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US 2026/0059211 A1Published application
Intercom system with integrated audio system
AssigneeRugged Race Products, Inc.
InventorGreg Cottrell
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Abstract
There is disclosed a communication device. The communications device includes an audio head unit for generating audio from an audio source, an intercom system for receiving and broadcasting intercom audio over a channel already used for the source audio thereby creating a combined audio, a plurality of headsets to generate playback audio, and where the source audio is temporarily lowered within the combined audio during broadcast of the intercom audio.
Claims20
A communication system comprising:
- an audio head unit configured to generate source audio from an audio source, the audio source selected from one of the following:
- an AM or FM radio transmission, an audio recording, an audio file on a storage device, an audio broadcast streamed via Bluetooth® or the internet;
- an intercom system, linked to the audio head unit, configured to receive intercom audio from at least one microphone, and to broadcast the intercom audio over a channel already used for the source audio thereby creating a combined audio;
- a plurality of headsets comprising at least a first headset and a second headset;
- the first headset configured to audibly generate playback audio over an integral first speaker;
- the second headset configured to audibly generate combined audio over an integral second speaker;
- and
- wherein a playback volume of the source audio is temporarily lowered on the second speaker within the combined audio during broadcast of the intercom audio on the channel.
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A communication system comprising:
- an audio head unit configured to generate source audio from an audio source, the audio source selected from one of the following:
- an AM or FM radio transmission, an audio recording, an audio file on a storage device, an audio broadcast streamed via Bluetooth® or the internet;
- an intercom system, linked to the audio head unit, configured to receive and pass through the source audio on a channel and to receive intercom audio from at least one microphone;
- a plurality of headsets comprising at least a first headset and a second headset, each configured to audibly generate audio from the channel over an integral speaker;
- and
- wherein, when the intercom system receives intercom audio, the intercom system broadcasts the intercom audio on the channel and a volume of the source audio is temporarily lowered.
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A communication system comprising:
- an audio head unit configured to generate source audio from an audio source, the audio source selected from one of the following:
- an AM or FM radio transmission, an audio recording, an audio file on a storage device, an audio broadcast streamed via Bluetooth® or the internet;
- an intercom system, wherein the intercom system is wired directly into the audio head unit via an output port configured for an amplifier for at least one speaker, and wherein the intercom system is configured to receive intercom audio from at least one microphone and to broadcast the intercom audio over a channel already used for the source audio thereby creating a combined audio;
- a plurality of headsets comprising at least a first headset and a second headset, each configured to generate playback audio over an integral speaker;
- a remote control for the intercom system including:
- a volume selector for the intercom audio;
- a mode selector for selecting a mode of operation for the intercom audio relative to the source audio;
- and
- wherein a playback volume of the source audio is temporarily lowered on at least one of the integral speakers within the combined audio during broadcast of the intercom audio on the channel.
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