System and method for displaying an image and playing an associated message

• US 20050185103A1
• Filed: 02/19/2004
• Published: 08/25/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brookstone Purchasing Incorporated (Bebe Stores, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Brookstone Purchasing Incorporated (Bebe Stores, Inc.)
• Inventors: Trepacz, Timothy J., Lyman, Stephen R., Geringer, Joseph, Woodard, Rudy
• Application Number:
  US10/782,437
• Publication Number:
  US 20050185103A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/739
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/0616 Ornamental frames, e.g. with illumination, speakers or decorative features
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A system and method for an image display is provided. Generally, the image display has one or more exterior images displayed on an exterior surface of a image display housing and one or more interior images stored within the image display housing and removably displayed on one or more interior frames. The image display also has audio storage for storing one or more audio segments associated with exterior and interior images and an audio player for broadcast audio segments. The image display also has one or more frame selection buttons associated with the one or more interior frames and a control circuit wherein the control circuit selects one of the audio segments to broadcast based on activation of the play button and activation of one or none of the one or more frame selection buttons.

Claims

1. An image display, comprising:

one or more exterior images displayed on an exterior surface of an image display housing;

one or more interior images stored within the image display housing and removably displayed on one or more interior frames;

an audio storage with one or more audio segments associated with exterior and interior images; and

an audio player wherein activation by a first play button broadcast one of the one or more audio segments.

2. The image display of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more frame selection buttons wherein activation of one of the one or more frame selection buttons displays one or more of the interior images by moving one of the one or more frames out of the image display housing.

3. The image display of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more frame selection buttons associated with the one or more interior frames; and

a control circuit wherein the control circuit selects one of the audio segments to broadcast based on activation of the first play button and activation of one or none of the one or more frame selection buttons.

4. The image display of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more frame selection buttons associated with the one or more interior frames;

an audio recorder wherein activation by a record button records one of the one or more audio segments to the audio storage; and

a control circuit wherein the control circuit identifies one of the one or more recorded audio segment with an associated image based on activation of the record button and activation of one or none of the one or more frame selection buttons.

5. The image display of claim 1, wherein one interior image is displayed on a front and another interior image is displayed on a back of each of the one or more interior frames.

6. The image display of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more frame selection buttons associated with the one or more interior frames; and

a control circuit wherein the control circuit selects one of the audio segments to broadcast based on activation of the first play button or a second play button and activation of one or none of the one or more frame selection buttons.

7. The image display of claim 6, wherein the first play button is associated with images on a front side of each of the one or more interior frames and the second play button is associated with images on a back side of each of the one or more interior frames.

8. The image display of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more frame selection buttons associated with the one or more interior frames;

an audio recorder wherein activation by a record button records one of the one or more audio segments to the audio storage; and

a control circuit wherein the control circuit identifies one of the one or more recorded audio segment with an associated image based on activation of the record button, an image record selector, and activation of one or none of the one or more frame selection buttons.

9. The image display of claim 8, wherein the image record selector differentiates between images on a front side of each of the one or more interior frames and images on a back side of each of the one or more interior frames.

10. A method for associating audio segments with images in an image display, comprising the steps of:

receiving a signal from a first play button; and

selecting and playing an audio segment associated with an image based on receiving a signal from one or none of one or more frame selection buttons associated with one of one or more frames of the image display and receiving the signal from the first play button.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of:

selecting and playing an audio segment associate an exterior image when none of the one or more frame selection button signals is received.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of:

selecting an audio segment associate an interior image for play when one of the one or more frame selection button signals is received.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a signal from a second play button;

selecting and playing an audio segment associate with a back facing image when one or none of the one or more frame selection buttons is activated and the signal for the second play button is received; and

selecting and playing an audio segment associated with a front facing image when one or none of the one or more frame selection button is activated and the signal for the first play button is received.

14. An image display, comprising the steps of:

one or more exterior image display means on an exterior surface of an image display housing;

one or more interior image display means stored within the image display housing and removably displayed;

an audio storage means with one or more audio segments associated with each exterior image display means and interior image display means; and

an audio playing means wherein activation by a first play button broadcast one of the one or more audio segments.

15. The image display of claim 14, further comprising the step of:

one or more interior display means selection switches wherein activation of one of the one or more interior display means selection switches displays one or more of the interior display means by moving one of the one or more interior image display means out of the image display housing.

16. The image display of claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

one or more interior display means selection switches associated with the one or more interior image display means; and

a control means wherein the control means selects one of the audio segments to broadcast based on activation of the first play button and activation of one or none of the one or more interior display means selection switches.

17. The image display of claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

one or more interior means for display selection switches associated with the one or more interior display means;

means for audio recording wherein activation by a record button records one of the one or more audio segments to the audio storage means; and

means for control wherein the means for control identifies one of the one or more recorded audio segment with an associated image based on activation of the record button and activation of one or none of the one or more interior means for display selection switches.

18. The image display of claim 14, wherein one image is displayed on a front side and another image is displayed on a back side of each of the one or more interior means for display.

19. The image display of claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

one or more interior means for display selection switches associated with the one or more interior means for display; and

means for control wherein the means for control selects one of the audio segments to broadcast based on activation of a first play button or a second play button and activation of one or none of the one or more interior means for display selection switches.

20. The image display of claim 18, wherein the first play button is associated with images on a front side of each of the one or more interior means for display and a second play button is associated with images on a back side of each of the one or more interior means for display.

21. The image display of claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

one or more interior means for display selection switches associated with the one or more interior means for display;

means for audio recording wherein activation by a record button records the one or more audio segments to the audio storage means; and

means for control wherein the means for control identifies one of the one or more recorded audio segment with an associated image based on activation of the record button, an image record selector, and activation of one or none of the one or more interior means for display selection switches.

22. The image display of claim 21, wherein the image record selector differentiates between images on a front side of each of the one or more interior means for display and images on a back side of each of the one or more interior means for display.