Patent ID: 6525706
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: G09B,Y10S

Abstract:
An electronic picture book comprising:a plurality of pages consisting of pictures and text that tell a story, each page further includes a window and is bound to a cover; a subassembly having an LCD screen, a speaker and a plurality of buttons, the subassembly being mounted to the cover such that the LCD screen may be viewed through the windows of the plurality of pages and wherein the number of buttons, in the plurality of buttons, are equal to the number of pages, in the plurality of pages; each page including an indication to a reader to press one of the buttons, of the plurality of buttons; electronics housed within the subassembly and being pre-programmed with a plurality of animation sequences and corresponding sounds indicative to the story on the plurality of pages, and wherein the animation sequences and corresponding sounds separately correspond to one of the buttons, in the plurality of buttons, in order to provide the user with a means to activate a specific animation sequence and corresponding sound by pressing a single button, when indicated by the indication on a page, whereby when a reader turns to a page, in the plurality of pages, and presses a button that is indicated by said page, the electronics will display an animation sequence and emit corresponding sounds related to the story on said page.