Education and demonstration – Question or problem eliciting response
Patent
1995-08-28
1997-07-08
Apley, Richard J.
Education and demonstration
Question or problem eliciting response
434308, 434317, C09B 500
Patent
active
056454325
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
THE PRESENT INVENTION relates to a toy or educational device and seeks to provide a novel toy or educational device which will retain the attention of a person using the toy or educational device.
According to this invention there is provided a book or magazine comprising front and back covers and a plurality of pages carrying printing; a pressure sensor located in at least one of the front and back covers for sensing the position at which pressure is applied to the corresponding cover; and a sound generator connected to the pressure sensor wherein the pressure sensor being adapted to cause the sound generator to generate sounds associated with the position at which a finger presses against the page overlying the cover and in dependence upon the page which is pressed.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention a book or magazine comprising front and back covers and a plurality of pages carrying printing, sensor means carried on the book and mounted on at least one of the front and back covers of the book to sense where a finger touches a page, and a sound generator connected to the sensor means wherein the sensor means are adapted to cause the sound generator to generate sounds associated with the position at which the finger touches the pages, and in dependence upon the page which is touched.
Preferably the said sound generator means are contained within a housing which is mounted in a cover of the book or mounted within the spine of the book, but alternatively the sound generator means may be separated from the book, means being provided to pass signals from the book to the sound generator means. An electrical connection may be provided including a plug and a socket which extends between the book and the sound generator means. Alternatively, the book may be provided with means adapted to transmit signals in response to a finger touching a predetermined area on a page of the book, the said sound generator being provided with means adapted to receive the signals.
Conveniently the signals are indicative of the area of the page that has been touched, the means associated with the book containing a memory storing signals appropriate to be passed to sound generating means when each area is touched.
Conveniently the sensor comprises areas positioned in alignment with page numbers printed on the pages and areas in alignment with areas of the pages to be touched.
In order that the invention may be more readily understood, and so that further features thereof may be appreciated, the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
FIG. 1 is a perspective view, with parts thereof cut away, of a book in accordance with the invention,
FIG. 2 is a view of a conductive track which forms part of the book of FIG. 1,
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a book in accordance with the invention,
FIG. 4 is a view of the book of FIG. 3 opened to reveal the rear cover of the book,
FIG. 5 illustrates another book in accordance with the invention, similar to that of FIG. 3, with an associated item of equipment,
FIG. 6 illustrates another book, similar to that of FIG. 3, and further associated equipment, and
FIG. 7 illustrates another book, similar to that of FIG. 3, with further associated equipment.
The invention will be described initially with reference to an embodiment of the invention which is in the form of a book 1. The book has, as is conventional, outer covers 2,3 inter-connected by a spine 4, and carries a number of pages 5. Some of the pages, such as the illustrated page on the left-hand side of the book 6, carry text, whereas some pages, such as the page 7 on the left-hand side of the book may carry pictures or illustrations. Of course, a page carrying illustrations may also carry printed text.
In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the page 7 carrying the illustration, carries a picture of a house 8 having a chimney 9, and a door 10, there being two bushes 11,12 located in the front of the house.
As can be seen from FIG. 1, a
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Texas Instruments' 1990 Educational Products brochure, p. 13.
Apley Richard J.
Benson Kurt R.
Richman Glenn E.
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