Visual and audible activated work and method of forming same
First Claim
1. An activated work comprising:
- a. at least two turntable pages pivotably attached at one edge of said pages so that said pages are pivotable from a juxtaposed closed position to an adjacent opened position;
b. a visual image display means having areas thereof with variable electromagnetic radiation absorption characteristics affixed to one of said pages, said visual image display having a first visual activation state at which a visual image is essentially not visible and a second visual activation state at which said visual image is visible;
c. a sound generating means attached to said work having a first activation state at which an audible sound is not generated and a second activation state at which an audible sound is generated;
d. means connected to said visual display for selectively activating said visual display means from one of said visual activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said open position or from said open position to said closed position; and
e. means connected to said sound generating means for selectively activating said sound generating means from one of said sound activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said opened position or from said opened position to said closed position.
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Abstract
An activated work comprising at least two turnable pages pivotably attached to one edge of each of the pages so that the pages are pivotable from a juxtaposed closed position to an adjacent opened position, a visual image display affixed to one of the pages, the visual image display having a first visual activation state at which a visual image is not visible thereon and a second visual activation state at which a visual image is visible thereon, a sound generator attached to the work having a first activation state at which an audible sound is not generated and a second activation state at which an audible sound is generated, connected to the visual display for selectively activating the visual display from one of the visual activation states to another upon pivoting the pages from the open position to the closed position, and connected to the sound generator for selectively activating the sound generator from one of the sound activation states to another upon pivoting the pages from the closed position to the opened position or from the opened position to the closed position.
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46 Claims
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1. An activated work comprising:
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a. at least two turntable pages pivotably attached at one edge of said pages so that said pages are pivotable from a juxtaposed closed position to an adjacent opened position; b. a visual image display means having areas thereof with variable electromagnetic radiation absorption characteristics affixed to one of said pages, said visual image display having a first visual activation state at which a visual image is essentially not visible and a second visual activation state at which said visual image is visible; c. a sound generating means attached to said work having a first activation state at which an audible sound is not generated and a second activation state at which an audible sound is generated; d. means connected to said visual display for selectively activating said visual display means from one of said visual activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said open position or from said open position to said closed position; and e. means connected to said sound generating means for selectively activating said sound generating means from one of said sound activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said opened position or from said opened position to said closed position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An activated work comprising:
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a. at least two turnable pages pivotably attached at one edge of each of said pages so that said pages are pivotable from a juxtaposed closed position to an adjacent opened position; b. a visual image display means affixed to one of said pages, said visual image display having a first visual activation state at which a visual image is not visible thereon and a second visual activation state at which a visual image is visible thereon; c. a speech synthesizer means attached to said work having a first voice activation state at which a synthesized voice is not generated and a second activation state at which a synthesized voice is generated; d. means connected to said visual display for selectively activating said visual display means from one of said visual activation states to another a delayed time period after moving said pages from said closed position to said open position or from said open position to said closed position; and e. means connected to said speech synthesizer means for selectively activating said speech synthesizer means from one of said voice activation states to another a delayed time period after moving said pages from said closed position to said opened position or from said opened position to said closed position. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An activated work comprising:
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a. at least two turnable pages pivotably attached at one edge of each of said pages so that said pages are pivotable from a juxtaposed closed position to an adjacent opened position; b. a visual image display means affixed to one of said pages, said visual image display having a first visual activation state at which a visual image is not visible thereon and a second visual activation state at which a visual image, including a series of sequentially occurring letters form at least one word of a message, is visible thereon; c. a sound generating means attached to said work having a first activation state at which an audible sound is not generated and a second activation state at which audible sounds representing each letter in conjunction with its visual appearance are generated and said at least one word is sounded as if spoken after all of said letters of said at least one word visually appear; d. means connected to said visual display for selectively activating said visual display means from one of said visual activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said open position or from said open position to said closed position; and e. means connected to said sound generating means for selectively activating said sound generating means from one of said sound activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said opened position or from said opened position to said closed position.
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30. An activated work comprising:
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a. at least two turnable pages pivotably attached at one edge of each of said pages so that said pages are pivotable from a juxtaposed closed position to an adjacent opened position; b. a visual image display means affixed to one of said pages, said visual image display having a first visual activation state at which a visual image is not visible thereon and a second visual activation state at which a visual image including at least one word with a plurality of letters simultaneously, becomes visible thereon; c. a sound generating means attached to said work having a first activation state at which an audible sound is not generated and a second sound activation state at which audible sounds representing said at least one word is generated after all of the letters of said at least one word appear; d. means connected to said visual display for selectively activating said visual display means from one of said visual activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said open position or from said open position to said closed position; and e. means connected to said sound generating means for selectively activating said sound generating means from one of said sound activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said opened position or from said opened position to said closed position.
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31. An activated work comprising:
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a. at least two juxtaposed turnable pages, b. a first display affixed to at least one of said two juxtaposed turnable pages, said first display representing an object and being activateable between a visible and a nonvisible state, c. a second display representing at least one letter associated with said first display and activateable between a visible and nonvisible state, and d. a speech synthesizer for producing a sound represented by said at least one letter after said at least one letter of said second display is activated to a visible state. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. A method of forming an activated work comprising the steps of:
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a. pivotally attaching at least two turnable pages at one edge of each of said pages so that said pages are pivotable from a juxtaposed closed position to an adjacent opened position; b. forming a visual image display means having areas with variable electromagnetic radiation absorption characteristics; c. affixing said visual image display means to one of said pages, such that said visual image display has a first visual activation state at which a visual image is essentially not visible and a second visual activation state at which said visual image is visible; d. attaching, to said work, a sound generating means having a first sound activation state at which an audible sound is not generated and the second sound activation state at which an audible sound is generated; e. connecting, to said visual display, means for selectively activating said visual display from one of said visual activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said opened position or from said opened position to said closed position; and f. connecting, to said sound generating means, means for selectively activating said sound generating means from one of said sound activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said open position or from said open position to said closed position. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method of forming an activated work comprising the steps of:
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a. pivotally attaching at least two turnable pages at one edge of each of said pages so that said pages are pivotable from a juxtaposed closed position to an adjacent opened position; b. affixing a visual image display means to one of said pages, such that said visual image display has a first visual activation state at which a visual image is essentially not visible and a second visual activation state at which said visual image is visible thereon; c. attaching, to said work, a speech synthesizer means having a first speech activation state at which audible speech is not generated and the second speech activation state at which audible speech is generated; d. connecting, to said visual display, means for selectively activating said visual display from one of said visual activation states to another a time delayed period after moving said pages from said closed position to said opened position or from said opened position to said closed position; and e. connecting, to said speech synthesizer means, means for selectively activating said speech synthesizer means from one of said speech activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said opened position or from said opened position to said closed position. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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42. A method of forming an activated work comprising the steps of:
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a. pivotably attaching at least two turnable pages at one edge of each of said pgges so that said pages are pivotable from a juxtaposed closed position to an adjacent opened position; b. affixing a visual image display means to one of said page, said visual image display having a first visual activation state at which a visual image is not visible thereon and a second visual activation state at which a visual image is visible thereon; c. forming said second visual activation state of a series of sequentially occurring letters to form at least one word of a message; d. attaching, to said work, a sound generating means having a first activation state at which an audible sound is not generated and a second activation state at which an audible sound is generated; e. forming said second sound activation state for producing sound representing each letter in conjunction with its visual appearance; f. connecting, to said visual display, means for selectively activating said visual display from one of said visual activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said opened position or from said opened position to said closed position; g. connecting, to said sound generating means, means for selectively activating said sound generating means from one of said sound activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said opened position or from said opened position to said closed position; and h. forming said sound generating means for producing sound representing said at least one word after all of said letters of each word visually appear.
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43. A method of forming an activated work comprising the steps of:
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a. pivotally attaching at least two turnable pages at one edge of each of said pages so that said pages are pivotable from a juxtaposed closed position to an adjacent opened position; b. affixing a visual image display means to one of said page, said visual image display having a first visual activation state at which a visual image is not visible thereon and a second visual activation state at which a visual image is visible thereon; c. forming said second visual activation state of at least one word including a plurality of letters simultaneously appearing; d. attaching, to said work, a sound generating means having a first activation state at which an audible sound is not generated and the second activation state at which an audible sound is generated; e. forming said second sound activation state by producing sound representing each word after all of the letters of each word appear; f. connecting, to said visual display, means for selectively activating said visual display from one of said visual activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said opened position or from said opened position to said closed position; and g. connecting, to said sound generating means, means for selectively activating said sound generating means from one of said sound activation states to another upon pivoting said pages from said closed position to said opened position or from said opened position to said closed position.
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44. A method of forming an activated work comprising:
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a. coupling at least two turnable pages in juxtaposed relationship, b. forming a first visual display of a scene, which display is activateable between a visible and nonvisible state, c. forming a second visual display of at least one letter associated with said first display, and d. forming a sound generating means for producing a sound represented by said at least one letter after it is visually displayed. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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46. An activated work comprising:
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a. at least two turnable pages; b. at least one of said turnable pages having a fixed scene on a side thereof facing another of said at least two turnable pages; c. at least one second scene added to and interposed with said fixed scene comprising areas thereof which are formed of a material having variable electromagnetic radiation absorption characteristics and being essentially invisible in a first state and visible in an electrically changed state; d. a speech synthesizer which is silent in a first activation state and which produces an audible synthesized voice corresponding to at least a portion of said fixed or said second scene in a second activation state; e. means on said work for producing an electrical signal when said one page is turned from a juxtaposed relationship with said other page; f. means for coupling said electrical signal to said areas of said second scene by turning said one page from a juxtaposed relationship with said other page such that said areas of said second scene are independently, distinctly and reversibly changed from said invisible state to said visible state; and g. means for coupling said electrical signal to said speech synthesizer by turning said one page from its juxtaposed relationship with said other page such that said audible simulated voice corresponding to at least a portion of said fixed or said second scene is selectably activated from said first activation state to said second activation state.
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