Alarm system

• US 5,999,089 A
• Filed: 05/13/1997
• Issued: 12/07/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lance K. Carlson
• Original Assignee: Lance K. Carlson
• Inventors: Carlson, Lance K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Crosland, Donnie L.
• Application Number:
  US08/855,339
• Time in Patent Office: 938 Days
• Field of Search: 340/328, 340/539, 340/628, 340/531, 340/566, 367/197-199
• US Class Current: 340/328
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 1/08 using electric transmission ; transformation of alarm signals to electrical signals from a different medium, e.g. transmission of an electric alarm signal upon detection of an audible alarm signal

Abstract

An alarm system that includes a number of alarm detecting devices wherein each alarm detecting device includes an alarm condition detecting circuit, a secondary alarm activation circuit, and an audible alarm output circuit including an audio oscillator and a speaker; the audible alarm output circuit being responsive to a detecting circuit control output generated by the alarm condition detecting circuit and to a secondary triggering output signal generated by the secondary alarm activation circuit; the secondary alarm activation circuit including a microphone having a microphone output signal, an amplifier circuit in connection with the microphone output signal and generating an amplified output signal, a filter circuit having a filter input in connection with the amplifier output signal generating a filtered output signal in a first predetermined frequency range; a filter signal integrator having an integrator input in connection with the filtered output signal for integrating the filtered signal output and generating an integrated output signal; a reference signal generator having a reference signal output; a comparator circuit having a reference signal input in connection with the reference signal output and a compared signal input in connection with the integrated output signal, and generating the secondary alarm triggering output signal when the compared signal input exceeds the reference signal input.

Claims

1. An alarm system comprising:

at least two alarm detecting devices, each alarm detecting device comprising;

an alarm condition detecting circuit,

a secondary alarm activation circuit, and

an audible alarm output circuit including an audio oscillator and a speaker;

said audible alarm output circuit being responsive to a detecting circuit control output generated by said alarm condition detecting circuit and to a secondary triggering output signal generated by said secondary alarm activation. circuit;

said secondary alarm activation circuit including;

a microphone having a microphone output signal,

an amplifier circuit in connection with said microphone output signal and generating an amplified output signal,

a tunable filter circuit having a filter input in connection with said amplifier output signal, said tunable filter circuit generating a filtered output signal in a first predetermined frequency range, said tunable filter circuit including a tuning mechanism tunable by a user to set a desired said first frequency range;

a filter signal integrator having an integrator input in connection with said filtered output signal for integrating said filtered signal output and generating an integrated output signal;

a reference signal generator having a reference signal output;

a comparator circuit having a reference signal input in connection with said reference signal output and a compared signal input in connection with said integrated output signal, and generating said secondary alarm triggering output signal when said compared signal input exceeds said reference signal input.