Sound level time integrator

Claim 1

IN A NOISE ANALYZER AND QUANTIZER, THE COMBINATION WHICH INCLUDES A MICROPHONE, AN AMPLIFYING AND TRANSMITTING CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO SAID MICROPHONE FOR PRODUCING AN OUTPUT SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE SOUND INTENSITY LEVELS EXPERIENCED BY SAID MICROPHONE, A TIME RECORDING DEVICE, A CONSTANT POTENTIAL SOURCE FOR APPLYING OPERATING POWER TO SAID RECORDING DEVICE, A TRIGGERING DEVICE CONNECTED TO THE AMPLIFYING AND TRANSMITTING CIRCUIT TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN OUTPUT SOUND INTENSITY LEVELS RESPECTIVELY ABOVE AND BELOW A PREDTERMINED CRITICAL VALUE, AND TO CONNECT SAID CONSTANT POTENTIAL SOURCE TO SAID RECORDING DEVICE ONLY DURING THE TIME WHILE SAID INTENSITY LEVEL IS ABOVE SAID CRITICAL VALUE; SAID RECORDING DEVICE INCLUDING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL RECORDER UNIT ADAPTED TO TRANSFER A CONDUCTIVE METAL ACROSS A GAP AND THEREBY CAUSE A VISUAL SCALAR RECORDING OPERATION TO BE PERFORMED WHICH IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE TOTAL OF THE TIME THAT SAID SOUND INTENSITY LEVEL HAS EXCEEDED SAID PREDETERMINED CRITICAL VALUE IRRESPECTIVE OF THE DEGREE TO WHICH SAID CRITICAL VALUE HAS BEEN EXCEEDED.