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The electronic picture book of the present invention includes a plurality of pages graphically depicting or telling a story. The book further includes an LCD screen and a speaker to provide a reader with animation sequences and sounds that relate to the graphical pictures on the pages. A set of butt

The electronic picture book of the present invention includes a plurality of pages graphically depicting or telling a story. The book further includes an LCD screen and a speaker to provide a reader with animation sequences and sounds that relate to the graphical pictures on the pages. A set of buttons is provided to trigger the animation sequences and sounds. While reading the book, each page indicates a button to depress. The reader, depressing the correct button, is then provided with animation sequences and sounds indicative to the graphic representations on the page.

대표청구항 ▼

1. An electronic picture book comprising: a plurality of pages consisting of pictures and text that tell a story, each page further includes a window and is bound to a cover; a subassembly having an LCD screen, a speaker and a plurality of buttons, the subassembly being mounted to the cover such

1. An electronic picture book comprising: a plurality of pages consisting of pictures and text that tell a story, each page further includes a window and is bound to a cover; a subassembly having an LCD screen, a speaker and a plurality of buttons, the subassembly being mounted to the cover such that the LCD screen may be viewed through the windows of the plurality of pages and wherein the number of buttons, in the plurality of buttons, are equal to the number of pages, in the plurality of pages; each page including an indication to a reader to press one of the buttons, of the plurality of buttons; electronics housed within the subassembly and being pre-programmed with a plurality of animation sequences and corresponding sounds indicative to the story on the plurality of pages, and wherein the animation sequences and corresponding sounds separately correspond to one of the buttons, in the plurality of buttons, in order to provide the user with a means to activate a specific animation sequence and corresponding sound by pressing a single button, when indicated by the indication on a page, whereby when a reader turns to a page, in the plurality of pages, and presses a button that is indicated by said page, the electronics will display an animation sequence and emit corresponding sounds related to the story on said page. 2. The electronic picture book of claim 1, further comprising: a light sensor mounted to the subassembly and in communication with the electronics; the plurality of pages being separable into a top set of pages and a bottom set of pages, the bottom set of pages further including an aperture that is sized to permit light to enter the light sensor when the aperture is uncovered by the top set of pages, and such that when light enters the light sensor, the light sensor sends a signal to the electronics that the reader is reading the bottom set of pages, and wherein the number of pages in the top set of pages and the number of pages in the bottom set of pages is equal to the number of buttons; and when the aperture is covered and a user presses a button indicated by the indication on a page, the electronics will replay animation sequences and corresponding sounds indicative of the page in the top set of pages and when the aperture is uncovered, and a user presses a button indicated by the indication on a page, the electronics receiving such signal from the light sensor and said button, will replay animation sequences and corresponding sounds indicative of the page in the bottom set of pages. 3. The electronic picture book of claim 2 wherein the plurality of pages is defined into a primary set of pages and multiple secondary sets of pages, and each set of pages, defined by the multiple secondary sets of pages includes an aperture defined to be uncovered when all pages in preceding sets of pages are turned, and the number of pages in each set of pages equals the number of buttons; and each set of pages in the multiple secondary sets of pages includes a light sensors in communication with the electronics and aligned with the aperture in the preceding set of pages and defined to send a signal to the electronics when all pages in preceding sets of pages are turned such that the electronics can determine which set of pages a user is reading; and whereby a user turning to a page and pressing a buttons indicated by said page the electronics will determine which set of pages the user has turned to and will replay an animation sequence and emit corresponding sounds that are indicative to the story on said page.