PAUL F CAMPBELL
Nursing at Genevieve Ln, San Jose, CA

2011002, Jan 27, 2011

Jul 21, 2009

12/506958

Khanh M. Le - Morgan Hill CA, US
David M. Holmes - Cupertino CA, US
Paul P. Campbell - San Jose CA, US
Melinda C. Campbell - San Jose CA, US
Ling Kun L. Cheng - Sunnyvale CA, US

A63H 3/28

446300

A toy and software application accessory extends the distinguishing play experience of a particular toy to a digital play experience on personal digital assistant, personal navigation device, or other electronic device like an iPod or iphone with an accelerometer, speaker, and a touch-sensitive display screen. The software application accessory creates a digital play experience or video game on the electronic device that presents avatars, dialog, and backgrounds that convincingly accessorize the physical toy. Wireless connectivity to a PC and the Internet allows the toy or the electronic device to download updates, modifications, and enhancements to its basic program. New personalities can be downloaded that change the toy play experience, and extend the play life of the toy by introducing new and creative play experiences. A personality accessory kit includes the new personalities, clothes, props, and other matching accessories.

2011001, Jan 27, 2011

Jul 21, 2009

12/506869

KHANH M. LE - Morgan Hill CA, US
DAVID M. HOLMES - Cupertino CA, US
PAUL P. CAMPBELL - San Jose CA, US
LING KUN L. CHENG - Sunnyvale CA, US

G01R 27/26

324654, 324658

A capacitive sensor comprises patterned electrodes and printed wires of conductive material integrated with sensing circuits on flexible circuit substrates. The flexible circuit substrates are fingered or otherwise elongated to distribute sensing points to the limbs in a toy doll or animal, or squares on a board game. Such sensing points can detect the presence of a finger even though actual contact is not made by measuring the proportions and changes in stray capacitance attaching to the various electrodes. Touch sensors are therefore possible even when the capacitor sensor's sensing points are covered by a doll's plastic skin or a plush animal's fur. Including an interlayer of open cell foam under the flexible circuit substrate further implements a pressure sensor because applied pressures will deform the geometries of the capacitor electrodes and dielectrics enough to produce a measurable change in capacitance.

2011002, Jan 27, 2011

Jul 21, 2009

12/506933

KHANH M. LE - Morgan Hill CA, US
David M. Holmes - Cupertino CA, US
Paul P. Campbell - San Jose CA, US
Ling Kun L. Cheng - Sunnyvale CA, US

A63H 3/28

446298, 463 36

Toy design methods break down the desired behavior of an electro-mechanical toy into unique states represented with electronics and/or mechanical modeling. The toy will exist in such rest state until some external event acts to trigger a state change in one or more of the parts. Any event can be defined at an appropriate user, environmental, or sensory input to can act as a trigger for the toy to react with some predefined behavior. Each of several physical toy states can be uniquely represented with an electronic circuit register. A multi-bit register status at any one particular instant directly represents the entire state the toy is in, and is quick and simple to inspect and act on. State changes triggered by input stimuli cause a change in the register bits reflecting the changing conditions of the toy.

2012001, Jan 26, 2012

Jul 26, 2010

12/843201

Jeffrey Li - Palo Alto CA, US
Paul P. Campbell - San Jose CA, US
Khanh M. Le - Morgan Hill CA, US
David M. Holmes - Cupertino CA, US

G06F 3/044, G01R 27/26

345174, 324686

A capacitive touch sensor has a clear top plastic film and graphics or other designs disposed on its reverse side. Only the bare plastic substrate is exposed to the environment and user wear. Non-conductive color inks are used in printing the graphics so that any printed capacitive sensors in contact behind will not be short circuited or desensitized. A silk-screened base color layer with a print-free margin left all around its edges allows a later application of adhesive to grip a more durable surface underneath. Capacitive touch sensors are deposited on a bottom plastic film with silvered conductive inks. The printed capacitive sensors on film are fastened with a silk-screen applied liquid water-based adhesive and face the graphics printed side of the first plastic film. A final overcoat of adhesive is applied to the bare backside of the bottom plastic film for final assembly to a frame or chassis.