Designer control devices
AssigneePersonics Holdings Inc.
InventorsSteven Wayne Goldstein, John Usher
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Abstract
Control devices are provided. A control device includes an input, an output, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an input signal through the input. The input signal is generated from a user interface on a media device. The processor sends a control signal through the output to a sound reproduction device. The output signal controls audio generated by the sound reproduction device. The input, output, and processor are not included in the media device and are not included in the sound reproduction device.
Claims16
A control device configurable to couple to a plurality of devices having different control functions comprising:
- a touch sensitive display reconfigurable for the different control functions of the plurality of devices;
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- a processor coupled to the touch sensitive display, the processor including a plurality of processing algorithms, the processor configured to receive at least one of the control functions and additional information from among the plurality of devices, the processor configured to selectably process the additional information using at least one of the processing algorithms based on the respective device and to control the touch sensitive display such that the at least one control function and the selectably processed additional information peculiar to the respective device of the plurality of devices are presented on the touch sensitive display,
- where the processor, responsive to an indication by the touch sensitive display, generates at least one control signal, where the processor sends the at least one control signal to the corresponding device among the plurality of devices being controlled and sends the selectably processed additional information to at least one of the plurality of devices, and
- where the additional information received from among the plurality of devices includes a signal generated from at least one of the plurality of processing algorithms including an audio signal processing algorithm to analyze an audio signal to determine a sound pressure level dosage as a percentage of an accumulated dose or as a time remaining value before a threshold shift occurs.
A method of facilitating remote control of at least one device having different control functions comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, an instruction for at least one of the control functions and additional information from the at least one device, the processor including a plurality of processing algorithms, the additional information received from the at least one device including at least information extract from an audio signal;
- causing the processor to selectably process the additional information using at least one of the processing algorithms and to control a touch sensitive display reconfigurable for the different control functions of the at least one device, such that the at least one control function and the selectably processed additional information are presented on the touch sensitive display, at least one of the plurality of processing algorithms including an audio signal processing algorithm which causes the processor to analyze the audio signal to determine a sound pressure level dosage as a percentage of an accumulated dose or as a time remaining value before a threshold shift occurs;
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- generating at least one control signal by the processor responsive to determining the sound pressure level dosage exceeds a threshold for the threshold shift.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.