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US 7,009,520 B2Granted
Method, apparatus, and system for remote baby monitoring with additional functions
AssigneeBurlington Basket Company
InventorRick L. Thompson
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and system for remote baby monitoring is disclosed. The invention includes a non-audio alert such as a vibrator. In one embodiment the invention includes an intensity adjustment or a sensitivity adjustment.
Claims22
A new remote unit for baby monitoring comprising:
- a vibrating unit for providing a vibrating notification that sound associated with a baby exceeds a threshold;
- a receiver for receiving transmitted sounds emitted from a baby;
- a discriminator for determining whether the transmitted sounds are above the threshold and activating the vibrating unit when the transmitted sounds are above said threshold;
- the discriminator operatively connected to the vibrating unit and the receiver, and
- a speaker for outputting the transmitted sounds, the speaker operatively connected to the receiver.
2 more elements
A system for remote baby monitoring comprising:
- a transmitter for transmitting audio of a baby;
- and
- a remote unit, the remote unit having a receiver for receiving the audio at a first level, the receiver electrically connected to a discriminator for determining when the received audio is above a second level, the discriminator electrically connected to a vibration unit, the discriminator activating the vibration unit when the first level is above the second level, the receiver electrically connected to a speaker for transducing the received audio.
A new method of baby monitoring comprising:
- transducing sound associated with a baby;
- transmitting the sound to a remote location;
- receiving the sound at the remote location;
- transducing the sound at the remote location while selectively activating a vibration unit based on a predetermined threshold volume level.
1 more element
A new remote unit for baby monitoring comprising:
- a vibrating unit;
- a receiver for receiving an audio signal associated with a baby being monitored;
- and
- a sensitivity input for selecting the volume of sound that activates the vibrator unit, the sensitivity input operatively connected to the vibrating unit and the receiver;
- a speaker operatively connected to the receiver for transducing the audio signal.
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A system for remote baby monitoring, comprising:
- a transmitter for transmitting audio of the sounds emitted from a baby;
- a receiver for receiving the audio of the sounds emitted from the baby;
- a speaker operatively connected to the receiver for transducing the audio of the sounds emitted from the baby;
- and
- a vibration unit operatively connected to the receiver for providing vibratory notification that the audio exceeds a threshold audio level.
2 more elements
A system for remote baby monitoring, comprising:
- a transmitter unit having a microphone electrically connected to a transmitter for transmitting an audio signal associated with a baby;
- a remote unit having a receiver in operative communication with the transmitter for receiving the audio signal associated with the baby, a speaker operatively connected to the receiver for transducing the audio signal, and a vibration unit operatively connected to the receiver for providing vibratory notification that the audio signal exceeds a threshold audio level.
A system for remote baby monitoring, comprising:
- a transmitter unit having a microphone for transducing sounds emitted from a baby to an audio signal of the baby and a transmitter for transmitting the audio signal;
- a remote unit having a receiver in operative communication with the transmitter for receiving the audio signal of the baby, a speaker operatively connected to the receiver for transducing the audio signal of the baby and a vibration unit operatively connected to the receiver for providing vibratory notification that the audio signal of the baby exceeds a threshold level;
- wherein the remote unit is adapted for simultaneously transducing the audio signal of the baby and providing vibrating notification.
A new method of baby monitoring that provides for remote monitoring of a baby even in a noisy environment, comprising:
- receiving sounds associated with a baby at a first unit;
- transmitting the sounds associated with the baby to a second unit;
- reproducing the sounds associated with the baby at the second unit;
- determining that the sounds associated with the baby have reached a threshold at the second unit and thereafter activating a vibration at the second unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.