Patent
1993-09-15
1996-04-02
Knepper, David D.
395 21, 395 279, G10L 500
Patent
active
055048366
ABSTRACT:
A picture frame and accompanying audio message circuit is provided such that one or more desired audio messages stored in the audio message circuit associated with one or more displayed pictures can be played upon the touching of the pictures or the frame. When audio message playback is desired, a switch on the frame or under a protective cover for the picture is activated by touching. Under CPU control, digital information representing the desired audio message is retrieved from a memory device, which is subsequently converted to an analog signal and transmitted to a speaker which produces the desired audio message perceptible to a human. In other embodiments, multiple pictures 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 that picture is then played through the speaker. In still other embodiments, a system is provided such that an image is captured electronically through a camera or the like. The electronic information representing the picture, and associated electronic information representing the audio message, is then transmitted over a suitable transmission medium such that it is remotely received. On the receiving end, a still picture is produced for insertion into the picture frame, and the received audio message is input into the voice message circuit.
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