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US 2021/0279033 A1Published application
Secure loudspeaker microphone systems and loudspeakers containing same
AssigneeClean Energy Labs, LLC
InventorsJoseph F. Pinkerton, David A. Badger
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Abstract
Audio devices that have microphones, and particularly to secure loudspeaker microphone systems and loudspeakers that have and use same. The device includes a loudspeaker, one or more microphones, a first mute switch for turning on and off the one or more microphones via software or electrical circuitry, and a second mute switch that is an electromechanical switch that removes all power to the one or more microphones.
Claims27
A device comprising:
- (a) one or more loudspeakers,
- (b) one or more microphones,
- (c) a plurality of buttons to control the one or loudspeakers, wherein
- (i) one of the buttons in the plurality of buttons is a mute button that is operable to turn on and off a first microphone mute switch,
- (ii) the first microphone mute switch comprises (A) a software-based microphone mute switch or (B) a mechanical switch in combination with electrical circuitry, and
- (iii) when the first microphone mute switch is turned on, software or electrical circuitry in the device is operable for preventing audible content from being transmitted outside of the device;
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- (d) a second microphone mute switch that is an electromechanical switch, wherein
- (i) the second microphone mute switch can be moved between a mute off position and a mute on position and;
- (ii) when the second microphone mute switch is in the mute on position, the second microphone mute switch mechanically prevents electrical power from being routed to the one or more microphones.
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A method comprising:
- (a) selecting a device comprising one or more loudspeakers and one or more microphones, wherein the device further comprises a first microphone mute switch and a second microphone mute switch, wherein
- (i) the first microphone mute switch comprises (A) a software-based microphone mute switch or (B) a mechanical switch in combination with electrical circuitry, and
- (ii) the second microphone mute switch is an electromechanical switch;
- (b) when the one or more microphones are not muted, muting the one or more microphones by pressing a mute button on the device to turn the first microphone mute switch on;
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- (c) when the one or more microphones are not muted, muting the one or more microphones by switching the second microphone mute switch to the mute on position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.