Device for attenuating sound on the human ear
First Claim
1. A device for avoiding sleep disturbances due to noise and other sounds, comprisingmeans for detecting specific snoring sounds by capturing them through a microphone and a sound recognition system wherein a specific snoring sound is stored and compared with the captured snoring sound, in order to detect the specific snoring sound;
- a radio station operatively connected to said means for detecting specific snoring sounds and further including an input mechanism being at least one of a clock with an alarm function, a telephone, a doorbell station, a baby monitoring device, a smoke alarm, and a receiving part of a movement of a movement detector, and being operative to emit on reception of the specific snoring sound and/or an input from the input mechanism, a radio signal, andtwo sound-insulating earplugs at least one of which includes an integrated radio receiver for receiving the radio signal emitted by the radio station and means for converting received radio signals to audio signals.
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Abstract
A device for attenuating sound on the human ear, especially for preventing sleep disturbances caused by noise and other sounds. The device for attenuating sound has good damping properties and also ensures that certain alarm sounds are heard in spite of the sound-attenuating measure. To this end, a radio receiver with means for converting radio signals received from a radio station into audio signals is integrated into at least one of two sound-attenuating ear plugs. The radio station is connected to at least one alarm-sounding means and/or at least one sound-receiving means in order to convert a specific alarm and/or at least one specific sound into a radio signal that can be received by a radio receiver as it occurs.
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1. A device for avoiding sleep disturbances due to noise and other sounds, comprising
means for detecting specific snoring sounds by capturing them through a microphone and a sound recognition system wherein a specific snoring sound is stored and compared with the captured snoring sound, in order to detect the specific snoring sound; -
a radio station operatively connected to said means for detecting specific snoring sounds and further including an input mechanism being at least one of a clock with an alarm function, a telephone, a doorbell station, a baby monitoring device, a smoke alarm, and a receiving part of a movement of a movement detector, and being operative to emit on reception of the specific snoring sound and/or an input from the input mechanism, a radio signal, and two sound-insulating earplugs at least one of which includes an integrated radio receiver for receiving the radio signal emitted by the radio station and means for converting received radio signals to audio signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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Current AssigneeLars Wild
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Original AssigneeLars Wild
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InventorsWild, Lars
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Primary Examiner(s)Pendleton, Brian T.
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Application NumberUS09/890,670Time in Patent Office2,222 DaysField of Search381/72, 381/380, 381/328, 381/71.1, 381/74, 181/134, 181/135, 455/351, 128/848US Class Current381/380CPC Class CodesA61F 11/08 internal, e.g. earplugsH04R 1/1016 Earpieces of the intra-aura...
