SPEECH ACTIVATED SOUND EFFECTS BOOK

• US 20100028843A1
• Filed: 07/29/2008
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bonafide Innovations LLC
• Original Assignee: Bonafide Innovations LLC
• Inventors: Currington, Cameron S., Currington, Jeffrey W.
• Application Number:
  US12/181,988
• Publication Number:
  US 20100028843A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/317
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/062 Combinations of audio and printed presentations, e.g. magnetically striped cards, talking books, magnetic tapes with printed texts thereon

Abstract

A speech activated book having a cover disposed to receive an elongated housing. The speech-activated book could also include at least one page disposed along a portion of a binding area of the book. The page includes text having at least one trigger word. The speech-activated book could also include an audio circuit that, in response to detecting an audible representation of the trigger word, could provide an associated sound effect stored in memory. The elongated housing could be secured to the cover by at least one of: glue, an adhesive, a heat-set binding, a screw, a tab, a wire, a spiral connector, a rivet, a staple, a fastener, and a retainer.

Claims

1. An interactive book comprising:

a cover disposed to receive an elongated housing along a binding area, the elongated housing having an audio circuit and a power circuit; and

at least one page disposed along a portion of the binding area, wherein the page comprises text having at least one trigger word, and wherein, in response to detecting a trigger word, the audio circuit provides an associated sound effect.

2. The book of claim 1, wherein the audio circuit comprises a processor to detect the trigger word from an input.

3. The book of claim 1, wherein the audio circuit comprises a memory having a plurality of trigger words.

4. The book of claim 3, wherein the memory comprises a corresponding associated sound effect for each of the trigger words.

5. The book of claim 1, wherein the audio circuit comprises a speaker to output the associated sound.

6. The book of claim 1, wherein the audio circuit comprises a microphone to detect inputs.

7. The book of claim 1, wherein the elongated housing is secured to the cover by at least one of:

glue, an adhesive, a heat-set binding, a screw, a tab, a wire, a spiral connector, a rivet, a staple, a fastener, and a retainer.

8. The book of claim 1, wherein the power circuit comprises a battery.

9. The book of claim 1, wherein the power circuit comprises a power off mechanism triggered by inactivity.

10. For use in conjunction with a book, a method of sound activation, the method comprising:

detecting a spoken trigger word in an audio circuit disposed in an elongated housing along a binding area of a cover of the book, the elongated housing having an audio circuit and a power circuit; and

in response to detecting a trigger word, providing an associated sound effect.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the audio circuit comprises a processor to detect the trigger word from an input.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the audio circuit comprises a memory having a plurality of trigger words.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the memory comprises a corresponding associated sound effect for each of the trigger words.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the audio circuit comprises a speaker to output the associated sound.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the audio circuit comprises a microphone to detect inputs.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the elongated housing is secured to the cover by at least one of:

glue, an adhesive, a heat-set binding, a screw, a tab, a wire, a spiral connector, a rivet, a staple, a fastener, and a retainer.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the power circuit comprises a battery.

18. The method of claim 10 further comprising powering off the book during inactivity.

19. A speech activated book comprising:

a cover disposed to receive an elongated housing;

at least one page disposed along a portion of a binding area of the book, wherein the page comprises text having at least one trigger word; and

an audio circuit, in response to detecting an audible representation of the trigger word, to provide an associated sound effect stored in memory.

20. The book of claim 19, wherein the elongated housing is secured to the cover by at least one of:

glue, an adhesive, a heat-set binding, a screw, a tab, a wire, a spiral connector, a rivet, a staple, a fastener, and a retainer.