Automatic mail notification system
OwnerBarry N. Marlininventor
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a mail notification system. In accordance with one aspect, a mail notification system, includes an energy emitter device configured to emit energy; a sensing device coupled to the energy emitter device, the sensing device configured to receive the energy from the energy emitter device to produce a sensed signal; a detection device coupled to the sensing device, the detection device configured to detect a transition state of the sensed signal and configured to produce a digital message; and a housing configured to receive one or more mail, wherein the housing houses the energy emitter device, the sensing device, and the detection device.
Claims20
A mail notification system, comprising:
- an energy emitter device configured to emit energy;
- a sensing device coupled to the energy emitter device, the sensing device configured to receive the energy from the energy emitter device to produce a sensed signal;
- a detection device coupled to the sensing device, the detection device configured to detect a transition state of the sensed signal based on a comparison of a sensed signal amplitude to a threshold level, and configured to produce a digital message;
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- a housing configured to receive one or more mail, wherein the housing houses the energy emitter device, the sensing device, and the detection device.
A method for implementing an automatic mail notification, the method comprising:
- emitting energy from an energy emitter device;
- receiving the energy from the energy emitter device to produce a sensed signal;
- detecting a transition state of the sensed signal to produce a digital message, wherein the sensed signal is based on a comparison of a sensed signal amplitude to a threshold level;
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- conveying the digital message from a housing to a destination, wherein the housing is configured to receive one or more mail.
An apparatus implementing an automatic mail notification, the apparatus comprising:
- means for emitting energy from an energy emitter device;
- means for receiving the energy from the energy emitter device to produce a sensed signal;
- means for detecting a transition state of the sensed signal to produce a digital message, wherein the sensed signal is based on a comparison of a sensed signal amplitude to a threshold level;
- means for encoding the digital message into a communication signal;
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- means for conveying the digital message from a housing to a destination, wherein the housing is configured to receive one or more mail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.