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US 2009/0153339 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for boosting an audible signal in a notification system
AssigneeWheelock, Inc.
InventorsJohn W. Curran, Edward V. Applegate, Joseph Kosich, Richard H. Fetterly, Anthony W. Russo, II, Brian E. Bizjak
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Abstract
The present invention is an apparatus and a concomitant method for boosting the audio signal generated by at least one notification appliance in a supervised emergency voice evacuation system.
Claims36
A notification system, comprising:
- a notification panel for generating an audio signal;
- a first audio booster, deployed remotely from said notification panel along a circuit, for receiving said audio signal and for amplifying a power of said audio signal;
- and
- at least one notification appliance for broadcasting said audio signal that has been amplified, wherein said first audio booster appears to said notification panel as one of said at least one notification appliance.
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A method for providing notification messages, comprising:
- providing a notification panel for generating an audio signal;
- providing a first audio booster, deployed remotely from said notification panel along a circuit, for receiving said audio signal and for amplifying a power of said audio signal;
- and
- providing at least one notification appliance for broadcasting said audio signal that has been amplified, wherein said first audio booster appears to said notification panel as one of said at least one notification appliance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.