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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
May. 09, 1997
Thomas Clark Merle, Rochester, NY (US);
Dennis Francis Tianello, Spencerport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An audiovisual filmstrip image display apparatus and method includes an image displayer, such as a viewer projector, television or computer screen or the like, together with an audio speaker and a converter including a player, capable of playing multiple sound programs or sequences stored on sound storage equipment either internal or separate and a signal detector for reading magnetic signals on a filmstrip to indicate to the player the sound program to be played in conjunction with each individual filmstrip image being viewed. Various forms of equipment which may be included in an apparatus according to the invention are disclosed.