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7548491 Personalized key system for a mobile vehicle  
A wireless key system for a mobile vehicle includes a key fob with a controller, a microphone operably coupled to the controller, a memory operably coupled to the controller, arid a telematics unit...
7539083 Remote voice detection system  
A device and system to remotely detect vocalizations of speech. The skin located on the throat region of a speaking person or a reflective layer on the skin on the throat region vibrates in...
7411866 User interface containing acoustic sensing modules  
The present invention relates to a user interface system that is acoustically operated for the control of connected devices. Through the interface, acoustic sounds, such as tap, can be...
7408439 Method and apparatus for accessing medical data over a network  
A method and apparatus for retrieving, accessing, and storing medical data relating to a patient during a medical procedure. The invention provides a single interface to many disparate forms of...
7259652 General purpose distributed operating room control system  
The present invention pertains to control systems and provides a run time configurable control system for selecting and operating one of a plurality of operating room devices from a single input...
7218203 Motion activated reminder system  
A motion activated, voice controlled reminder system, wherein a programmable device automatically reminds the intended receiver of a future event, without any extraordinary action on the part of...
7181400 Method and apparatus to provision a network appliance  
A method and apparatus to provision a network node such as a network appliance is described.
7120257 Audible sound detection control circuits for toys and other amusement devices  
A control circuit for an amusement device includes a sound detector, a band-pass filter, a peak integrator and a controller. The sound detector is configured to detect audible sound signals. The...
7102485 Motion activated communication device  
A motion activated, voice control communications device interactive with voice mail systems and electronic mail systems and effective as a stand-alone unit. In general, when a motion detector...
7091825 Method and system for vehicle control using walkie-talkie type cellular phone  
A method and system for controlling vehicle functions using a walkie-type cellular phone is provided. A cellular phone is used to make a walkie-talkie type connection with a device disposed within...
6868045 Voice control system with a microphone array  
Voice control systems are used in diverse technical fields. In this case, the spoken words are detected by one or more microphones and then fed to a speech recognition system. In order to enable...
6825769 Automatic shut-off light system when user sleeps  
A method and system for the automatic detection of a sleeping person and for adjusting electrical power supplied to a number of electronic devices; it includes a unit for observing the behavior of...
6813221 Home control system with an interface assembly  
An interface assembly with an animated character/prop has at least one speaker for generating language and mechanisms for generating correlated movement. A logic controlling device has a plurality...
6606280 Voice-operated remote control  
This disclosure provides a voice-operated remote control intended to replace multiple entertainment system remotes, and it preferably includes two parts, a base unit and a remote (or table-top)...
6496115 System and method for analyzing baby cries  
This invention provides a system for analyzing baby cries capable of diagnosing a cause of cry of a baby based on a cry from the baby. A microphone ( 1 ) picks up a cry from a baby as an audio...
6288641 Assembly, and associated method, for remotely monitoring a surveillance area  
An assembly, and an associated method, by which to remotely monitor a surveillance area. Wireless microphones are positioned at selected locations in the surveillance area, and signals generated by...
6246322 Impulse characteristic responsive missing object locator operable in noisy environments  
An electronic key or other missing object locator device is responsive to the impulse characteristics of received sounds to distinguish expected impulse-like triggering sounds such as humanly...
6240347 Vehicle accessory control with integrated voice and manual activation  
A voice activated control system responsive to spoken voice commands is integrated with an advanced central display/control unit having dedicated and reconfigurable push buttons to control...
6175633 Radio communications apparatus with attenuating ear pieces for high noise environments  
A preferred communications apparatus includes a pair of ear units coupled with a control unit that can be connected to a radio transceiver for delivery of audio signals therebetween. The control...
6161005 Door locking/unlocking system utilizing direct and network communications  
A remote door locking/unlocking system includes both telephone receiver/DTMF decoder circuitry and a wireless radio frequency or infrared sensor for enabling the system to be actuated either by a...
6072392 Apparatus and method for monitoring and recording the audible environment of a child, patient, older person or pet left in the care of a third person or persons  
A remote recording unit, which is worn by a child, monitors the ambient sounds in a day care center (for example) and records selected sound bytes that are played back on a docking unit. The time...
6054926 Baby monitor  
A baby monitor that monitors an infant while keeping the infant in a safe sleeping position that consists of infant positioning blocks incorporating a battery powered audio pickup with a low power...
5926090 Lost article detector unit with adaptive actuation signal recognition and visual and/or audible locating signal  
A lost article detector unit includes a microprocessor programmed to execute adaptive actuation signal recognition that discerns desired activation sounds from noise. Preferably the desired...
5801616 Voice actuated vehicle security system with starting system interlock and automatic arming feature  
An improved vehicle security system is disclosed in which different modes of arming and disarming the system are utilized. The system uses an arming feature to disable operation of the vehicle...
5786764 Voice activated electronic locating systems  
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for location of objects to facilitate retrieval, filing, security, inventory stock-keeping and the like. The methods and apparatus employ a tag element...
5668780 Baby cry recognizer  
A baby cry recognizer is disclosed which includes an amplifier circuit for amplifying a received sound signal. In response to the amplified sound signal, a pulse generator circuit generates a pulse...
5668929 Speech activated security systems and methods  
Speech actuated security devices and methods whereby a lock, or other security or access device, may be actuated by a speech input thereto, but without disclosure of the actual code where doing so...
5636464 Audio controlled gun locking mechanism with gun identification storage and retrieval capability  
A mechanism is for use with a weapon for storing desired information about the weapon and the person licensed to use the weapon on the weapon. The weapon includes an audio controlled blocking...
5555454 Remote security light signal alert system  
A remote alert system includes an electrical signal transmitting unit located at a first location and a receiving unit located at a second location remote from the first location. The signal...
5170944 Faucet apparatus with ultrasonic control device  
A faucet apparatus includes an ultrasonic transmitter and an ultrasonic receiver provided at a predetermined distance away from each other through a water flow passage. An ultrasonic wave...
5117460 Voice controlled pager and programming techniques therefor  
An individual desiring to operate a pager via voice commands sends a message to a repository of voice recognition codebooks requesting access to a particular codebook. The repository device(s)...
5090775 Method of monitoring and controlling mining operations  
The noise spectrum in a mining chamber is captured by at least one microphone and is digitized and filtered to separate an operation-typical pattern from an operation atypical pattern. The...
5061186 Voice-training apparatus  
In an apparatus for voice training, on several points of a student's body measuring devices are provided, which are connected to optical display devices. At each of these measuring devices, a...
H000891 Automatic illumination switching device  
An automatic switching circuit controls operation of a light. The circuit includes a voice recognizer and a manual switch. The switching circuit turns the illuminator on instantly in response to an...
4989253 Voice activated microscope  
A microscope has a voice activated control system which permits precise location of the microscope and precise focusing by means of voice commands uttered by the microscope operator. When the...
4975964 Automatic turn off system  
An automatic turn-off assembly (10) for supplying and discontinuing power to a device (12) in response to an audio signal. The audio signal is rectified (22) producing a level signal which is...
4965835 Signal sensing circuit  
A signal sensing circuit (10) receives an electrical signal on an input (18, 20) to connect power to a controlled device in the presence of an electrical signal and disconnect power in the absense...
4961177 Method and apparatus for inputting a voice through a microphone  
An apparatus and method for inputting a voice through a microphone mounted at a position facing a speaking person. An image of a speaking person is generated and used to detect the position of a...
4949379 Process for encrypted information transmission  
A secure voice transmission system is disclosed in which enemy interception problems are overcome by analyzing the speech characteristics of a password from a known operator. Some of the voice...
4862363 Voice actuated two speed axle  
A vehicle two speed axle system can be voice-actuated by the vehicle operator. The two speed axle system includes a hydraulically actuated two speed axle unit having a solenoid-actuated control...
4856072 Voice actuated vehicle security system  
A voice actuated vehicle security system includes both internal and external microphones for receiving vocal instructions and internal and external speakers for delivering vocal messages. During a...
4742456 Sound responsive tube control circuit  
An illustrative embodiment of the invention provides a microprocessor for deenergizing the air and water pumps for a whirlpool bath when a voice communication system is activated from the bath to...
4717364 Voice controlled toy  
A voice actuated toy robot receives commands via a radio transmitter and receiver, and in response to receipt of these commands propogates a signal through a CPU. Initially the toy is programmed by...
4705994 Electric equipment driving circuit  
A microphone senses a sound generated by the user clapping his hands and converts the sound into an electric signal which is applied to a flip-flop circuit to set the latter. The output of the...
4670864 Voice interruptible alarm device  
An alarm device especially suitable for alarm clocks or timers is described, whose alarm signal can either be interrupted for a certain period of time or shut off by an acoustic signal, for example...
4651777 Electronic control apparatus  
A water supply system control (10) includes a microphonic circuit (34) which responds to audio signals and converts those signals into electrical signals which may be timed as chosen in order to...
4641292 Voice controlled welding system  
Apparatus and method are provided for permitting human voice control of a welding system. A human operator, remote from a welding power supply, uses a welding torch connected by a power line to the...
4617555 Receiver for audible alarm  
A receiver to detect the audio tone emitted by an activated smoke alarm. The receiver employs an electret condenser microphone to monitor ambient sound. The output of the microphone is applied to...
4569026 TV Movies that talk back  
A video entertainment system by which human viewers conduct simulated voice conversations with screen actors or cartoon characters in a branching story game shown on a television screen. The actors...
4558319 Automated system monitoring using frequency and amplitude modulation  
In automatic assembly or processing operations employing multiple machines or robots, a signal preprocessor employing frequency and amplitude modulation techniques translates a plurality of...
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