US 11,877,680 B2 · Audio system for a collection box

Abstract

Systems are disclosed for producing audio that is audible outside a collection box for delivery items, the collection box including a user-operated door. The system can include a trigger device, a sensor, an audio transducer that generates the produced audio from an audio signal, an audio chip and one or more processors. The sensor can detect the trigger device when the trigger device is in close proximity, and the one or more processors can be operably connected to the sensor and to the audio chip, where the one or more processors signal the audio chip to send the audio signal to the audio transducer. The one or more processors can further receive and record a status signal indicating that the door is in an opened state. Systems can further include an environmental sensor that measures environmental information.

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Dependent claims

A system for producing audio for a collection box comprising a door, wherein the door is configured to exhibit at least a closed state and an opened state when manipulated by a user and wherein the produced audio is audible outside of the collection box, the system comprising:

a trigger device;
a sensor that produces a signal indicating the proximity of the trigger device to the sensor, wherein the trigger device is in close proximity with the sensor when the door is in the closed state, and wherein the trigger device moves out of the close proximity with the sensor when the door is in the opened state;
an audio transducer that generates the produced audio from an audio signal;
an audio chip;
and
one or more processors operably connected to the sensor and to the audio chip, wherein the one or more processors signal the audio chip to send the audio signal to the audio transducer upon receiving the signal from the sensor, and wherein the one or more processors receives and records a status signal indicating that the door is in the opened state.

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a trigger device;
a sensor that produces a signal indicating the proximity of the trigger device to the sensor, wherein the trigger device is in close proximity with the sensor when the door is in the closed state, and wherein the trigger device moves out of the close proximity with the sensor when the door is in the opened state;
an audio transducer that generates the produced audio from an audio signal;
an audio chip;
one or more processors operably connected to the sensor and to the audio chip, wherein the one or more processors send the audio signal to the audio transducer upon receiving the signal from the sensor and wherein the one or more processors receives and records a status signal indicating that the door is in opened state;
an amplifier that is operably connected to the audio transducer and that amplifies the audio signal;
and
an environmental sensor that measures environmental information and that is operably connected to the one or more processors;
wherein the one or more processors receives and records the environmental information from the environmental sensor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Audio system for a collection box

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