Patent ID: 6297812
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G09B,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing data related to an operator's selection, comprising:a planar panel which is formed so as to removably attach an information storing device on the planar panel, wherein said information storing device comprises: a sheet plate with a plurality of visual indicia, visually recognizable as visual indicia by an operator, printed at locations of the surface thereof, memory means integrated into the information storing device and stored with a plurality of information having data to provide signals for causing a video and/or sound effect related to said visual indicia with addresses representative of locations on the surface of said sheet plate corresponding to positions of the respective visual indicia; and a connector means arranged so as to transmit said packets of information;a location detection member comprising sensor means functionally associated with said planar panel and arranged so as to provide a location signal which is indicative of the coordinates of the indicium selected from said plurality of visual indicia by the operator;a connection means detachably connected to the connector means of said information storing device and arranged so as to transmit said plurality of packets of information from said information storing device when said storing device is attached to said planar panel; anda control means, responsive to the location signal supplied from said location detection member, arranged so as to retrieve the data from one of said plurality of packets of information corresponding to the indicium selected by the operator.