Environmental condition detector with validated personalized verbal messages
First Claim
1. An environmental condition detector comprising:
- electronic control circuitry;
speech recognition and message matching circuitry connected to the electronic control circuitry;
an environmental condition sensor connected to the electronic control circuitry;
an audio output transducer connected to the electronic control circuitry;
electronic memory connected to the electronic control circuitry;
at least one manufacturer pre-programmed message stored in the electronic memory;
the speech recognition and message matching circuitry analyzes a user-provided verbal message and rejects the user-provided verbal message when the user-provided verbal message fails to match the at least one manufacturer pre-recorded message stored in the electronic memory;
the speech recognition and message matching circuitry validates a user-provided verbal message when the user-provided verbal message matches a manufacturer pre-recorded message stored in the electronic memory; and
the validated, user-provided verbal message is emitted in the voice of the user through the audio output transducer when the environmental condition sensor senses an environmental condition.
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Abstract
An environmental condition detector emits only safe, validated verbal messages recorded in a user'"'"'s voice to help occupants of a building respond safely to sensed environmental conditions. The message emitted in the user'"'"'s voice is generally a familiar voice to other building occupants to better capture their attention, and only certain, safe, user messages are validated for use thereby eliminating the chance that the user may unknowingly record an unsafe message to be emitted during a sensed environmental condition. The verbal message is recorded by a user and is analyzed through speech recognition to determine if the user-recorded message can be validated as containing safe content. A user-recorded message found to match manufacturer preprogrammed message content is validated and selected to be audibly emitted in the user'"'"'s voice when an environmental condition is sensed. Various embodiments include single station units, interconnected units, or centrally controlled security systems.
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24 Claims
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1. An environmental condition detector comprising:
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electronic control circuitry; speech recognition and message matching circuitry connected to the electronic control circuitry; an environmental condition sensor connected to the electronic control circuitry; an audio output transducer connected to the electronic control circuitry; electronic memory connected to the electronic control circuitry; at least one manufacturer pre-programmed message stored in the electronic memory; the speech recognition and message matching circuitry analyzes a user-provided verbal message and rejects the user-provided verbal message when the user-provided verbal message fails to match the at least one manufacturer pre-recorded message stored in the electronic memory; the speech recognition and message matching circuitry validates a user-provided verbal message when the user-provided verbal message matches a manufacturer pre-recorded message stored in the electronic memory; and the validated, user-provided verbal message is emitted in the voice of the user through the audio output transducer when the environmental condition sensor senses an environmental condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An environmental condition detector comprising:
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electronic control circuitry; an environmental condition sensor coupled to the electronic control circuitry; an audio input transducer coupled to the electronic control circuitry; an audio output transducer coupled to the electronic control circuitry; speech recognition and message matching circuitry coupled to the electronic control circuitry; electronic memory coupled to the electronic control circuitry; at least one manufacturer pre-programmed message stored in the electronic memory; the audio input transducer receives an audible verbal message spoken by a user during a set-up mode whereby the speech recognition and message matching circuitry analyzes the verbal message and rejects the verbal message when the verbal message fails to match the at least one manufacturer pre-recorded message stored in the electronic memory; the speech recognition and message matching circuitry validates the verbal message as comprising safe content when the verbal message matches a manufacturer pre-recorded message stored in the electronic memory; and the validated, verbal message is emitted, in the voice of the user, through the audio output transducer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. An environmental condition detector comprising:
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electronic circuitry; an environmental condition sensor connected to the electronic circuitry; an audio output transducer connected to the electronic circuitry; the electronic circuitry further comprises speech recognition circuitry; the speech recognition circuitry analyzes a user-recorded verbal message and rejects the user-recorded verbal message when the user-recorded verbal message fails to match a manufacturer pre-recorded message stored in the electronic memory; a user-recorded verbal message is analyzed by the speech recognition circuitry and is validated when the user-recorded verbal message matches a manufacturer pre-recorded message stored in the electronic memory; and the validated, user-recorded, verbal message is audibly emitted in the voice of a user through the audio output transducer when the environmental condition sensor senses an environmental condition. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. An environmental condition detector comprising:
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electronic control circuitry; an environmental condition sensor connected to the electronic control circuitry; speech recognition and message matching circuitry connected to the electronic control circuitry; a microphone connected to the speech recognition and message matching circuitry; electronic memory connected to the electronic control circuitry; an audio output transducer connected to the electronic control circuitry; at least one manufacturer pre-recorded message stored in the electronic memory; the microphone receives a verbal message spoken by a user; the speech recognition and message matching circuitry analyzes the user'"'"'s verbal message and rejects the user'"'"'s verbal message when the user'"'"'s verbal message fails to match a manufacturer pre-recorded message stored in the electronic memory; the speech recognition and message matching circuitry validates the user'"'"'s verbal message as comprising safe content when the user'"'"'s verbal message matches a manufacturer pre-recorded message stored in the electronic memory; and the validated user'"'"'s verbal message is emitted, in the voice of the user, through the audio output transducer when the environmental condition sensor senses an environmental condition. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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