RU2721344C1 - Interactive book and electronic substrate for interactive book - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: electronic equipment.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to electronics and publishing and can be used in designing interactive entertainment and developing aids. Invention can be used in production or as an addition to books-toys, periodicals, children's developing games, etc. Device can be used in educational, entertainment and advertising devices, in which audio messages supplement printed text and graphic illustrations. Interactive electronic substrate for a printed publication, comprising a housing with installed in it panels of turn indicators of printed publication, speaker, microphone, control facilities, sound microprocessor, memory page selection module, digital memory module and power supply unit, where audio microprocessor is configured to convert sound coming to microphone in digital data, and recording digital data in memory page selected by memory page selection unit, as well as reproduction of digital data stored in the memory page selected by the memory page selection unit in the form of sound using the speaker, wherein the printed matter turning sensors panel is configured to determine the number of pages located over the panel, memory page selection unit is configured to set the memory address range of the digital memory module depending on the number of pages of the printed publication located over the turn sensors, and the control panel is made comprising a power switch, which provides connection of the power supply to the supply circuits of the sound microprocessor, the memory page selection unit and the digital memory module, as well as switches connected to analogue inputs of sound microprocessor for activation of audio recording mode from microphone, sound reproduction on speaker, start and stop sound recording from microphone, start and stop sound reproduction on dynamics.EFFECT: technical result provided by disclosed invention consists in reduction of labor costs for production of book, including due to higher versatility of electronic module.11 cl, 2 dwg

Description

The invention relates to the field of electronics and publishing and can be used to create interactive entertainment and educational aids. The invention can be used in production or as an addition to toy books, periodicals, children's educational games, etc. The device can be used in educational, entertaining, and advertising devices in which sound messages complete printed text and graphic illustrations.

The main property of the invention is the ability to play various audio messages associated with certain pages or spreads of the printed publication, where messages can be recorded and rewritten at the request of the user. In the particular case of implementation, the device also provides the ability to listen to pre-recorded professional announcer messages. The device provides the ability to switch between these modes.

The following solutions are known in the art.

Known devices for combining audio and visual messages, containing front and back covers, bonded with sheets of book located between them, and a unit for reproducing audio messages (patents RU No. 2141134, 1993, MKI7 G09B 5/06, RU No. 2170132, IPC A63H 33 / 38, G09B 5/00 12/15/2000, RU No. 2187836, IPC G06F 15/04, G09B 5/00, 06/25/2001, EP No. 0686055, WO 9317764, IPC A63F 3/00; A63F 3/04, 1995-12 -thirteen). Known devices are made in the form of a book, in the sheets of which are sensors associated with the unit for reproducing audio messages. When the user touches any of these sensors, an audio message is displayed corresponding to the text or image on the sheet at the location of this sensor.

A disadvantage of the known devices is limited functionality, since the complex design of the sheets with sensors and connecting conductors does not allow you to create books containing a sufficiently large number of sheets.

The closest analogue to the patented solution is an interactive electronic book with the ability to play sounds (RF patent No. 2448372, published April 20, 2012) containing book pages connected via a spine to the front and back covers of the book, an electronic module equipped with a microprocessor with memory, and a touch panel, connected through signal conductors to the microprocessor of an electronic module installed in the housing on the back cover, and connected through control conductors to the speaker and power supply and through signal conductors to the pages of the book.

The disadvantages of the analogue are the high complexity and technical complexity of the production of the finished product in the form of a book, including due to the need to supply pages with built-in electronic modules. In addition, there is no possibility of using an electronic module with various finished books.

The technical result provided by the present invention is to reduce labor costs for the production of books, including by increasing the versatility of the electronic module. The substrate proposed as part of the invention can be used in conjunction with any book already printed, with a slight mechanical refinement of the book. Refinement is carried out by mounting the book on a substrate and, if necessary, drilling or punching holes on the pages.

To achieve the technical result, an electronic printed publication with a substrate and an electronic substrate for a printed publication are proposed, where:

An interactive print publication containing pages and a cover, while an interactive electronic substrate is mounted in the back of the cover.

An interactive electronic substrate for a printed publication, comprises a housing with a panel of sensors for turning the printed publication, a speaker, a microphone, controls, an audio microprocessor, a memory page selection module, a digital memory module and a power supply, where the audio microprocessor is configured to convert sound, coming into the microphone into digital data and recording digital data into a memory page selected by the memory page selector, as well as reproducing digital data stored in the memory page selected by the memory page selector in the form of sound using a speaker, while the panel of sensors of the heading of the printed publication configured to determine the number of pages located on top of the panel, the memory page selection unit is configured to specify a range of memory addresses of the digital memory module depending on the number of pages of the printed publication located on top of the reversal sensors, and the control panel is made holding a power switch, designed to connect the power supply to the power circuits of the sound microprocessor, block select page memory and digital memory module, as well as switches connected to the analog inputs of the sound microprocessor to activate the sound recording mode from the microphone, play sound on the speaker, start and stop recording sound from a microphone, starting and stopping sound playback on the speaker.

In the particular case of the invention, the memory module is removable.

In the particular case of the invention, the sound microprocessor is made capable of recording and reproducing audio data in a predetermined range of digital memory addresses, the maximum number of bits of which is less than the maximum number of bits of memory of the digital memory module, while the upper bits of the memory addresses of the ranges are set by the U-turn detection unit.

In the particular case of the invention, the interactive substrate comprises a memory switch for playback, made by activating the senior bit of memory addresses in the playback mode of permanent memory and deactivating the senior bit of memory addresses in the recording mode.

In the particular case of the invention, the permanent and rewritable memory areas are made on the same physical memory unit.

In the particular case of the invention, the sensor block is made in the form of a line of photodetectors intended for use with a printed publication mounted on top of an interactive substrate made with holes in the pages such that the photodetectors are illuminated by ambient light so that the number of illuminated sensors corresponds to the number of pages, remote from sensors.

In the particular case of the invention, the U-turn determination unit comprises a signal converter configured to form the illumination values of each of the photodetectors, and a comparison unit made to compare the illumination value of the first photodetector with the illumination values of the remaining photodetectors, and to generate a signal about the number of the U-turns, depending on the number of photodetectors, illumination values of which are less than the illumination value of the first photodetector.

In the particular case of the invention, the comparison is made with a predetermined accuracy.

In the particular case of the invention, the microprocessor is configured to start recording sound when you first press the record button and stop recording sound when you press the record button again or when the reversal number changes or when there is a pause of more than three seconds, characterized by the sound being delivered to the microphone with a level of less than 30 dB

In the particular case of the invention, sections of the printed pages on top of the photodetectors are made with increased torsional rigidity.

The design of the proposed electronic substrate makes it possible to mount it into any printed publication containing pages and a cover, with a slight refinement of the pages of the book, for example, by drilling or punching holes on the pages opposite the panel of sensors for turning the substrate. These openings allow light to enter the photodetectors to automatically determine the turn of the book to transmit information to the microprocessor about which digital information from which memory page you want to play through the speaker. Dividing the memory into a permanent part, where the voices of the actors are pre-recorded, and a rewritable part, where you can record your voice using a voice recorder also provides the versatility of the proposed substrate, which can be removed from the purchased book and mounted in any other book. Dividing the memory into pages and linking it with the page selection unit and with the heading sensor panel allows you to play back the text reading record corresponding to the currently open heading, which also allows you to write any book reading into the memory module.

Next, the solution is illustrated by reference to the figures, which show the following.

FIG. 1 is a top view of an electronic substrate.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of an electronic substrate.

 An interactive print publication, in particular, a book for children, contains pages and a cover, while an interactive electronic substrate 1 is mounted in the back of the cover.

The interactive electronic substrate 1 comprises a housing with a panel of reversal sensors of a printed publication 2 installed in it, housing 10, where the electronic part of the substrate is located — a speaker and microphone 9, controls 4 and 5, an audio microprocessor, a memory page selection module, a digital memory module, and a unit nutrition 8.

The sound microprocessor is configured to convert the sound entering the microphone into digital data and record the digital data into a memory page selected by the memory page selection unit.

In addition, the sound microprocessor is configured to reproduce digital data stored in a memory page selected by the memory page selection unit in the form of sound using a speaker.

The panel of reversal sensors of a printed publication 2 is configured to determine the number of pages located on top of a panel 2, and the memory page selection block is configured to specify a range of memory addresses of a digital memory module depending on the number of pages of a printed publication located on top of a reversal sensors.

The control panel contains a power switch 7, which provides the connection of the power supply to the power circuits of the sound microprocessor, the memory page selection unit and the digital memory module 6.

The control panel also contains a switch 6 connected to the analog input of the sound microprocessor to activate the sound recording mode from the microphone, switch 5 is connected to the analog input of the sound microprocessor to play sound on the speaker. Switch 4 provides start and stop of sound recording from the microphone, and switch 5 - start and stop sound playback on the speaker.

The memory module may be removable.

The microprocessor provides recording and playback of audio data in a predetermined range of digital memory addresses, the maximum number of bits of which is less than the maximum number of bits of memory of the digital memory module, while the upper bits of the memory addresses of the ranges are set by the U-turn detection unit.

The interactive substrate includes a memory switch for playback, made by activating the senior bit of memory addresses in the playback mode of permanent memory and deactivating the senior bit of memory addresses in recording mode.

Permanent and rewritable memory areas are made on the same physical memory block.

The sensor block is made in the form of a line of photodetectors 3, intended for use with a printed publication mounted on top of an interactive substrate, made with holes in the pages such that the photodetectors are illuminated by ambient light so that the number of illuminated sensors corresponds to the number of pages removed from the sensors.

The U-turn detection unit contains a signal converter that generates the illumination values of each of the photodetectors 3, and a comparison unit, which provides a comparison of the illumination value of the first photodetector with the illumination values of the remaining photodetectors, and generates a signal about the U-number, depending on the number of photodetectors, the illumination of which is less than the value illumination of the first photodetector. Comparison is made with a predetermined accuracy.

The microprocessor is configured to start recording sound when you press the record button for the first time and stop recording sound when you press the record button again or when the reversal number changes (i.e., when turning over) or when there is a pause of more than three seconds, characterized by the sound being delivered to the microphone with a level of less than 30 dB ( that is, if silent for more than three seconds).

The sections of the pages of the printed publication on top of the photodetectors are made with increased torsional rigidity.

Claims (11)

1. Interactive electronic substrate for a print publication, comprising a housing with a panel of sensors for reversing a print publication, a speaker, a microphone, controls, an audio microprocessor, a memory page selection module, a digital memory module and a power supply, where the audio microprocessor is configured to convert the sound entering the microphone into digital data, and recording digital data in a memory page selected by the memory page selector, as well as reproducing digital data stored in the memory page selected by the memory page selector in the form of sound using a speaker, while the sensor panel the heading of the printed publication is configured to determine the number of pages located on top of the panel, the memory page selection unit is configured to specify a range of memory addresses of the digital memory module depending on the number of pages of the printed publication located on top of the heading sensors, and the control panel is configured A circuit breaker containing a power switch designed to connect the power supply to the power circuits of the sound microprocessor, the memory page select block and the digital memory module, as well as switches connected to the analog inputs of the sound microprocessor to activate the microphone sound recording mode, play sound on the speaker, start and stop recording sound from the microphone, start and stop playing sound on the speaker. 2. The interactive electronic substrate according to claim 1, characterized in that the memory module is removable. 3. The interactive electronic substrate according to claim 1, characterized in that the sound microprocessor is configured to record and reproduce audio data in a predetermined range of digital memory addresses, the maximum number of bits of which is less than the maximum number of bits of memory of the digital memory module, with the highest bits of memory addresses ranges are set by the U-turn detection unit. 4. The interactive substrate according to claim 3, characterized in that it comprises a memory switch for playback made by activating the senior bit of the memory addresses in the playback mode of the permanent memory and deactivating the senior bit of the memory addresses in the recording mode. 5. The interactive substrate according to claim 4, characterized in that the constant and rewritable memory areas are made on the same physical memory unit. 6. The interactive substrate according to claim 1, characterized in that the sensor unit is made in the form of a line of photodetectors intended for use with a printed publication mounted on top of the interactive substrate, made with holes in the pages such that the photodetectors are illuminated by ambient light in such a way that the number of illuminated sensors corresponds to the number of pages removed from the sensors. 7. The interactive substrate according to claim 6, characterized in that the U-turn determination unit comprises a signal converter configured to generate the illumination values of each of the photodetectors, and a comparison unit made to compare the illumination values of the first photodetector with the illumination values of the remaining photodetectors and generate a signal about the number a reversal, depending on the number of photodetectors, the illumination values of which are less than the illumination value of the first photodetector. 8. The interactive substrate according to claim 7, characterized in that the comparison is made with a predetermined accuracy. 9. The interactive substrate according to claim 1, characterized in that the microprocessor is configured to start recording sound when the record button is pressed for the first time and the sound recording is stopped when the record button is pressed again or when the reversal number is changed or when there is a pause of more than three seconds, characterized by a microphone sound with a level of less than 30 dB. 10. An interactive print publication containing pages and a cover, while an interactive electronic substrate according to claim 1 is mounted in the back of the cover. 11. The interactive print edition of claim 10, wherein the sections of pages on top of the photodetectors are made with increased torsional rigidity.

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