Interactive talking picture machine
First Claim
1. An electronic interactive talking picture machine comprising:
- housing means having a viewing portion comprising a cavity;
display means positionable on said housing means and having information encoded thereon, said display means including a plurality of spaced frames with discrete encoded information being associated with each frame and a selected frame being sequentially movable for viewing in said viewing portion of said housing means;
electronic sensor means in said housing means for reading said encoded information from said display means; and
input switch means for inputting signals responsive to said encoded information from said display means, said input switch means including keypad means in said cavity, said keypad means being normally disposed beneath said display means and said keypad means communicating with a control means for integrating said encoded information received from said electronic sensor means with signals input from said input switch means.
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Abstract
An electronic talking picture machine is presented which permits human operators to cause speech or sound accompaniment and branching (or alternate) story lines which affect the outcome of a story. In a preferred embodiment, the speech, sound and branching (or alternate) story line information is enclosed as a bar code printed on a picture story belt. The picture story belt is enclosed in a cartridge which contains a mechanism to "roll" the belt from one spool to another so that a sequence of pictures may be viewed. The bar code contains information as to speech, such as conversation narration, questions and answers and sound (other than speech). The information on the bar coded picture story belt is entered into the electronic talking picture machine by inserting the cartridge into a cartridge holding area containing conventional photo optical sensors which "reads" the code when the belt is moved to expose the next picture in the sequence. The electronic talking picture machine has a plurality of controls to allow the human reader to advance the story, control branching, story lines, answer questions and to make certain pictured characters speak to make sounds.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic interactive talking picture machine comprising:
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housing means having a viewing portion comprising a cavity; display means positionable on said housing means and having information encoded thereon, said display means including a plurality of spaced frames with discrete encoded information being associated with each frame and a selected frame being sequentially movable for viewing in said viewing portion of said housing means; electronic sensor means in said housing means for reading said encoded information from said display means; and input switch means for inputting signals responsive to said encoded information from said display means, said input switch means including keypad means in said cavity, said keypad means being normally disposed beneath said display means and said keypad means communicating with a control means for integrating said encoded information received from said electronic sensor means with signals input from said input switch means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic talking picture machine comprising:
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housing means having a viewing portion comprising a cavity; display roll means positionable in said housing means and having information encoded thereon in the form of bar coding, said display roll means including a plurality of spaced frames with discrete bar encoded information being associated with each frame and a selected frame being sequentially movable for viewing in said viewing portion of said housing means, said display roll means comprising a roll of flexible material; bar code sensor means in said housing means for reading said encoded information from said display means; keypad means in said cavity, said keypad means being normally disposed beneath said display means and said keypad means communicating with a control means for integrating said bar encoded information received from said electronic sensor means; and sound generator means in said housing means and communicating with said control means.
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20. An electronic interactive talking picture machine comprising:
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housing means having a viewing portion comprising a cavity; display means positionable in said housing means and having information encoded thereon by means of a bar code, said display means including a plurality of spaced frames with discrete encoded information being associated with each fame and a selected frame being sequentially movable for viewing in said viewing portion of said housing means, said display means comprising a roll said housing means including a slot for receiving said roll; electronic sensor means in said housing means for reading said encoded information from said display means ,said electronic sensor means being in communication with said slot said slot, to receive so that said bar code is ready by said electronic sensor means; and input switch means for inputting signals responsive to said encoded information from said display means, said input switch means including keypad means in said cavity, said keypad means being normally disposed beneath said display means and said keypad means communicating with a control means for integrating said encoded information received from said electronic sensor means with signals input from said input switch means.
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