Synthetic speech communicating system and method
First Claim
1. A communication system comprising:
- first means for generating a first varying analog signal indicative of a change in a condition,signal processing means including an analog-to-digital conversion means for receiving said first varying analog signal and generating digital signals indicative of variations in said analog signal generated by said first means,first electronic circuit means operable to receive said digital signals and generate control signals,second electronic circuit means operable in response to said control signals generated by said first electronic circuit means for generating synthetic speech signals indicative of said change in condition, andthird means for receiving said synthetic speech signals and transducing same to speech sounds of words which are indicative of said change in condition.
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Abstract
A communication system for communicating information between one or more sensors and a remote location which may be fixed or portable wherein the information received is converted to synthetic speech so as to verbally indicate or warn a person or persons at or near the receiver as to the condition sensed or a condition which is developing at a known or indicated remote location as indicated by the output of one or more sensors. The system may also contain a fixed data receiving station and one or more portable units for receiving signals from such fixed station and/or remote sensors wherein the fixed station serves not only to relay the information to the portable receivers but also to process the information it receives. In a particular form of the invention, the fixed station includes a computer or circuits which process the data or signals received from the sensor or sensors and generates synthetic speech signals which are short wave transmitted to one or more satellite or portable stations and generate synthetic speech thereat warning or indicating to a person or persons at or near the satellite receiver or receivers of the condition sensed.
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22 Claims
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1. A communication system comprising:
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first means for generating a first varying analog signal indicative of a change in a condition, signal processing means including an analog-to-digital conversion means for receiving said first varying analog signal and generating digital signals indicative of variations in said analog signal generated by said first means, first electronic circuit means operable to receive said digital signals and generate control signals, second electronic circuit means operable in response to said control signals generated by said first electronic circuit means for generating synthetic speech signals indicative of said change in condition, and third means for receiving said synthetic speech signals and transducing same to speech sounds of words which are indicative of said change in condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A communication system comprising:
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first means for sensing a variable environmental condition and generating a first signal indicative of the change in said environmental condition, second means for receiving said first signal and processing same and generating a digital code indicative of said change in environmental condition, third means including digital computing means for receiving said digital code indicative of said change, analyzing same and generating a plurality of control signals, synthetic speech signal generating means for receiving said plurality of control signals and utilizing same to generate synthetic speech signals indicative of said change in environmental condition, and transducing means for receiving and transducing said digital speech signals to sounds of words which are indicative that said change in environmental condition has occurred. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of communicating and indicating the values of changes in an environmental condition comprising:
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providing an electrical sensor which is operable to sense variation in an environmental condition, energizing said sensor, and when said sensor senses a predetermined change in the condition of the environment it is sensing, generating a first electrical signal indicative of said variation environmental condition, processing said first electrical signal to generate a digital code signal indicative of said variation in condition, applying said digital code to an electronic computing circuit and generating control signals, applying said control signals to control and electronic speech signal generating circuit to cause said circuit to generate synthetic speech signals indicative of the condition sensed, and transducing said synthetic speech signals to sounds of words which words indicate the condition sensed by said sensor. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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