Method for producing remotely a commemorative device having an audio message circuit
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for producing a display device having one or more displayed pictures and an audio message circuit storing one or more audio messages at a second location remote from a first location, wherein one or more switches and a speaker are provided with the display device for playback of the one or more audio messages through the speaker, comprising:
- generating electrical representations corresponding to the one or more audio messages corresponding to the displayed one or more pictures at the first location;
transmitting the electrical representations from the first location to the second location, not on the premises of the first location, over a transmission medium;
receiving the electrical representations from the transmission medium at the second location; and
storing electrical representations of the one or more audio messages in the audio message circuit in the display device at the second location, wherein the one or more audio messages corresponding to the displayed one or more pictures are played back through the speaker by activation of a corresponding one of the one or more switches.
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Abstract
A picture frame and accompanying audio message circuit is provided such that one or more desired audio messages stored in the audio message circuit associated with one or more display pictures can be played upon the touching of the pictures or the frame, or in response to a voice recognition device sensing an audio command associated with the particular audio message and/or pictures. When audio message playback is desired, a switch on the frame or under a protective cover for the picture is activated by touching, or a position sensitive device may be used to sense whether a particular position on the picture has been touched. Digital or analog information representing the desired audio message is retrieved from a memory device, which is subsequently transmitted to a speaker which produces the desired audio message perceptible to a human. In other embodiments, multiple picture and multiple messages are provided such that the user can touch a particular picture, or the switch associated with that picture, and an audio message corresponding to the picture is then played through the speaker. In still other embodiments, a system is provided with a plurality of pictures mounted in the perimeter faces of a cube or other geometrical shape, each picture having associated with it a switch for activating a message or plurality of messages. In still other embodiments, a position sensitive device or a voice recognition device is utilized to initiate audio message playback.
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1. A method for producing a display device having one or more displayed pictures and an audio message circuit storing one or more audio messages at a second location remote from a first location, wherein one or more switches and a speaker are provided with the display device for playback of the one or more audio messages through the speaker, comprising:
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generating electrical representations corresponding to the one or more audio messages corresponding to the displayed one or more pictures at the first location;
transmitting the electrical representations from the first location to the second location, not on the premises of the first location, over a transmission medium;
receiving the electrical representations from the transmission medium at the second location; and
storing electrical representations of the one or more audio messages in the audio message circuit in the display device at the second location, wherein the one or more audio messages corresponding to the displayed one or more pictures are played back through the speaker by activation of a corresponding one of the one or more switches. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method for remotely producing a commemorative device having one or more visual elements and also having an audio message circuit storing one or more audio messages corresponding to the visual elements at a second location remote from a first location, wherein one or more switches and a speaker are provided with the display device for playback of the one or more audio messages through the speaker, the method comprising:
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generating electrical representations corresponding to the one or more audio messages at the first location, not on the premises of the first location;
transmitting the electrical representations from the first location to the second location over a transmission medium;
receiving the electrical representations from the transmission medium at the second location; and
storing electrical representations of the one or more audio messages in the audio message circuit in the commemorative device at the second location, wherein the one or more audio messages corresponding to the visual elements are played back through the speaker by activation of one of the one or more switches. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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