Vocalife line: a voice-operated device and system for saving lives in medical emergency
First Claim
1. A system for communications in a medical emergency situations between a user and a monitoring center comprising:
- a voice-operated device that can recognize predetermined voice keywords uttered by the user then wirelessly sends predetermined emergency signals out;
a receiver to receive the emergency signals from the voice-operated device; and
through a telephone or a data network, the receiver will sends a emergency call to the monitoring center.
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Abstract
The invention, a voice-operated alarm system, includes an alarm and a receiver. The alarm is comprised of a microphone unit, a voice detector, a noise reduction unit, a speech recognizer or a keyword spotter which can recognize predefined keywords, and a signal transmitter. The speech recognizer and the keyword spotter can be speaker dependent, speaker independent, or both. A speaker-dependent system needs training, while a speaker-independent system does not. A receiver is located near the alarm and is connected to a telephone or data network. The receiver further communicates with the emergency monitoring center. Furthermore, the alarm system can also be implemented as a wireless phone with keyword spotting/recognition function. In this embodiment, the alarm user can communicate with the operators directly, like a cell phone, but the dial up function is replaced by uttering keywords. In this implementation, the receiver may not be necessary.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for communications in a medical emergency situations between a user and a monitoring center comprising:
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a voice-operated device that can recognize predetermined voice keywords uttered by the user then wirelessly sends predetermined emergency signals out;
a receiver to receive the emergency signals from the voice-operated device; and
through a telephone or a data network, the receiver will sends a emergency call to the monitoring center. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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- 5. A voice-operated device used for calling a monitoring center at a medical emergency comprising:
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6. a microphone unit for receiving voice input;
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a signal microprocessor to process the received voice input;
a plurality of memories comprised of RAM and ROM;
a radio-frequency transmitter to send out a plurality of predetermined wireless signals;
a battery power source; and
upon receiving a recognized predetermined voice keyword, the device automatically sends out a plurality of predetermined wireless emergency signals.
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