Dog bark door bell notification and personal protection system

• US 8,058,976 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2010
• Issued: 11/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Luis M. Ortiz, Melisendro T. Ortiz
• Original Assignee: Luis M. Ortiz, Melisendro T. Ortiz
• Inventors: Ortiz, Melisendro T., Ortiz, Luis M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood; Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): GIRMA, FEKADESELASS
• Application Number:
  US12/714,172
• Publication Number:
  US 20100148957A1
• Time in Patent Office: 627 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 340/328
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 15/002 with occupancy simulation

Abstract

A security system includes a warning notification module adapted to recognize at least one of a wireless or audible signal. A door bell ringer or emergency transmission signal from a wireless transmitter can provide a recognition signal to a microprocessor in the security system via the warning notification module. The microprocessor retrieves dog barking sounds stored in memory and provides them to at least one of an amplifier or radio frequency transmitter after the microprocessor receives the recognition signal from the warning notification module. Dog barking sounds can be broadcasted using the wireless transmitter. Processing can be with a time delay after first receipt of the recognition signal. A random module can enable random retrieval of various dog barking sounds from memory for processing. A time out module can disable operation of the microprocessor at a set time after recognition signal receipt.

Claims

1. A security system comprising:

a portable transmitter sized for carriage in a clothes pocket of a person wherein the person manipulates the portable transmitter to thereby cause the portable transmitter to emit an emergency transmission signal;

a warning notification module that produces a recognition signal after receiving and recognizing the emergency transmission signal;

a memory containing a plurality of dog barking sound recordings;

a microprocessor that retrieves a dog barking sound recording from the memory and provides the dog barking sound recording to at least one of an amplifier or radio frequency transmitter after the microprocessor receives the recognition signal; and

a random module, wherein the random module cooperates with the microprocessor to randomly select which of the dog barking sound recordings the microprocessor retrieves from the memory;

a microphone, wherein a doorbell sound is produced when a doorbell is actuated, wherein the microphone senses the doorbell sound and wherein the microphone operates with the microprocessor and the memory to produce the recognition signal upon recognizing the door bell sound; and

a delay module that causes a time delay between sensing the door bell sounds and providing the dog barking sound recordings.

2. A security system, comprising:

a warning notification module that recognizes an emergency transmission signal sent from a remote wireless transmitter, and that thereafter provides a recognition signal to a microprocessor;

a memory containing dog barking sounds;

a microprocessor that retrieves dog barking sounds from the memory and provides the dog barking sounds to at least one of an amplifier or radio frequency transmitter after the microprocessor receives the recognition signal from the warning notification module;

a delay module cooperating with the microprocessor to retrieve dog barking sounds from the memory and provides the dog barking sounds to the at least one of an amplifier or radio frequency transmitter a preset delay of one or more seconds after the microprocessor receives the recognition signal from the warning notification module; and

a random module cooperating with the microprocessor to retrieve various dog barking sounds for a preselected dog type from the memory and provides the various dog barking sounds for the preselected dog type randomly to at least one of an amplifier or radio frequency transmitter with a delay time after the microprocessor receives the recognition signal from the warning notification module.

3. The security system of claim 2 further comprising a time out module, wherein the time out module disable operation of the microprocessor at a set time after the microprocessor first receives the recognition signal from the warning notification module.

4. The security system of claim 2 wherein the radio frequency transmitter broadcasts the dog barking sounds to at least one public radio station frequency.

5. The security system of claim 2 further comprising a microphone, wherein the microphone operates with the microprocessor and the memory to recognize door bell sounds, wherein said door bell sounds are first recognized to enable retrieval of dog barking sounds from memory and rendering of the dog barking sounds by the system via the least one of the radio frequency transmitter or the amplifier.

6. The security system of claim 2, wherein said remote wireless transmitter comprises a portable transmitter carried by a user.

7. The security system of claim 2, wherein said portable transmitter further includes buttons that allow the user to control home security system arming functionality and emergency calling functions through said personal security system.

8. A security system comprising:

a doorbell system comprising a doorbell actuator deployed near a door and a doorbell transducer that produces a doorbell sound and wherein actuating the doorbell actuator causes the doorbell transducer to emit the doorbell sound;

a remote wireless transmitter that produces an emergency transmission signal when manipulated by a person;

a warning notification module that produces a recognition signal after receiving and recognizing the emergency transmission signal;

a memory containing a plurality of dog barking sound recordings;

a microprocessor that responds to the recognition signal by retrieving a dog barking recording from the memory and providing the dog barking recording to at least one of an amplifier or a radio frequency transmitter;

a random module wherein the random module cooperates with the microprocessor to select which of the dog barking recordings is sent to the at least one of the amplifier or the radio frequency transmitter such that different receptions of the recognition signal trigger randomly select different of the dog barking recordings to be played;

a microphone that senses the doorbell sound and wherein the microprocessor operates with the microphone and the memory to produce the recognition signal upon recognizing the doorbell sound; and

a delay module that causes a predetermined time delay between sensing the door bell sounds and providing the dog barking sound recordings.

9. A security system comprising:

a doorbell system comprising a doorbell actuator deployed near a door and a doorbell transducer that produces a doorbell sound and wherein actuating the doorbell actuator causes the doorbell transducer to emit the doorbell sound;

a remote wireless transmitter that produces an emergency transmission signal when manipulated by a person;

a warning notification module that produces a recognition signal after receiving and recognizing the emergency transmission signal;

a memory containing a plurality of dog barking sound recordings;

a microprocessor that responds to the recognition signal by retrieving a dog barking recording from the memory and providing the dog barking recording to at least one of an amplifier or a radio frequency transmitter;

a random module wherein the random module cooperates with the microprocessor to select which of the dog barking recordings is sent to the at least one of the amplifier or the radio frequency transmitter such that different receptions of the recognition signal trigger randomly select different of the dog barking recordings to be played;

a microphone that senses the doorbell sound and wherein the microprocessor operates with the microphone and the memory to produce the recognition signal upon recognizing the doorbell sound; and

a delay module that causes a time delay of at least one second between sensing the door bell sounds and providing the dog barking sound recordings.

10. A security system comprising:

a doorbell system comprising a doorbell actuator deployed near a door and a doorbell transducer that produces a doorbell sound and wherein actuating the doorbell actuator causes the doorbell transducer to emit the doorbell sound;

a remote wireless transmitter that produces an emergency transmission signal when manipulated by a person;

a warning notification module that produces a recognition signal after receiving and recognizing the emergency transmission signal wherein the doorbell signal is an electromagnetic signal, and wherein the warning notification module produces the recognition signal after receiving and recognizing the doorbell signal;

a memory containing a plurality of dog barking sound recordings;

a microprocessor that responds to the recognition signal by retrieving a dog barking recording from the memory and providing the dog barking recording to at least one of an amplifier or a radio frequency transmitter;

a random module wherein the random module cooperates with the microprocessor to select which of the dog barking recordings is sent to the at least one of the amplifier or the radio frequency transmitter such that different receptions of the recognition signal trigger randomly select different of the dog barking recordings to be played; and

a delay module that causes a predetermined time delay between recognizing the doorbell signal and providing the dog barking sound recordings.

11. A security system comprising:

a doorbell system comprising a doorbell actuator deployed near a door and a doorbell transducer that produces a doorbell sound and wherein actuating the doorbell actuator causes the doorbell transducer to emit the doorbell sound;

a remote wireless transmitter that produces an emergency transmission signal when manipulated by a person;

a warning notification module that produces a recognition signal after receiving and recognizing the emergency transmission signal wherein the doorbell signal is an electromagnetic signal, and wherein the warning notification module produces the recognition signal after receiving and recognizing the doorbell signal;

a memory containing a plurality of dog barking sound recordings;

a microprocessor that responds to the recognition signal by retrieving a dog barking recording from the memory and providing the dog barking recording to at least one of an amplifier or a radio frequency transmitter;

a random module wherein the random module cooperates with the microprocessor to select which of the dog barking recordings is sent to the at least one of the amplifier or the radio frequency transmitter such that different receptions of the recognition signal trigger randomly select different of the dog barking recordings to be played; and

a delay module that causes a time delay of at least one second between recognizing the doorbell signal and providing the dog barking sound recordings.