Patent ID: 7347760
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: A63H,G09B

Abstract:
1. An interactive book comprising: (a) a housing in the form of a cover or page of the interactive book; (b) a plurality of pages; (c) a set of switches associated with the plurality of pages located in a binding of the book; (d) a processor in the housing; (e) a receiving region on the housing; (f) a detection device in the receiving region; (g) a solid object to be received in the receiving region and to be detected by the detection device including a first face defined by one or more continuous, uninterrupted edges and having a first structural pattern, and a second face defined by one or more continuous, uninterrupted edges and having a second structural pattern, the first structural pattern being different than the second structural pattern, wherein a different number or combination of detectors in the plurality of detectors is activated when the first structural pattern interfaces with the detection device than when the second structural pattern interfaces with the detection device; and (h) an output device operatively coupled to the processor; wherein the set of switches are operatively coupled to the processor to indicate which of the plurality of pages the book has been opened to, and wherein the processor causes an audio signal to be generated by the output device based upon which page the book is currently opened to and which face of the solid object is interfacing with the detection device.