Personal sound meter and broadcasting/reporting system
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorPaul Wright
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Abstract
A sound monitoring system includes an identification card holder and a central processing and monitoring system in wireless communication with the identification card holder. The identification card holder is wearable on a body of a user, and includes a microphone for receiving sound and a visual sound indicator for displaying a noise level of the sound received through the microphone. The central processing and monitoring system processes sound data received from the identification card holder and transmits the processed sound data back to the identification card holder for display of the noise level represented by the processed sound data.
Claims20
A sound monitoring system comprising:
- an identification card holder wearable on a body of a user, the identification card holder including a microphone for receiving sound and a visual sound indicator for displaying a noise level of the sound received through the microphone;
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- a central processing and monitoring system in wireless communication with the identification card holder for processing sound data received from the identification card holder and transmitting the processed sound data back to the identification card holder for display of the noise level represented by the processed sound data.
An identification card holder comprising:
- an identification card frame configured to retain an identification card thereagainst;
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- a wing extending from the identification card frame, the wing including a sound monitoring assembly including:
- a microphone for receiving sound;
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- a visual sound indicator for displaying a noise level of the sound received through the microphone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.