Reconfigurable auditory-visual display
First Claim
1. A system for communication between a central operator and a plurality of mobile communicators, the system comprising:
- an operator transceiver and interface, configured to receive and display, for an operator, visually perceptible and audibly perceptible signals from each of N mobile communicators (N≧
2), numbered n=1, . . . , N, where the interface (1) presents an audible signal from each communicator as if the audible signal is received from a different location relative to the operator, (2) allows the operator to select, to assign priority to, and to display, in a coordinated manner, the visual signals and the audible signals received from a specified communicator and, (3) associates each of the N communicators with a separate azimuthal angular sector, determined with reference to a selected part of the operator'"'"'s body, and presents the audible signal from the communicator as if a source of the audible signal is located at the different location within the associated angular sector; and
a signal transmitter associated with each of the N communicators, with each transmitter being configured to transmit at least one of the visual signal and the audio signal associated with the communicator.
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Abstract
System and method for visual and audible communication between a central operator and N mobile communicators (N≧2), including an operator transceiver and interface, configured to receive and display, for the operator, visually perceptible and audibly perceptible signals from each of the mobile communicators. The interface (1) presents an audible signal from each communicator as if the audible signal is received from a different location relative to the operator and (2) allows the operator to select, to assign priority to, and to display, the visual signals and the audible signals received from a specified communicator. Each communicator has an associated signal transmitter that is configured to transmit at least one of the visual signal and the audio signal associated with the communicator, where at least one of the signal transmitters includes at least one sensor that senses and transmits a sensor value representing a selected environmental or physiological parameter associated with the communicator.
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12 Claims
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1. A system for communication between a central operator and a plurality of mobile communicators, the system comprising:
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an operator transceiver and interface, configured to receive and display, for an operator, visually perceptible and audibly perceptible signals from each of N mobile communicators (N≧
2), numbered n=1, . . . , N, where the interface (1) presents an audible signal from each communicator as if the audible signal is received from a different location relative to the operator, (2) allows the operator to select, to assign priority to, and to display, in a coordinated manner, the visual signals and the audible signals received from a specified communicator and, (3) associates each of the N communicators with a separate azimuthal angular sector, determined with reference to a selected part of the operator'"'"'s body, and presents the audible signal from the communicator as if a source of the audible signal is located at the different location within the associated angular sector; anda signal transmitter associated with each of the N communicators, with each transmitter being configured to transmit at least one of the visual signal and the audio signal associated with the communicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for communication between a central operator and a plurality of mobile communicators, the method comprising:
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providing an operator transceiver and interface, configured to receive and display, for an operator, visually perceptible and audibly perceptible signals from each of N mobile communicators (N≧
2), numbered n=1, . . . , N, where the interface (1) presents an audible signal from each communicator as if the audible signal is received from a different location relative to the operator, (2) allows the operator to select, to assign priority to, and to display, in a coordinated manner, the visual signals and the audible signals received from a specified communicator and (3) associates each of the N communicators with a separate azimuthal angular sector, determined with reference to a selected part of the operator'"'"'s body, and presents the audible signal from the communicator as if a source of the audible signal is located at the different location within the associated angular sector; andproviding a signal transmitter, associated with each of the N communicators and configured to transmit at least one of the visual signal and the audio signal associated with the communicator. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A system for communication between a central operator and a plurality of mobile communicators, the system comprising:
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an operator transceiver and interface, configured to receive and display, for an operator, visually perceptible and audibly perceptible signals from each of N mobile communicators (N≧
2), numbered n=1, . . . , N, where the interface (1) presents an audible signal from each communicator as if the audible signal is received from a different location relative to the operator and (2) allows the operator to select, to assign priority to, and to display, in a coordinated manner, the visual signals and the audible signals received from a specified communicator; anda signal transmitter associated with each of the N communicators, with each transmitter being configured to transmit at least one of the visual signal and the audio signal associated with the communicator, wherein at least one of the signal transmitters comprises at least one environmental sensor that senses and transmits a sensor value representing a selected environmental parameter associated with the communicator; wherein at least one of the operator interface and the at least one environmental sensor compares the environmental parameter, associated with the communicator number n, with a permitted parameter range and issues an alarm signal if the environmental parameter value does not lie within the permitted parameter range, wherein (i) the operator receives signals from the N communicators on a time shared basis, with signals from the communicator number n being received in a time interval of length Δ
t(n) that does not substantially exceed a time interval length associated with a communicator number n′
(n′
≠
n);
(ii) for a selected time interval length T (T>
Σ
nΔ
t(n)), a supplemental time interval of length Δ
T=T−
Σ
nΔ
t(n) is reserved and is not used by any of the communicators for reporting conventional information; and
(iii) when the environmental parameter associated with a communicator number n″
does not lie within the permitted parameter range, at least a portion of the supplemental time interval of length Δ
T is assigned for receiving signal from the communicator number n″
. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method for communication between a central operator and a plurality of mobile communicators, the method comprising:
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providing an operator transceiver and interface, configured to receive and display, for an operator, visually perceptible and audibly perceptible signals from each of N mobile communicators (N≧
2), numbered n=1, . . . , N, where the interface (1) presents an audible signal from each communicator as if the audible signal is received from a different location relative to the operator and (2) allows the operator to select, to assign priority to, and to display, in a coordinated manner the visual signals and the audible signal received from a specified communicator; andproviding a signal transmitter, associated with each of the N communicators and configured to transmit at least one of the visual signal and the audio signal associated with the communicator, wherein at least one of the signal transmitters comprises at least one environmental sensor that senses and transmits a sensor value representing a selected environmental parameter associated with the communicator; wherein at least one of the operator interface and the at least one environmental sensor compares the environmental parameter, associated with the communicator number n, with a permitted parameter range and issues an alarm signal if the environmental parameter value does not lie within the permitted parameter range, wherein (i) the operator receives signals from the N communicators on a time shared basis, with signals from the communicator number n being received in a time interval of length Δ
t(n) that does not substantially exceed a time interval length associated with a communicator number n′
(n′
≠
n);
(ii) for a selected time interval length T (T>
Σ
nΔ
t(n)), a supplemental time interval of length Δ
T=T−
Σ
nΔ
t(n) is reserved and is not used by any of the communicators for reporting conventional information; and
(iii) when the environmental parameter associated with a communicator number n″
does not lie within the permitted parameter range, at least a portion of the supplemental time interval of length Δ
T is assigned for receiving signals from the communicator number n″
. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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