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Slides and recording method for audiovisual slide show
Assignee: LaserCard Corp
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Filing: 1986-10-08
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Granted: 1988-07-19
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Expires: 2006-10-08
Abstract
Abstract An audiovisual slide show is recorded by collecting a set of slides having pictures dealing with a broad topic. A strip of laser recording material is disposed on each slide. A laser writes a data pattern corresponding to spoken words on the strip. The words give a self-contained characterization of the picture on a slide. A subset of slides is selected from the set of slides so as to form a slide show. The slides have a photographic image mounted in a holder. A strip of laser recording optical data material is disposed on the border of the holder or on the film adjacent to the image. The strips can store about fifty seconds of human speech or ten times as much artificial speech, such as phoneme speech.
Inventors
- 👤 Jerome Drexler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 16:58
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/002; G11B7/0033; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/08; G06K19/10; G06K19/14; G11B7/24; G11B7/003; G11B7/0032; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/146
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A method of recording an audio-visual slide show comprising, collecting a set of slides, each slide having a photographic image dealing with a broad topic, each slide having a conventional mounting included border surrounding the photographic image, disposing a laser recording material in the border zone of at least one side of photographic slides which make up the set of slides, writing on said laser recording material on said side of slides, with a laser, a data pattern corresponding to spoken words giving a self-contained characterization of the photographic image on an associated slide, said spoken characterization lasting the equivalent of at least 20 seconds of human speech and playable simultaneously with projection of the photographic image, and assembling a subset of slides from the set of slides dealing with a topic within the broad topic thereby forming a slide show.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
141 words
A method of recording an audio-visual slide show comprising, collecting a set of slides, each slide having a photographic image dealing with a broad topic, each slide having a conventional mounting included border surrounding the photographic image, disposing a laser recording material in the border zone of at least one side of photographic slides which make up the set of slides, writing on said laser recording material on said side of slides, with a laser, a data pattern corresponding to spoken words giving a self-contained characterization of the photographic image on an associated slide, said spoken characterization lasting the equivalent of at least 20 seconds of human speech and playable simultaneously with projection of the photographic image, and assembling a subset of slides from the set of slides dealing with a topic within the broad topic thereby forming a slide show.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said spoken words comprise human speech.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said spoken words comprise artificial speech.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 3 wherein said spoken words comprise phoneme speech.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
79 words
A photographic slide for use in an audiovisual slide show comprising, a photographic image mounted in a conventional slide holder having borders surrounding the image, a strip of laser recording material disposed in a border of one side of said holder, said strip having laser written speech thereon, said speech comprising a characterization of the photographic image, said speech lasting the equivalent of at least 20 seconds of human speech and playable simultaneously with projection of the photographic image.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
79 words
A photographic slide for use in an audiovisual slide show comprising, a photographic image mounted in a conventional slide holder having borders surrounding the image, a strip of laser recording material disposed in a border of one side of said holder, said strip having laser written speech thereon, said speech comprising a characterization of the photographic image, said speech lasting the equivalent of at least 20 seconds of human speech and playable simultaneously with projection of the photographic image.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The slide of claim 5 wherein said laser written speech is human speech.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
13 words
The slide of claim 5 wherein said laser written speech is artificial speech.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
The slide of claim 5 wherein said laser written speech is phoneme speech.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
The slide of claim 5 combined with similar slides with different photographic images, each slide having unique laser written speech thereon comprising a characterization of the corresponding photographic image thereby forming a slide show.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The slide of claim 5 with digital information recorded on said strip representing alphanumeric information to be displayed on an accompanying CRT display.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
The slide of claim 5 with digital information recorded on said strip representing control signals.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
The slide of claim 5 wherein the photograph was generated by computer graphics.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
The slide of claim 5 wherein said slide holder has a substantially square configuration having an area of four square inches.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
16 words
The slide of claim 5 wherein said speech lasts the equivalent of at least 50 seconds.
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