Programmable earpiece

• US 20070080817A1
• Filed: 10/11/2005
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Morning Pride Manufacturing Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Morning Pride Manufacturing Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Grilliot, Mary, Grilliot, William
• Granted Patent: US 7,453,366 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/584
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/06 Electric actuation of the alarm, e.g. using a thermally-operated switch
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission

Abstract

For a firefighter or for an emergency rescue worker, an earpiece comprising a speaker, a microphone, and a temperature sensor comprises a programmable chip, which is programmed to sound an alarm via the speaker if and only if a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor equals or exceeds a preset temperature. The speaker and the microphone provide for audible communication between a wearer and another.

Claims

1. An earpiece comprising a speaker, being programmable, and being programmed to sound an alarm via the speaker if a temperature sensed by a temperature sensor equals or exceeds a preset temperature.

2. The earpiece of claim 1, wherein the earpiece is programmed to sound the alarm via the speaker if and only if the sensed temperature equals or exceeds the preset temperature.

7. The earpiece of claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, wherein the speaker provides for audible communication to a wearer from another.

8. The earpiece of claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, wherein the earpiece further comprises a microphone, and wherein the speaker and the microphone provide for audible communication between a wearer and another.

3. An earpiece comprising a speaker, comprising a temperature sensor, being programmable, and being programmed to sound an alarm via the speaker if a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor equals or exceeds a preset temperature.

4. The earpiece of claim 3, wherein the earpiece is programmed to sound the alarm via the speaker if and only if the sensed temperature equals or exceeds the preset temperature.

5. An earpiece comprising a speaker, comprising a temperature sensor, being programmable, and being programmed

(a) to store a preset temperature,

(b) to receive a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor,

(c) to compare the sensed and preset temperatures, and

(d) if the sensed temperature equals or exceeds the preset temperature, then to sound an alarm via the speaker, but

(e) if the sensed temperature does not equal or exceed the preset temperature, then not to sound the alarm.

6. An earpiece comprising a speaker, being programmable, and being programmed

(a) to store a preset temperature,

(b) to receive a sensed temperature,

(c) to compare the sensed and preset temperatures, and

(d) if the sensed temperature equals or exceeds the preset temperature, then to sound an alarm via the speaker, but

(e) if the sensed temperature does not equal or exceed the preset temperature, then not to sound the alarm.