Person monitoring
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1. A person monitoring system comprising:
- a monitored unit comprising a microphone for transducing radiated sound waves and sound waves emanating from the person to a received audio signal and circuitry for removing from the received audio signal a portion of the received audio signal corresponding to the radiated sound waves to provide a first processed received audio signal corresponding to the sound waves emanating from the person, the monitored unit further comprising;
an audio signal source for providing a source audio signal; and
a loudspeaker for transducing the source audio signal to provide the radiated sound waves.
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Abstract
A person monitoring system, such as a baby monitor a monitored unit including a microphone for transducing radiated sound waves and sound waves emanating from the person to a received audio signal and circuitry for removing from the received audio signal a portion of the received audio signal corresponding to the radiated sound waves to provide an audio signal corresponding to the sound waves emanating from the person.
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1. A person monitoring system comprising:
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a monitored unit comprising a microphone for transducing radiated sound waves and sound waves emanating from the person to a received audio signal and circuitry for removing from the received audio signal a portion of the received audio signal corresponding to the radiated sound waves to provide a first processed received audio signal corresponding to the sound waves emanating from the person, the monitored unit further comprising; an audio signal source for providing a source audio signal; and a loudspeaker for transducing the source audio signal to provide the radiated sound waves. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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17. A person monitoring system comprising:
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a monitored unit comprising a first microphone for transducing radiated sound waves and sound waves emanating from the person to a received audio signal and circuitry for removing from the received audio signal a portion of the received audio signal corresponding to the radiated sound waves to provide a first processed received audio signal corresponding to the sound waves emanating from the person, the monitored unit further comprising transmitting circuitry to transmit the first processed received audio signal, the person monitoring system further comprising a second monitored unit comprising a second microphone for transducing second radiated sound waves and second sound waves emanating from a second person to a second received audio signal; second circuitry for removing from the second received audio signal a portion of the second received audio signal corresponding to the second radiated sound waves to provide a second processed received audio signal corresponding to the second sound waves emanating from the second person; and second transmitting circuitry to transmit the second processed received audio signal, the person monitoring system further comprising a monitoring unit, the monitoring unit comprising receiving circuitry for receiving the first broadcast processed received audio signal and the second broadcast processed received audio signal; and circuitry for determining which of the first processed received audio signal and the second processed received audio signal to monitor. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A person monitoring system comprising:
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a monitored unit comprising a microphone for transducing radiated sound waves and sound waves emanating from the person to a received audio signal and circuitry for removing from the received audio signal a portion of the received audio signal corresponding to the radiated sound waves to provide a first processed received audio signal corresponding to the sound waves emanating from the person, the monitored unit further comprising transmitting circuitry to transmit the first processed received audio signal, the person monitoring system further comprising a first monitoring unit, comprising receiving circuitry for receiving the transmitted first processed received audio signal from the monitored unit; and determining circuitry to determine which of the first processed received audio signal and the second processed received audio signal to monitor, wherein the determining circuitry comprises circuitry for comparing the amplitude of the first processed received audio signal and the amplitude of the second processed received audio signal; and circuitry for selecting one of the first processed received audio signal and the second processed received audio signal corresponding to the processed received audio signal with the greater amplitude.
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20. A method for operating a person monitoring system, comprising:
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providing a source audio signal; transducing the source audio signal to radiated sound waves, the transducing including radiating sound waves from a loudspeaker; transducing sound waves including the radiated sound waves and sound waves emanating from a person to a received audio signal, the transducing including receiving the sound waves by a microphone; and removing a portion of the received audio signal corresponding to the radiated sound waves to provide a processed audio signal corresponding substantially to the sound waves emanating from the person. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A person monitoring system, comprising:
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a first monitored unit for transducing to a first audio signal sound waves emanating from a first person and for transmitting the first audio signal; a second monitored unit for transducing to a second audio signal sound waves emanating from a second person and for transmitting the second audio signal; a monitoring unit for receiving the first audio signal and the second audio signal, the monitoring unit comprising circuitry for comparing the amplitude of the first audio signal and the amplitude of the second audio signal; and circuitry for selecting one of the first audio signal and the second audio signal corresponding to the audio signal with the greater amplitude.
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