DE19818710A1 - Greetings card, medallion or gift with sound and audio replay - Google Patents

Abstract

The article comprises a sound recording system which includes a microphone, a recording unit, a recording contact (12) and a power supply. It is possible to remove the microphone and the recording contact, to prevent overwriting of the recording. A CMV3210 recording chip is suggested.

Description

The invention relates to gift items in the form of a Greeting card, a medallion or the like. With means for Sound and voice reproduction.

In the course of advancing technology and the based on multimedia presentation forms from Information is also historically grown commu nication forms such as letters, greeting cards and medallions influenced.

So it is common knowledge that greeting cards and medals lons are provided with means that a defined play melodies. Usually done playing a given melody when opening or when opening the gift item. The melodies however, are predefined and are not subject to change opportunities.

The object of the present invention is a Ge gift items in the form of greeting cards, medallions and  Like. To create the individual sound recordings light.

This task is solved by the characteristics of the contractor Proverb 1, especially by means of individual Sound recording. These means of recording sound it is preferably a microphone, a recording contact and a memory chip. The sound information NEN depending on the position of the recording stored in the memory module. To renew To avoid dubbing, the microphone and the contact is easily removed.

Further advantageous measures are in the subclaims Chen described. The invention is in the accompanying Drawings are shown and will be described in more detail below wrote; it shows:

Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a Ge gift article with a memory block, which is connected via input and output ports with a speaker, with a re-output contact, with an input contact, with an energy source and with a microphone;

Fig. 2 shows a possible layout of a circuit of a memory chip, with a microphone, a speaker, a recording contact and with a variety of resistors and capacitors.

In the example shown in Fig. 1 gift item 10, it is preferably a greeting card or a locket in accordance with the ordinary groove-cutting personal greetings are exchanged. Here, the scope of protection should not only be limited to the items listed, but should also include all similarly designed gift items 10 whose spatially limited design excludes conventional analog recording systems.

The core of the invention is a memory module 16 , which is preferably made of a space and energy-saving silicon waver.

The memory module 16 is connected to a microphone 15 for recording and to a loudspeaker 11 for reproducing sound information. It is thus possible to convey a congratulation and or similar verbal greetings in a sophisticated form.

To control the recording and playback of the sound information, the gift item 10 has recording and playback contacts 13 and 12 . By triggering the recording contact 12 , the microphone 15 is activated and a personal and individual recording can be transferred to the memory module 16 .

The memory module 16 stores the data transmitted to it in digital form. In order to convert the analog sound information that was recorded by the microphone 15 into digital, the memory module 16 is connected to an analog / digital converter (not shown).

To convert the digital sound information into analog, which can be reproduced by the loudspeaker 11 , the memory module 16 is connected to a digital / analog converter (not shown).

In a preferred embodiment, the converter and the memory module 16 are arranged on a chip, which results in lower power consumption. Furthermore, an enormous space saving is achieved.

To avoid an uncontrolled overwriting of the sound information, the recording contact 13 and the microphone 15 are easy to remove. Corresponding predetermined breaking points 17 and 18 enable the receiving contacts 13 and the microphone 15 to be broken off or torn off without damaging the remaining components.

The layout in FIG. 2 shows a possible connection of the memory module 16 of the CMV 3210 type with a series of capacitors C1 to C4 or C5 to C6 and the resistors R1 and R2. The memory module 16 is supplied with voltage via a battery 14 . The capacitor C6 serves to buffer the battery voltage. The loudspeaker 11 is connected to the memory module 16 via the capacitors C4 and C3. The voltage supply to the loudspeaker 11 also takes place via the battery 14 , the voltage being adjusted by the resistors R1 and R2. Depending on the position, the contacts 13 , 14 make contact with the memory module 16 and the battery 14 . The loudspeaker 11 is directly connected to the memory module 16 .

Further circuit layouts are also conceivable, whereby these usually depend on the memory module used are pending.  

Reference list

10th

Gift items (greeting card, medallion)

11

speaker

12th

Playback contact

13

Recording contact

14

Energy source

15

microphone

16

Memory chip

17th

Predetermined breaking point

18th

Predetermined breaking point
C1-C4 capacitor (100 pF)
C5, C6 capacitor (220 µF, 16 V)
R1, R2 resistance (10 kΩ)

Claims (14)

1. Gift items in the form of a greeting card, a medallion or the like. With means for sound and speech reproduction, characterized by means ( 15 , 13 , 16 ) for individual sound recording. 2. Gift item according to claim 1, characterized in that the means for sound recording comprise a microphone ( 15 ), a recording contact ( 13 ) and a memory module ( 16 ), the sound information depending on the position of the recording contact ( 13 ) in the memory chip ( 16 ) can be transferred. 3. Gift item according to claim 2, characterized in that the microphone ( 15 ) is easily removable. 4. gift item according to claim 3, characterized in that the microphone ( 15 ) has a predetermined breaking point ( 17 ). 5. gift item according to claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the receiving contact ( 13 ) is easy to remove. 6. gift item according to claim 5, characterized in that the receiving contact ( 13 ) has a predetermined breaking point ( 18 ). 7. gift item according to claims 2 to 6, characterized in that the memory chip ( 16 ) stores the sound information digitally. 8. gift item according to claim 7, characterized in that the memory module ( 16 ) is connected to at least one analog / digital converter and with at least one digital / analog converter to the sound information from the microphone ( 15 ) in on convert digital data and convert the digital sound information for a loudspeaker ( 11 ) into analog sound information during playback. 9. gift item according to claim 8, characterized in that the memory module ( 16 ), the digital-to-analog converter and the analog-to-digital converter are integrated on egg nem chip, which is made of a silicon waver. 10. Giftware according to claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the power supply is provided by an energy source ( 14 ). 11. Gift item according to claim 10, characterized in that the energy source ( 14 ) is a battery. 12. Giftware according to claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the memory chip ( 16 ) instead of the microphone ( 15 ) can be connected to a conventional sound and speech player. 13. Giftware according to claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the means for sound and speech reproduction comprise the loudspeaker ( 11 ), the memory module ( 16 ) and a playback contact ( 12 ), the playback contact ( 12 ) being the Controls sound and speech reproduction via the loudspeaker ( 11 ). 14. gift item according to claim 13, characterized in that the playback contact ( 12 ) is arranged so that it triggers when opening the gift item ( 10 ).