System including a presentation apparatus, in which different items are selectable, and a control device for controlling the presentation apparatus, and control device for such a system
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- an apparatus into which a given number of record carriers can be loaded; and
a control device with means to control the apparatus and including;
selection means for selecting one of the record carriers;
a set of insert carriers which are proportional in number to the number of record carriers that can be loaded into the apparatus, which lie against one another in a rest position, which are each associated with at least one record carrier, which are configured to each hold at least one insert associated with a record carrier and provided with perceptible information relating to the associated record carrier, and which are each movable relative to the adjacent insert carrier;
an insert-carrier detection device configured to detect the insert carrier of two adjacent insert carriers which have been moved relative to one another, whose associated insert is perceptible as a result of the movement of the two insert carriers relative to one another and by means of which the record-carrier holder associated with the detected insert carrier is selectable.
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Abstract
A system for holding a plurality of record carriers which are each combined with an associated insert and apparatus with a given number N of record-carrier holders to each of which a given code is assigned, and a control device including a unit for generating the code of a desired record-carrier holder to select this holder and a unit for transmitting the generated code to the apparatus. The control device includes a set of flat insert carriers to which the same codes are assigned as to the record-carrier holder and which are each configured to hold at least one insert and to be movable relative to the adjacent insert carrier, the control device including an insert-carrier detection device configured to detect the code of an insert carrier relative to which the adjacent insert carrier has been moved and to transmit this code to the apparatus in order to select the desired record-carrier holder.
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Citations
34 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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an apparatus into which a given number of record carriers can be loaded; and a control device with means to control the apparatus and including; selection means for selecting one of the record carriers; a set of insert carriers which are proportional in number to the number of record carriers that can be loaded into the apparatus, which lie against one another in a rest position, which are each associated with at least one record carrier, which are configured to each hold at least one insert associated with a record carrier and provided with perceptible information relating to the associated record carrier, and which are each movable relative to the adjacent insert carrier; an insert-carrier detection device configured to detect the insert carrier of two adjacent insert carriers which have been moved relative to one another, whose associated insert is perceptible as a result of the movement of the two insert carriers relative to one another and by means of which the record-carrier holder associated with the detected insert carrier is selectable. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17)
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2. A system comprising:
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a menu-ordering device for selecting and ordering one menu of a given number of different menus available in a restaurant or similar business; and a control device with means to control the menu ordering device and including; selection means for selecting the menus; a set of insert carriers which number at least the number of menus which can be selected and ordered in the menu-ordering device, which lie against one another in a rest position, which are each associated with at least one menu, which are configured to each hold at least one insert associated with a menu and provided with perceptible information relating to the associated menu, and which are each movable relative to the adjacent insert carrier; an insert-carrier detection device configured to detect the insert carrier of two adjacent insert carriers which have been moved relative to one another, whose associated insert is perceptible as a result of the movement of the two insert carriers relative to one another and by means of which the menu associated with the detected insert carrier is selectable.
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3. A system comprising:
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a telephone number-output device for selecting and outputting one telephone number of a given number of different telephone numbers stored in the telephone-number output device; and a control device with means to control the telephone number output device and including; selection means for selecting the telephone numbers; a set of insert carriers which are proportional in number to the number of selectable and outputtable telephone numbers in the telephone number output device, which lie against one another in a rest position, which are each associated with at least one telephone number, which are configured to each hold at least one insert associated with a telephone number and provided with perceptible information relating to the associated telephone number, and which are each movable relative to the adjacent insert carrier; an insert-carrier detection device configured to detect the insert carrier of two adjacent insert carriers which have been moved relative to one another, whose associated insert is perceptible as a result of the movement of the two insert carriers relative to one another and by means of which the telephone number associated with the detected insert carrier is selectable.
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- 12. A system as claimed in 1, in which each insert carrier includes at least one pair of two adjacent tracks of an electrically conductive material, and two adjacent tracks of a pair on that insert carrier of two adjacent insert carriers which have been moved relative to one another, whose associated insert is perceptible as a result of the movement of the two insert carriers relative to one another, can be interconnected by touching with at least one finger via the skin resistance of the at least one finger, and each track is connectable to the insert-carrier detection device via an electrically conductive connection, and the insert-carrier detection device includes means to detect the presence of a resistance between two adjacent tracks of a pair on an insert carrier and on the basis of the respective detection result detects that insert carrier of two adjacent insert carriers which have been moved relative to one another, whose associated insert is perceptible as a result of the movement of the two insert carriers relative to one another.
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18. A control device comprising:
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selection means for selecting one of a multitude of a given number of record carriers that can be loaded into a system; a set of flat insert carriers which are proportional in number to the number of the record carriers which can be loaded, which lie against one another in a rest position, which are each associated with a record carrier, which are configured to hold at least one insert associated with a record carrier and provided with perceptible information associated with the record carrier, and which are each movable relative to the adjacent insert carrier; and an insert-carrier detection device configured to detect the insert carrier of two adjacent insert carriers which have been moved relative to one another, whose associated insert is perceptible as a result of the movement of the two insert carries relative to one another, and by which the selectable item associated with the detected insert carrier is selectable. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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19. A control device comprising:
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selection means for selecting one of a given number of available menus; and a set of flat insert carriers which are proportional in number to the given number of the menus, which can be selected and ordered which lie against one another in a rest position, which are each associated with at least one menu, which are configured to hold at least one insert associated with a menu and provided with perceptible information relating to the associated menu, and which are each movable relative to the adjacent insert carrier; and an insert-carrier detection device configured to detect the insert carrier of two adjacent insert carriers which have been moved relative to one another, whose associated insert is perceptible as a result of the movement of the two insert carries relative to one another, and by which the selectable item associated with the detected insert carrier is selectable.
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20. A control device comprising:
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selection means for selecting one of a given number of selectable and outputtable telephone numbers; and a set of flat insert carriers which are proportional in number to the number of the selectable and outputtable telephone numbers, which lie against one another in a rest position, which are each associated with at least one telephone number, which are configured to hold at least one insert associated with a telephone number and provided with perceptible information relating to the associated telephone number, and which are each movable relative to the adjacent insert carrier; and an insert-carrier detection device configured to detect the insert carrier of two adjacent insert carriers which have been moved relative to one another, whose associated insert is perceptible as a result of the movement of the two insert carries relative to one another, and by which the selectable item associated with the detected insert carrier is selectable.
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Specification