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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8130595 | Control device for electronic appliance and control method of the electronic appliance An electronic appliance includes a microphone which detects a clapping sound, an edge signal extractor, an edge pulse generator and a judgment processing circuit. The judgment processing circuit generates a first gate having a first time width to detect whether or n... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7548491 | Personalized key system for a mobile vehicle A wireless key system for a mobile vehicle includes a key fob with a controller, a microphone operably coupled to the controller, a memory operably coupled to the controller, arid a telematics unit operably coupled to a vehicle communication bus. Verbal commands rec... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7539083 | Remote voice detection system A device and system to remotely detect vocalizations of speech. The skin located on the throat region of a speaking person or a reflective layer on the skin on the throat region vibrates in response to vocalizations of speech by the person. The vibrating skin or ref... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7411866 | User interface containing acoustic sensing modules The present invention relates to a user interface system that is acoustically operated for the control of connected devices. Through the interface, acoustic sounds, such as tap, can be distinguished from less than 10 cm apart. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408439 | Method and apparatus for accessing medical data over a network A method and apparatus for retrieving, accessing, and storing medical data relating to a patient during a medical procedure. The invention provides a single interface to many disparate forms of medical data, which is accessible over a local area network; wide area n... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7362211 | Removably mounted wireless vehicle control and method Methods and apparatus are provided for securing a wireless fob in a vehicle. The fob has a control thereon for controlling a vehicle function. The system comprising a first vehicle region having an opening for receiving the fob. The opening is configured to render t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349849 | Spacing for microphone elements A speech recognition device with a frequency range with an upper frequency limit fmax is provided. The speech recognition device has more than two microphones with distances between the microphones, wherein the greatest common factor of the distances betw... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342210 | Remote control for auto-darkening lens systems and method A wireless remote control is provided for an auto-darkening lens (ADL) system used in a welding helmet, respirator system or other device to control or to adjust settings of an ADL of a controllable light shutter. A display system facilitates providing information i... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7310603 | Voice control apparatus of vacuum cleaner and method thereof A voice control apparatus of a vacuum cleaner includes: a sense signal detector for detecting a sense signal provided from a user to provide a voice recognizable environment in an ambience; a voice command recognizing unit for temporarily stopping a driving of a mot... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301442 | Multi-functional fob A multi-functional fob provides at least one of the features selected from a programmable lock/unlock button; a voice activated button; an ice-scraper; a credit card strip; and a rechargeable interface. One or a combination of the features may be integrated into a s... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7266498 | Method and apparatus for reducing conflicts between speech-enabled applications sharing speech menu Method and apparatus are provided for developing a speech menu which is adapted to store a plurality of sound commands for a speech-enabled application. A first sound command of the plurality of sound commands is compared to a second sound command to determine an ac... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259652 | General purpose distributed operating room control system The present invention pertains to control systems and provides a run time configurable control system for selecting and operating one of a plurality of operating room devices from a single input source, the system comprising a master controller having a voice contro... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259906 | System and method for voice control of medical devices A light source includes a wavelength shifter that is capable of shifting a shorter optical signal wavelength to a longer optical signal wavelength based at least in part on a Raman effect in a waveguide. The wavelength shifter includes a pump laser that operable to ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7233232 | Portable multi-purpose universal serial bus structure The present invention is a portable multi-purpose universal serial bus (USB) structure, which refers to a storage unit that can be provided inside a casing and has a USB connector exposed out of one end of the casing. The casing can be a casing for a key, a vehicle ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230533 | Neverlost keychain Devices for locating misplaced keys are described. Such devices include a housing in which is disposed a cell phone receiver, a ringer, associated circuitry, a power supply, and an “on/off” switch”. Such devices may also include a battery life indicator dispos... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218203 | Motion activated reminder system A motion activated, voice controlled reminder system, wherein a programmable device automatically reminds the intended receiver of a future event, without any extraordinary action on the part of the recipient, thus enabling the user to, via a telephone, leave a mess... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7202775 | Key fob with remote control functions A remote control system for a vehicle. The system has a fob with a microphone for receiving audible commands and a radio frequency transmitter for transmitting the commands at a radio frequency via a fob antenna. A receiver for positioning in the vehicle has an ante... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7181400 | Method and apparatus to provision a network appliance A method and apparatus to provision a network node such as a network appliance is described. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7142099 | Method and system for providing flexible vehicle communication within a vehicle communications system A method is directed to providing a custom message set within a vehicle message service system. The method includes receiving at least one vehicle message service request, determining at least one set of vehicle parameters based on the at least one received vehicle ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139716 | Electronic automation system A home automation system, for controlling a plurality of uniquely identifiable appliances within a dwelling having several rooms, each room designated as a zone, using a zone controller located within each room. Each appliance has a designated zone according to the ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7120257 | Audible sound detection control circuits for toys and other amusement devices A control circuit for an amusement device includes a sound detector, a band-pass filter, a peak integrator and a controller. The sound detector is configured to detect audible sound signals. The band-pass filter is electrically coupled to the sound detector. The ban... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7102485 | Motion activated communication device A motion activated, voice control communications device interactive with voice mail systems and electronic mail systems and effective as a stand-alone unit. In general, when a motion detector detects motion in the vicinity of the device, a microprocessor receives in... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7091825 | Method and system for vehicle control using walkie-talkie type cellular phone A method and system for controlling vehicle functions using a walkie-type cellular phone is provided. A cellular phone is used to make a walkie-talkie type connection with a device disposed within a vehicle. The cellular phone sends a message to a receiver of the de... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080014 | Hands-free, voice-operated remote control transmitter A wireless, programmable, sound-activated and voice-operated remote control transmitter can be used to add hands-free speech control operation to a plurality of remotely controlled appliances manufactured by various manufacturers, each of which is normally controlle... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063546 | Microphone connector A microphone connector reliably inhibits electromagnetic waves from entering the microphone even if their frequencies are high as in the case of cellular phones or the like. The microphone connector 10A is of a three-pin type having a connector base 11... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7039590 | General remote using spoken commands A speech-translating remote control includes a microphone operable to receive speech command, thereby outputting a speech signal; an audio transmitter operably connected to the microphone to transmit an audio input signal to a host system based on the speech signal;... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6971943 | Interactive sound producing toy A sound-producing toy configured to represent a living being having movable parts to simulate a natural form of animation of a mouth includes a sound-producing unit operable in the response to the simulated animation. Animation may be simulated by a hand inserted in... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6928614 | Mobile office with speech recognition A user interface for a mobile office is provided for allowing simple, safe, and convenient access to electronic mail, calendar, news, and web browser functions. The dialog or number of steps required to access desired items is minimized using a state controller resp... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6906636 | Using paging or satellite paging to trigger remote devices The existing paging infrastructure is used to send commands to operate remotely-located electronic or mechanical devices. A paging message containing one or more pre-set commands, trigger signals, or command strings is received by a paging receiver into an optional ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6868045 | Voice control system with a microphone array Voice control systems are used in diverse technical fields. In this case, the spoken words are detected by one or more microphones and then fed to a speech recognition system. In order to enable voice control even from a relatively great distance, the voice signal m... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6825769 | Automatic shut-off light system when user sleeps A method and system for the automatic detection of a sleeping person and for adjusting electrical power supplied to a number of electronic devices; it includes a unit for observing the behavior of a person in a predetermined area under surveillance and a unit for an... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6813221 | Home control system with an interface assembly An interface assembly with an animated character/prop has at least one speaker for generating language and mechanisms for generating correlated movement. A logic controlling device has a plurality of inputs and outputs and is adapted to configure and synchronize mes... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6606280 | Voice-operated remote control This disclosure provides a voice-operated remote control intended to replace multiple entertainment system remotes, and it preferably includes two parts, a base unit and a remote (or table-top) unit. During normal operation, the base unit receives each el... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6496115 | System and method for analyzing baby cries This invention provides a system for analyzing baby cries capable of diagnosing a cause of cry of a baby based on a cry from the baby. A microphone (1) picks up a cry from a baby as an audio signal. At a certain sampling frequency, an A/D converter (2) sa... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6288641 | Assembly, and associated method, for remotely monitoring a surveillance area An assembly, and an associated method, by which to remotely monitor a surveillance area. Wireless microphones are positioned at selected locations in the surveillance area, and signals generated by the microphones are detectable by a controller. A mobile ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6246322 | Impulse characteristic responsive missing object locator operable in noisy environments An electronic key or other missing object locator device is responsive to the impulse characteristics of received sounds to distinguish expected impulse-like triggering sounds such as humanly produced hand claps from other impulse-like sounds such as spee... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6240347 | Vehicle accessory control with integrated voice and manual activation A voice activated control system responsive to spoken voice commands is integrated with an advanced central display/control unit having dedicated and reconfigurable push buttons to control individual vehicle accessories in a complementary fashion as well ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6175633 | Radio communications apparatus with attenuating ear pieces for high noise environments A preferred communications apparatus includes a pair of ear units coupled with a control unit that can be connected to a radio transceiver for delivery of audio signals therebetween. The control unit includes a VOX circuit. Each ear unit includes a transd... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6161005 | Door locking/unlocking system utilizing direct and network communications A remote door locking/unlocking system includes both telephone receiver/DTMF decoder circuitry and a wireless radio frequency or infrared sensor for enabling the system to be actuated either by a portable short range transmitter or by any telephone. The t... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6072392 | Apparatus and method for monitoring and recording the audible environment of a child, patient, older person or pet left in the care of a third person or persons A remote recording unit, which is worn by a child, monitors the ambient sounds in a day care center (for example) and records selected sound bytes that are played back on a docking unit. The time duration between sound bytes is periodic and re-programmabl... | 06/06/2000 |
