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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7120509 | Sound and image producing system An invented sound and image producing system is disclosed. The system may include a cartridge that stores, processes and controls data representative of sound and/or images, and a player that provides the interface, annunciation and transduction of sound and/or imag... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6954416 | Sound generator and method for manufacturing the same A voice and other sounds to be are selected, the sounds are generated and recorded, the sounds are subjected to spectrum analysis and image processing the image-processed and displayed results of spectrum analysis are recorded on a recording medium. By rubbing the p... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6947352 | Audio recording playback device A desktop sound producing device for playing audio recordings from pre-recorded media having a plurality of individual selections recorded thereon. The device has a pyramid shaped housing having four side walls extending upward from a bottom wall to an apex forming ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6933928 | Electronic book player with audio synchronization This paperless book is portable and uses removable ROM devices to provide the visual and aural information displayed in the paperless book. The book can be read in a visual mode, as print, or in an aural mode, as the spoken word corresponding to the print, or in bot... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6788359 | Method for illuminating liquid crystal display device, a back-light assembly for performing the same, and a liquid crystal display device using the same A method for illuminating a liquid crystal display device, a back-light assembly for performing the same and a liquid crystal display device using the same can improve the front luminance and production yield. Lights from a lamp is incident to a LCD panel side, whic... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6028752 | Miniature device for receiving and playing back sound with piezoelectric component as combination microphone/loud speaker Sound recording and playback device comprising a sound pick-up microphone connected to a recording channel and a playback loudspeaker connected to a channel for playing the recorded sounds, characterised in that the microphone and the loudspeaker consist ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6006273 | Method for interleaving data for seamless playback of multiple program versions having common material A method for formatting digital data on an optical disk that represents at least two versions of the same program. Data sequences which are unique to each version and data sequences which are common to the two of them are interleaved in a single data stre... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5768223 | Audio device An audio device includes a plurality of control cards and an audio unit. Each control card has an edge margin provided with an identification label for identifying the same. The identification label includes an insulator portion and at least two electrica... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5671555 | Voice interactive sportscard A voice interactive sportscard, which through the use of an electronic microchip speech recognition, synthesis, and control processing device, actively draws the attention of the user by generating an interactive and changing conversation with the user, o... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5631883 | Combination of book with audio device A combination of a book with an audio device includes a book and an audio device attached to the back cover of the book for audibly reproducing predetermined text printed on the pages. Different identification labels are attached to the end edge of the pa... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5590100 | Information recording/reproducing technique to record plural-channel information for subsequent simultaneous reproduction Program information of plural channels is recorded on an optical magnetic disk in such a manner that the program information can be simultaneously reproduced together from the disk. Once other program information is overwritten on part of any of the recor... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5384763 | Signal compression recording and reproducing method Disclosed is a signal compression recording and reproducing method for cases wherein signals of similar frequency ranges occur sequentially. The method compresses a signal to record it without conversion into digital data, and then to reproduce the thus-c... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5313557 | Pen recorder A pen recorder comprises a hollow pen body having a proximal end and a distal end a solid state audio recorder in its interior. A retractable pen mechanism is mounted on the distal end of the pen body, and a microphone transducer and speaker transducer ar... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5285437 | Audio device having control function with use of card An audio device controllable with a card having at least one operation identifying device related to a specific reproduction operation. The card is provided on the respective surfaces thereof with first and second items of visual data corresponding to the... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5068801 | Optical interconnector and highly interconnected, learning neural network incorporating optical interconnector therein A variable weight optical interconnector is disclosed to include a projecting device and an interconnection weighting device remote from the projecting device. The projecting device projects a distribution of interconnecting light beams when illuminated b... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5046981 | Toy vehicle with remotely driven speaker and plural bodies A toy vehicle having a sound system is releasably connected to a sound source such as a portable radio and/or tape player to play actual radio transmissions or prerecorded audio tapes. The toy vehicle will simulate the radio or tape player of an actual ve... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5018072 | Optically readable mail system with general and receiver specific information A mail system includes a selector selectively composing character information, image information and/or audio information; a printer printing the composite information as optically readable bit information in a plurality of recording mediums; a first stor... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4959037 | Writing doll A writing doll having a body portion, a head mounted on top of the body portion, a pair of legs protruding from the bottom of the body portion, and a pair of arms connected to the body portion. The arms include a pair of hands with one hand formed to hold... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4949327 | Method and apparatus for the recording and playback of animation control signals Methods and apparatus for the recording and playback of animation control signals, including voice, are disclosed. In accordance with the method, a dual track cassette recording is made, one track consisting of a voice channel and the other track consisti... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4791741 | Card with built-in record/playback capability Card or postal media which comprises a storage member to retain audio information picked up by a microphone, a sound generating member including a speaker, a mode selection signal producing member to allow either record or playback to be selected, a contr... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4654728 | Portable message device with a hook shaped attaching means A portable message device comprises a box-like housing, including a channel hook mounting bracket, for detachable mounting on the edge a closure of an automobile, or a building, and includes a cassette tape player mounted within the housing for playing a ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4642710 | Animated display controlled by an audio device An animated display in the form of a representation of a face, is controlled by an associated audio tape player and a microprocessor-controlled liquid crystal display. The facial features are variable responsively to the audio signals of the tape player a... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4636881 | Talking book with an infrared detector used to detect page turning A talking book includes front and back panels. A microcassette tape player and logical circuitry with left and right infrared detectors are located at the top of the back panel. A ring binder is located at the left of the back panel adjacent the spline an... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4570250 | Optical sound-reproducing apparatus A system for generating audible information from a sound track printed on paper by conventional printing techniques, the sound track consisting of a multiplicity of closely-spaced parallel sound track segments which are curved in a manual scanning directi... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4523304 | Optical data recording and reproducing apparatus A modulation and demodulation system for an optical data recording and reproducing apparatus is disclosed in which, in an optical disc having an optical guide track and capable of recording and reproducing optically, the guide track is divided into a plur... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4521205 | Sound tape player having an animated character A player for a pre-recorded sound magnetic tape package in a cartridge or a cassette format in which each package is united with a three-dimensional character thematically related to the recording and animated thereby. The character is provided with eye a... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4451911 | Interactive communicating toy figure device An electronic toy doll including electronic control circuitry responds to selection of one of a plurality of switches on the doll housing and selects associated vocal messages. The control circuitry includes a stored program of instructions and also permi... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4228716 | Device and method for optical tone generation An optical tone generator comprises sensing means responsive to light of different respective colors for selectively producing respective output signals corresponding to such respective colors, and a tone generator responsive to the sensing means for emit... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4166624 | Record player A gramophone record player comprises a movable body to be placed on a stationary gramophone or phonograph record, a drive in the movable body to drive the movable body on the record, a sound pick-up arranged to be energized by the sound groove of the reco... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4111430 | Hand held record player with record holding attachment A record player attachment base is provided for holding and aligning a card having a miniature or microphonograph record thereon, in proper alignment for playback by a hand-held record player, referred to as a microphonograph.... | 09/05/1978 |
| 3970803 | Printed sound track system A system for generating audible information from indicia printed on a paper, the system being particularly applicable to indicia printed in ink by conventional printing techniques. A printed sound track is provided, the sound track being oriented on the p... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3930654 | Sound track unit for audio-visual apparatus A device for the viewing of photo-images and the presentation of sound recordings corresponding to such photo-images, which device may be controlled by the user to provide substantially random access to any photo-image and the sound recording correspondin... | 01/06/1976 |
