ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,111, issued on Feb. 24.
"System and method for synchronizing audio content with printed media" was invented by Casey Lee Fictum (Omaha, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system enhances printed material with synchronized audio content by capturing images of printed pages using an image capture. The captured images are then processed using a computer vision algorithm to recognize specific pages or page spreads. A database of corresponding audio files is stored, and the playback triggers and controls audio playback based on recognized pages. Additionally, a wearable positioning system allows hands-free positioning of the image ca...