Combined audio/video monitor and light box assembly
First Claim
1. Apparatus installable in an area occupied by an individual, said apparatus comprising:
- A) a microphone or video camera to provide sounds generated by the individual or an image of the individual;
B) an audio or video transmitter connected to the microphone or camera to transmit a signal from said microphone or said video camera that is intercepted by a video or audio monitor or a mobile telephone or computer so that the signal can be heard or seen by an observer at a site remote from the enclosure; and
C) means responsive to sounds of distress emanating from the individual to activate at least one of the the audio or video transmitter, computer or mobile telephone of the observer, wherein when a distress sound begins at least one of the following responses occurs;
1) the distress sound and image are transmitted to the monitor so that they can be seen or heard by the observer at the remote site; and
2) the distress sound and image are transmitted to a mobile telephone or computer of the observer.
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Abstract
Apparatus including a combined monitor and display assembly installable in an area occupied by an individual, and at the location occupied by the individual'"'"'s caregiver. There is a microphone or video camera to provide sounds generated by the individual or an image of the individual and an audio or video transmitter connected to the microphone or camera to transmit a signal from said microphone or video camera that is intercepted by a video or audio monitor or a mobile telephone or computer so that the signal can be heard or seen by an observer at a site remote from the enclosure. There is also a device responsive to sounds of distress emanating from the individual to activate at least one of the the audio or video transmitter, computer or mobile telephone of the observer, wherein when a distress sound or image begins it is transmitted to the monitor so that it can be seen or heard by the observer at the remote site; or the distress sound and image are transmitted to a mobile telephone or computer of the observer.
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11 Claims
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1. Apparatus installable in an area occupied by an individual, said apparatus comprising:
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A) a microphone or video camera to provide sounds generated by the individual or an image of the individual;
B) an audio or video transmitter connected to the microphone or camera to transmit a signal from said microphone or said video camera that is intercepted by a video or audio monitor or a mobile telephone or computer so that the signal can be heard or seen by an observer at a site remote from the enclosure; and
C) means responsive to sounds of distress emanating from the individual to activate at least one of the the audio or video transmitter, computer or mobile telephone of the observer, wherein when a distress sound begins at least one of the following responses occurs;
1) the distress sound and image are transmitted to the monitor so that they can be seen or heard by the observer at the remote site; and
2) the distress sound and image are transmitted to a mobile telephone or computer of the observer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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