A gear mechanism having a shuttle gear adjacent both an auxiliary gear and an action gear and a cam plate, having a shuttle lock adjacent the shuttle gear and including a cam follower riding back and forth along a first cam pathway with an action element in mechanical communication with the action gear. A motor operates the shuttle gear with rotation of the motor in a first direction rotating the shuttle gear into engagement with the auxiliary gear, activating the shuttle lock to maintain the engagement throughout a predetermined rotational range of the cam plate and rotating the cam plate back and forth driving controlled back and forth movement of the auxiliary elements, with rotation of the motor in a second direction rotating the cam plate beyond the predetermined range releasing the shuttle lock.

A gear mechanism having a shuttle gear adjacent both an auxiliary gear and an action gear and a cam plate, having a shuttle lock adjacent the shuttle gear and including a cam follower riding back and forth along a first cam pathway with an action element in mechanical communication with the action gear. A motor operates the shuttle gear with rotation of the motor in a first direction rotating the shuttle gear into engagement with the auxiliary gear, activating the shuttle lock to maintain the engagement throughout a predetermined rotational range of the cam plate and rotating the cam plate back and forth driving controlled back and forth movement of the auxiliary elements, with rotation of the motor in a second direction rotating the cam plate beyond the predetermined range releasing the shuttle lock.

A gear mechanism having a shuttle gear adjacent both an auxiliary gear and an action gear and a cam plate, having a shuttle lock adjacent the shuttle gear and including a cam follower riding back and forth along a first cam pathway with an action element in mechanical communication with the action gear. A motor operates the shuttle gear with rotation of the motor in a first direction rotating the shuttle gear into engagement with the auxiliary gear, activating the shuttle lock to maintain the engagement throughout a predetermined rotational range of the cam plate and rotating the cam plate back and forth driving controlled back and forth movement of the auxiliary elements, with rotation of the motor in a second direction rotating the cam plate beyond the predetermined range releasing the shuttle lock.

A gear mechanism having a shuttle gear adjacent both an auxiliary gear and an action gear and a cam plate, having a shuttle lock adjacent the shuttle gear and including a cam follower riding back and forth along a first cam pathway with an action element in mechanical communication with the action gear. A motor operates the shuttle gear with rotation of the motor in a first direction rotating the shuttle gear into engagement with the auxiliary gear, activating the shuttle lock to maintain the engagement throughout a predetermined rotational range of the cam plate and rotating the cam plate back and forth driving controlled back and forth movement of the auxiliary elements, with rotation of the motor in a second direction rotating the cam plate beyond the predetermined range releasing the shuttle lock.

A user interface system for a toy includes a power drive unit, an encoder and a processor coupled with the power drive unit and with the encoder. The power drive unit actuates a drive element of the toy according to moving instructions received from the processor. The encoder detects motion of the drive element, and the processor sets a mode of operation of the toy according to the motion of the selected drive element and the moving instructions.

In an information processing system 1, an information processing apparatus 10 recognizes, when a user moves real bodies 120a and 120b arranged on a play field 19, the movement on the basis of, for example, an image taken by a camera 122 taking an image of the movement to interlock objects of corresponding characters 202a and 202b displayed on a display apparatus 16. In addition, when the user moves the characters 202a and 202b through an input apparatus 14, the information processing apparatus 10 transmits a control signal to the corresponding real bodies 120a and 120b to perform interlocking. When a situation in which interlocking between the real bodies 120a and 120b and the characters 202a and 202b is difficult occurs, an appropriate scenario is selected from the scenarios prepared in advance and realized, thereby maintaining the consistency.

A self-propelled toy includes a toy body, a drive and control module, including a housing, an axle with wheels arranged on opposing ends and an axel drive/driven gear attached to the drive and control module within the housing. A pull-back mechanism arranged in, on or otherwise attached and mechanically connected to the drive and control module Upon pulling back the toy body while maintaining the wheels touching a ground like surface, the pull-back mechanism generates and stores mechanical potential energy in a spring/tensioning motor mechanism, which upon release of the toy body, translates to kinetic energy and with the wheels touching the ground like surface drives the toy body in a direction opposite that of the pull-back direction.

A self-propelled toy includes a toy body, a drive and control module, including a housing, an axle with wheels arranged on opposing ends and an axel drive/driven gear attached to the drive and control module within the housing. A pull-back mechanism arranged in, on or otherwise attached and mechanically connected to the drive and control module Upon pulling back the toy body while maintaining the wheels touching a ground like surface, the pull-back mechanism generates and stores mechanical potential energy in a spring/tensioning motor mechanism, which upon release of the toy body, translates to kinetic energy and with the wheels touching the ground like surface drives the toy body in a direction opposite that of the pull-back direction.