Interactive apparatus using print media

US6608618B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael C. Wood · Pflugerville, US
• Tracey Hope Jedrzejek · San Francisco, US
• Richard Freeman · Redwood City, US
• Mark Flowers · Los Gatos, US
• Eric Shuler · Easton, US
• Margaret E. Grunert · Sunnyvale, US
• Jason Avery · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 19, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 20, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B5/065
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for producing an output in response to an interaction with a print element on a sheet is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes placing a sheet comprising a print element on a surface of a base unit. A user can then mark on the sheet in the vicinity of the print element with a marking instrument. An audio output that corresponds to the print element is generated.