Multimedia Greeting Card

• US 20110154698A1
• Filed: 12/28/2009
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hao-Wei Lin
• Original Assignee: Hao-Wei Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Hao-Wei
• Application Number:
  US12/647,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20110154698A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/124.03
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/022 combined with permanently fastened sound-producing or light-emitting means or carrying sound records
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 1/02 Single substantially flat cards

Abstract

A multimedia greeting card in accordance with the present invention has a base, a control circuit board, a screen, a speaker and a cover. The control circuit board and the speaker are mounted in the base, and the screen is mounted on the base. The screen and the speaker are electrically connected to the control circuit board. The cover is pivotally mounted on the base. People can record audio-visual information and store data in a storage unit of the control circuit board. When the multimedia greeting card is actuated, the multimedia information is presented by the screen and speaker.

Claims

1. A multimedia greeting card comprising:

a base;

a control circuit board mounted in the base and having a power unit, a control unit and a storage unit;

a screen mounted on the base and electrically connected to the control circuit board;

a speaker mounted in the base and electrically connected to the control circuit board;

a button mounted on the base and electrically connected to the control circuit board;

a connecting port mounted on the base and electrically connected to the control circuit board; and

a cover pivotally mounted on the base and having an outer panel, an inner panel and a holding space formed between the outer panel and the inner panel.

2. The multimedia greeting card as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover has a slot formed through an edge of the cover and communicating with the holding space.

3. The multimedia greeting card as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outer panel and the inner panel of the cover are transparent.

4. The multimedia greeting card as claimed in claim 2, wherein the outer panel and the inner panel of the cover are transparent.

5. The multimedia greeting card as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outer panel of the cover is opaque and the inner panel is transparent.

6. The multimedia greeting card as claimed in claim 2, wherein the outer panel of the cover is opaque and the inner panel is transparent.

7. The multimedia greeting card as claimed in claim 1, wherein the multimedia greeting card has a sensor mounted between the base and the cover and connected to the control circuit board to sense whether the cover is opened and actuates the multimedia greeting card.

8. The multimedia greeting card as claimed in claim 4, wherein the multimedia greeting card has a sensor mounted between the base and the cover and connected to the control circuit board to sense whether the cover is opened and actuates the multimedia greeting card.

9. The multimedia greeting card as claimed in claim 6, wherein the multimedia greeting card has a sensor mounted between the base and the cover and connected to the control circuit board to sense whether the cover is opened and actuates the multimedia greeting card.

10. The multimedia greeting card as claimed in claim 8, wherein the sensor is an optical sensor.

11. The multimedia greeting card as claimed in claim 9, wherein the sensor is an optical sensor.

12. The multimedia greeting card as claimed in claim 8, wherein the sensor is a contact sensor.

13. The multimedia greeting card as claimed in claim 9, wherein the sensor is a contact sensor.

14. The multimedia greeting card as claimed in claim 1, wherein the screen is a liquid crystal display.

15. The multimedia greeting card as claimed in claim 2, wherein the multimedia greeting card further comprises of an interchangeable card mounted in the holding space connecting to the slot of the cover.