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US 6,608,618 B2Granted
Interactive apparatus using print media
AssigneeLeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsMichael C. Wood, Tracey Hope Jedrzejek, Richard Glen Freeman, Mark Flowers, Eric Thomas Shuler, Margaret E. Grunert, Jason Avery
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Abstract
A method for producing an output in response to an interaction with a print element on a sheet is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes placing a sheet comprising a print element on a surface of a base unit. A user can then mark on the sheet in the vicinity of the print element with a marking instrument. An audio output that corresponds to the print element is generated.
Claims30
A method of generating audio output, the method comprising:
- a) placing a sheet having a print element printed on the sheet on a surface of a base unit;
- b) marking on the sheet in the vicinity of the print element with a marking instrument;
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- c) generating an audio output that corresponds to the print element.
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An interactive apparatus comprising:
- a) a base unit comprising
- i) a surface for receiving a first sheet having a print element and a first identifier printed on the first sheet to identify the first sheet and for receiving a second sheet having a second identifier on the second sheet, wherein the first and second identifiers are substantially the same and are at different locations on the first and second sheets,
- ii) an array of electrical elements under the surface,
- iii) a processor operatively coupled to the array of electrical elements,
- iv) a memory operatively coupled to the processor, and
- v) an audio output device operatively coupled to the processor;
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- b) a marking instrument that is adapted to mark on the first sheet in the vicinity of the print element,
- wherein the audio output device is adapted to provide audio output that relates to the print element when a user makes a mark in the vicinity of the print element with the marking instrument and
- wherein the first sheet is identified to the base unit after the first identifier is manually selected when the first shet is on the surface of the base unit, and
- wherein the second sheet is identified to the base unit after the second identifier is manually selected when the second sheet is on the base unit.
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