Patents Assigned to The Animated Animation Company LLC
  • Patent number: 6662482
    Abstract: A display device for displaying to a viewer a message or a story, preferably accompanied by synchronized sound. The display device comprises a plurality of multi-sided, rotatable display elements, each side or panel bearing a visual image. The display elements are selectively rotated, preferably in groups, according to a predetermined sequence such that a message or story unfolds, step by step, to the viewer as different panels are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: The Animated Animation Company LLC
    Inventors: Marc H. Segan, Gary Strauss, Steven Parker
  • Patent number: 6594930
    Abstract: A display device for displaying to a viewer a message or a story, preferably accompanied by synchronized sound. The display device comprises a plurality of multi-sided, rotatable display elements, each side or panel bearing a visual image. The display elements are selectively rotated, preferably in groups, according to a predetermined sequence such that a message or story unfolds, step by step, to the viewer as different panels are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: The Animated Animations Company, LLC
    Inventors: Marc H. Segan, Gary Strauss, Steven Parker
  • Patent number: 6249278
    Abstract: A modular dynamic dialogue animated display device for recreating a story that is divided into a stored sequence of storyline events which are sequentially retrieved by a processor. Each storyline event comprises at least one of playing a selected audio block or movement of a moveable display element. The processor generates sequential control signals which initiate performance of corresponding storyline events such that precise synchronization between audio and movement is provided. The display includes a universal main assembly which may be manufactured in a single tooling for use with different storylines, and sub-assemblies are mounted to the main assembly in accordance with the particular storyline being depicted. Alternatively, a plurality of individual display devices may be arranged one after another whereby a previous display device actuates performance in a next display device in order to depict different scenes from a single storyline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: The Animated Animations Company LLC.
    Inventors: Marc H. Segan, Steven Parker, Gary Strauss, Jerry Cummings