PERSONAL AUDIO CABLE ALARM DEVICE

• US 20130147628A1
• Filed: 12/13/2011
• Published: 06/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Johan Enander, Lina Heidvall
• Original Assignee: Johan Enander, Lina Heidvall
• Inventors: HEIDVALL, Lina, ENANDER, Johan
• Granted Patent: US 8,665,106 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/687
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/00 Identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves or intruders, e.g. by explosives

Abstract

The present invention relates to a personal audio cable device comprising a personal alarm being easily accessible to a user. The personal audio device is configured to relay electric audio signals to a personal hearing device, said personal audio cable device comprising an electric signal receiving unit, a jack socket configured to receive a jack plug of the personal hearing device. The personal audio cable device comprises an audio alarm unit, and an audio alarm actuating circuit, wherein the audio alarm unit is configured to generate an audio frequency alarm when actuated and triggered by disengaging the jack plug of the hearing device from the jack socket of the personal audio cable device. The audio alarm unit may in also dial up an emergency rescue number, upon actuation. The invention provides how to easily actuate an audio alarm when being attacked by an intruder.

Claims

1. A personal audio cable device configured to relay at least electric audio signals to a personal hearing device, said personal audio cable device comprising:

an electric signal receiving unit, configured to receive at least electric audio signals from a portable electronic device,

a jack socket electrically connected to the electric signal receiving unit and configured to receive a jack plug of the personal hearing device thereby establishing electric contact between the jack socket and the jack plug so that the jack socket can forward the at least electric audio signals to said personal hearing device via the jack plug of the personal hearing device,

an audio alarm unit, configured to generate an audio frequency alarm upon actuation, and

an alarm actuating circuit electrically connected to the audio alarm unit and to the jack socket, and configured to actuate an audio alarm unit, upon disengaging the jack plug of the hearing device from the jack socket of the personal audio cable device.

2. The personal audio cable device according to claim 1, wherein the alarm actuating circuit further comprises a de-activating user input unit configured to de-activate the normally activated audio alarm unit, based on the position of said de-activating user input unit, for preventing of actuation of the audio alarm unit upon disengaging the jack plug of the personal hearing device from the jack socket of the personal audio cable device.

3. The personal audio cable device according to claim 1, wherein the audio alarm unit comprises a telephone unit configured to control transmission of an at least alarm related signal by dialing an alarm number upon actuation.

4. The personal audio cable device according to claim 3, wherein the audio alarm unit comprises a communication unit, a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card and a transmitter, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a connection request to an emergency help-line party, for at least assisting in positioning of the personal audio device, and informing rescue personal about the actuated alarm.

5. The personal audio cable device according to claim 4, wherein the communication unit is a telephone unit.

6. The personal audio cable device according to claim 1, wherein the audio alarm unit comprises an electric alarm signal generator, an alarm signal amplifier and a speaker, wherein the electric alarm signal generator is configured to generate an alarm signal, wherein the alarm signal amplifier is electrically connected to the alarm signal generator and configured to amplify said generated electric alarm signal and wherein the speaker is configured to transduce the generated electric alarm signal as an audio frequency alarm signal upon actuation of the audio alarm unit.

7. The personal audio cable device according to claim 1, wherein the electric signal receiving unit comprises a jack plug configured to be inserted into a jack socket of a portable electronic device, establishing electrical contact between the jack plug and the jack socket, so that electric audio signals can be received by the jack plug of the electric signal receiving unit from the jack socket of the portable electronic device, and forwarded to the jack socket of the personal audio cable device for relaying the electric audio signals to the jack plug of the hearing device.

8. The personal audio cable device according to claim 1, wherein the electric signal receiving unit comprises a communication unit for wirelessly receiving electric audio signals from the portable electronic device so that the electric audio signals can be forwarded to the jack socket of the personal audio cable device for relaying the electric audio signals to the jack plug of the hearing device.

9. The personal audio cable device according to claim 8, wherein the electric signal receiving unit comprises a Bluetooth®

unit.

10. The personal audio cable device according to claim 1, where at least one of a jack plug and the jack socket is of the Tip and Sleeve, TS, type having null, one, two, or three rings, thus forming a Tip Sleeve, TS;

Tip Ring Sleeve, TRS;

Tip Ring Ring Sleeve, TRRS;

or Tip Ring Ring Ring Sleeve, TRRRS type connector, respectively.

11. The personal audio cable device according to claim 1, further comprising means configured for reversibly fastening the personal audio cable device to a garment of the wearer.