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US5569868:
Sound generating book
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Leung, Chun S.; Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
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| Assignee: |
Tiger Electronics, Inc., Vernon Hills, IL
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| Published / Filed: |
1996-10-29
/ 1994-08-24
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| Application Number: |
US1994000294965
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G09B 5/06;
G10H 1/26;
G10H 1/32;
Core:
G09B 5/00;
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IPC-7:
G09B 5/00;
G10H 1/00;
G10H 5/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
G09B5/06B; G10H1/26; G10H1/32;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
084/600;
434/169;
446/397;
Original:
084/600;
434/169;
446/397;
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| Field of Search: |
084/600,471 R,483.1,483.2
040/124.1,455
446/397
206/232
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| Priority Number: |
| 1994-08-24 |
US1994000294965 |
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| Abstract: |
A plurality of sensors, including transmitters and receivers, are positioned at various sections of a book for triggering sound generation. In an embodiment of the invention the sensor is a capacitive sensor wherein the transmitter and receiver are capacitive plates allowing electrical signals to be capacitively coupled therebetween when the book pages are in a closed position. The strobing or scanning of the plurality of sensors allows the book, under computer control, to determine the page to which the book is opened and accordingly trigger particularized sounds relating to the appropriate talking section.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Witkowski, Stanley J.;
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| Maintenance Status: |
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A book for generating sound responsive to the opening of pages therein comprising:
- a front cover;
- a back cover;
- a plurality of pages bound between said front cover and said back cover;
- a plurality of transmitter and receiver pairs disposed on at least some of the respective pairs of said plurality of pages;
- said transmitters and said receivers of said pairs being movable between a page closed position and page open position;
- means for receiving signals transmitted via said transmitters and received via said receivers indicative of a particular pair of pages being open; and
- means responsive to said receiving means for generating a sound related to the open page pair.
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