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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1988
Avish J Weiner, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Megatone Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
Apparatus for carrying out an amusement, educational or similar function accompanied by audible sounds relating to an article, comprises a static memory unit adapted to be located at a fixed location with respect to the article and including a read-only memory having digitally stored therein a recording of particular audible sounds relating to the article, and a portable sound-producing unit to be carried by a user for converting a digital recording stored in the read-only memory of the memory unit to audible sounds. The sound-producing unit stored the digital data from the memory unit at a rate faster than the normal speech rate, and plays it back at the normal speech rate. Examples of applications of the apparatus include museum and exhibition displays and geographical directories.