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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1996
James E Watson, Bryan, OH (US);
Ralph Beckman, Providence, RI (US);
Henry Sharpe, III, Saunderstown, RI (US);
Brian R Jones, Exeter, RI (US);
Larry E Miller, Bryan, OH (US);
Stephen Schwartz, Providence, RI (US);
The Ohio Art Company, Bryan, OH (US);
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.