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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7264473 | Replaceable faceplates for peripheral devices Automatically determining which one of a plurality of functions is to be associated with a movable member of an electronic device, depending on which one of a plurality of faceplates is coupled to the electronic device. A selected faceplate is coupled to a keyboard ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7050754 | Electronic interactive toy for promoting learning in a child A system where a child or other individual arranges one or more computer-recognizable characters on a working platform to spell words or provide a mathematical result in response to computer generated questions or prompts, the system then indicating whether the word... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7029283 | Electronic educational toy An electronic educational toy having a housing for teaching children comprising a toy housing supporting a substantially planar work platform on which a child can make selections by causing contact with the work platform and enclosing a speaker, a processor, and a s... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6999007 | Linear position sensor In a linear position encoder, a support is provided upon which a pair of phase quadrature windings are mounted. The windings are arranged to have a sinusoidal magnetic sensitivity characteristic along the length of the support. Mounted on a movable element there is ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6965375 | Compact integrated touch panel display for a handheld device A handheld device with a compact integrated touch panel is disclosed. A handheld device incorporating a touch panel display requiring electrical connections is reduced in size by incorporating electrical pathways within the support structure of the touch panel displ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6940486 | Computerized interactor systems and methods for providing same A computerized interactor system uses physical, three-dimensional objects as metaphors for input of user intent to a computer system. When one or more interactors are engaged with a detection field, the detection field reads an identifier associated with the object ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6241527 | Interactive educational display board Educational display boards are in widespread use--from classrooms to boardrooms. A display board is a thin substantially planar material imprinted with graphics and text that often conveys a relationship between elements. The present invention is specific... | 06/05/2001 |
| 5356296 | Audio storybook An audio storybook incorporates raised characters within the storybook which are electronically connected to sound synthesizer and reproduction apparatus associated with a book. The book provides the ability to utilize a progressively revealed pattern in ... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5330358 | Computerized educational and entertainment device An educational and entertainment device wherein a microcomputer is mounted in a housing to receive user generated data presented by moving a conducting stylus across perpendicular arrays of conductors on a work surface formed on the housing and presents i... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5188533 | Speech synthesizing indicia for interactive learning A three-dimensional indicia bearing unit, including a voice synthesis chip, battery and amplifier/speaker (8) for synthesizing an audible sound for educational purposes such as an interactive method for learning to read. The audible sound produced is the ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5088928 | Educational/board game apparatus Method and apparatus for educational games comprising a plurality of printed cards/boards, and a novel low-cost touch pad with interface cable to the personal computer game-port. When an eductional game is played, the player responds to computer questions... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5087043 | Interactive audio-visual puzzle An audio-visual interactive puzzle includes a rigid puzzle form defining a predetermined number of form cutouts, an upper graphic disposed on the form upper surface, and a plurality of respective removable puzzle pieces, each having a peripheral configura... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4990092 | Talking book A talking book including a power source, switches, voice chips and speaker, all of which are mounted within the book and act together to "read" the words written on pages of the book. The switches are pressure-sensitive types, and marked areas on the page... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4854879 | Self-teaching book for children with an electronic device A self-teaching book for children having a number of questions and a plurality of electronic teaching units on which a plurality of answers corresponding to each question are carried for the user to choose from. Each electronic teaching unit has seven sup... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4818827 | Low force membrane switch The invention is directed to a membrane switch comprising a first layer 30 of flexible insulating material and a second layer 50 having relatively inflexible characteristics, each layer 30, 50 having an array of conductors 40, 54 disposed thereon and defi... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4664634 | Electric self-teaching apparatus utilizing printed and auditory means Self-teaching apparatus is disclosed herein having a platform for supporting a card carrying printed indicia and a record disc. Information carried on the disc and the printed area is coordinated so as to be meaningful in practice. Record disc playback me... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4576579 | Instructional and testing apparatus with switch closure at two different depths This invention provides students with immediate feedback as to the correctness of their responses by closing switches at two different depths. A holding frame aligns six sheets in layers, one above another. Holes that are punched through some of the six s... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4561852 | Computer assisted teaching machine that uses two electroresistive sheets This invention uses preprinted instructional sheets that contain multiple questions, a plurality of answer choices, and response areas adjacent to answer areas. Underlying said instructional sheets are two sheets of electroresistive film, one sheet being ... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4557694 | Teaching device and method of using same A small console containing a keypad such as an elastomeric array keypad and a microprocessor which is preprogrammed with a number of simple algorithms. The individual keys (switches) are preferably, although not necessarily, hidden to the user and are arr... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4522599 | Computer assisted instructional and testing apparatus with switch closure at two different depths This invention provides students with immediate feedback as to the correctness of their responses by closing electrical switches at two different depths. A holding frame aligns six different sheets in layers, one below the other. The top sheet is an instr... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4521199 | Computer assisted teaching machine that uses two sets of conductive strips This invention provides immediate feedback to students as to their correct and incorrect responses by the incorporation of: a computer; electronic visual and/or audio feedback means; and a holding frame that contains a printed instructional sheet that is ... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4445867 | Educational board game An educational game comprising in combination: (a) a segmented disc having indicia in at least one of the segments; and (b) a spoke-like configuration pivotally secured to the disc adjacent the center thereof whereby selected segments of the disc can be a... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4432733 | Amusement and educational game An amusement game formed by a base having a well therein to receive a power source, such as a battery, and a platform on which a pre-printed circuit card of conductors is located with the card having an upwardly bent portion which extends over a correspon... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4425099 | Educational aid for use with workbook An educational learning aid which obtains its procedural data via bar code or other indicia imprinted on the edge of detachable work book sheets. The aid holds the detachable sheet over a touch sensitive array of switches so that touching or marking of th... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4403965 | Electronic teaching apparatus An electronic teaching apparatus which utilizes interchangeable flexible overlays with printed pictorial representations in conjunction with a programmable keyboard. An integrated circuit speech synthesizer is utilized to verbally ask an operator to selec... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4377049 | Capacitive switching panel An improved selection panel having a plurality of touch-actuated capacitive switches thereon. Each capacitive switch in the panel includes a transparent glass substrate having transparent conductive coatings on opposite sides thereof to form a capacitor. ... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4343474 | Multiple game device An electronic multiple game device includes a body member having a main well and battery and circuit housing wells. A game board separably includes a bottom substrate having imprinted interdigitaling branched first and second contacts, an indexed paper pr... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4310318 | Electronic game An electronic game made from a single piece of material on which conductive ink is printed on a first section of the piece with a pattern of two sets of closely adjacent lines each with a connecting terminal for one terminal of a battery. On the first sec... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4228597 | Teaching device A base member has an electrically conductive layer thereon. An electrical power source and indicator device, such as a lamp, buzzer, etc. are electrically connected to the conductive layer. A metallic clip is provided on the base member, also electrically... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4073068 | Teaching light A teaching device having a base member with a metallic sheet thereon and a power source and indicator lamp assembly electrically connected to the metallic sheet. A clip is provided on the base member, also connected to the power source, and spaced from th... | 02/14/1978 |
| 3947978 | Educational learning device An answer card and an educational device are disclosed wherein a flexible card has answer selection points on a first side and at least one electrically conductive ink spot on the second side opposite a selection point. The electrically conductive ink spo... | 04/06/1976 |
