Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices – Miscellaneous
Patent
1996-02-13
1998-11-24
Isen, Forester W.
Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
Miscellaneous
4012403, 40717, 40906, 704272, G09F 2700
Patent
active
058418784
ABSTRACT:
A collectible article provides a multimedia representation of a desired subject. Such multimedia representation will include a visual representation of the subject appearing on at least a portion of the article. In addition to such visual media, an audible sound segment, reproducible and selectively activated as desired by an activation switch. The article is advantageously of compact, card-like format, and can be user personalized by permitting the recording, and selective playback, of a sound segment corresponding to the visually depicted image appearing on a portion thereof. The article may optionally include a space reserved for receiving an autograph. By carrying the article to places where there may be a likelihood of encountering the depicted celebrity, the owner will have same at hand for personalization by the figure. A spoken message to the presenting owner of the card-like article may there be recorded by the celebrity for long term storage and future playback, and/or the card signed in the appropriate location thereon. The article may further include displayed statistical information and the like disposed on an reverse side of the card, conveniently in the form of, for example, a liquid crystal alphanumeric display, or the like, which includes one or more rows. In a further embodiment, the above features are incorporated in a protective housing for display of existing trading cards and the like.
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Arnold John J.
Wechsler Lawrence I.
Arnold John J.
Isen Forester W.
Wechsler Lawrence I.
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