Scuba diving voice and communication system using bone conducted sound
First Claim
1. A scuba diving mouthpiece for supplying air to a diver, said mouthpiece attachable to a source of air, said mouthpiece comprising:
- a mouth engageable body including at least one biteplate, each said biteplate adapted for being disposed between and engageable by the teeth of the driver;
at least one sound transducer associated with said body; and
at least one sound conducting member, each said sound conducting member being operatively connected to one of said sound transducers, each said sound conducting member being embedded within said body and configured to receive audio sounds from said connected sound transducer, each said sound conducting member also being configured to transmit audio sounds through at least one said biteplate, whereby said audio sounds may be conducted to the teeth of the diver.
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Abstract
An underwater scuba diver communication system is disclosed which is comprised of an oral bone conduction mouthpiece based sound transmission and conduction device, an oral--mouthpiece based microphone, an ultrasonic sound transmission device, an ultrasonic receiving device and the electronic circuitry required to facilitate the transmission or reception of ultrasound transmitted signals through a water medium. The system is constructed to provide underwater diver voice communication with a modified scuba mouthpiece not unlike in appearance or function from a conventional second stage mouthpiece for a scuba diver breathing apparatus. This mouthpiece can also be configured to provide binaural input and/or output with two different transducers for locating sound direction underwater.
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28 Claims
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1. A scuba diving mouthpiece for supplying air to a diver, said mouthpiece attachable to a source of air, said mouthpiece comprising:
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a mouth engageable body including at least one biteplate, each said biteplate adapted for being disposed between and engageable by the teeth of the driver; at least one sound transducer associated with said body; and at least one sound conducting member, each said sound conducting member being operatively connected to one of said sound transducers, each said sound conducting member being embedded within said body and configured to receive audio sounds from said connected sound transducer, each said sound conducting member also being configured to transmit audio sounds through at least one said biteplate, whereby said audio sounds may be conducted to the teeth of the diver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A communication system, comprising:
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a transceiver adapted for receiving and transmitting signals corresponding to sounds; and a mouthpiece including at least one sound transducer disposed therein, each said sound transducer connected to said transceiver, said mouthpiece further including at least one sound conducting member embedded therein, each said sound conducting member being operatively connected to one of said sound transducers and being configured to transmit audio sounds through said mouthpiece. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A mouthpiece which may be positioned within the mouth of a user, said mouthpiece comprising:
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a U-shaped portion including at least one biteplate, said biteplate adapted for being disposed between and engageable by the teeth of the user; at least one sound transducer associated with said U-shaped portion; and at least one sound conducting member, each said sound conducting member being operatively connected to one of said sound transducer, each said sound conducting member being embedded within said body and configured to receive audio sounds from said connected sound transducer, each said sound conducting member also being configured to transmit audio sounds through at least one said biteplate, whereby said audio sounds may be conducted to the teeth of the user. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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