Electronic geography teaching device
AssigneeKnowledge Kids Enterprises, Inc.
InventorMichael C. Wood
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Abstract
This invention provides for an interactive teaching device. The device comprises a housing depicting a map and has corresponding to various locations on the map. Also provided is a plurality of buttons, a card reader, a processor, and a speaker. Cards are provided with encoded information readable by the device, and depict objects such as animals. In response to insertion of a card or activation of a button thereafter, the device produces a signal that may be a prompt, a statement, or a sound associated with the depicted object. The device allows a user to respond to a prompt by selecting an appropriate button, upon which the device produces a signal validating the user's response.
Claims15
An interactive learning device, comprising:
- (a) a map, including a plurality of map locations;
- (b) a plurality of indicia, selectable from within the map, respectively corresponding to individual map locations;
- (c) an output;
- (d) a reader configured to identify a removable medium depicting an entity;
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- (e) a processing circuit, configured to receive the identity of the medium from the reader, to associate the depicted entity with one of the locations, and in response to a selection of one of the locations, to compare the selected location to the associated location and cause the output to produce an affirmative acknowledgment if the selected location matches the associated location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.