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US 2010/0166240 A1Published application
Hearing apparatus for pets
OwnerRichard W. Priorinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus that provides vibration cues, indicative of ambient sounds, to deaf and hard-of-hearing pets. This apparatus, attached to a pet's collar, receives sounds via an attached microphone, processes said sounds to discriminate changes in sound patterns or to detect specifically-programmed sound patterns, and then outputs vibrations that are indicative of the received sounds.
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A sound receiving apparatus wherein said apparatus is wearable by an animal and said apparatus comprises;
- a) a battery power source;
- b) a microphone and audio amplifier;
- c) a signal processing means comprising a method to distinguish input sounds according to frequency, amplitude, tone combinations, patterns of sound, or changes of said sounds;
- and d) an electrically-powered vibration means that is controlled by said signal processing means and is indicative to said animal of received sounds.
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