Method and apparatus for tooth bone conduction microphone
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1. A two-way tooth microphone communication apparatus comprising:
- a sound transducer element in contact with at least one tooth in a user'"'"'s mouth, said transducer producing an electrical signal in response to speech;
a first transceiver module transmitting said electrical signal to an external apparatus, external apparatus in proximity to said user;
a second transceiver module in said external apparatus retransmitting said electrical signal to a second user.
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Abstract
A two-way communication system particularly valuable for noisy environments where a user has a tooth bone conduction microphone in his mouth normally controlled by a tongue switch that transmits an electrical signal representing speech to a retransmit module usually worn on the user'"'"'s body or mounted on an earphone or headset where the speech electrical signal is retransmitted to a second user usually by RF. The retransmit module can also receive signals from the second user and transmit them to the earphone or headset thus providing two-way communication.
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1. A two-way tooth microphone communication apparatus comprising:
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a sound transducer element in contact with at least one tooth in a user'"'"'s mouth, said transducer producing an electrical signal in response to speech;
a first transceiver module transmitting said electrical signal to an external apparatus, external apparatus in proximity to said user;
a second transceiver module in said external apparatus retransmitting said electrical signal to a second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for two-way communication in a noisy environment comprising:
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placing a sound transducer element in a first user'"'"'s mouth, said sound transducer element in contact with at least one of said first user'"'"'s teeth, said sound transducer producing an electrical signal representative of speech;
coupling an RF transmitter to said sound transducer element so that said electrical signal is transmitted to a retransmission module;
causing said retransmission module to retransmit said electrical signal to a remote station. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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- 12. A microphone apparatus for capturing speech in a noisy environment comprising a tooth bone microphone in contact with at least one tooth in a user'"'"'s mouth, said tooth bone microphone producing an electrical signal representative of speech, said electrical signal being transmitted to a module exterior to said user'"'"'s mouth, said module retransmitting said electrical signal to a remote station.
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