Sound association and learning system
First Claim
1. A sound association and learning system comprising:
- a) a media having a plurality of visually recognizable indicia thereon associated with respective ones of a plurality of items to have sounds associated therewith;
b) a plurality of scannable barcodes disposed on said media and associated with respective ones of said indicia, each of said plurality of scannable barcodes comprising a unique index indicating the one of said indicia with which it is associated;
c) scanner means for scanning individual selected ones of said barcodes to obtain an electrical signal at an output thereof containing said unique index;
d) a Compact Disc containing a plurality of sounds associated with respective ones of said plurality of items, each of said plurality of sounds being individually addressable by means of a said unique index associated therewith;
e) Compact Disc player means for playing said Compact Disc to output digital data streams reflecting selected ones of said sounds; and
,f) sound reproduction means connected to said Compact Disc player means for reproducing sounds from said digital data streams.
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Abstract
A learning and identification support system for birders and such comprising, a media having a plurality of visually recognizable bird pictures thereon associated with respective ones of a plurality of birds to have birdsong associated therewith. A plurality of scannable barcodes are disposed on the media and associated with respective ones of the bird pictures. Each of the plurality of scannable barcodes comprises a unique index indicating the one of the bird pictures with which it is associated. A barcode scanner is used for scanning individual selected ones of the barcodes to obtain an electrical signal at an output thereof containing the unique index. There is a Compact Disc (CD) containing a plurality of birdsongs associated with respective ones of the plurality of birds, each of the plurality of birdsongs being individually addressable by means of a unique index associated therewith. There is also a CD player for playing the CD to output digital data streams reflecting selected ones of the birdsongs as well as a headset or speaker connected to the Compact Disc player means for reproducing birdsongs from the digital data streams. A data compression technique is employed which permits the system to be used for " talking book" applications with as much as nine hours of playing from a single CD. An interactive audio system configuration of the invention is also shown which can improve language learning and provide an environment for interactive audio adventures.
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27 Claims
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1. A sound association and learning system comprising:
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a) a media having a plurality of visually recognizable indicia thereon associated with respective ones of a plurality of items to have sounds associated therewith; b) a plurality of scannable barcodes disposed on said media and associated with respective ones of said indicia, each of said plurality of scannable barcodes comprising a unique index indicating the one of said indicia with which it is associated; c) scanner means for scanning individual selected ones of said barcodes to obtain an electrical signal at an output thereof containing said unique index; d) a Compact Disc containing a plurality of sounds associated with respective ones of said plurality of items, each of said plurality of sounds being individually addressable by means of a said unique index associated therewith; e) Compact Disc player means for playing said Compact Disc to output digital data streams reflecting selected ones of said sounds; and
,f) sound reproduction means connected to said Compact Disc player means for reproducing sounds from said digital data streams. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A digital sound storage and retrieval system having extended sound storage capacity on each digital storage element comprising:
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a) a digital storage element containing a plurality of sounds to be retrieved therefrom, said sounds on said digital storage element being analog sounds sampled at a first sampling rate and stored digitally on said digital storage element as if sampled at a second sampling rate which is faster than said first sampling rate; b) digital storage element player means for playing said digital storage element to output digital data streams reflecting said sounds; and
,c) sound reproduction means connected to said digital storage element player means for reproducing sounds from said digital data streams, said sound reproduction means comprising, c1) an audio speaker, c2) a digital amplifier connected to drive said audio speaker, c3) digital buffer means for receiving said digital data streams from said digital storage element player means and for outputting revised digital data streams to said digital amplifier, and c4) bi-stable clock means connected to said buffer means for inputting said digital data streams at said second sampling rate and for outputting said digital data streams as revised digital data streams at said first sampling rate; and
,d) accordion store logic means connected to a control input of said digital storage element player means, to said buffer means and to said bi-stable clock means for pausing input from said digital storage element player means into said buffer means if said buffer means becomes full. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A learning and identification support system for birders comprising:
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a) a media having a plurality of visually recognizable bird pictures thereon associated with respective ones of a plurality of birds to have birdsong associated therewith; b) a plurality of scannable barcodes disposed on said media and associated with respective ones of said bird pictures, each of said plurality of scannable barcodes comprising a unique index indicating the one of said bird pictures with which it is associated; c) scanner means for scanning individual selected ones of said barcodes to obtain an electrical signal at an output thereof containing said unique index; d) a Compact Disc containing a plurality of birdsongs associated with respective ones of said plurality of birds, each of said plurality of birdsongs being individually addressable by means of a said unique index associated therewith; e) Compact Disc player means for playing said Compact Disc to output digital data streams reflecting selected ones of said birdsongs; and
,f) sound reproduction means connected to said Compact Disc player means for reproducing birdsongs from said digital data streams. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An interactive audio system for performing interactive applications programs comprising:
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a) a Compact Disc containing a plurality of soundtracks, each of said plurality of soundtracks containing sounds associated with an applications program and being individually addressable by means of a unique index associated therewith, said Compact Disc further including applications program control information thereon; b) Compact Disc player means for playing said Compact Disc to output digital data streams reflecting selected ones of said soundtracks; c) sound reproduction means connected to said Compact Disc player means for reproducing selected one of said soundtracks from said digital data streams; d) memory means for receiving and holding applications program control information; e) read interface means connected to said Compact Disc player means and said memory means for inputting digital applications program control information from said Compact Disc into said memory means; f) user selection input means for allowing a user to indicate selections of options contained within an applications program; and
,g) logic means for sensing selections of options by a user through said user selection input means, for accessing said memory means, and for selecting and causing a said associated said soundtrack to be reproduced, said logic means including reprogramming logic means for executing logic sequences determined by said applications program control information in said memory means whereby the interactive audio system can be a general system which is specialized by digital applications program control information added to respective ones of a plurality of specialized Compact Discs. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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