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Drawing device with multimedia enhancement

US5867914A · kind A · utility

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22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 9, 1996
Grant dateFeb 9, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB43L13/046
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A multimedia enhancement for an amusement device includes a sound synthesizer for creating a user perceptible signal, such as an audio signal, in response to selective actuation of the controls of the amusement device. The amusement device includes a screen for displaying a viewer perceptible image and a pair of rotary control knobs operatively associated with rotary switches and a selectably actuable on-off switch to provide amusing sounds and feedback indicative of the operator's use of the control knobs. The sound synthesizer is programmed to also create one of a series of sounds from a plurality of families of sounds in a predetermined sequence in response to actuation of the control elements by the user or randomly.

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