--- description: Google filed a patent Thursday for a sweet-looking toy with eyes that can track your movement and ears that can perk up when you speak. title: Google Wants to Patent its Creepiest Idea Ever image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Google Wants to Patent its Creepiest Idea Ever ## Video: How Google Makes its Doodles [Watch (HLS stream): How Google Makes its Doodles](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/upF0qp1E.m3u8) (3:23)  _Published 2018-07-07. Our videographer went to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California to meet some of the designers and coders who create the special, clever variations on the Google.com logo known as_  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 21, 2015 7:53 PM CUT  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 21, 2015 7:53 PM CUT Google is working towards a patent for a sweet-looking toy with eyes that can track your movement and ears that can perk up when you speak, according to a new patent filing [spotted](https://www.smartuplegal.com/ "undefined") by SmartUp Thursday. The [submission](http://pdfaiw.uspto.gov/.aiw?PageNum=0&docid=20150138333&IDKey=1EF5AB92E988&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fappft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO2%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsearch-adv.html%2526r%3D20%2526p%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526d%3DPG01%2526S1%3D%28%28%252522Google%252522.AS.%29%252BAND%252B%252540PD%25253E%25253D20150521%25253C%25253D20151231%29%2526OS%3DAN%2F%252522Google%252522%252BAND%252BPD%2F5%2F21%2F2015-%3C12%2F31%2F2015%2526RS%3D%28AN%2F%252522Google%252522%252BAND%252BPD%2F20150521-%3C20151231%29 "undefined") to the United States Patent and Trademark Office shows diagrams of an ordinary toy rabbit or teddy bear equipped with cameras behind its eyes and microphones in its ears. “Upon reception or a detection of a social cue,”the form reads, “such as movement and/or a spoken word or phrase, the anthropomorphic device may aim its gaze at the source of the social cue.” The theoretical toy could take verbal commands and send them to “media devices” like TVs. Of course, just because Google is seeking a patent doesn’t mean the product will come to light. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3893004/google-teddy-bear/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3893004/google-teddy-bear/"},"headline":"Google Wants to Patent its Creepiest Idea Ever","datePublished":"2015-05-21T19:53:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:05:26.969Z","description":"\"The anthropomorphic device may aim its gaze at the source of the social cue\"","url":"https://time.com/3893004/google-teddy-bear/","keywords":["Tech","Innovation","Google"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3893004/google-teddy-bear/","name":"Google Wants to Patent its Creepiest Idea Ever"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Google Makes its Doodles","description":"Our videographer went to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California to meet some of the designers and coders who create the special, clever variations on the Google.com logo known as","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/upF0qp1E/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-07T16:09:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/upF0qp1E.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3893004/google-teddy-bear/","duration":"PT3M23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3893004/google-teddy-bear/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```