Ambient condition detector with selectable pitch alarm
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1. An ambient condition detector comprising:
- control electronics;
at least one ambient condition sensor coupled to the control electronics;
at least one audio output transducer coupled to the control electronics;
an audio output pitch selector coupled to the control electronics whereby a user can interface with the audio output pitch selector to choose at least one tone pitch from a plurality of distinctly different tone pitches;
the control electronics signals the at least one audio output transducer to emit an audible tonal pattern when the ambient condition sensor detects an ambient condition;
the audible tonal pattern comprises at least one user-selected tone pitch; and
a housing encloses at least the control electronics, the ambient condition sensor, the audio output pitch selector, and the at least one audio output transducer.
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Abstract
The pitch of tones within tonal patterns emitted by ambient condition detector units and systems in the alarm or testing state is not always optimum to be heard by a wide range of users. An ambient condition detector outputs an alarm comprising a tonal pattern whereby a user can select at least one pitch tone emitted within a tonal pattern alarm when the detector senses an ambient condition. Options include verbal output.
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20 Claims
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1. An ambient condition detector comprising:
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control electronics; at least one ambient condition sensor coupled to the control electronics; at least one audio output transducer coupled to the control electronics; an audio output pitch selector coupled to the control electronics whereby a user can interface with the audio output pitch selector to choose at least one tone pitch from a plurality of distinctly different tone pitches; the control electronics signals the at least one audio output transducer to emit an audible tonal pattern when the ambient condition sensor detects an ambient condition; the audible tonal pattern comprises at least one user-selected tone pitch; and a housing encloses at least the control electronics, the ambient condition sensor, the audio output pitch selector, and the at least one audio output transducer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An ambient condition detector comprising:
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control electronics; an ambient condition sensor coupled to the control electronics whereby when the ambient condition sensor senses the presence of an ambient condition, the control electronics sends an output signal to an audio output transducer coupled to the control electronics whereby the audio output transducer emits an audible tonal pattern; an audio output pitch selector, coupled to the control electronics, by which a user selects at least one tone pitch from a plurality of distinctly different tone pitches; the audible tonal pattern includes the at least one user-selected tone pitch; the audible tonal pattern comprises tone groups with intra-group temporal spacing of a first amount and inter-group temporal spacing of a second amount wherein the inter-group temporal spacing of the second amount is at least twice the intra-group temporal spacing of the first amount; and a power supply for the control electronics comprising at least one of an alternating current power supply, a hardwired direct current power supply, and a battery power supply. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A method of implementing an ambient condition detector comprising the steps of:
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entering a set-up mode of the ambient condition detector; playing an audible menu of at least a first tone group and a second tone group from an electronic memory, whereby at least one tone in the first tone group has distinctly different pitch than a tone in the second tone group; storing an identifier of at least one user-selected tone group in the electronic memory; exiting the set-up mode for the ambient condition detector; and emitting an audible tonal pattern through an audio output transducer when an ambient condition is sensed whereby the audible tonal pattern includes at least one user-selected tone group. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method of implementing an ambient condition detector comprising the steps of:
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entering a set-up mode of the ambient condition detector; playing an audible menu of a plurality of tone pitch selections from an electronic memory; storing an identifier of at least one user-selected tone pitch in the electronic memory; exiting the set-up mode of the ambient condition detector; and emitting an audible tonal pattern through an audio output transducer when an ambient condition is sensed whereby the audible tonal pattern includes at least one user-selected tone pitch. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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