one parameter of an environment in the vicinity of said body part and connected with said electronic means so that the latter is turned on in response to the sensing of said at least one parameter and thereby forms said image.

7. A toy as defined in Claim 6, wherein said environment sensing means is formed so as to sense a temperature which exceeds a predetermined level, said electronic means being turnable on in response to the sensing of temperature by said environment sensing means.

8. A toy as defined in Claim 6, wherein said environment sensing means is formed so as to sense a smoke in the environment, said electronic means being turnable on in response to the sensing of smoke by said environment sensing means.

9. A toy as defined in Claim 6, wherein said environment sensing means is formed so as to sense a sound which exceeds a predetermined level, said electronic means being turnable on in response to the sensing of the sound by said environment sensing means.

10. A toy as defined in Claim 6, wherein said electronic means includes means producing a sound of crying in response to the sensing of said at least one parameter by said environment sensing means.

11. A toy as defined in Claim 6, wherein said body part includes a doll element, said electronic means including means forming an image of a butterfly in a stomach area of said doll element in response to the sensing of said at least one parameter by said environment sensing means.

12. A toy as defined in Claim 6, wherein said body part includes a doll element, said electronic means including means forming an image of a frog in a throat area of said doll element in response to the sensing of said at least one parameter by said environment sensing means.

13. A toy as defined in Claim 6; and further comprising means for adjusting a sensitivity of said sensing means so as to change a level of said at least one parameter, which is sensed by said sensing means and in response to which said electronic means is turned on so as to form said image.

14. A toy as defined in Claim 6, wherein said environment sensing means includes a plurality of sensors sensing different parameters of environment and connected with said electronic means so that the latter is turned on in response to the sensing of at least one of said different parameters sensed by said sensors.

15. A toy as defined in Claim 6; and further comprising switching means arranged to turn on said electronic means so that the latter produce said image, and a frequency of said image produced by said electronic means in response to sensing of said at least one parameter by said environment sensing means is higher than a frequency of said image produced by said electronic means in response to turning on by said switching means.

16. A toy as defined in Claim 10, wherein said body part includes a doll element with a rocking sensor formed so that when said doll element is rocked said sensor stops production of said sound of crying.

17. A toy as defined in Claim 16; and further comprising delay means connected with said means for producing a sound of crying and formed so that when rocking of said doll element stops the production of said sound of crying still continues for a predetermined time.

18. A toy as defined in Claim 16; and further comprising means for gradually weakening said sound of crying until it completely disappears, after the rocking of said doll element has been stopped.

19. A toy, comprising a body part; and electronic means including a pulse beat sensor arranged to sense pulse beats of a user, and a signal generator arranged to generace signals corresponding to the pulse beats sensed by said pulse beat sensor.

20. A toy as defined in Claim 19, wherein said signal generator is formed so that it generates audio signals corresponding to the pulse beats sensed by said pulse beat sensor.

21. A toy as defined in Claim 19, wherein said signal generator is formed so that it generates video signals corresponding to the pulse beats sensed by said sensor.

22. A toy as defined in Claim 19; and further comprising display means connected with said electronic means and displaying data corresponding to the pulse beats sensed by said pulse beat sensor.

23. A toy, comprising means forming a message which urges a person to fall asleep; signal sensing means arranged to sense a signal produced by a person who has not fallen asleep or woken up and connected with said message forming means so that said message forming means forms said message in response to sensing said signal by said signal sensing means.

24. A toy as defined in Claim 23; and further comprising a body part formed so as to imitate a living being, such as a human, an animal and the like, said message forming being arranged in said body part thus imitating a living being forming said message.

25. A toy as defined in Claim 23; and further comprising a body part, said message forming means including a message producing element arranged in said body part and producing said message, and a message receiving element arranged remotely from said message producing element and receiving said message so that said person can receive said message at a location spaced from said body part.

26. A toy as defined in Claim 23, wherein said signal sensing means include noise sensing means arranged to sense a noise produced by said person, said message forming means being arranged to form said message in response to sensing said noise by said noise sensing means.

27. A toy as defined in Claim 23, wherein said message sensing means includes means for forming an audio message in response to sensing said signal by said signal sensing means.

28. A toy as defined in Claim 27; and further comprising means acting on said audio message forming means so that a level of said audio message gradually decreases.

29. A toy as defined in Claim 13, wherein said message forming means includes means for forming a visual message in response to sensing said signal by said signal sensing means.

30. A toy as defined in Claim 29; and further comprising means acting on said visual message forming means so that a level of said visual message gradually decreases.

31. A toy as defined in Claim 23, wherein said message forming means includes means for forming an audio message and means for forming a visual message in response to sensing said signal by said signal sensing means.

32. A toy as defined in Claim 27, wherein said audio message forming means is arranged so that it produces at least one message selected from the group consisting of an appeal to sleep, a fairy tale, a quieting text, and a puffing.

33. A toy as defined in Claim 29, and further comprising a body part which has a portion formed as a face, at least a section of said face being movable, said visual message forming means being arranged to move said section of said face.

34. A toy as defined in Claim 33, wherein said section of said face is formed as a mouth movable by said visual message forming means.

35. A toy as defined in Claim 29, wherein said portion formed as a face has. also means which forms two eyes and a light source arranged so as to illuminate each σf said eyes, said section of said face including two eyelids movable by said visual message forming means so as to close and to open said eyes.

36. A toy as defined in Claim 31, wherein said visual message forming means includes means which successively expose different pictures, said audio message forming means including means which successively transmit messages corresponding to said pictures.

37. A toy as defined in Claim 23; and further comprising timing means connected with said message forming means and actuating the latter at a predetermined time.

38. A toy as defined in Claim 23, wherein said signal sensing means includes means sensing a pulse of said person, said message forming means being arranged to form said message in response to sensing said pulse by said pulse sensing means.

39. A toy as defined in Claim 23, and further comprising pulse sensing means arranged to sense a pulse of said person; and further message forming means arranged to form a further message in response to sensing said pulse by said pulse sensing means.

40. A toy as defined in Claim 23; and further comprising means for sensing a pulse of said person, and displaying data corresponding to said pulse.

41. A toy as defined in Claim 38; and further comprising means for adjusting a sensitivity of said pulse sensing means so that said pulse sensing means actuate said message forming means only when said pulse sensing means sense a pulse beat of a person within the adjusted threshold and does not actuate the same outside of the adjusted threshold.

42. A need help toy, comprising a body part; means producing a need help message, said need help message producing means being formed so that when it is located close to said body part it is inoperative, and when it is taken by a user and moved away from said body part it produces the need help message so as to inform the user that the toy needs help to be rendered by the user.

43. A need help toy as defined in Claim 42, wherein said need help message producing means includes a need help message forming element and a need help message activating element which acts upon said need help message forming element so as to activate the latter with the use of a parameter which is specific to said elements so that in the event of several such toys one need help message activating element activates a respective one of the need help message forming elements.

44. A need help toy as defined in Claim 42; and further comprising means forming in the toy a defect which can be eliminated by a child so that the child obtains the toy with the defect therein and then can eliminate said defect thus performing toy curing, improving or repairing function.

45. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44, wherein said need help message producing means is formed to produce a need help message associated with said defect.

46. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44, wherein the toy is a doll, said body part being formed as a doll body, said defect forming means including an element imitating a wound in said doll body.

47. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44, wherein the toy is a doll, said body part being formed as a doll body having a plurality of organs, at least one of said organs of said doll body being defective so as to form said defect forming means.

48. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44, wherein the toy is a doll, said body part being formed as a doll body, said defect forming means including an element imitating a dirt on said doll body.

49. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44, wherein the toy is a doll, said body part being formed as a doll body; and further comprising means forming clothes on said body part, and an element which imitates dirt of said clothes and forms said defect forming means.

50. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44, wherein the toy is a doll, said body part being formed as a doll body; and further comprising means forming clothes on said body part, at least a protion of said clothes being defective so as to form said defect forming means.

51. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44, wherein said toy is a doll, said body part being formed as a doll body, said defect forming means including an element which is painted on said doll body and then removable from the latter.

52. A need help toy as defined in claim 44, wherein said toy is a doll, said body part being formed as a doll body, said defect forming means including an element which is temporarily attachable to said doll body and removable therefrom.

53. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44, wherein said toy is a doll, said body part being formed as a doll body, said defect forming means including an element painted on clothes to be worn on said doll body.

54. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44; further comprising an element which is hidden when the defect of the toy is not eliminated and which is exposed after the defect has been eliminated so as to imitate that the defect was before in the toy.

55. A need help toy as defined in Claim 54, wherein said defect forming means includes a member imitating a wound, said element including a member imitating a scar and arranged so that it is hidden by said wound imitating element and then exposed after removal of said wound imitating element.

56. A need help toy as defined in claim 55, wherein said scar imitating member is formed so that it is initially of a substantially red color which becomes lighter in the course of time so as to imitate natural healing process of wound.

57. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44, and further comprising means for producing a sound of pain such that a child applies pressure to said defect forming means said sound of pain producing means is activated.

58. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44, and further comprising means for producing a sound of gratitude such that when a child tenderly contacts said defect forming means said sound of gratitude producing means is activated.

59. A need help toy as defined in Claim 58; and further comprising means for producing a sound of pain such that child applies pressure to said defect forming means said sound of pain producing means is also activated.

60. A need help toy as defined in Claim 59, wherein sound of gratitude producing means includes means for sensing pulse of the child.

61. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44; and further comprising means for eliminating said defect formed by said defect forming means.

62. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44, wherein said body part includes a toy body and a doll body, said defect forming means including an element forming a wound in said doll part.

63. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44, and further comprising an elemenc which forms one face impression of che toy and upon its removal exposes another face impression of the toy.

64. A need help toy as defined in Claim 43, wherein said one impression is a sad impression, said another impression is a merry impression.

65. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44, and further comprising means forming a certificate identifying said defect and associated with said body part.

66. A need help toy as defined in Claim 44, and further comprising a remotely operating defect eliminating element arranged so as to remotely act upon said defect forming means and to eliminate said defect.

67. A need help toy as defined in Claim 42, and further comprising toy response producing means; and a part which is initially misplaced and upon proper placing activates said response producing means so as to produce a response to said proper placing.

68. A need help toy as defined in Claim 42, and further comprising scar forming means; and scar influencing means formed so that when ambient temperature lowers below a predetermined level the scar becomes more red and when the temperature then increases the higher redness disappears.

69. A need help toy as defined in Claim 42; and further comprising means forming a wound; means forming a bandage applicable on said wound, and means generating a sound imitating pain when the bandage is removed from the wound.