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US 2023/0410678 A1Published application
Teaching aid
OwnerJohn Michael Gianangeliinventor
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Abstract
A teaching aid for those learning to tell time and learn the alphabet of a language. The teaching aid includes an interactive touchscreen alphabetic display. The present invention may assist in teaching the alphabet through providing a tactile-interactive medium, the touchscreen alphabetic display, for a user to select specific alphabetic characters and be provided visual feedback in the form of an image associate or corresponding with each selected alphabetic character. The teaching aid also provides a clock display for teaching time to the user.
Claims6
A teaching aid, comprising:
- a housing having a face;
- a touchscreen alphabetic display provided along the face, wherein the touchscreen alphabetic display provides a circumferential control region and a visual unit circumscribed by the control region;
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- the control region represents a plurality of alphabetic characters, wherein the control region is configured to, for each alphabetic character, when tactilely engaged generate a corresponding image in the visual unit, wherein the corresponding image is associated with the engaged alphabetic character.
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A method for teaching an alphabet, the method comprising:
- providing a colorful toy having a face;
- presenting a touchscreen wheel along the face;
- representing a plurality of alphabetic characters along a circumference of the touchscreen wheel, wherein a visual unit occupies a hub of the touchscreen wheel;
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- generating an image in the visual unit when each alphabetic character is tactilely engaged, wherein the image represents a word that starts with said alphabetic character.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.