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US 6,788,283 B1Granted
Book with electronic display
AssigneeWarner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
InventorsRandolph M. Blotky, Gregory B. Thagard, John H. Dargan
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Abstract
An electronic book includes pages with printed materials, a display showing selectively a plurality of images and a control circuit arranged to cause pictures to be displayed in accordance with pages being viewed by a reader. In one embodiment, a sensor is used to detect which page is the reader looking at. In other embodiments, an automatic sensor or a sensor operated by the reader is used to determine what images are to be shown. Multiple images are also displayed in sequence to form moving images. In addition, speakers may also be provided to reproduce sounds.
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A book comprising:
- a first and a second book cover;
- a plurality of pages bound together between said covers to form a book, at least some of the pages including printed material, said pages having cutouts;
- an electronic display mounted on one of said covers and arranged and constructed to display images, said electronic display being positioned to make it visible through said cutouts;
- a memory storing data corresponding to a plurality of images;
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- a control circuit adapted to retrieve selectively data for one image from said memory and send said data to said electronic display to cause said electronic display to show said one image.
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A book comprising:
- a plurality of pages bound together and having cutouts;
- an electronic display mounted within said book and associated with said pages and adapted to display images in response to a control signal, said electronic display being positioned to make it visible through said cutouts;
- an image selector adapted to generate image identifying signals;
- a controller adapted to receive said image identifying signals and to generate in response said control signal;
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- a memory storing data corresponding to said images.
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A printed book comprising:
- a plurality of printed pages, said pages including image identifying indicia;
- a first and a second cover, with said printed pages being affixed in a predetermined order between said first and said second cover, said pages being formed with cutouts;
- a control circuit attached to one said covers and adapted to sense said image identifying indicia;
- an electronic display attached to said book within said covers and coupled to said control circuit, said electronic display being arrange and constructed to display graphic images associated with said image identifying indicia, said electronic display being positioned to make it visible through said cutouts;
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- a memory storing data for a plurality of images, wherein said control circuit is adapted to retrieve data corresponding to one image as identified by said image identifying indicia.
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A printed book comprising:
- a plurality of printed pages, said pages including image identifying indicia;
- a first and a second cover, with said printed pages being affixed in a predetermined order between said first and said second cover, said pages being formed with cutouts;
- a control circuit attached to one said covers and adapted to sense said image identifying indicia;
- an electronic display attached to said book within said covers and coupled to said control circuit, said electronic display being arrange and constructed to display graphic images associated with said image identifying indicia, said electronic display being positioned to make it visible through said cutouts;
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- wherein each page includes a transparent window and a transparent member covering said window, said indicia being disposed on said member.
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A printed book comprising:
- a plurality of printed pages, said pages including image identifying indicia;
- a first and a second cover, with said printed pages being affixed in a predetermined order between said first and said second cover, said pages being formed with cutouts;
- a control circuit attached to one said covers and adapted to sense said image identifying indicia;
- an electronic display attached to said book within said covers and coupled to said control circuit, said electronic display being arrange and constructed to display graphic images associated with said image identifying indicia, said electronic display being positioned to make it visible through said cutouts;
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- wherein said indicia comprise bar codes and said sensor includes a bar code reader.
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A printed book comprising:
- a plurality of printed pages, said pages including text;
- a first and a second cover, with said printed pages being affixed in a predetermined order between said first and said second cover, said pages being formed with cutouts;
- a control circuit attached to one said covers and including a sensor adapted to detect said text;
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- an electronic display attached to said book within said covers and coupled to said control circuit, said electronic display being arrange and constructed to display graphic images associated with said text, said electronic display being positioned to make it visible through said cutouts.
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A book comprising:
- a plurality of pages bound together and having cutouts;
- an electronic display mounted within said book and associated with said pages and adapted to display images in response to a control signal, said electronic display being positioned to make it visible through said cutouts;
- an image selector adapted to generate image identifying signals;
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- a controller adapted to receive said image identifying signals and to generate in response said control signal;
- wherein said image selector includes an optical sensor adapted to detect text on said pages, said text identifying a particular image, and wherever said optical source and controller cooperate to cause said particular image to be shown on said display.
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A printed book comprising:
- a plurality of printed pages, said pages including text;
- a first and a second cover, with said printed pages being affixed in a predetermined order between said first and said second cover, said pages being formed with cutouts;
- a control circuit attached to one said covers and including a sensor adapted to detect said text;
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- an electronic display attached to said book within said covers and coupled to said control circuit, said electronic display being arrange and constructed to display graphic images associated with said text, said electronic display being positioned to make it visible through said cutouts;
- wherein said controller and display cooperate to show a plurality of images in sequence to generate moving images.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.