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US 7,127,074 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for sleep conditioning
OwnerAdam Landainventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a baby monitor which includes a base unit having a microphone for receiving sound and a transmitter for conveying the sound to a remote unit, and a remote unit including a receiver for receiving the sound from the transmitter and a speaker for reproducing the sound. A timed mute system is provided for muting the speaker upon engagement of an engagement device, and for automatically unmuting the speaker after a period of time has elapsed.
Claims18
A baby monitor comprising:
- a baby monitor base unit including a microphone for receiving sound, and a transmitter for conveying the sound to a remote unit;
- a remote unit including a receiver for receiving the sound from the transmitter and a speaker for reproducing the sound;
- and
- a timed mute system including an engaging device, the timed mute system adapted to mute the reproduction of the sound upon engagement of the engaging device, and to unmute the reproduction of the sound, without operator intervention, after the elapsing of a predetermined period of time beginning upon engagement of the engaging device.
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A baby monitor comprising:
- a baby monitor base unit including a microphone for receiving sound;
- a speaker for reproducing sound in response to the receipt of a sound by the microphone;
- and
- a mute for temporarily muting sounds reproduced by the speaker, wherein the mute is automatically engaged by a detector detecting the presence of a caregiver in the proximity of the baby followed by the absence of the caregiver in the proximity of the baby.
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A method for a caretaker to condition the sleep of a baby comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a baby monitor base for monitoring sounds of a baby;
- b. providing a baby monitor remote adapted to reproduce sounds of the baby;
- c. listening to the reproduced sounds for crying, and when crying is heard, soothing the baby;
- and
- d. engaging a mute that mutes the reproduction of sound by the baby monitor for a predetermined period of time and releases the mute without operator intervention when the predetermined period of time has elapsed since the engaging occurred.
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A baby monitor comprising:
- a baby monitor base unit including a microphone for receiving sound;
- a speaker for reproducing sound in response to the receipt of a sound by the microphone;
- a mute for temporarily muting sounds reproduced by the speaker;
- a mute engagement device for causing the mute to mute sounds;
- a mute release for releasing the mute without operator intervention;
- a timer, the timer being set for a period of time by the mute engagement device, wherein the timer causes activation of the mute release upon the elapsing of the period of time, without operator intervention.
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A baby monitor comprising:
- a baby monitor base unit including a microphone for receiving sound, and a transmitter for conveying the sound to a remote unit;
- a remote unit including a receiver for receiving the sound from the transmitter and a speaker for reproducing the sound;
- and
- a timed mute system including an engaging device, the timed mute system adapted to mute the reproduction of the sound upon engagement of the engaging device, and to unmute the reproduction of the sound, without operator intervention, after the elapsing of a period of time, wherein the engaging device is located in a location selected from the set of:
- (i) on the base unit;
- or (ii) separate from the base unit and the remote unit, but wirelessly connected to the timed mute system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.