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US 4,936,780 AGranted
Touch sensor alpha-numeric blocks
OwnerMary A. Coglianoinventor
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Abstract
A series of educational blocks for teaching children the correct sounds of each letter of the English language as well as rudimentry words. Touching or depressing a surface of the block provided with particular indicia thereon would produce a sound corresponding to this indicia. This sound is produced utilizing a solid state memory and an associated speech synthesizer.
Claims6
A talking block comprising:
- a cube provided with dissimilar indicia on at least two outside surfaces of said cube;
- a plurality of switches connected to each of said outside surfaces provided with indicia, each switch connected to a separate outside surface;
- a solid state printed circuit provided with a non-erasable memory, said printed circuit included in the interior of said cube and connected to each of said switches;
- a speech synthesizer provided in the interior of said cube and connected to said solid state memory;
- and
- a speaker connected to said speech synthesizer for producing a sound associated with said indicia.
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A series of talking blocks, each talking block comprising:
- a cube provided with dissimilar indicia on at least two outside surfaces of said cube;
- a plurality of switches connected to each of said outside surfaces provided with indicia, each switch connected to a separate outside surface;
- a solid state printed circuit provided with a non-erasable memory, said printed circuit included in the interior of said tube and connected to each of said switches;
- a speech synthesizer provided in the interior of said cube and connected to said solid state memory;
- and
- a speaker connected to said speech synthesizer for producing a sound associated with said indicia.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.