Interactive book

• US 6,405,167 B1
• Filed: 07/16/1999
• Issued: 06/11/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dreamations LLC
• Original Assignee: Mary Ann Cogliano
• Inventors: Cogliano, Mary Ann
• Primary Examiner(s): Ŝmits, Ta̅livaldis Ivars
• Assistant Examiner(s): Azad, Abul K.
• Application Number:
  US09/356,324
• Time in Patent Office: 1,061 Days
• Field of Search: 704/260, 704/263, 704/270, 704/271, 704/272, 704/276, 704/251, 434/167, 434/171, 434/176
• US Class Current: 704/251
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/06 Foreign languages with audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/15 the extracted parameters being formant information

Abstract

An electronic interactive book allowing a child to learn the pronunciation of various words. The book will be provided with a permanent or impermanent display onto which a plurality of words, phrases or sentences would be provided. The electronic book includes a microphone as well as a speech recognition unit for recognizing a word that the child pronounces. A highlighting device such as a light emitting diode or a means for illuminating a particular word in a manner different than the surrounding words would be engaged when the child correctly pronounces that word.

Claims

1. An interactive book comprising:

at least one display device onto which a series of words are displayed, said series of words visible on said display device prior to said series of words enunciated by an individual in a non-recorded manner, said display device including a sequential number of pages;

a microphone;

an electronic speech recognition device in communication with said microphone for recognizing the spoken word;

a memory device in connection with said speech recognition device and said display device, said memory device provided with the location of each of the words displayed on said display device; and

a highlighting device for highlighting one of the words provided on said display subsequent to the individual properly enunciating said one of the words in a non-recorded manner.

2. The interactive book in accordance with claim 1, wherein said highlighting device includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes, each of said diodes associated with one word in the series of words, wherein when a word is properly enunciated, the light-emitting diode associated with that word would be illuminated.

3. The interactive book in accordance with claim 1, wherein said electronic speech recognition device and said memory device are removable from the book.

4. The interactive book in accordance with claim 1, wherein said book is portable with a removable power source.

5. The interactive book in accordance with claim 1, further including a speaker for providing an aural output of the enunciated word.

6. The interactive book in accordance with claim 5, wherein said memory device is provided with a location for allowing an individual to read a series of words into said memory device and wherein said speaker would provide the oral output of these series of words.

7. The interactive book in accordance with claim 6, further including an input means producing a sound generated from said speaker when said series of words produced from said speaker reaches a particular point.

8. The interactive book in accordance with claim 6, wherein said memory device includes an analog-digital converter for converting analog sounds into digital words.

9. The interactive book in accordance with claim 1, wherein said series of words are highlighted in a sequential manner, based upon the individual properly enunciating said series of words in a sequential non-recorded manner.

10. The interactive book in accordance with claim 1, wherein said highlighting device for highlighting said series of words, highlights said series of words at a rate based upon the manner the individual properly enunciates said series of words in a non-recorded manner.

11. The interactive book in accordance with claim 1, where said one of the words is not highlighted if the individual does not properly enunciate said one of the words in a non-recorded manner.