Picture frame with associated audio messages and position sensit

Details Picture frame with associated audio messages and position sensit Picture frame with associated audio messages and position sensit

1997-01-24

1999-09-21

Hudspeth, David R.

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Speech signal processing

Application

704270, 40717, G10L 500

Patent

active

059566825

ABSTRACT:
A picture frame and accompany audio message circuit is provided such that one or more desired audio messages stored in audio message circuit associated with one or more display pictures can be played upon the touching of the pictures or the frame, or in response to a speech recognition device sensing an audio command associated with the particular audio message and/or pictures. When audio message playback is desired, a switch on the frame or under a protective cover for the picture is activated by touching, or a position sensitive device may be used to sense whether a particular position on the picture has been touched. Digital or analog information representing the desired audio message is retrieved from a memory device, which is subsequently transmitted to a speaker which produces the desired audio message perceptible to a human. In other embodiments, multiple picture and multiple messages are provided such that the user can touch a particular picture, or the switch associated with that picture, and an audio message corresponding to the picture is then played through the speaker. In still other embodiments, a system is provided with a plurality of pictures mounted in the perimeter faces of a cube or other geometrical shape, each picture having associated with it a switch for activating a message or plurality of messages. In still other embodiments, a position sensitive device or a speech recognition device is utilized to initiate audio message playback.

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