Patents by Inventor Martin R. J. Moore, Sr.

Martin R. J. Moore, Sr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Interactive audio visual work
    Patent number: 5453013
    Abstract: An audio-visual book includes a plurality of pages and a text portion on the plurality of pages. The text portion includes, on each of at least two of the pages, both a plurality of lines of text and a plurality of different predetermined graphic depictions related in concept to the subject matter of the text and interposed within the lines of text. A switching mechanism is disposed in predetermined relationship to the text portion and includes a plurality of individually actuable elements, each of the switches being associated with one of the graphic depictions. A digital sound generator, responsive to actuation of one of the switches, is provided for selectively effecting generation of a sound associated with the subject of the depiction associated with the one switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Western Publishing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Zeb Billings, Harold D. Pierce, Martin R. J. Moore, Sr.
  • Interactive audio visual work
    Patent number: 5209665
    Abstract: An audio-visual book includes a plurality of pages and a text portion on the plurality of pages. The text portion includes, on each of at least two of the pages, both a plurality of lines of text and a plurality of different predetermined graphic depictions related in concept to the subject matter of the text and interposed within the lines of text. A switching mechanism is disposed in predetermined relationship to the text portion and includes a plurality of individually actuable elements, each of the switches being associated with one of the graphic depictions. A digital sound generator, responsive to actuation of one of the switches, is provided for selectively effecting generation of a sound associated with the subject of the depiction associated with the one switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Sight & Sound Incorporated
    Inventors: Zeb Billings, Harold D. Pierce, Martin R. J. Moore, Sr.
  • Electronic book
    Patent number: D349923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Zeb Billings, Harold D. Pierce, Martin R. J. Moore, Sr.