Audio-visual system

Claim 2

An audio-visual system for presenting correlated audio and visual information, comprising a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals, and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated with a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; and an audio-visual presentation apparatus comprising a chassis; receiving means supported by the chassis for receiving the audio-visual record medium, audio reproducing means supported by the chassis and positioned for engaging a said sound track of said received audio record for reproducing and thereby presenting the audio information therefrom; projection means supported by the chassis and positioned for projecting and thereby presenting an image of visual information from a said visual display area of said received visual record onto a viewing screen; and positioning means supported by the chassis for relatively positioning the audio reproducing means and the audio record for enabling the audio reproducing means to engage the beginning of any of said sound tracks distributed about the periphery of said received audio record, and for relatively positioning the projection means and the visual record for enabling projection onto said viewing screen of an image of visual information from any of said visual display areas of said received visual record; wherein each of a plurality of said correlated visual display area and sound track combinations includes a given number of predetermined response choices related to said correlated audio and visual information; wherein each of said plurality of visual display areas includes a given number of projectable predetermined programs, each program individually relating a said predetermined response choice to a predetermined correlated visual display area and sound track combination; wherein the projection means is capable of projecting said one or more predetermined programs from said received visual record; and wherein the audio-visual presentation apparatus further comprises selection means for enabling an operator to select one of said given number of predetermined response choices, sensing means responsive to the operation of the selection means for sensing the one of said projectable predetermined programs which is related to said selected response choice, and control means responsive to the operation of the selection means for controlling the positioning means in accordance with said sensed predetermined program to present said predetermined correlated visual display area and sound track combination related to said selected predetermined response choice.

Claim 3

An audio-visual system for presenting correlated audio and visual information, comprising a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals, and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated with a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; and an audio-visual presentation apparatus comprising a chassis; receiving means supported by the chassis for receiving the audio-visual record medium, audio reproducing means supported by the chassis and positioned for engaging a said sound track of said received audio record for reproducing and thereby presenting the audio information therefrom; projection means supported by the chassis and positioned for projecting and thereby presenting an image of visual information from a said visual display area of said received visual record onto a viewing screen; and positioning means supported by the chassis for relatively positioning the audio reproducing means and the audio record for enabling the audio reproducing means to engage the beginning of any of said sound tracks distributed about the periphery of said received audio record, and for relatively positioning the projection means and the visual record for enabling projection onto said viewing screen of an image of visual information from any of said visual display areas of said received visual record; wherein each of a plurality of said correlated visual display area and sound track combinations includes a given number of predetermined response choices related to said correlated audio and visual information; wherein each of said plurality of visual display areas includes a given number of projectable predetermined programs, each program individually relating a said predetermined response choice to a predetermined correlated visual display area and sound track combination; wherein the projection means is capable of projecting said one or more predetermined programs from said received visual record; and wherein the audio-visual presentation apparatus further comprises selection means for enabling an operator to select one of said given number of predetermined response choices, sensing means responsive to the operation of the selection means for sensing the one of said projectable predetermined programs which is related to said selected response choice, and control means responsive to the operation of the selection means for controlling the positioning means in accordance with said sensed predetermined program to present said predetermined correlated visual display area and sound track combination related to said selected predetermined response choice.

Claim 4

An audio-visual system for presenting correlated audio and visual information, comprising a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals, and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated with a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; and an audio-visual presentation apparatus comprising a chassis; receiving means supported by the chassis for receiving the audio-visual record medium, audio reproducing means supported by the chassis and positioned for engaging a said sound track of said received audio record for reproducing and thereby presenting the audio information therefrom; projection means supported by the chassis and positioned for projecting and thereby presenting an image of visual information from a said visual display area of said received visual record onto a viewing screen; and positioning means supported by the chassis for relatively positioning the audio reproducing means and the audio record for enabling the audio reproducing means to engage the beginning of any of said sound tracks distributed about the periphery of said received audio record, and for relatively positioning the projection means and the visual record for enabling projection onto said viewing screen of an image of visual information from any of said visual display areas of said received visual record; wherein each of a plurality of said correlated visual display area and sound track combinations includes a given number of predetermined response choices related to said correlated audio and visual information; wherein each of said plurality of visual display areas includes a given number of projectable predetermined programs, each program individually relating a said predetermined response choice to a predetermined correlated visual display area and sound track combination; wherein the projection means is capable of projecting said one or more predetermined programs from said received visual record; and wherein the audio-visual presentation apparatus further comprises selection means for enabling an operator to select one of said given number of predetermined response choices, sensing means responsive to the operation of the selection means for sensing the one of said projectable predetermined programs which is related to said selected response choice, and control means responsive to the operation of the selection means for controlling the positioning means in accordance with said sensed predetermined program to present said predetermined correlated visual display area and sound track combination related to said selected predetermined response choice.

Claim 5

An audio-visual system according to claim 1, wherein a given visual display area includes a given projectable predetermined program relating a given predetermined response choice to said given visual display area and its correlated sound track; and wherein the control means causes the audio reproducing means to repeat the audio information presented from said engaged sound track when said given program is sensed by the sensing means.

Claim 6

An audio-visual system for presenting correlated audio and visual information, comprising a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermineD intervals, and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated with a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; and an audio-visual presentation apparatus comprising a chassis; receiving means supported by the chassis for receiving the audio-visual record medium, audio reproducing means supported by the chassis and positioned for engaging a said sound track of said received audio record for reproducing and thereby presenting the audio information therefrom; projection means supported by the chassis and positioned for projecting and thereby presenting an image of visual information from a said visual display area of said received visual record onto a viewing screen; and positioning means supported by the chassis for relatively positioning the audio reproducing means and the audio record for enabling the audio reproducing means to engage the beginning of any of said sound tracks distributed about the periphery of said received audio record, and for relatively positioning the projection means and the visual record for enabling projection onto said viewing screen of an image of visual information from any of said visual display areas of said received visual record; wherein the plurality of visual display areas are arranged in a spaced matrix containing m rows of n visual display areas; wherein said received visual record is supported by the chassis for bidirectional movement parallel to two predetermined perpendicular X and Y axes corresponding to the matrix, with the X axis parallel to the m rows; and wherein the positioning means is capable of bidirectionally moving said received visual record in incremental steps parallel to either of said perpendicular X and Y axes, which incremental steps correspond to the spacing of the visual display areas.

Claim 7

An audio-visual system for presenting correlated audio and visual information, comprising a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermineD intervals, and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated with a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; and an audio-visual presentation apparatus comprising a chassis; receiving means supported by the chassis for receiving the audio-visual record medium, audio reproducing means supported by the chassis and positioned for engaging a said sound track of said received audio record for reproducing and thereby presenting the audio information therefrom; projection means supported by the chassis and positioned for projecting and thereby presenting an image of visual information from a said visual display area of said received visual record onto a viewing screen; and positioning means supported by the chassis for relatively positioning the audio reproducing means and the audio record for enabling the audio reproducing means to engage the beginning of any of said sound tracks distributed about the periphery of said received audio record, and for relatively positioning the projection means and the visual record for enabling projection onto said viewing screen of an image of visual information from any of said visual display areas of said received visual record; wherein the plurality of visual display areas are arranged in a spaced matrix containing m rows of n visual display areas; wherein said received visual record is supported by the chassis for bidirectional movement parallel to two predetermined perpendicular X and Y axes corresponding to the matrix, with the X axis parallel to the m rows; and wherein the positioning means is capable of bidirectionally moving said received visual record in incremental steps parallel to either of said perpendicular X and Y axes, which incremental steps correspond to the spacing of the visual display areas.

Claim 8

An audio-visual system for presenting correlated audio and visual information, comprising a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals, and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated with a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; and an audio-visual presentation apparatus comprising a chassis; receiving means comprising a table supported by the chassis for receiving the audio record in a fixed position on the table, and a platform supported by the chassis for receiving the visual record in a fixed position on the platform; audio reproducing means supported by the chassis and positioned for engaging a said sound track of said received audio record for reproducing and thereby presenting the audio information therefrom; projection means supported by the chassis and positioned for projecting and thereby presenting an image of visual information from a said visual display area of said received visual record onto a viewing screen; a first positioning means supported by the chassis for relatively positioning the audio reproducing means and the table for enabling the audio reproducing means to engage the beginning of any of said sound tracks distributed about the periphery of said received audio record; and a second positioning means for relatively positioning the projection means and the platform for enabling Projection onto said viewing screen of an image of visual information from any of said visual display areas of said received visual record; wherein each of a plurality of said correlated visual display area and sound track combinations includes a given number of predetermined response choices related to said correlated audio and visual information; wherein each of said plurality of visual display areas includes a given number of projectable predetermined programs, each program individually relating a said predetermined response choice to a predetermined correlated visual display area and sound track combination; wherein the projection means is capable of projecting said one or more predetermined programs from said received visual record; and wherein the audio-visual presentation apparatus further comprises selection means for enabling an operator to select one of said given number of predetermined response choices, sensing means responsive to the operation of the selection means for sensing the one of said projectable predetermined programs which is related to said selected response choice, and control means responsive to the operation of the selection means for controlling the positioning means in accordance with said sensed predetermined program to present said predetermined correlated visual display area and sound track combination related to said selected predetermined response choice.

Claim 9

An audio-visual system for presenting correlated audio and visual information, comprising a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals, and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated with a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; and an audio-visual presentation apparatus comprising a chassis; receiving means comprising a table supported by the chassis for receiving the audio record in a fixed position on the table, and a platform supported by the chassis for receiving the visual record in a fixed position on the platform; audio reproducing means supported by the chassis and positioned for engaging a said sound track of said received audio record for reproducing and thereby presenting the audio information therefrom; projection means supported by the chassis and positioned for projecting and thereby presenting an image of visual information from a said visual display area of said received visual record onto a viewing screen; a first positioning means supported by the chassis for relatively positioning the audio reproducing means and the table for enabling the audio reproducing means to engage the beginning of any of said sound tracks distributed about the periphery of said received audio record; and a second positioning means for relatively positioning the projection means and the platform for enabling Projection onto said viewing screen of an image of visual information from any of said visual display areas of said received visual record; wherein each of a plurality of said correlated visual display area and sound track combinations includes a given number of predetermined response choices related to said correlated audio and visual information; wherein each of said plurality of visual display areas includes a given number of projectable predetermined programs, each program individually relating a said predetermined response choice to a predetermined correlated visual display area and sound track combination; wherein the projection means is capable of projecting said one or more predetermined programs from said received visual record; and wherein the audio-visual presentation apparatus further comprises selection means for enabling an operator to select one of said given number of predetermined response choices, sensing means responsive to the operation of the selection means for sensing the one of said projectable predetermined programs which is related to said selected response choice, and control means responsive to the operation of the selection means for controlling the positioning means in accordance with said sensed predetermined program to present said predetermined correlated visual display area and sound track combination related to said selected predetermined response choice.

Claim 10

An audio-visual system according to claim 4, wherein each of the projectable predetermined programs of a given visual display area includes first indicia for indicating the number of sound tracks in the sequence of sound tracks and the number of visual display areas in the sequence of visual display areas that said predetermined correlated visual display area and sound track combination related to said predetermined response choice by said program is placed from the given visual display area and its correlated sound track; wherein the first positioning means comprises a table stepping means for stepping the table in incremental steps, which steps correspond to the intervals between the beginnings of the sound tracks of said audio record; and wherein the second positioning means comprises a platform stepping means for stepping the platform in incremental steps, which steps correspond to the spacing of the visual display areas of said visual record; whereby the first indicia indicate the number of steps which both stepping means should step in accordance with said sensed predetermined program.

Claim 11

An audio-visual system according to claim 5, wherein the control means includes means for causing said audio reproducing means to repeat the audio information presented from said engaged sound track when said first indicia indicate that both stepping means should step zero steps.

Claim 12

An audio-visual system according to claim 5, wherein the control means comprises counting means for counting the number of steps stepped by both stepping means; and a registering and gating means for registering a count in accordance with the first indicia of said sensed predetermined program and for enabling both stepping means to repetitively incrementally step until the number of steps counted by the counting means equals the registered count.

Claim 13

An audio-visual system according to claim 5, wherein each of the projectable predetermined programs further includes second indicia for indicating the direction in the sequences of sound tracks and visual display areas that said predetermined correlated sound track-visual display area combination related to said predetermined response choice by said program is placed from the given visual display area and its correlated sound track; wherein the table stepping means is capable of bidirectionally stepping the table; and wherein the platform stepping means is capable of bidirectionally moving the platform; whereby the second indicia indicate the direction which thE stepping means should step in accordance with said sensed predetermined program.

Claim 14

An audio-visual system according to claim 8, wherein the control means further comprises a direction setting switching means for setting the stepping means in accordance with the second indicia of said sensed predetermined program to step the table and the platform in either a forward or a reverse direction corresponding to forward and reverse directions in the sequence of sound tracks and visual display areas.

Claim 15

An audio-visual system according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of visual display areas are arranged in a matrix containing m rows of n visual display areas; wherein the sequence of visual display areas corresponds to the sequence of sound tracks in a manner wherein a first visual display area at one end of a first row of the matrix correlates with a first sound track, and the successive visual display areas following a path, beginning with said first visual display area and continuing in a first direction along the first row to the nth visual display area of the first row, thence to the adjacent visual display area in a predetermined adjacent row, which adjacent visual display area is the first visual display area of the predetermined adjacent row, thence in a second direction opposite to the first direction along the second row, respectively correlate with successive sound tracks distributed about the periphery in a determined direction beginning with the first sound track; wherein the platform is supported by the chassis for bidirectional movement parallel to two predetermined perpendicular X and Y axes corresponding to the matrix of said received visual record, with the X axis parallel to the m rows; wherein the platform stepping means is capable of bidirectionally stepping the platform; and wherein the control means further comprises an X axis drive means for bidirectionally driving the platform stepping means to step the platform parallel to the X axis in a direction dependent upon the direction of current flow through said X axis drive means, a Y axis drive means for bidirectionally driving the platform stepping means to step the platform parallel to the Y axis in a direction dependent upon the direction of current flow through said Y axis drive means, a first switching means for switching the direction of current flow through the X axis drive means to be in a first direction when the platform is in a position for enabling projection from an odd row and for switching the direction of current flow through the X axis drive means to be in a second direction opposite to the first direction when the platform is in a position for enabling projection from an even row, and a second switching means for switching current flow through the X axis drive means when the platform is in a position for enabling projection from an nth position in a row while the platform stepping means is set by the direction setting switching means for stepping the platform in a reverse direction or when the platform is in a position for enabling projection from a first position in a row while the platform stepping means is set by the direction setting switching means for stepping the platform in a forward direction, and for switching current flow through the Y axis drive means when the platform is in a position for enabling projection from an nth position in a row while the platform stepping means is set by the direction setting switching means for stepping the platform in a forward direction or when the platform is in a position for enabling projection from a first position in a row while the platform stepping means is set by the direction setting switching means for stepping the platform in a reverse direction.

Claim 16

An audio-visual system according to claim 10, wherein the control means further comprises a third switching means for switching current flow to the X and Y axes Drive means through the second switching means when the platform is in a position for enabling projection from either end of a row and for switching current flow by-passing the second switching means and through the X axis drive means when the platform is not in a position for enabling projection from either end of a row.

Claim 17

An audio-visual system according to claim 11, wherein the control means further comprises a fourth switching means for momentarily enabling current flow through the X and Y axes drive means a number of times corresponding to the number of steps that the stepping means should step in accordance with the first indicia of said sensed predetermined program.

Claim 18

An audio-visual system according to claim 12, wherein each of the X and Y axes drive means, when actuated, moves from a rest position and causes the platform stepping means to step the platform one step during a cycle of operation which is completed upon the actuated drive means returning to the rest position; and wherein the control means further comprises a fifth switching means actuated by the X axis drive means, when the X axis drive means is not in the rest position, for switching current flow through the X axis drive means to maintain the cycle of operation of the X axis drive means until the completion of said cycle, and a sixth switching means actuated by the Y axis drive means, when the Y axis drive means is not in the rest position, for switching current flow through the Y axis drive means to maintain the cycle of operation of the Y axis drive means until the completion of said cycle.

Claim 19

An audio-visual system for presenting correlated audio and visual information, comprising a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals, and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated with a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; and an audio-visual presentation apparatus comprising a chassis, receiving means comprising a table supported by the chassis for receiving the audio record in a fixed position on the table, and a platform supported by the chassis for receiving the visual record in a fixed position on the platform; audio reproducing means supported by the chassis and positioned for engaging a said sound track of said received audio record for reproducing and thereby presenting the audio information therefrom; projection means supported by the chassis and positioned for projecting and thereby presenting an image of visual information from a said visual display area of said received visual record onto a viewing screen; a first positioning means supported by the chassis for relatively positioning the audio reproducing means and the table for enabling the audio reproducing means to engage the beginning of any of said sound tracks distributed about the periphery of said received audio record; and a second positioning means for relatively positioning the projection means and the platform for enabling projection onto said viewing screen of an image of visual information from any of said visual display areas of said received visual record; wherein the audio record is rotatable relative to the visual record; wherein the receiving means further comprises a carriage movably supported by the chassis; wherein the table comprises a turntable rotatably supported on the carriage; wherein the platform is fixedly supported on The carriage; wherein the first positioning means comprises a turntable stepping means supported by the carriage for rotating the turntable in incremental steps, which steps correspond to the intervals between the beginnings of the sound tracks of said audio record; wherein the second positioning means comprises a carriage stepping means supported by the chassis for stepping the carriage in incremental steps, which steps correspond to the spacing of the visual display areas of said visual record; and wherein the audio-visual presentation apparatus still further comprises a turntable drive means supported by the carriage for engaging the turntable for rotatably driving the turntable at a uniform rate for enabling audio information to be reproduced from a said received audio record engaged by the audio reproducing means.

Claim 20

An audio-visual system for presenting correlated audio and visual information, comprising a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals, and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated with a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; and an audio-visual presentation apparatus comprising a chassis, receiving means comprising a table supported by the chassis for receiving the audio record in a fixed position on the table, and a platform supported by the chassis for receiving the visual record in a fixed position on the platform; audio reproducing means supported by the chassis and positioned for engaging a said sound track of said received audio record for reproducing and thereby presenting the audio information therefrom; projection means supported by the chassis and positioned for projecting and thereby presenting an image of visual information from a said visual display area of said received visual record onto a viewing screen; a first positioning means supported by the chassis for relatively positioning the audio reproducing means and the table for enabling the audio reproducing means to engage the beginning of any of said sound tracks distributed about the periphery of said received audio record; and a second positioning means for relatively positioning the projection means and the platform for enabling projection onto said viewing screen of an image of visual information from any of said visual display areas of said received visual record; wherein the audio record is rotatable relative to the visual record; wherein the receiving means further comprises a carriage movably supported by the chassis; wherein the table comprises a turntable rotatably supported on the carriage; wherein the platform is fixedly supported on The carriage; wherein the first positioning means comprises a turntable stepping means supported by the carriage for rotating the turntable in incremental steps, which steps correspond to the intervals between the beginnings of the sound tracks of said audio record; wherein the second positioning means comprises a carriage stepping means supported by the chassis for stepping the carriage in incremental steps, which steps correspond to the spacing of the visual display areas of said visual record; and wherein the audio-visual presentation apparatus still further comprises a turntable drive means supported by the carriage for engaging the turntable for rotatably driving the turntable at a uniform rate for enabling audio information to be reproduced from a said received audio record engaged by the audio reproducing means.

Claim 21

An audio-visual system according to claim 14, wherein the audio-visual presentation apparatus further comprises a turntable braking means supported by the carriage and responsive to the completion of said reproduction of audio information from a said sound track by the audio reproducing means for engaging the turntable to thereby brake a said uniformly rotating turntable to a stop at the position from whence said turntable commenced to rotate.

Claim 22

An audio-visual system according to claim 14, wherein the audio-visual presentation apparatus further comprises a starting position marker rotatably positioned on the turntable; a detecting means located on the carriage in a fixed home position in relation to the audio reproducing means and enabled in response to the completion of said reproduction of audio information from a said sound track by the audio reproducing means for detecting when the starting position marker on the turntable is at the home position; and a turntable braking means supported by the carriage for engaging the turntable to thereby brake the turntable to a stop, which turntable braking means engages the turntable to brake the turntable to a stop when the detecting means detects that the starting position marker is at the home position.

Claim 23

An audio-visual system according to claim 16, wherein the audio-visual presentation apparatus further comprises a starting position marker holder movably supported on the carriage for movement into position to hold the starting position marker at the home position while the turntable is being stepped by the turntable stepping means.

Claim 24

An audio-visual system for presenting correlated audio and visual information, comprising a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals, and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated with a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; and an audio-visual presentation apparatus comprising a chassis; receiving means supported by the chassis for receiving the audio-visual record medium, audio reproducing means supported by the chassis and positioned for engaging a said sound track of said received audio record for reproducing and thereby presenting the audio information therefrom; projection means supported by the chassis and positioned for projecting and thereby presenting an image of visual information from a said visual display area of said received visual record onto a viewing screen; and positioning means supported by the chassis for relatively positioning the audio reproducing means and the audio record for enabling the audio reproducing means to engage the beginning of any of said sound tracks distributed about the periphery of said received audio record, and for relatively positioning the projection means and the visual record for enabling projection onto said viewing screen of an image of visual information from any of said visual display areas of said received visual record; wherein each of said visual display areas includes a discrete section containing one or more projectable predetermined response choices related to the visual information contained in said visual display area; wherein the projection means is capable of projecting said one or more predetermined response choices from said received visual record onto the viewing screen; and wherein the audio-visual presentation apparatus further comprises a shutter supported by the chassis between the viewing screen and the projection means in either a blocking position for blocking the projection of an image of said response choices onto the screen or in an enabling position for enabling the projection of an image of said response choices onto the screen, which shutter is moved into the enabling position upon the completion of said reproduction of audio information from a said sound track by the audio reproducing means.

Claim 25

An audio-visual system for presenting correlated audio and visual information, comprising a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals, and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated with a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; and an audio-visual presentation apparatus comprising a chassis; receiving means supported by the chassis for receiving the audio-visual record medium, audio reproducing means supported by the chassis and positioned for engaging a said sound track of said received audio record for reproducing and thereby presenting the audio information therefrom; projection means supported by the chassis and positioned for projecting and thereby presenting an image of visual information from a said visual display area of said received visual record onto a viewing screen; and positioning means supported by the chassis for relatively positioning the audio reproducing means and the audio record for enabling the audio reproducing means to engage the beginning of any of said sound tracks distributed about the periphery of said received audio record, and for relatively positioning the projection means and the visual record for enabling projection onto said viewing screen of an image of visual information from any of said visual display areas of said received visual record; wherein each of said visual display areas includes a discrete section containing one or more projectable predetermined response choices related to the visual information contained in said visual display area; wherein the projection means is capable of projecting said one or more predetermined response choices from said received visual record onto the viewing screen; and wherein the audio-visual presentation apparatus further comprises a shutter supported by the chassis between the viewing screen and the projection means in either a blocking position for blocking the projection of an image of said response choices onto the screen or in an enabling position for enabling the projection of an image of said response choices onto the screen, which shutter is moved into the enabling position upon the completion of said reproduction of audio information from a said sound track by the audio reproducing means.

Claim 26

An audio-visual system for presenting correlated audio and visual information, comprising a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals, and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated with a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; and an audio-visual presentation apparatus comprising a chassis; receiving means supported by the chassis for receiving the audio-visual record medium, audio reproducing means supported by the chassis and positioned for engaging a said sound track of said received audio record for reproducing and thereby presenting the audio information therefrom; projection means supported by the chassis and positioned for projecting and thereby presenting an image of visual information from a said visual display area of said received visual record onto a viewing screen; and positioning means supported by the chassis for relatively positioning the audio reproducing means and the audio record for enabling the audio reproducing means to engage the beginning of any of said sound tracks distributed about the periphery of said received audio record, and for relatively positioning the projection means and the visual record for enabling projection onto said viewing screen of an image of visual information from any of said visual display areas of said received visual record; wherein each of a plurality of groups of adjacent sound tracks comprises sound tracks containing related information, with one sound track in each group being the sequentially first sound track for that group; wherein the audio record further comprises notches about the periphery of the audio record at positions corresponding to the beginnings of said sequentially first sound tracks; and wherein the control means further comprises a notch detector switching means positioned for detecting notches in the periphery of said received audio record, and an access switching means enabled by the notch detector switching means for effecting relative motion between the audio record and the audio reproducing means and between the visual record and the projection means until a notch is detecTed, to thereby move a said sequentially first sound track and correlated visual display area into position for enabling presentation of audio and visual information therefrom.

Claim 27

An audio-visual system for presenting correlated audio and visual information, comprising a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals, and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated with a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; and an audio-visual presentation apparatus comprising a chassis; receiving means supported by the chassis for receiving the audio-visual record medium, audio reproducing means supported by the chassis and positioned for engaging a said sound track of said received audio record for reproducing and thereby presenting the audio information therefrom; projection means supported by the chassis and positioned for projecting and thereby presenting an image of visual information from a said visual display area of said received visual record onto a viewing screen; and positioning means supported by the chassis for relatively positioning the audio reproducing means and the audio record for enabling the audio reproducing means to engage the beginning of any of said sound tracks distributed about the periphery of said received audio record, and for relatively positioning the projection means and the visual record for enabling projection onto said viewing screen of an image of visual information from any of said visual display areas of said received visual record; wherein each of a plurality of groups of adjacent sound tracks comprises sound tracks containing related information, with one sound track in each group being the sequentially first sound track for that group; wherein the audio record further comprises notches about the periphery of the audio record at positions corresponding to the beginnings of said sequentially first sound tracks; and wherein the control means further comprises a notch detector switching means positioned for detecting notches in the periphery of said received audio record, and an access switching means enabled by the notch detector switching means for effecting relative motion between the audio record and the audio reproducing means and between the visual record and the projection means until a notch is detecTed, to thereby move a said sequentially first sound track and correlated visual display area into position for enabling presentation of audio and visual information therefrom.

Claim 28

For use in an audio-visual system for presenting corresponding audio and visual information, a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals; and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated to a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; wherein each of a plurality of said correlated visual display area and sound track combinations includes a given number of predetermined response choices related to said correlated audio and visual information; and wherein each of said plurality of visual display areas includes a given number of projectable predetermined programs, each program individually relating a said predetermined response choice to a predetermined correlated visual display area and sound track combination.

Claim 29

For use in an audio-visual system for presenting corresponding audio and visual information, a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals; and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated to a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; wherein each of a plurality of said correlated visual display area and sound track combinations includes a given number of predetermined response choices related to said correlated audio and visual information; and wherein each of said plurality of visual display areas includes a given number of projectable predetermined programs, each program individually relating a said predetermined response choice to a predetermined correlated visual display area and sound track combination.

Claim 30

An audio-visual record medium according to claim 20, wherein each of the projectable predetermined programs of a given visual display area includes first indicia for indicating the number of sound tracks in the sequence of sound tracks and the number of visual display areas in the sequence of visual display areas that said predetermined correlated visual display area and sound track combination related to said predetermined response choice by said program is placed from the given visual display area and its correlated sound track.

Claim 31

An audio-visual record medium according to claim 21, wherein each of the projectable predetermined programs of said given visual display area further includes second indicia for indicating the direction in the sequences of sound tracks and visual display areas that said predetermined correlated sound track-visual display area combination related to said predetermined response choice by said program is placed from the given visual display area and its correlated sound track.

Claim 32

For use in an audio-visual system for presenting corresponding audio and visual information, a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals; and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated to a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; wherein the plurality of visual display areas are arranged in a matrix containing m rows of n visual display areas; and wherein the sequence of visual display areas corresponds to the sequence of sound tracks in a manner wherein a first visual display area at one end of a first row of the matrix correlates with a first sound track, and the successive visual display areas following a path, beginning with said first visual display area and continuing in a first direction along the first row to the nth visual display area of the first row, thence to adjacent visual display area in a predetermined adjacent row, which adjacent visual display area is the first visuaL display area of the predetermined adjacent row, thence in a second direction opposite to the first direction along the second row, respectively correlate with successive sound tracks distributed about the periphery in a predetermined direction beginning with the first sound track.

Claim 33

For use in an audio-visual system for presenting corresponding audio and visual information, a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals; and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated to a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; wherein the plurality of visual display areas are arranged in a matrix containing m rows of n visual display areas; and wherein the sequence of visual display areas corresponds to the sequence of sound tracks in a manner wherein a first visual display area at one end of a first row of the matrix correlates with a first sound track, and the successive visual display areas following a path, beginning with said first visual display area and continuing in a first direction along the first row to the nth visual display area of the first row, thence to adjacent visual display area in a predetermined adjacent row, which adjacent visual display area is the first visuaL display area of the predetermined adjacent row, thence in a second direction opposite to the first direction along the second row, respectively correlate with successive sound tracks distributed about the periphery in a predetermined direction beginning with the first sound track.

Claim 34

For use in an audio-visual system for presenting corresponding audio and visual information, a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals; and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated to a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; wherein each of a plurality of groups of adjacent sound tracks comprises sound tracks containing related information, with one sound track in each group being the sequentially first sound track for that group; and wherein the audio record further comprises notches about the periphery of the audio record at positions corresponding to the beginnings of said sequentially first sound tracks.

Claim 35

For use in an audio-visual system for presenting corresponding audio and visual information, a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals; and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated to a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; wherein each of a plurality of groups of adjacent sound tracks comprises sound tracks containing related information, with one sound track in each group being the sequentially first sound track for that group; and wherein the audio record further comprises notches about the periphery of the audio record at positions corresponding to the beginnings of said sequentially first sound tracks.

Claim 36

For use in an audio-visual system for presenting corresponding audio and visual information, a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals; and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated to a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; wherein each sound track beginning has two legs, with each leg positioned close to a leg of an adjacent sound track beginning.

Claim 37

For use in an audio-visual system for presenting corresponding audio and visual information, a thin audio-visual record medium comprising an audio record including in a predetermined sequence a plurality of sound tracks containing recorded audio information, each sound track having a beginning at a given position near the periphery of the audio record, which sound track beginnings are placed about the periphery of the audio record at predetermined intervals; and a visual record including a plurality of spaced visual display areas containing projectable visual information, each of which visual display areas contains information correlated to a said sound track, and which visual display areas are positioned in a predetermined sequence corresponding to the predetermined sequence of sound tracks; wherein each sound track beginning has two legs, with each leg positioned close to a leg of an adjacent sound track beginning.